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“Museum Airlines” and the pretend airport at a Tel Aviv museum

09/06/20

In Tel Aviv, the Museum of the Jewish People is encouraging visitors to tour the world – virtually of course. To get the ball rolling, the museum has created “Museum Airlines” and turned the museum into a temporary pretend airport terminal. The faux terminal has a check-in counter, flight board, baggage claim with luggage, a →

How many museums will actually reopen?

08/16/20

Sharing a (slightly updated) story we wrote for NBC News about the challenge museums are facing when considering reopening – or not – as a result of the pandemic. Museums opening slowly and cautiously. But some may not reopen at all. New York City museums will reopen later this month, with timed entry and other →

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Museums adjust to post-pandemic visits

05/27/20

(My story about museums welcoming back visitors first appeared on NBC) Ready to leave your house and spend some time in a museum? With all 50 states in some stage of post-pandemic reopening, many museums are back welcoming visitors to art- and history-filled halls. Doing so signals a return to “normal” in many communities — →

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Touring the Toilet Paper Museum

04/14/20

“Krapp,” “DouDou” & toilet paper with Donald Trump’s face on it This is an excerpt from the story we wrote for Fodor’s Travel about a Toilet Paper Museum in the Pacific Northwest. Toilet paper has been in the news quite a bit lately as people search for it, swap for it and, in a pinch, →

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Museum Monday: Where to see the Aerocar

04/13/20

We enter the new week still grounded by COVID-19, but dreaming of places we might soon be able to go. And the fun ways we might get there. In the meantime, we put together a round-up of some aviation museum highlights to visit, virtually, for The Points Guy blog. On the list, we were pleased →

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Snaps from the Toilet Paper Museum

04/08/20

Everyone is talking about toilet paper these days. We’re counting our rolls. And coming up with strategies to find more. No wonder. Toilet paper is an essential part of daily lives. So we were delighted to be back in touch with Bobj Berger. The model train enthusiast, train manager and seasonal Santa Claus lives in →

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Museum exhibits worth planning a trip around in 2020

12/16/19

Planning your 2020 travel? Some museum-centric ideas If history, art and eclectic adventures are what you seek out when you travel, you’ll have plenty of excuses to pull off the road in 2020. For CNBC we put together a list of great options, from a retrospective celebrating 25 years of outsider art to fresh shrines →

Where will you go? 1500 museums are free on Museum Day

09/17/19

Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day is coming up on September 21 and we’re celebrating because on that day 1500 museums will be joining in to offer free admission to anyone who downloads a ticket. Many science centers, aquariums, zoos and gardens will be offering free admission on Museum Day as well. The free nationwide event presents →

Travel Tidbits for a holiday weekend

07/05/19

Need something else to do this holiday weekend? More than 225 museums around the country are offering free admission. →

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Museum Monday: Insects at San Francisco Int’l Airport

04/29/19

San Francisco International has bugs. But don't worry - all the insects are uner glass in a colorful new exhibit. →

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