The Tupperware Confidence Center Museum
File this under something silly and nostalgic, but once we learned there was a Tupperware Museum that was only open for six hours a week –– of which exactly 45 minutes lined up with our …
Category: Museums
Architecture / Art / Flowers / Museums
Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden
I’d never heard of Albin Polasek, but that didn’t stop us from going to the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park, Florida. I mean, there were gardens and a historic house, and …
The Japanese Embroidery Exhibit at the Albin Polasek Museum
I had seen that there was a Japanese Embroidery exhibit at the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden in Winter Park, FL, and made a note for us to make sure we took a look …
“Antarctic Dinosaurs” at the Florida Museum
While Jennifer was exploring the Butterfly Gardens at Florida Museum at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla., I opted instead to visit a traveling exhibition on display at the museum entitled “Antarctic Dinosaurs.” The …
International Towing & Recovery Museum
In our travels, we have discovered that there is a museum for just about any topic you can think of! The International Towing & Recovery Hall of Fame & Museum (ITRM) is a great example. …
Scenes from Around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
While in Harrisburg, we drove down the east side of the Susquehanna River to a historical marker that acknowledges the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor accident, situated right across the river from the reactor complex. …
Architecture / Books / History / Museums
Marjorie Merriweather Post & the Hillwood Estate
Last year Doug and I visited the Washington, D.C. estate Hillwood, and both the home and its owner, Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887 –1973), seemed so over-the-top that I added a book about her to my …
Scenes from the Western Side of Virginia
Here is another collection of random things we saw in the Western end of Virginia that were interesting but not worthy of their own post. The ruins of James Barbour’s mansion, located in Barboursville, Virginia, …
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) was an unexpected delight. We went more because the reviews were very good as opposed to thinking that it sounded like fun. And while the museum turned out …
VMI Museum at the Virginia Military Institute
The VMI Museum at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va., is small museum honoring the history of the institute, and showcasing an impressive firearms collection that was donated to them. The museum dates to …