If you could jump into a painting and walk around in it, what painting would you choose? Where would you go in the painting? The sun-splashed Riviera or foggy London? A forest filled with animals? A field of sunflowers or a haunting desert landscape? Good museum conversation starters for adults as well as kids. Also…
Toronto’s Fort York Is Under Attack Again. This Time It’s an Inside Job
Commentary For nearly 70 years, visitors to Fort York in Toronto have been greeted by the trill of fifing, the beating of drums, the crash of muskets, and the boom of cannon. These authentic 19th-century sounds, along with the colourful sight of red-coated soldiers of the Fort York Guard, have brought Canadian history to life…
Denver Art Museum Named One of the World’s Best ‘New’ Museums
By John Wenzel From The Denver Post DENVER — The Denver Art Museum has been selected as one of the world’s best museums, in league with Antwerp, Belgium’s Momu and architectural wonders such as Oslo’s Munch Museum and Tokyo’s Murakami Library. The honor, doled out in a list from Condé Nast Traveler this month, was…
Ancient Mysteries Await at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose
September 15, 2021
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The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, California, contains a wealth of ancient treasures—the largest such collection in western North America. Not only does the museum house artifacts from the Pre-Dynastic to early Islamic era, it also has exhibits on non-Egyptian Assyrian, Babylonian, and Sumerian periods. Four large galleries—the Afterlife, Daily Life, Rulers, and Religion—tempt…
This Summer, Visit Rochester’s Underrated Museums
Rochester is one of the country’s most underrated cities. The city (population about 206,000) is in western New York on Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes. New York City is at least six hours away by car. Rochester, like other Rust Belt cities, has seen its share of challenges in recent decades since…
Relive the Past at Museums, Diners, Drive-ins, and More
Louis Kaplan is channeling his childhood. As a youngster he collected baseball cards, which he stored in boxes and treasured as souvenirs of America’s favorite pastime. Decades later he’s reliving that time while visiting the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. Opportunities to recapture memories from the past aren’t limited…
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