Archive | August, 2012

Mystic Seaport Museum

“Climb aboard another era” in this 19th century seaport village. Mystic Seaport village has the usual findings: blacksmith, cooperage, church, drug store, typical New England homes, bank, general store, school house, & printing office. But there are some things that set it apart for me such as the Thomas Oyster House and the Henry B. duPont Preservation […]

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Titanic – 12,450 Feet Below

Laurel Thorndike Rich Roth mentioned.It’s a chilly night upon the frigid North Atlantic. Though stars glitter above, gloom presses in and an ominous presence lurks just out of sight… Sea Research Foundation’s Dr. Robert Ballard, renowned oceanographer and explorer, and Tim Delaney, former Walt Disney Imagineer, bring the Titanic’s timeless history to life. At Titanic […]

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Victoria Mansion Interior with Stained Glass

Victoria Museum – The Morse-Libby Mansion

The Morse-Libby Mansion in Portland Maine  is a great place if you’re a fan of Victoriana.  The house is quite intact to this day nearly 150 years after it was built having been owned by only two families before becoming a museum. For those who are into architecture and interior design, this house is the […]

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World Children’s Museum

Sharon A. Roth mentioned. What a fun place!  And, I visited without a child in tow!  The mission of World Children’s Museum in Glens Falls, NY is:  to inspire curiosity and foster understanding and appreciation of worldwide cultural diversity.  I think it likely they do that well. We were actually walking by this museum on […]

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Museum of Modern Art

I have to admit when I heard we were going to the MOMA, Museum of Modern Art, inside I cringed. My inner art snob thought “I’m not going to like this.” Much like a stubborn child who turns his nose up at green vegetables. Visions of metal sculptures made of “junk” and paint splattered canvases […]

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PEM – Peabody Essex Museum

“Post Visualization” photographers whose motivation lay in making pictures rather than taking photographs. This statement can be used to describe the showing at the PEM– ” The Mind’s Eye: 50 years of Photography by Jerry Ulesmann. Surreal, funny and provocative, Jerry Uelsmann’s photographs are icons of American photo history. His most famous technique — seamlessly […]

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