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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
- 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
Tag Archives: museum
Week 27: Octagon
American Institute of Architects goal: With nearly 300 state and local chapters, the AIA serves as the voice of the architecture profession and the resource for our members in service to society. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) maintains the … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Museum Visits Part III
Tagged article, DC, historic house museum, museum, national park, Octagon, weekly museum visit
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Week 24: Bladensburg Waterfront Park
Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation Mission:In partnership with our citizens, the Department of Parks and Recreation provides comprehensive park and recreation programs, facilities, and services which respond to changing needs within our communities. We strive to preserve, … Continue reading
Justin Bieber’s Museum Visit
Teen pop star/heartthrob Justin Bieber recently visited the Anne Frank House – the building where Frank hid during World War II and kept a diary, now turned into a museum – and left this bit of profundity in the guest … Continue reading
Posted in Articles and Books, Lists of Museums, Capitol Visitor Center
Tagged museum, DC, Smithsonian, article, MD, VA, Arlington National Cemetery, Capitol Visitor Center, historic house museum, Sewall-Belmont House, Library of Congress, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, King Memorial, National Portrait Gallery, Anne Frank House, Netherlands, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Meridian Hill Park, Maryland Historical Society, Justin Bieber
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Favorite Museum Photos: Fabric
This month I’ve been writing about how museums engage with historical and contemporary efforts against inequality relating to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and class. These posts have taken longer than usual, as I tried to get my words exactly … Continue reading
Posted in Historic Alexandria, Photos
Tagged DC, Folklife Festival, Gadsby's Tavern Museum, historic site, museum, Smithsonian, VA
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Racist Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriation in American Sports Symposium at NMAI
Is a museum a forum or a temple? asked Brooklyn Museum director Duncan Cameron in 1971. Many museums tell stories of historic struggles for equality. There are significant victories that museums highlight: the abolition of slavery in the United States, … Continue reading
Posted in Articles and Books
Tagged article, DC, museum, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian, symposium
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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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Week 19: America’s Islamic Heritage Museum
Organization and museum mission: Our purpose and mission as an organization is to shed light on the depth, diversity, growth, and history of Muslim Americans, plus to serve as a resource center for the history, enrichment, knowledge, and understanding of … Continue reading
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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