Category Archives: Museum Tourist
Museum Tourist: Museu d’Història de la Ciutat de Barcelona
Barcelona’s City History Museum is in a former royal palace. There’s a pretty chapel and a big fancy gothic room, which is fine if that’s what you’re into. Oh! I just read in the guidebook that the room is where … Continue reading
Museum Tourist: Casa Batlló
I’m in Barcelona for a few weeks, seeing the sights, doing some work, and eating some tapas. When you tell people you’re going to Barcelona, they mostly say, “ooh, Gaudí!” I only barely knew who Gaudí was, but now, having … Continue reading
museum tourist: Hirshhorn
I must admit, I haven’t been inside the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum in years. It’s not that I don’t like it. But modern art isn’t my top priority, and if I’ve gotten that far, I’m just more likely to go to … Continue reading
museum tourist: university of michigan museum of natural history
You know how I love a university natural history museum. It was Harvard‘s that started this whole Museum Tourist venture, and I’ve also reported on Yale and the University of Kansas, and oh gosh, someday I will get to the … Continue reading
museum tourist: henry ford museum
Several years ago on a visit to Michigan, I went to Greenfield Village in Dearborn, a collection of houses and other buildings from around the country. Like the Wright Brothers’ workshop, the house where H.J. Heinz started making and bottling … Continue reading
museum tourist: la brea tar pits (again)
I was in Los Angeles a few weeks ago and stopped by the La Brea Tar Pits. Yeah, I’ve been there before, but (a) they’re totally cool and (b) my boyfriend had never been. I said pretty much everything I … Continue reading
museum tourist: MoMA
About 10 years ago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York closed for a two-year renovation. I read all about it at the time. Being a person who is super on top of the news, I finally made it … Continue reading
there’s bricks under there!
The East Building of the National Gallery of Art is covered in scaffolding these days. This fabulous angular building was built, as the National Gallery’s press release puts it, “according to the highest standards of the late 1970s.” A few … Continue reading
museum tourist: lincoln books
Ford’s Theatre–you may have heard of it, a certain president was shot there–is opening a new “Center for Education and Leadership.” That is, a new museum about Abraham Lincoln and what a big deal he is. I went through it … Continue reading
museum tourist: jefferson bible
The other day I was having lunch with a newly-laid-off friend, and after lunch she suggested we go visit the Jefferson Bible at the National Museum of American History. This is the excellent thing about not having a “regular” job … Continue reading