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Museum Monday: aluminum Christmas Trees

11/25/13

Museum Monday: Wisconsin exhibit of aluminum Christmas Trees

aluminum Christmas Trees

Hunting murals in New York City

11/07/13

Hunting murals in New York City

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Not TSA-approved. Ever

10/07/13

The TSA’s plan to allow passengers to once again carry small knives on board airplanes got nixed a while back. But even if it had gone forward the knife pictured above would never had made the, uh, cut. Made around 1880 as an advertising item for a store window in New York City, the knife’s […]

The surprising home of Amelia Earhart’s flight jacket

09/30/13

I recently had the great pleasure of spending a day touring the five first-rate museums that make up the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. Formerly the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, the recently expanded center is home to the Cody Firearms Museum, The Plains Indian Museum, The Draper Natural History Museum, the […]

America’s Cup artifacts at SFO Museum

08/27/13

America's Cup artifacts at SFO Museum

Little Golden Books and Presidential Hair

08/12/13

Little Golden Books and Presidential Hair: from must-see exhibition at the National Museum of American History

Stitching project to recreate Star-Spangled Banner

07/02/13

It’s a rare day when Baltimore-area quilter Joan Zelinka does not stitch. So she’s pleased to be part of a project kicking off Thursday, July 4 that will recreate the flag with “broad stripes and bright stars” that flew during the War of 1812 and inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that later […]

Nautical arts at SFO Int’l Airport

05/26/13

If you’re traveling to or through San Francisco International Airport (SFO), be sure to leave some time to explore the newest exhibit from the SFO Museum: From Ship to Shore: Nautical Arts from the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, on view in Terminal 2 through December. The exhibit displays ingeniously crafted items made by […]

Nautical arts at SFO Int'l Airport

Souvenir Sunday: a 150-year-old pickle

05/25/13

As souvenirs go, this is a winner. This weekend I visited the Lynden Pioneer Museum in Dutch-themed Lynden, Washington to give my Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau presentation about things museums have that they can’t or won’t show you. During the event, museum director/curator Troy Luginbill was kind enough to bring out a hidden treasure from […]

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Museum Monday: aluminum Christmas Trees

Hunting murals in New York City

Not TSA-approved. Ever

The surprising home of Amelia Earhart’s flight jacket

America’s Cup artifacts at SFO Museum

Little Golden Books and Presidential Hair

Stitching project to recreate Star-Spangled Banner

Nautical arts at SFO Int’l Airport

Souvenir Sunday: a 150-year-old pickle

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