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Visiting: Indy’s Teeny Statue of Liberty Museum

03/15/23

Indy’s Teeny Statue of Liberty Museum, on East Tenth Street in Indianapolis, IND, is home to Tim Harmon’s collection of about 1000 items portraying or bearing the image of the Statue of Liberty. The museum is about 10 feet by 16 feet (hence, “teeny”, says Harmon) and resides in the front room of a building →

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Visiting: the World’s Biggest Children’s Museum

03/14/23

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis dates back to 1925 and now, with more than 130,00 artifacts and more than 4,00 programs, is the world’s largest children’s museum. Highlights include the Dinsophere, the historic carousel, a 55-ton steam engine, cultural exhibits, a 43-foot tall tower of Chihuly glass, an international space station exhibit, and a plethora →

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February is Museum Month in Seattle & San Diego

02/06/23

If you love visiting museums, you probably love visiting museums for free. (Who wouldn’t?) And during February visitors to both Seattle and San Diego can take advantage of special Museum Month programs that offer great savings on museum visits. Seattle Museum Month February is Seattle Museum Month. And during this promotion, any guest who stays →

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Museum Monday: Lightner Museum Turns 75

01/29/23

If we’re not in an airport, you’ll find the Stuck at the Airport team in a museum. And if it’s a museum with some unusual collections, all the better. The Lightner Museum in St. Augustine, Florida fits the bill. And how. First built as the Hotel Alcazar in 1888, the building opened as the Lightner →

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Free admission on Museum Day and other days

09/15/22

[This is a story we wrote for NBC News] As inflation leads households to tighten their entertainment and travel budgets, many are forgoing trips to museums and cultural institutions, where tickets can often top $25 per person. This coming Saturday, Sept. 17, might bring some temporary relief. For the 18th annual Museum Day, a nationwide →

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How to get tickets to Smithsonian’ Renovated Air & Space Museum

09/13/22

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Wahington, D.C. has been undergoing a seven-year renovation that includes the redesign of all 23 exhibitions and presentation spaces. The big reveal is around the corner. Approximately half of the building will reopen on Friday, October 14 and will include eight new and renovated exhibitions, the planetarium, the museum store, and →

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We’re on a boat: London’s HMS Belfast

08/22/22

Museum Monday: London’s HMS Belfast For Museum Monday, we’re highlighting the HMS Belfast. This is a historic warship and a 9-deck floating museum permanently moored in London on the River Thames. The Royal Navy ship is named after the Northern Ireland city of Belfast and is operated as one of the Imperial War Museums’ 5 →

Welcome back SFO Aviation Museum & Library

06/10/22

As fans of airports, libraries, aviation history, and museums, we’re delighted that San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has reopened the Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum & Library after a two-year closure. The facility is named after a former airport director and sits pre-security in the Main Hall of SFO’s International Terminal. The retro look →

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Helsinki Museums We Love

06/07/22

We traveled to Finland on the inaugural Finnair flight from Seattle to Helsinki on June 1. Now we’re fortunate to spend a few active, blissful, days touring Helsinki and the lakeside Lahti region. Head here to see snaps and some fun details from our flight over and a “get-to-know-Helsinki” walking tour. We’ve moved along to →

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Visit an Airport Museum on Int’l Museum Day

05/18/22

May 18 is International Museum Day, which gives us an excuse to talk about some of the great museums in and adjacent to airports around the country. Having a museum or museum program in an airport just makes so much sense. Millions of people pass through airports each year. Many passengers have plenty of downtime →

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