All Entries Tagged With: "Museums"
Museum Exhibit Marks Tornado Anniversary
Museum Exhibit Marks Tornado Anniversary SPRINGFIELD – Storm Stories: Path of Fury, a multi-media exhibition that looks back at the June 1, 2011 tornado, will be on view from June 1 through October 28 at the Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History at the Quadrangle in Springfield. Admission to the history museum will [...]
Old Fort Jackson, Savannah Georgia
Old Fort Jackson, located in Savannah, Georgia, is a great day trip for the history enthusiast. This fort is the oldest standing brick fortification in Georgia and celebrated its bicentennial anniversary in 2008. It is one of only eight Second System fortifications built prior to the war of 1812 that is still standing in the [...]
Indoor Fun for Kids Near Saratoga
Indoor Fun for Kids Near Saratoga by Jen Magnani Some people feel there are only two good things about February—Valentine’s Day, and the fact that it’s a mere 28 days (sometimes 29). This winter has been particularly trying for us in the northeast who adore snow, but thankfully there are some kid-friendly spots to prevent [...]
Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s 108th Birthday at theSpringfield Museums
Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s 108th Birthday at theSpringfield Museums SPRINGFIELD– The Springfield Museums’ Weekend Family Fun series will continueon Saturday, March 3, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with a Dr. Seuss’s Birthday Celebration.Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfieldon March 2, 1904. WeekendFamily Fun programs are sponsored by TD Bank through the TD CharitableFoundation. Activities are free [...]
1/21-6/17- Audubon and the World of Flight! Berkshire Museum
Taking Flight: Audubon and the World of Birds January 21 – June 17, 2012 http://berkshiremuseum.org Berkshire Museum’s exhibition Taking Flight: Audubon and the World of Birds centers on John James Audubon and his passion for birds, which drove him to create The Birds of America, a revolutionary work of science and art. More than thirty [...]
The Halfmoon
http://www.halfmoon.mus.ny.us For those of you in the Capital Region, the word Half Moon is no stranger. It’s a town just outside Clifton Park, New York. But it is also the name of the ship Henry Hudson used to explore the wonderful river that now bears his name. Every Spring, the Half Moon museum makes its [...]
Hyde Collection Art Museum
http://www.hydecollection.org/ Art Museum & Historic House 161 Warren Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801 p. 518.792.1761 fx.518.792.9197 The Hyde Collection is an art museum with an extraordinary collection of more than 3,000 objects. The institution is a product of the golden age of the private art collector (ca. 1890-1940) and an example of a rare genre [...]
Schenectady Museum
THE SCHENECTADY MUSEUM Nott Terrace Schenectady, NY http://www.schenectadymuseum.org The Schenectady Museum, in Schenectady New York, is a wonderful little museum a few blocks from downtown. And it has one of the best planetarium shows we’ve ever seen—anywhere. Schenectady is home to so much history: General Electric, the Erie Canal, Proctor’s Theatre, Thomas Edison. We are [...]
Scenes From Battleship Cove
http://www.battleshipcove.org Battleship Cove is one of the largest naval museums in the United States. Located about an house south of Boston, the cove is home to the gigantic USS Massachusetts, along with the submarine Lionfish, the Kennedy, PT Boats, landing craft, and more. And the best part–you’re allowed to go everywhere, from inside the gun [...]
The Lionfish at Battleship Cove
http://www.battleshipcove.org/ss298-history.htm I’m not going to get into the history of the Lionfish, an incredibly cool submarine docked at Battleship Cove. Just check out the pics and click on the link. Way cool!
Lackawanna Coal Mine
www.lackawannacounty.org 1 Bald Mountain Rd Scranton, PA 18504 (570) 963-6463 To the children who suffered Richard DiMaggio The Lackawanna Coal Mine in Lackawanna, Pennsylvania remains one of the most incredibly interesting, yet incredibly sad, places I have ever visited. This is a trip you must do, combining adventure with history, and a museum with the [...]
Olana
Olana was the home of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), one of America’s most important artists, a student of Thomas Cole, and a major figure in the Hudson River School of landscape painting. Built high on a hill near Hudson, New York between 1870 and 1891, then as now, Olana offers magnificent sweeping vistas of the [...]
Saratoga Battlefield
Saratoga National Battlefield Saratoga, NY http://www.nps.gov/sara/photosmultimedia/virtualtour.htm This article isn’t a lengthy, detailed article about the Battle of Saratoga. Heck, no—there’s lots of that out there already, treatises, in fact. And the government covers lots of it on its own web site, http://www.nps.gov/sara/photosmultimedia/virtualtour.htm But here are some neat photos of the turning point in the American [...]
