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Create Your Own Night or Day at the Museum
Set your sights on a day of discovery. If your children were mesmerized by the dinosaurs, spaceships, sculptures, and animals in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, you don't have to venture to Washington DC to re-create the experience. Smithsonian magazine is working with more than 1,000 museums nationwide to offer admission to anyone presenting a free downloadable pass on Museum Day, Sept.
Ikea's Democratic Design Through the Decades
The International Design Museum in Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne, just launched a debut exhibition dedicated to democratic design, which features the work of Swedish furniture giant Ikea. The themes of the exhibit include design process, the DIY principle of Ikea, and sustainability and ecology. Furniture from the 1950s through present day is on display.
The Tate Liverpool Offering iPhone Multimedia Tours
If you happen to be in Liverpool England and plan to check out the Gustav Klimt exhibition at the Tate Liverpool, you can watch the exhibition's multimedia tour on your iPhone or iPod Touch! And for those of you who don't have an iPhone or Touch just yet, the museum is providing iPod Touch players to rent as well. You can actually watch it from anywhere, but the iPhone podcast was created to enrich the experience for those visiting the actual exhibition.
In The News: A Daring Museum Design
On Sunday, San Francisco added another well-designed, eye-catching museum to its roster of cool, well-designed museums (my favorite up to now has been the de Young). The design of the Contemporary Jewish Museum took what was once a power company substation and births something completely different. Architect Daniel Libeskind, who previously built the Jewish Museum Berlin, shows a talent for merging the old and the new in his winning, playful design for San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum.
Get Physical: Wander Around a Museum
The unpredictable rain showers of April can disrupt well laid plans for all sorts of physical activities. One great way to get out and have an adventure during inclement weather is wander around a museum. Any kind of museum will do – art, history, science, or even an aquarium.
Fab Flash: Mulberry Announces Plans for Art Space
If your shopping budget is similar to mine then you probably already consider designer stores to be like museums. However, the Mulberry flagship store on Bond Street is taking it to the next level by referring to their store as 'Gallery Space'. London is now officially on the art map thanks to the Frieze Art Fair which takes place in October and to coincide with this the store will host a a series of exhibitions.
Audiobar 'Hørbar' Installation Explores Social Interaction
We live in a world where it's easy to rely on distant online communities for personal interaction. Communication which was once reserved to face-to-face interaction, telegrams or letters is now done via AIM, e-mail or text message. So how should we interact in social groups and how do we explore our social interaction?
Fab Finding Follow Up: A (Long) Day at the Museum
Last week I told you how much I enjoy art and museums. However, a day at the museum can turn into a long day on your feet. I asked you all to go Fab Finding for a comfortable, but artsy outfit for a long day at the museum.
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10 Tasty Museums About Food
The news of a just-opened Waffle House museum in Atlanta has inspired me to seek out other food-centric museums in the US. Here are my 10 favorites, from the flashy World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta to a kitschy Spam tribute to a homespun homage to ice cream. Have you been to any foodie museums?
Book of the Day: The Museum of Bad Art — Masterworks
The Museum of Bad Art, located in a basement somewhere in Massachusetts, describes itself as "a unique institution dedicated to the celebration of artistic effort, however misguided." And by misguided, they mean ill conceived, misshapen, and ridiculously cute. I'm a fan of so-bad-they're-good movies, books, and music.
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