What's your favorite museum I haven't heard of?

gov135 · Apr 6, 2017

The International Women's Air & Space Museum.

It is housed in the generally private airport in Cleveland, OH - Burke. It is free. Super small, you really only need a half hour to see the whole thing. But what great items they have.

If you have a daughter under 12, and the two of you are ever in the area, it is a must stop.

Lindy · Apr 7, 2017

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The International Women's Air & Space Museum.

It is housed in the generally private airport in Cleveland, OH - Burke. It is free. Super small, you really only need a half hour to see the whole thing. But what great items they have.

If you have a daughter under 12, and the two of you are ever in the area, it is a must stop.
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I don't have a daughter and I'm still interested. I've never heard of this. When I lived in Boston I used to drive right thru (or around) Cleveland several times a year. Now I haven't been in that area for four or five years.

redux · Apr 8, 2017

I was reading an article, The Founding Fathers Encrypted Secret Messages, Too , and that led me to the National Cryptologic Museum, the nation's first and only public museum in the Intelligence Community

The National Cryptologic Museum is the National Security Agency's principal gateway to the public. It shares the Nation's, as well as NSA's, cryptologic legacy and place in world history. Located adjacent to NSA Headquarters at Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland, the Museum houses a collection of thousands of artifacts that collectively serve to sustain the history of the cryptologic profession. Here visitors can catch a glimpse of some of the most dramatic moments in the history of American cryptology: the people who devoted their lives to cryptology and national defense, the machines and devices they developed, the techniques they used, and the places where they worked.
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It is now on my "go to"list sometime soon.

redux · Jun 28, 2017

Not an unknown museum but a new exhibit at the Hirshhorn opens today - Chinese dissident artist/activist Ai WeiWei

Ai Weiwei’s Portraits of Dissidents Debut at the Hirshhorn Wednesday

Those not plugged into the world of contemporary art may be familiar with Ai Weiweias an outspoken activist in his native China, a filmmaker or a prolific tweeter. But as director of the Hirshhorn Museum Melissa Chiu says, Ai Weiwei is first and foremost an artist.

Ai’s “Trace”, a work comprised of 1.2 million Lego blocks, opens at the Hirshhorn on June 28. The piece was made for and originally shown during Ai’s takeover of Alcatraz for the 2014 @Large exhibition. Though he designed it, Ai never actually saw “Trace” in its first iteration. He was jailed in 2011 and, upon his release, barred from traveling outside of China until 2015.

“You could make, I think, a direct link between this and his own imprisonment in China and inability to leave the country,” Chiu says. “So here he is, he’s an artist who’s been vocal about a number of different issues that have been very sensitive in China and then he was imprisoned, so he sees that.”

Now that Ai is free to see the work for himself, it seems only fitting that “Trace” has moved outside its original prison setting as well. Instead of the aged concrete floors of Alcatraz, the 176 portraits of international individuals Ai feels have been persecuted for their beliefs line the floor of Hirshhorn’s second-level gallery space. They’re accompanied by 700 feet of wallpaper designed by Ai specifically for the new venue and christened “The Plain Version of the Animal that Looks Like a Llama but is Really an Alpaca.” Made up of chains, handcuffs, surveillance cameras and Twitter birds, the design is not unlike a politically charged adult coloring book. It’s a markedly different look from the work’s original presentation.

Viewers will see some familiar faces throughout the galleries, including Chelsea Manning, Nelson Mandela, Edward Snowden and Martin Luther King, Jr. Their portraits and names are scattered throughout the massive floor panels, looking something like edited profile photos (or wanted posters, depending on how the onlooker feels). Viewers can learn about those they don’t recognize by stopping at one of the touch screens throughout the galleries and tapping a portrait to reveal a short bio.

“Trace” runs through Jan. 1, 2018 and is free and open to the public. The show is also the beginning of a series of events at the Hirshhorn surrounding the idea of freedom of expression. Programs through the end of the year include an Ai Weiwei film series, a lecture/book signing from art historian Matthew Israel and two “gallery experiences” featuring “Trace.”
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I might check it out this weekend.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian

There is a new Yoko Ono exhibit as well, not that this would be high on my "must see" list.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian

redux · Apr 18, 2018

Planning on taking an extended lunch hour today to check out:

"No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man" at the Renwick.

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No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man brings the large-scale, participatory work from this desert gathering to the nation’s capital for the first time. The exhibition takes over the entire Renwick Gallery building and surrounding neighborhood, bringing alive the maker culture and creative spirit of this cultural movement.

Immersive room-sized installations, costumes, jewelry, and ephemera transport visitors to the gathering’s famed “Playa,” while selected photographs and archival materials from the Nevada Museum of Art's show City of Dust: The Evolution of Burning Man trace Burning Man’s growth and its bohemian roots...
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redux · Jul 3, 2018

Off to take a quick run through the Baseball Americana exhibit that just opened at Library of Congress.

Explore - Baseball Americana | Exhibitions | Library of Congress

PonyPotato · Jul 5, 2018

The Museum of Osteology in Moore, OK is one of two worldwide of its kind. It's really quite neat if you're into skeletons/bones or comparative anatomy. I've been twice and love it. There was a similar museum I happened to run into in London, The Grant Museum of Zoology.

redravin · Jul 6, 2018

These High Schoolers Are Calling For A National Disability History Museum By Making Their Own

redux · Sep 6, 2019

Some of these sound interesting, others....wtf? but I would still probably visit if in the neighborhood.

The Best Offbeat Museums to Visit in All 50 States (And Washington, D.C.)
Don't get us wrong: We love museums devoted to art, history, and science as much as the next person (and maybe more than the next person). But sometimes, our curiosity demands quirkier territory. Here are our favorite institutions devoted to the stranger things in life.

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