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Museum Month in Seattle & San Diego

02/06/22

Two great cities are running promotions this month offering serious deals for anyone who loves saving money on admission fees at museums, aquariums, and other attractions. San Diego Museum Month Following a seriously scaled-back version in 2021, San Diego’s Museum Month is back for 2022. Through February, the program offers half-price admission at more than 45 →

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Museum Monday: World’s Largest Cast Iron Skillet

01/23/22

Stuck at the Airport’s correspondent for Museums and Roadside Attractions is planning a summer trip to South Pittsburg, Tennessee for the planned opening of the Lodge Cast Iron Museum. We’re already intrigued to learn that South Pittsburg, TN has been home to Lodge Cast Iron since 1896. And we’re looking forward to seeing rare cast-iron →

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Space Toys Land at St. Louis Lambert Int’l Airport

10/04/21

Calling all Space Cadets: a new exhibit at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) features vintage space-inspired toys on loan from the Space Museum in Bonne Terre, Missouri. Here’s a sampling of what you’ll see if you stop by STL Terminal 1, plus a fun video from ‘Living St. Louis’ all about the museum and →

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Air & Space Museums to visit free on Museum Day

09/14/21

Most museums around the country are open again and waiting for your visit. And while you will still want to wear a mask and keep your distance from other patrons when you do stop in, on Saturday, September 18 you may be able to visit your favorite museum for free. Saturday is Smithsonian magazine’s Museum →

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Get you free museum tickets

09/06/21

Between shutdowns, staff layoffs, and budget cuts, the pandemic has been tough on museums and cultural attractions across the United States. But that won’t stop more than 1000 museums, zoos, and cultural centers from opening their doors for free on Saturday, September 18 as part of Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day 2021. Each participating museum will offer →

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Museum Monday: Aerospace Medicine at Seattle’s Museum of Flight

08/22/21

Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day returns on September 18, 2021 and on that day more than 1000 museums, science centers, and gardens around the country will be offering free admission to anyone who shows up with a downloaded Museum Day ticket. Seattle’s Museum of Flight (where regular admission is usually $25) is on the list this →

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Museum Monday highlights from Viking.TV

06/14/21

We’re setting off for Iceland in a few weeks to join Viking for one of their Welcome Back cruises. So we have been poking around the company’s website. One impressive resource there for the general public is Viking.TV. It was created in response to the pandemic and this channel is chock full of videos about →

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What we’re watching: Museum Masterpiece Moments

04/14/21

We are getting ready to get on the road. And we are making a list of museums we want to visit and art we want to see. So we were pleased to find the “Masterpiece Moments” series of short, 5-7 minute videos that Bank of America started putting out in January. The features showcase works →

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Museums are opening across the country

03/10/21

Are you ready to visit a museum? If so, it’s a good bet you’ll find a museum near you that’s open, or getting to ready to open its doors to the (masked ) public again soon. Here are some of the museums we’ve got on our list. Seattle’s Museum of Flight It was cute when →

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SFO Museum presents Early American Motorcycles

02/16/21

If we can’t fly anywhere right now, how about a ride on a motorcycle? A new exhibition by the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) explores the history of motorcycling from the 1890s to 1915. On display are fourteen motorcycles that were made prior to 1916, rare engines, and photographs from the pioneering →

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