This is one of our favorite small museums. We had the good fortune of finding The Hyde Collection before 2004, which is the year they added a large modern addition to the delightful Italian Renaissance style home first built by the homeowners, Louis and Charlotte Hyde. This museum is probably the one that inspired […]
National Museum of the American Indian
On a recent trip for business and leisure, we visited the National Museum of the American Indian. The building is absolutely exquisite. The construction of the building has much meaning, and the small grounds around it are planted in various native species as well as traditional foods the rest of us associate with North America’s […]
Old Sturbridge Village…Simple Machines
I had the pleasure of accompanying my son’s third grade class on a recent trip to Old Sturbridge Village in search of simple machines. The class was reminded to be on the look out for simple machines and how they were used to make peoples lives easier, and to think of how these inventions relate […]
Open Storage — the latest in Museum Exhibit Halls
Well, open storage is really more an answer to what to do with all the items buried in the back recesses of many museums – see the last scene in ‘Raider of the Lost Art’ if you are not sure what I mean. While I’ve not been in too many museum basements, I have been […]
Watervliet Heritage Museum
As part of a family genealogical search, I recently visited Watervliet Heritage Museum, a delightful Shaker site. Hancock Shaker Village, and Pleasant Hill in Kentucky are likely the most familiar Shaker museums to vacationers. These both are large, very well restored, and probably even easier to find! The Watervliet Shaker site, actually the movement’s first […]
