Happy June! We’ve been to Prague before with the Sex Machines Museum and Prague Castle Toy Collection, but this time we have something teeny-tiny for you. The Museum of Miniatures displays the dedicated (and some would say patient) work of Siberian artist Anatoly Konenko. He has managed to create as...
“Century Photo Centre,” from “the Dye Transfer Portfolio from Analogue,” 1998-2007 Eminent Domain: Contemporary Photography and the City A 2008 exhibit at the New York Public Library was about the photographer’s proprietary claim to the urban landscape.
A few months ago the Liberace Museum shut its doors. Now it looks like the same fate awaits the Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana, Pennsylvania (the actor’s hometown) if they don’t receive a “George Bailey miracle”. I’m sorry…but my mind keeps going back to the image of Dana Carvey impersonating...
My least favourite time of year is coming to an end. Yes, I am talking about the holiday season, and by holiday I mean all the American celebrations associated with November and December, like Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Chanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s etc. And I’m not using the word holiday to...
Today is Presidents’ Day in the United States of America, which means you’re supposed to buy a mattress on sale and maybe learn a few things about the forty-four men who got to call themselves commander-in-chief. So let’s continue where we left off (check out Part 1 if you missed...
Happy (Inter?) National Coffee Day! Today you’re supposed to celebrate everybody’s favourite “wake me the hell up!” beverage with visits to coffee shops and posts on social media. But what about a coffee-related museum object? Well, thankfully the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has Abraham Lincoln’s coffee cup. Here’s...
Let’s continue our celebration of all things American with Iowa’s Freedom Rock. It all started back in 1999, when a local artist named Ray “Bubba” Sorenson II from Menlo, Iowa saw the film Saving Private Ryan. It inspired him to honour America’s veterans every year on Memorial Day by repainting...
One of the world’s most obscure art museums, or should I say remote, also has the world’s longest name…the State Art Museum of the Republic of Karakalpakstan aka the Nukus Museum of Art. Located in Uzbekistan, a random two-story white tiled building is surrounded by hundreds of miles of desert...
At one time, the men outnumbered the women nearly 200 to 1 in Wallace, Idaho, making huge profits for the five brothels along the town’s main street. But only the Oasis Rooms have been preserved. After catching word that they were on the brink of an FBI invasion, its occupants...
When it comes to frozen pizza my stepfather has such a refined palate he thinks Tombstone and Jack’s are far superior to all other brands. Growing up with such nonsense I shudder at the thought of eating dehydrated cheese and processed meats off a piece of cardboard, actually any pizza...
Even though Tuesday’s post on LBJ wasn’t too popular, I guess this week’s theme continues with another presidential museum. Yesterday I was watching the evening news because I am 75 years old, and to my surprise they were talking about a weird museum. How exciting! Since 1965 a small bank...
A new exhibit called “Soma” at Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof museum allows visitors to sleep overnight amid 24 golden canaries and a dozen reindeer. “Guests can rent a single revolving bed in the middle of the reindeer herd for 1,000 euros ($1,363) per night. Businesswoman Maru Winnacker and her husband rented...
