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museum tourist: national bonsai and penjing museum
Bet you didn’t know this museum existed: The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum. It’s right across the street from the National Herb Garden and a short walk from the National Boxwood Collection and the National Grove of State Trees. They’re … Continue reading
museum tourist: victoria and albert
The Victoria & Albert Museum calls itself “The world’s greatest museum of art and design.” I must say, I don’t have the expertise to judge the superlative, but wow, they have a lot of cool stuff there. I got the … Continue reading
museum tourist: yarn edition
From the British Museum in London, I bring you a lady spinning fleece into yarn: The label says it was made in Athens around 490 BC. Some people who make their own yarn still spin this way, with a drop … Continue reading
museum tourist: Museo del Canal Interoceánico de Panamá
Here’s a weird fact. The “Panama Canal Museum” is in Seminole, Florida, and it’s just about the U.S. involvement in the canal. The museum in Panama City is the “Museo del Canal Interoceánico de Panamá.” That is something along the … Continue reading
conference room carpets
Sometimes, I’ll admit, I get bored in conferences. I know! Even when surrounded by scintillating intellectual exchange and lots of PowerPoints! Since I basically always have my camera, this means I end up with a lot of pictures of floors. … Continue reading
female dogs see through your tricks
This week for ScienceNOW I wrote a story about a sex difference in how dogs think about physical objects. One of the sources I talked to called the results “odd” and I think you’ll agree. Nobody really has any idea … Continue reading
museum tourist: national museum, prague
Cases and cases of minerals. Stuffed animal skins. Grand staircases. This, my friends, is what a natural history museum should be. It’s on a hill at the end of Wenceslas Square in Prague, in the Czech Republic, and I was … Continue reading
museum tourist: old lahaina courthouse
I have a thing about whales. They’re so big, and interesting, and mysterious. For a long time, the only things we knew about them were what we could see them doing at the surface of their world. And they do … Continue reading
woolly bear
This sweet little woolly bear caterpillar was walking along the curb one evening last October: Unfortunately, my point-and-shoot camera was more interested in the car than the caterpillar, but you get the idea: fuzzy and cute. It’s the larva of … Continue reading
museum tourist: yale university art gallery
In 2005 my dad and I visited friends in Mali and they took us all over the country, seeing tons of amazing sites. One of the less exciting sites was Djenné-Jéno. Now, Djenné is fantastic. It’s a city of mud … Continue reading