Thacher Park
Thacher Park Just outside Altamont, New York, lies Thacher Park, one of the richest fossil-bearing formations in the world. There’s actually two aspects of the Park: The park itself, home to miles of hiking trails, snowshoeing, a swimming pool (the opening of which is always under scrutiny with State Budget Cuts), playgrounds, ball fields, and [...]
Cooper’s Cave
Cooper’s Cave Glens Falls, NY – Off Exit 18 of the Northway, I87 Open Memorial Day to Halloween from 9am to 8 pm Smack in the middle of Glens Falls is “Cooper’s Cave”, the cave described in the world famous book, “Last of the Mohicans” by James Fenimore Cooper. The river forks and admist the [...]
Christmas at the Berkshire Museum
Berkshire Children’s Museum Pittsfield, MA Every year, from November through Christmas, the Berkshire Children’s Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts has a Festival of Trees. We love this museum, and so do children. It has a comfortable atmosphere, a very warm welcoming. And when bathed in the light of hundreds of trees, Christmas is everywhere. The festival [...]
Uncle Remus Museum
Ever read an Uncle Remus story? Or heard of Brer Rabbit? The Uncle Remus museum, located in Eatonton, Georgia, is a wonderful little hidden treasure. I happened upon this place after exploring the antebellum trails of Milledgeville and I am thrilled I did. When I walked into the old cottage I was greeted by the [...]
Springwood, Hyde Park, NY
Springwood, Hyde Park, NY In these days of constant hyper-political debate, it is perhaps fitting for those of the progressive ideological persuasion to visit Springwood, the Mecca of the modern Democrat Party’s inspiration; and, at the same time, pay homage to the man who did much to change the wordage and thrust of our civic [...]
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art There’s nothing more satisfying than spending a rainy afternoon grazing at a great museum. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is certainly the perfect place to do it. Its exhibits are varied, easily spanning two millennia. The Museum also includes the off-site Rodin Museum just down the road on Benjamin Franklin [...]
Whippany (NJ) Railway Museum
Whippany (NJ) Railway Museum As a child, I remember reading a fairy tale entitled, “Seven-League Boots” and being utterly fascinated by it. The premise was that if one were to wear such boots, one could travel seven leagues in a single bound. Clearly, the story was told before our time, when the idea of rapid [...]
Thomas Alva Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Alva Edison National Historical Park, West Orange, NJ Thomas Alva Edison (1847- 1931) was no doubt the world’s most prolific inventor. In his lifetime, he held over 1000 U.S. patents in his name; and additional ones in Europe as well. He came to be known as ‘The Wizard of Menlo Park’ (where he lived [...]
Metropolitan Museum of Art
MoMA, New York City Manhattan has three world-class art museums. The Guggenheim, which is known for its rotating exhibitions, is a work of art in itself. There’s the Metropolitan Museum of Art that houses a collection that’s representative of the entire sweep of human artistic endeavor. And then there’s MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) that [...]
Some Great Upstate NY Museums
Looking to Stay Inside Today? Search for a great museum near you and stay warm! NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM (EXCLUDING NEW YORK CITY) Hanford Mills Museum, in East Meredith, NY, on your museum list. www.hanfordmills.org A working, waterpower driven, 19th century woodworking factory and farm Adirondack Museum http://www.adkmuseum.org Albany Institute of History and Art [...]
The Lizzy Borden Bed and Breakfast
http://www.lizzie-borden.com/ Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast 92 Second Street, Fall River, MA 02721. Lizzy Borden–we al know the words to that infamous rhyme! Let’s skip the graphic testimony and get right to the chase: Lizzy Borden lived in a small house but a mile or so from Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts (See related [...]
Museums – Northeast USA
New York Museums Adirondack Museum Albany Institute of History and Art Amherst Museum (Amherst) Baseball Hall of Fame (Cooperstown) Bicycle Museum (12 miles south of Buffalo) Boswell Museum – For the Jazz enthusiasts! Bronck Museum (Coxsackie) – A complex of Dutch Colonial dwellings and 19th century barns, including the oldest surviving Dutch House in the [...]
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center 87 Nature Center Way Voorheesville, NY 12186 (518) 872-0800 On your way to Thacher Park (see related articles), outside Altamont, New York, you will see a very small sign that says “Nature Center”, and an arrow pointing to the right. I have driven by this sign several times, but [...]
