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Museums Visited in Weekly Museum Visits Part III
- America's Islamic Heritage Museum
- Arts Club of Washington
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum: Ellicott City Station
- Bladensburg Waterfront Park
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle
- Congressional Cemetery
- District Architecture Center
- Ellicott City Fire Station
- Franciscan Monastery
- House of the Temple
- Irvine Nature Center
- Isaac Log Cabin
- Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
- Kingman and Heritage Islands Park
- Lee-Fendall House
- Maryland Historical Society
- Mount Vernon
- National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum
- National Museum of Language
- O Street Mansion
- Octagon
- Old Stone House
- Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park
- Peirce Mill
- President Lincoln's Cottage
- Riversdale
- United States Institute of Peace
- Voice of America
- Washington Masonic Memorial
DC, Maryland, and Virginia Museums on WordPress
- Art History at American University
- Broad Strokes (National Museum of Women in the Arts)
- Designing Tomorrow (National Building Museum)
- Experiment Station (Phillips Collection)
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Fondo del Sol
- Heurich House Museum
- Laogai Museum
- Maryland Historical Society
- Montgomery County Historical Society
- National Aquarium
- Pope-Leighey House
- President Lincoln's Cottage
- Textile Museum Press Room
- United States Capitol Historical Society
- Virginia Commonwealth University Virtual Curation Unit
- Virginia Museum of Natural History
- What's Blooming at Dumbarton Oaks
- Woodlawn
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Interesting Article and Discussion
…about the to-be-built National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Week 26: Sixth and I Historic Synagogue
Last night, I visited Sixth and I Historic Synaogogue; I was reassured by a friend that this should count as a museum visit because it “is both a historic house (of worship) and a present-day arts venue.” I suspected as … Continue reading
Posted in Museums and Holidays, Photos, Weekly Museum Visits Part I
Tagged CA, DC, historic house of worship, historic site, MD, Meditation Museum, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Mormon Temple Visitors Center, museum, Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, Washington National Cathedral, weekly museum visit
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Childhood Museum Visits
John Falk and Lynn Dierking have found that childhood museum visits are one of the best predictors of whether an individual will visit museums as an adult. I think I did not fully fall in love with museums until I … Continue reading
Posted in National Zoological Park
Tagged Baltimore Zoo, Capital Children's Museum, DC, Maryland Science Center, MD, museum, National Zoo, Smithsonian, zoo
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Duncan’s Museum/Park Visits
I have recently been writing about such bleak topics as war and the assassination of presidents, so here is a post about the world’s happiest topic: human’s best friend! Anyone who knows me personally knows about Duncan. As a dog, … Continue reading
Weekly Museum Visits in 2010 (Weeks 1-22)
And here is a list of my weekly visits to new museums in 2010. Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens American University Museum Art Museum of the Americas National Museum of Women in the Arts Folger Shakespeare Library Textile Museum Sumner School Cylburn … Continue reading
Weekly Museum Visits in 2011 (Weeks 23 and 24)
(There will be one more post briefly listing everywhere I went for Weeks 1-22, in 2010.) For Week 23, I went to the Koshland Science Museum. I first attempted to go on a Thursday, but when I arrived, the people … Continue reading
Week 25: Ford’s Theatre
Alas, I did not have the foresight to start this blog with Week 1, back in July 2010, but I will try to bring the blog up to date in separate posts. Like so many others, I am fascinated by … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Museum Visits Part I
Tagged DC, Ford's Theatre, historic site, museum, national park, theatre, weekly museum visit
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Welcome
Here is why this blog exists: I recently went back to the site of my museum education internship, on the one-year-anniversary of having started the internship. Immediately, I was asked to sign a birthday card for a member of the … Continue reading
Posted in National Postal Museum, National Zoological Park, Photos
Tagged DC, National Zoo, Smithsonian, zoo
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