A Tour of Mmuseumm Rest Stop, One of NYC’s Smallest Museums at 4×5 Feet
Mmuseumm 2, a 20 square foot “modern natural history museum” on 4 Cortland Alley in TriBeCa, opened next to its predecessor, Mmuseumm 1, this past Saturday.
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4 Historic Houses Converted Into Museums in Brooklyn
Check out four of Brooklyn’s historic house museums: the Old Stone House, the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, the Lefferts Historic House and Hendrick I. Lott House.
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Morbid Dublin: 5 Places to Get Surprisingly Close to Dublin’s Dead
With our guide of crypts, museums, remains, and literary homages to the dead and undead, you can get closer to the history of Dublin than you probably ever wanted.
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Inside The Hispanic Society of America in New York City
Founded in 1904, The Hispanic Society of America contains the largest collection of 19th century Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain and is free to visit.
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The Nicholas Roerich Museum, A Hidden Russian Gem on the Upper West Side NYC
The Nicholas Roerich Museum, a Russian treasure trove hidden in the Upper West Side of NYC is like a mini Frick Collection with art, artifacts and set design
More7 Off-the-Radar Museums in Montreal
Throughout Montreal, small museums operated by passionate historians cover specific elements of the past. Here are 7 off-beat history museums.
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Top 10 Off-the-Radar Museums in NYC
This week’s featured Foursquare list explores NYC’s more unusual museums and libraries dedicated to iconic toys, wizardry, and the legacy of the mob.
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Donut Ephemera Is Raised to the Status of Relics in a New Exhibit at the City Reliquary in Brooklyn
The City Reliquary reminds us that a mere taste of a donut dunked in coffee can become a Proustian moment opening up our minds to remembrances of times past.
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A Look Back at the Humble Origins of 8 Major NYC Museums
Looking back at the former humble locations of eight New York City museums and institutions enables visitors to fully appreciate their current grand state.
MoreHow James Turrell’s Amazing Light Installation in the Guggenheim Museum in NYC Works
James Turrell’s monumental light installation in the Guggenheim is made up of five concentric rings with LED lights that get filtered through a screen.
MoreRome’s Ara Pacis Museum: An Ancient Altar of Peace in Richard Meier’s Modern Shed
All photos by Ellen Ryan
One thing you learn quickly in Rome is that there is not a lot of contemporary architecture in the historic center. Newer high profile works tend to be clumped at the edges, like Renzo Piano’s Parco della Musica and Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI Museum. So it’s notable when a bold …
MoreLiving Activism at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space in NYC’s East Village
What happened to the activists in the East Village? You might meet them at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, located in a former squat.
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