We love museums, and on every trip, we make sure to visit one or two to add some historical dimensions to our travels. Whether it’s a tiny one-room repository of local history or the dramatic sweep of a Guggenheim or Louvre, we encourage all of our readers to visit museums whenever they travel.
World War I Hero Sgt. York’s Home in Pall Mall Is Now a State Park By Jackie Sheckler Finch Betsy Ross York Lowrey was eight years old before she saw her first movie. Her dad loaded up the family and took them to nearby Jamestown to see a first-run film. What surprised young Betsy the […]
AKC Museum of the Dog will complement the existing AKC Headquarters in New York City with a new interactive museum about all breeds of dogs.
France’s new museums include the International City of Gastronomy, the Musee Mer Marine in Bordeaux and The Commonwealth War Graves in Arras.
By Jeanine Barone This museum, the only contemporary art museum in Panama, hides well. The concierge at my hotel in Panama City had never been there and didn’t know any guest who’d ever wanted to visit. And my taxi driver spent 20 minutes getting lost just trying to find it. But, as an aficionado of […]
Lunchbox Lore in Georgia, a visit to the Lunchbox Museum and meeting Allen Woodall, who wrote the book about collectible lunchboxes and their history.
National Geographic’s new Virtual Reality Theater in Washington DC will bring the brand’s 130 years of travel photography to a realistic experience.
Santa Fe: It’s for more than chile lovers. A tour of some of the up-and-coming restaurants, food purveyors, cafes and museums that make the city so popular.
Visiting writer Edith Wharton’s estate, The Mount, in Lenox MA provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of this esteemed novelist and humanitarian.
Loads of Heritage to Behold at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia By Brian Gage The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA is the place to go if you’re looking to learn all about how the United States government came to be through a variety of interesting and engaging activities designed for visitors of all ages. […]
The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem Massachusetts has a world-class collection of art, historic artifacts and lots of room for activities and to enjoy the art
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View CA, is committed to the preservation and presentation of the artifacts and stories of the Information Age.
A Sleepy West Texas Town? Or a lot More? By Susan McKee Surprises greeted me at every turn in Lubbock, Texas. I’d expected to find a sleepy West Texas town, perhaps with tumbleweed rolling down the streets — and found instead an historic icon of rock ‘n’ roll, a prairie dog village, an explanation of […]
