Weisman Art Museum
The Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota, came on my radar for its architecture, designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry. The building was completed in 1993 and is situated on the University of Minnesota campus, …
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“Keith Haring: Art is for Everybody” at the Walker Art Center
The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, came on our radar as a “coolest museum” and one of the best contemporary art museums in the country. Given that it has no permanent exhibits and only …
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Clearly one could spend hours and hours in the Minneapolis Institute of Art in Minnesota, but we were low on time and high on hunger, so we only spent two hours exploring. We managed to …
Minnesota Marine Art Museum
The Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona, Minnesota, (new state in the van!) features “great art inspired by water,” per their website. The museum was okay, but I’d argue not much of it was “great” …
Westmoreland Museum of American Art
We used the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, as a stopping point on a long drive. Its origins date back to 1949 when local resident Mary Marchand Woods bequeathed her estate to …
Wharton Esherick Museum
We’ve had the Wharton Esherick Museum and Studio in Malvern, Pennsylvania, on our radar for a long time now, but it has been nearly impossible to get tickets as each hour-long tour can accommodate just …
America’s National Churchill Museum
America’s National Churchill Museum on the Westminster College campus in Fulton, Missouri, certainly feels out of place! I mean, Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, so what’s a full-blown museum to him …
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Scenes from in and around Kansas City, Missouri
Polly’s Pop in Independence was made using water from a local spring from 1923 to 1967. The brand was revived in 2016, and you can watch production on a vintage bottling machine through a glass …
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Quick Stops in Kansas City, Missouri
Here are some of the other sites that we visited in Kansas City (Missouri) during our travels. Christopher Elbow Chocolates I had Christopher Elbow Chocolates on my radar as a place to stop while in …
The Impressionists at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
There was so much great stuff at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art I had to make this post on Impressionism and another on “everything else”, and I’m not even sorry. Monet’s 1872 painting Impression Sunrise …