Search
-
Recent Posts
Top Posts & Pages
Calendar
Archives
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Stamptuary Hall: Jason Lee
Last week I wrote about Oregon’s John McLoughlin, who shares a stamp with his other state statue honoree, Jason Lee. Lee can be found in Statuary Hall. He would have been 208 years old two days ago, on June 28. … Continue reading
Catalogue of Photography
My brother and sister gave me a cat camera for my birthday one year. We put it on our two indoor cats, one who was more upset by it than the other. (She tends to be more upset than the … Continue reading
Posted in Articles and Books
Tagged article, Duncan, Edison, museum, Olivia, Philbrook Museum of Art
Leave a comment
Stamptuary Hall: John McLoughlin
Who remembers playing Oregon Trail? I remember a really old-school version from elementary and middle school: two colors on the screen, shooting at pixelated buffalo that lumbered near the trees. I don’t remember how often I actually got to Oregon, … Continue reading
One Quotable Nation
When Sarah Palin announced her One Nation bus tour, I looked forward to hearing which historic sites she would choose to visit. Though I am not (full disclosure) a Palin supporter, I am a visiting-historic-sites supporter. I knew I would … Continue reading
What I Look Like at Work
The photo you’ve all been waiting for. Thanks Meredith!
“A collection of items that everyone can actually identify with”
I recently read about Croatia’s new Museum of Broken Relationships, which I expect will have no trouble continuing to expand its collection of objects people don’t want anymore because the objects are bitter reminders of an ex. One line in … Continue reading
Stamptuary Hall: Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton’s statue and stamp both show that for which he is most famous: his invention of the steamboat. In fact, his statue depicts Fulton seated, hard at work, eyes toward his model steamboat rather than the viewer. The Fulton … Continue reading
Museum Educators, Reunited
The Museum Education Program at George Washington University provided not just an education and a degree, but also 14 new friends. Our small cohort took most of our classes together, met frequently outside of class to work on our many … Continue reading
Stamptuary Hall: Ronald Wilson Reagan
Seven years ago today, President Reagan’s body lay in state in the Rotunda of the US Capitol following his death on June 5, 2004. Today, a statue of Reagan, one of California’s contributions to the National Statuary Hall collection, is … Continue reading
Dupont Kalorama Museum Walk
Every year in early June, the Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium holds a museum walk weekend: a Saturday and Sunday of free admission to museums, special activities, and a shuttle to transport visitors from site to site. This year was the first … Continue reading
Posted in Museum Visits (Other), Photos
Tagged Anderson House, DC, historic house museum, museum, Phillips Collection
Leave a comment
