Category Archives: Museums
Museum Tourist: Museu de la Xocolata
Today was International Museum Day. I tried to go to about 7 museums, all but one of which was either completely closed for renovation, mostly closed for renovation, or nonexistent. The Chocolate Museum was the one exception in my day … Continue reading
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
Koch Money for New Dinosaur Hall
The Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History has been looking for the money they need to renovate the dinosaur hall, and now they have it, from billionaire David Koch. That’s the same David Koch whose name is on the human origins … 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
whales in museums
I am a person with an unusual love of whales, museums, and whales in museums, but even if you aren’t obsessed with these topics, you should read this gorgeous story about restoring the whale skeletons at the natural history museum … 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