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The Art Institute is incredible. And wouldn’t you know? There’s an app for that.
There is/was one for the Louvre too but I don’t know if it’s maintained.
Specialty Museums in the US
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The Art Institute is incredible. And wouldn’t you know? There’s an app for that.
There is/was one for the Louvre too but I don’t know if it’s maintained.
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Great museum! Can easily take up a full day. Many displays have videos showing people playing the various instruments.
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National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia.
https://nationalinfantrymuseum.org/
Titan Missile Museum, a little bit south of Tucson, Arizona. This is the last remaining Titan missile silo. Tours are available taking visitors to various locations within the silo. A missile is still there, also.
https://titanmissilemuseum.org/
https://nationalinfantrymuseum.org/
Titan Missile Museum, a little bit south of Tucson, Arizona. This is the last remaining Titan missile silo. Tours are available taking visitors to various locations within the silo. A missile is still there, also.
https://titanmissilemuseum.org/
To add to the Denver area list: Colorado Railroad Museum https://coloradorailroadmuseum.org/
And, takes a bit to get to it, but well-worth the effort, the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad https://cumbrestoltec.com/ 2020 opening day will be of particular interest, as they're going to have a number of older (late 1800s) locomotives, both native and visiting, under steam.
And, takes a bit to get to it, but well-worth the effort, the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad https://cumbrestoltec.com/ 2020 opening day will be of particular interest, as they're going to have a number of older (late 1800s) locomotives, both native and visiting, under steam.
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I like outdoor “museums” and the St Louis botanical garden is outstanding.
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Crypto Museum near Ft Meade, MD. A little hard to find. Had Nash papers and Enigma machines among others.
If you find yourself in Scranton, PA checkout the Anthracite Museum. They do a really good job.
If you find yourself in Scranton, PA checkout the Anthracite Museum. They do a really good job.
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I haven't been, but I hear Cahokia is an interesting restored Native American city (archaeologists estimate a peak population over 10,000) of the Middle Mississippian culture. We have a smaller satellite village site in Wisconsin that has been restored as a state park. It's called Aztalan because the white immigrants assumed the flat-topped pyramidal mounds were built by Aztecs.
The village up here was distinct from the local woodland tribes -- it seems to have been a commercial outpost for trading.
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B reactor in Richland, Wa. https://manhattanprojectbreactor.hanford.gov/
When I toured about 15 years ago I was lucky enough to have a tour guide who actually worked there during the Manhattan Project. I doubt there are very many of them left now though.
When I toured about 15 years ago I was lucky enough to have a tour guide who actually worked there during the Manhattan Project. I doubt there are very many of them left now though.
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The Pinball Museum in Vegas is some of the cheapest fun you can have in the city. Games are 25 to 50 cents a play depending on the age of the machine.
Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame Pinball Museum, Nevada NV, Tim Arnold
Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame Pinball Museum, Nevada NV, Tim Arnold
Since you all seem to be taking the definitions of "museum" and "US" a little liberally, let me add:
- Boxing Hall of Fame, Canastota, NY.
An unexceptional little place really but when they have signings or inaugurations... it is a great place. I have met a couple of HoF boxers there.
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- Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Hamilton, ON
A great place in my town. Very interactive. Sit in a lot of the planes, even go on a flight in some. Home of one of only two surviving FLYING Lancaster bombers from WWII. When that thing goes overhead it is something else.
https://www.warplane.com/
- Boxing Hall of Fame, Canastota, NY.
An unexceptional little place really but when they have signings or inaugurations... it is a great place. I have met a couple of HoF boxers there.
Boxing Hall of Fame-Home
- Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Hamilton, ON
A great place in my town. Very interactive. Sit in a lot of the planes, even go on a flight in some. Home of one of only two surviving FLYING Lancaster bombers from WWII. When that thing goes overhead it is something else.
https://www.warplane.com/
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An amazing list so far, and lots of opportunity for future travel plans.
I’ll add another, Chunuly Garden and Glass in Seattle.
I’ll add another, Chunuly Garden and Glass in Seattle.
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A couple not mentioned...
The Allman Brothers Band Museum
https://www.thebighousemuseum.com/
Edison Ford Estates/Museum
https://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/
The Allman Brothers Band Museum
https://www.thebighousemuseum.com/
Edison Ford Estates/Museum
https://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/
The glass museum in W. Virginia and Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina.
https://www.brookgreen.org/ Only American Sculpture in beautiful plantation gardens.
https://www.brookgreen.org/ Only American Sculpture in beautiful plantation gardens.
