Museum Archives - Stuck at the Airport

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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IS life a highway? Art exhibit on car culture says it is.

06/30/19

A new exhibit about cars and car culture run through mid-September at the Toledo Museum of Art. →

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Here’s what’s inside the TSA Museum

10/26/12

A lot of people were surprised to learn that there’s a TSA Museum inside TSA headquarters. Here’s a look at what’s inside: →

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TSA has a museum? Yup, it does.

10/25/12

I’m finishing up a book about museums and the things they can’t or don’t show to the public, so was delighted to learn that the TSA has a museum that’s off limits to the general public because it’s inside TSA headquarters (which is off-limits to the general public) and because the intended audience for the →

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Museum Monday: Celebrating the black leather jacket

06/18/12

Today it’s an icon in pop culture and fashion, but the black leather jacket was originally a utilitarian piece of clothing designed to protect travelers. “In the early part of the 20th century, whether you were flying a plane or driving a motorcycle or a horseless carriage, everything had an open cockpit. So the idea →

Museum Monday: Liverpool John Lennon Airport

10/04/10

On Saturday, October 9th, fans around the world will mark what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday. One place they remember Lennon year-round is at the Liverpool John Lennon Airport: Outside the airport, they’ve got this Yellow Submarine: Inside the airport, there’s a statue of John Lennon Song lyrics written by John Lennon And →

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