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Tag Archives: National Portrait Gallery
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, Capitol Visitor Center, Lists of Museums
Tagged Anne Frank House, Arlington National Cemetery, article, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Capitol Visitor Center, DC, historic house museum, Justin Bieber, King Memorial, Library of Congress, Maryland Historical Society, MD, Meridian Hill Park, museum, National Portrait Gallery, Netherlands, Sewall-Belmont House, Smithsonian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, VA
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Imagination, Memory, and Reason
When I first read about Thomas Jefferson’s Library at the National Book Festival last year, I learned that he categorized his book collection into three main sections: Imagination, Memory, and Reason. I understood the three sections to correspond to art, … Continue reading
Posted in Capitol Visitor Center, Museum Visits (Other)
Tagged CA, Capitol Visitor Center, DC, Exploratorium, Library of Congress, MD, museum, Museum of Jurassic Technology, National Electronics Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Renwick, Smithsonian, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Castle, Walters Art Museum
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Museum Education Students’ Museum Field Trips: Third Semester
Most of spring 2010 was spent at the National Postal Museum (NPM). I interned there four days a week, working on a unit called Heroes on Stamps to be used in after-school programs (and falling in love with the museum’s … Continue reading
Posted in Museum Visits (Other), National Postal Museum, Photos
Tagged Cultural Resources Center, DC, MD, museum, Museum Education Program, National Museum of the American Indian, National Portrait Gallery, National Postal Museum, Ripley Center, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, United States Botanic Garden, Walters Art Museum
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Washington Post’s Free and Easy 2/27-3/4
Happy Leap Week! This week’s recommended free events include a movie screening at the National Portrait Gallery on Wednesday 2/29, stargazing at the National Air and Space Museum on Saturday 3/3, and a piano concert at the National Gallery of … Continue reading
Washington Post’s Free and Easy
This week’s Free and Easy list includes one museum event, at the National Portrait Gallery on Saturday, February 4. And this week I’d like to wish everyone a happy Puppy Bowl Sunday! Please party safely.
