Happy Pride y'all! The Schwules Museum in Berlin was the world’s first gay museum. It opened 27 years ago above Schwuz, a gay nightclub, in the Kreuzberg area of the city and is dedicated exclusively to LGBT topics.
The Art Institute of Chicago is not only a museum, but it’s also a school. Occasionally visitors will see students painting replicas of some of the masterpieces on display at the museum. Here are some photographs I took a few years ago, which I recently found in my endless photo...
Anyone following this blog for the last three years has probably noticed my obsession with teeny tiny things. FromPrague’s Museum of Miniatures to Zarifa Salahova’s collection of miniature edition books in Azerbaijan, we’ve seen a lot of small stuff from all over the world. Well, there’s another museum to add...
Which Came First? (After Haim Steinbach), 2010, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center So what is it…Peeps or Cadbury Eggs?
Nearly one hundred Vladimir Lenin statues have been toppled in the Ukraine since anti-government protests began in December. A Lenin statue that doesn’t appear to be going anywhere is the most random one of all. On the corner of N. 36th Street and Evanston Avenue N in the Fremont neighborhood...
Here’s a pic of wintry Seattle back in 1880. It’s from the Digital Snow Museum (yep, there’s such a thing).
I can’t think of a better way to lighten the mood than with a visit to the Burt Reynolds & Friends Museum in Jupiter, Florida. Besides all the endless fan paintings, there’s autographed pictures, personalized notes, movie posters, honorary sheriff’s badges, Burt’s horse carriage made by Dolly Parton, Burt’s baby...
Here’s a postcard of Ancient Egyptian Art from the British Museum. Enjoy! I apologize again for not posting much on this blog. I promise things will be back to normal soon and I’ll be writing more about some of my favorite museums. “These flat-backed glazed composition amuletic figures of the...
There are art museums and there are car museums. But what about an art car museum? Even though a light rail system opened about a decade ago, Houston has always loved automobiles of all kinds, largely due to the lack of real public transportation and urban sprawl in this Texan...
As a museologist I have spent many hours observing people looking at art, either for my studies or for work or just for my own damn pleasure. If you remember my post from last year, then you know I am sort of obsessed with this topic, especially when it comes...
