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Category Archives: Museum Visits (Other)
Two Hillwood Visits and a Rally
I first visited Hillwood on their annual Gay Day festival in fall 2010. It was Weekly Museum Visits Part 1, Week 10 – relatively early in the Weekly Museum Visits project. While many of my Weekly Museum Visits were on … Continue reading
Posted in Articles and Books, Museum Visits (Other)
Tagged DC, Easter, Hillwood, historic house museum, holidays, museum, thesis
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Who Will Be the First Lady When We Have Our First Lady President?
I am participating in the DC Emerging Museum Professionals’ Museum Madness tournament, in which we visit eight specific museum exhibits and vote on our favorites in a bracket format. Seven of the exhibits are at DC museums (Dumbarton Oaks, Library … Continue reading
Museum Objects Celebrating Religious Freedom
You know those “Coexist” bumper stickers? They are objects of our time, but the idea is an old (and woefully under-realized) one. Yesterday I visited the Sackler Gallery, so that I could gawk like a fangirl at the Cyrus Cylinder, … Continue reading
Posted in Capitol Visitor Center, Museum Visits (Other), Photos
Tagged British Museum, Capitol Visitor Center, DC, Freer/Sackler, museum, Smithsonian
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If Towers Could Talk
When I decided to dedicate a month to museum architecture, I began listing the architecturally interesting museums and landmarks I have visited in my lifetime. There are many here in DC; others I have seen in travels to different states … Continue reading
Holidays at the White House
As with pretty much everything the President of the United States does, he will not be able to make everyone happy with how the White House decorates for, and commemorates, the December holiday season. I can easily say, “I am … Continue reading
Posted in Museum Visits (Other), Museums and Holidays
Tagged Christmas, DC, Hanukkah, historic house museum, holidays, White House
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Aquatic Life on Display
It is a challenging and exciting time for aquariums. For one thing, audiences’ expanding concern for animal rights and animal welfare forces aquariums and zoos to grapple with ethical questions. There was once a time when the mere entertainment value … Continue reading
Posted in Articles and Books, Museum Visits (Other), National Zoological Park, Photos
Tagged aquarium, article, DC, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, MD, museum, National Aquarium in Baltimore, National Aquarium in DC, National Museum of Natural History, national park, National Zoo, park, Smithsonian, VA, zoo
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The Ripple Effect
Art Museum of the Americas’ current exhibit The Ripple Effect: Currents of Socially Engaged Art is, at one level, eclectic. There are videos and computer projections, sculptures and photography, textiles and terrariums. The works of art also address a variety … Continue reading
The Magic of Children’s Gardens
Are gardens magical places? Certainly gardens can be whimsical and imaginative, especially when they are designed with children in mind. My visit to Brookside Gardens (a Weekly Museum Visit in 2010) included a stop at the Children’s Garden, described on … Continue reading
Favorite Museum Photos: Duncan Camping!
These images are photos of Duncan camping at Deep Creek Lake State Park. * September’s blog theme is Museums Gone to the Dogs.
Posted in Museum Visits (Other), Photos
Tagged Deep Creek Lake State Park, Duncan, MD, parks
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