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Slater Mill...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slater_Mill_Historic_Site
I grew up in Pawtucket , R.I. which was a mill town (textiles)
The Slater Mill is recognized as the first textile mill in America, built in 1735. When I was a kid, about 8 years old, we used to play in and around the mill and the Blackstone River. I remember sliding down the front of the dam, where the water wheel was located.
The mill was broken down then, and supposedly being rehabbed as a US Historical Site.... but that was going slowly and not complete until 1955, when I was in High School.
Slater Mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark on November 13, 1966, the first property to be listed on the register.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slater_Mill_Historic_Site
I grew up in Pawtucket , R.I. which was a mill town (textiles)
The Slater Mill is recognized as the first textile mill in America, built in 1735. When I was a kid, about 8 years old, we used to play in and around the mill and the Blackstone River. I remember sliding down the front of the dam, where the water wheel was located.
The mill was broken down then, and supposedly being rehabbed as a US Historical Site.... but that was going slowly and not complete until 1955, when I was in High School.
Slater Mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark on November 13, 1966, the first property to be listed on the register.
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That would be my recommendation, too.
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Speaking of glass, the Corning Glass Museum in Corning, NY is pretty amazing.
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The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, PA - a vast collection of medical and anatomical oddities. "We invite you to explore our world and become Disturbingly Informed."
The Newseum in Washington, DC is closing at the end of the year. https://www.newseum.org/2019/10/01/were-on-deadline/
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www.RoadTrippers.com
Forum member clobber recommended www.RoadTrippers.com in response to my question last year about how to know about interesting things to see when traveling.
There is a free version and a subscription version. There is also an app but I find it easiest to use on a laptop. It lets you select various categories/interests and then shows choices along your travel route. You can find interesting museums and attractions along the way, as well as other categories which you are free to specify.
Thanks to this app we had a great visit at the "All Things Oz" museum in Chittenango, NY. The free hour-long personal tour (by appointment) was entertaining and educational.
Also found and visited thanks to RoadTrippers: Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum and It's A Wonderful Life movie museum and the town and bridge that inspired the movie set.
These aren't big places but they were interesting and I doubt we'd have known about them any other way.
Forum member clobber recommended www.RoadTrippers.com in response to my question last year about how to know about interesting things to see when traveling.
There is a free version and a subscription version. There is also an app but I find it easiest to use on a laptop. It lets you select various categories/interests and then shows choices along your travel route. You can find interesting museums and attractions along the way, as well as other categories which you are free to specify.
Thanks to this app we had a great visit at the "All Things Oz" museum in Chittenango, NY. The free hour-long personal tour (by appointment) was entertaining and educational.
Also found and visited thanks to RoadTrippers: Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum and It's A Wonderful Life movie museum and the town and bridge that inspired the movie set.
These aren't big places but they were interesting and I doubt we'd have known about them any other way.
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned The National WWII Museum in New Orleans.
Also the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles - one the most amazing car collections in the world - it's Hollywood's car collection and much more. And the spectacular Getty Villa in Malibu.
I'll also put a plug in for my alma mater - the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology at Webb School in Claremont, CA. It's the only nationally accredited museum of paleontology on a secondary school campus in the United States. Everything there was collected by the high school students at Webb including some new, previously unknown specimens. Truly unique and excellent! - better than the dinosaur displays in most natural history museums - it's also free.
FWIW - The National Aerospace Museum at the Smithsonian is ridiculous; and the most awesomely impressive thing there is the Mercury space capsule. When you think about being shot into space for the first time on top of a re-purposed ICBM in that rinky-dink corrugated steel coffin held together with bolts and rivets - I don't know how they found room for the astronaut's huge balls to fit in the capsule. My Casio watch has more computer power in it than that entire rocket.
Also the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles - one the most amazing car collections in the world - it's Hollywood's car collection and much more. And the spectacular Getty Villa in Malibu.
I'll also put a plug in for my alma mater - the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology at Webb School in Claremont, CA. It's the only nationally accredited museum of paleontology on a secondary school campus in the United States. Everything there was collected by the high school students at Webb including some new, previously unknown specimens. Truly unique and excellent! - better than the dinosaur displays in most natural history museums - it's also free.
FWIW - The National Aerospace Museum at the Smithsonian is ridiculous; and the most awesomely impressive thing there is the Mercury space capsule. When you think about being shot into space for the first time on top of a re-purposed ICBM in that rinky-dink corrugated steel coffin held together with bolts and rivets - I don't know how they found room for the astronaut's huge balls to fit in the capsule. My Casio watch has more computer power in it than that entire rocket.
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