Blogs Posts on "Museums"

Visit the Baseball Hall of Fame by Travel on Nov 21, 2009For baseball fans all around the world, the Baseball Hall of Fame, located in Cooperstown, New York, is the perfect vacation destination. At the Hall you can learn all about the greatest baseball players of all time, and see priceless and rare items...

Photo Friday: The British Museum with children and the Parthenon Marbles debate by Roaming Tales on Nov 20, 2009London, UK; July 2007 This is my sister Emma riding on my shoulders at the British Museum in summer 2007. She was five at the time and is now a big girl of seven and a half. We are standing in front of the Parthenon Marbles (also known as the Elgin...

Tokyo Sea Life Park (Kasai Rinkai Suizokuen) – Part 1 by Travel Japan Blog on Nov 16, 2009Our most recent Grutt Pass adventure had us at the Tokyo Sea Life Park on a Saturday morning. The place was empty in the morning but looked to be getting very crowded on our way out the door in the early afternoon. Live and learn. If you want to visi...

Mitsui Memorial Museum (三井記念美術館) – Part 2 by Travel Japan Blog on Nov 10, 2009Continuing from yesterday’s blog entry, the “Special Exhibition: Vision and Reminiscence of Edo – Masterpieces from the Takahashi Seiichiro Collection of Ukiyo-e Prints” was a lot of fun to stumble upon. This next ukiyoe remin...

Mitsui Memorial Museum – Part 1 by Travel Japan Blog on Nov 9, 2009Our 8th usage of the Grutt Pass was going to be at the Bridgestone Museum of Art near Nihonbashi. For the second time we encountered a museum that was closed due to a rotation in exhibits. Ugh. We flipped through our pass booklet to find the closest...

Ueno Zoo and the Grutt Pass – Part 1 by Travel Japan Blog on Nov 7, 2009We recently purchased a couple of Grutt Passes (ぐるっとパス or gurutto pasu in Japanese). Included with the pass is free admission to the Ueno Zoo. The Ueno Zoo is wonderfully peaceful on a Sunday morning. On a Sunday afternoon it turns into w...

Niterói Contemporary Art Museum by New Era New World on Nov 5, 2009We are not seeing a UFO, but it is the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, in the famous city of Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, a Brazilian architect who is considered one of the most important names in international modern architec...

Ideum’s 100-inch Touchscreen Table Shows Off EM Spectrum Science Stuff (video) by Deal With Tech on Oct 30, 2009How do you impress all the folks that have seen their fair share of Microsoft Surface tables?  Simple, you build your own version that is about twice the size and displays the visual representation of the EM Spectrum.  The Ideum MT-50 touchscreen t...

Last chance for lunch? by Hither and Thither on Oct 29, 2009With my research block ending this week, we wanted to take advantage of one of our last chances to meet up mid-day. Besides, Ashley had to go to the American Museum of Natural History for some work on a book and was also spending time uptown fo...

Before and After Meme for Expats: After by Clogs and Tulips: An American in Holland on Oct 23, 2009Several months ago, Isabella over at A Touch of Dutch posted the following Meme to get an idea of many an expat's first impression of the Netherlands and how they feel after having lived here a spell. I decided to join in on the fun! Here are my answ...