Wichita Art Museum
We went to the Wichita Art Museum (in Wichita, Kansas, naturally) primarily because of an Annie Leibovitz exhibit. It was an excuse to stretch our legs on our drive from Oklahoma City, OK, to Topeka, …
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Food and Fun in Oklahoma City
Centennial Land Run Monument The Centennial Land Run Monument in Oklahoma City is totally epic! It commemorates the Land Run of 1889 “when 50,000 people rushed into the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma Territory to stake …
Dale Chihuly at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art
We went to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art because we generally go to art museums, but I also knew there was a long-term Chihuly exhibit, and of course I didn’t want to miss that. …
Edith Head at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art
We both really enjoyed the large exhibit at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art on Edith Head (1897-1981), who was an acclaimed costume designer at Paramount and Universal Studios in Hollywood for many decades. Edith …
Roswell, New Mexico is Out of this World!
We went to Roswell, New Mexico preparing to be amused, and we were. It is all aliens, all the time. Want a burrito? There’s an alien eating a burrito out front. Want a car wash? …
Pennsylvania Academy of Art at Albuquerque Museum
When we were in Philadelphia last year, we were unable to visit the famed Pennsylvania Academy of Art because it was closed for renovations. I unexpectedly found out what the Academy’s collection was up to …
National Hispanic Cultural Center
The National Hispanic Cultural Center in the historic Barelas community of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is dedicated to Hispanic culture, arts, and humanities. I stopped in to check out the three galleries in their Art Museum. …
Houser Studio & Sculpture Garden
I was fortunate enough to be in New Mexico when the Allan Houser Studio and Sculpture Garden, south of Santa Fe, was welcoming visitors to an open house and sculpture garden tour, so I spent …
The Albuquerque Museum
The Albuquerque Museum has a collection of fine art which included many works that captivated me, in addition to several galleries of artifacts and historical items from the city’s history. There was also a traveling …
Turquoise Museum
I was on the fence about the Turquoise Museum in Albuquerque, NM, because it was a little pricey and had difficult hours for our plans while we were in the city. However, our friend Agnes …