Visit to DC: Part II-Smithsonian & Newseum
My boyfriend and I drove to Washington DC as our Valentine's Day gift to get out of the city for the weekend, see some of my buddies from college and explore unfamiliar territory (read more here). After driving down on Friday, we had all Saturday to do whatever we wanted. We decided on the Smithsonian which [...]
The Morgan Library & Museum
I am quite fond of museums, especially ones that have interesting things to see yet aren’t too crowded. The Morgan Library & Museum isn’t one of the mainstream museums in the city. It’s much smaller than other museums I’ve visited in Manhattan (the Natural History Museum, MoMA, the Met, and the Guggenheim), but it feels [...]
Visit to the MoMA
I took my first trip to the Museum of Modern Art a few weeks ago, and I felt lost–not in the sense of being physically distraught about ones whereabouts in the maze of floors and people, but lost as in being entirely mentally absorbed in the paintings. It was the first time I’ve been in [...]
The American Museum of Natural History
It is quite possible that I had more fun at the American Museum of Natural History looking at all of the ancient animal bones as an adult than I did when I was a little girl. I forgot how cool dinosaurs are until I was face-to-face with a skeleton of a T-rex towering above me. [...]
Guggenheim Experience
This past Saturday I visited the well-known New York museum, The Guggenheim, and had quite an enjoyable experience. It was helpful going with someone with a little background knowledge in art as well as having the free audio tour device that discussed certain pieces throughout the museum. The audio device often pointed out things that [...]
