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Category Archives: Museums
Flipping Brilliant
If you ever wax nostalgic for the old iconic railway station flipboards like the one pictured above from Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station, you are going to love this story. Chee-Kit Lai, founder of Mobile Studio Architects, has created what may … Continue reading
Mad For Alice
I’ve been mad for Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland books since I borrowed my first copy from my local library as a young child. Any museum or library show on the beloved classics is sure to get my attention. So, I sat … Continue reading
Paris For Free
Every time that I visit Paris, I go to the Louvre. In fact, on some trips I have gone twice in a week. It doesn’t look as though I’ll be popping in to France’s most iconic museum for quite a while. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, History, Museums, Tourism
Tagged France, Johannes Vermeer, Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Year of the Mask
“Beyond Noh” by Patrick Smith is a mesmerizing trip through thousands of mask from around the world, including the now ubiquitous Covid-19 protective devices. The vivid images span dozens of cultures and time periods and shift from one to the next … Continue reading
Will the museum deserve an Oscar
Film lovers won’t be able to visit in-person until the doors open to the public on September 30, 2021, but new the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures programming will soon be available online. The pre-opening program includes a screening of … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Architecture, Art, Film, History, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged California, Cinema, Los Angeles
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The Geography of Happiness
Just in the nick of time, the Copenhagen-based Happiness Research Institute has opened the world’s first museum dedicated to that elusive thing we all need more than ever. The museum is located in the heart of everyone’s favorite Nordic capital. which currently … Continue reading
The Feast of Venus
Last year, the Belgian tourist bureau VisitFlanders commissioned the folks at SkullMapping to create a wonderful bit of projection mapping to entertain passengers while they waited for flights at Brussels National Airport. With some clever digital trickery, a cheeky little … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Animation, Art, Europe, Film, Museums, Public Transport, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Belgium, Brussels, Painting, Peter Paul Rubens
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The Five-Minute Museum
British filmmaker and animator Paul Bush‘s short film The Five-Minute Museum is a mindboggling tour through the history of Western Civilization at breakneck speed. The stop motion trip carries the viewer through the cultural history of civilization by way of … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Europe, Film, History, Museums, Photography
Tagged London, Museums, stop motion animation, Western Civilization
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Welcome to Planet Word
Last week a long-awaited new museum opened in Washington, D.C. that will be a must-see destination for readers and language lovers. Planet Word is promoted as “a revolutionary museum dedicated to the power, beauty, and fun of language and to … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, History, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged language, Washington D.C
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Home of Chocolate
Somehow I missed one of the most important stories of last month with the news that Lindt has opened an all new headquarters museum near Zurich. The Lindt Home of Chocolate welcomed its first visitors in Kilchberg, Switzerland on September … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Chocolate, Lindt, Switzerland, Zurich
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