The Boston Children's Museum is a fantastic spot to bring your family if you are traveling to Boston. It just recently reopened after a renovation. We went last month and for our family of five (2 adults, 3 children) it was about $45 for us to get in. There was a parking garage around the corner that offered a $9 rate on the weekend with a validated ticket from the museum so that work...

This is an art museum in Golden Gate Park.  It's in a new building, which opened two years ago. The most stiking thing about the museum is the building itself.  It's clad in a copper material that is supposed to turn green, eventually, but is now a reddish brown.  At one end there is a tower that twists up out of the park, visible from many points throughout the city.The ...

Last summer I was with my family and a few freiends in the marvellous landscape at Dumbrava Sibiului where is  one of the largest ,richest and most authentic open-air museums in Romania,a museum which ranks with the finest in Europe.The area of about 200 acres,crossed by a network of paths 10 km long has many resting places,monuments,old buldings and traditional objects,it felt so good bei...

I had the priviledge of goint to Museum Village in Monroe, New York with my first grade students for a field trip. The cost to enter was $12.00 per person or you can get a school rate. This is a living museum where we were able to hear the soiunds, taste the foods, and performed tasks of life as if we were in the 19th century.Museum Village opened up it's doors on July1, 1950. Today , more ...

I visited the Strasburg Railroad Museum a few years back with my family while on a trip to the Hershey and Strasburg Pennsylvania area. I think it is a very nice museum. We had a lot of fun. It is very large and very informative. There are so many trains, and in front of each of them is the name and information about them. Some of them are roped off so you can't actually go up close, but ot...

This is a museum that both adults and children will enjoy.It's downtown on Mission Street, betwen 2nd and 3rd Streets, around the corner from the Museum of Modern Art.  It's not a big museum -- it's just a few rooms.  I went there for the first time recently.  At the time of my visit, they had several special exhibits -- an exhibit of political cartoons, one of stills...

Ben Stiller is not much of my favorite, but on this movie, ‘Night at the Museum’, he caught my heart. Ben plays as a night watchman, Larry, in the Museum of Natural History. His job may seem simple, but when the sun sets, that’s when the magic things happen. All of a sudden the statues become alive, even the T-rex skeletons. Larry is eventually busy chasing off the living crea...

The interior of the building is very dramatic.  When you first enter, most of the building appears to be open space.  You can see a staircase straight ahead, but not much else -- just a huge atrium that rises many stories.But the building appearing to be empty is an illusion.  There are galleries -- they're just hidden away on the sides, not visible until you reach a stairway...

My now-ex-husband bought us matching Movado watches back in the 80s when they first came out (don't be thinking how lucky I am -- he used my paycheck to do it!). They were the men's and ladies' "Museum Watch," the first watch to be an exhibit in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.This is a really beautiful and stylish watch. It has a timeless appeal, and is stunning acce...

Not too long ago I visited the Boston Science Museum.  It was a lot of fun.  As soon as you walk in you can tell that there is a lot of interesting stuff to do.  It's a little bit expensive for a museum, I don't remember exactly how much it was, however it was well worth it.As soon as I entered the first exhibit on Math (not exactly my favorite subject) I was in shock.&nb...

The Movado men's Musuem watch is a simple,elegant, classic and timeless.  It is the classic black, round face with no numbers, just a gold dot where the 12 should be.  It is gold plated around the face and has a black lizzard skin strap.This watch is simple in design and very light weight.  I especially like the leather strap, which adds to the light weight of the watch. ...

The Quincy Copper Mine Museum and Tour is located just north of Hancock, Michigan on US 41.  It is only open during the warmer months and you need to plan on dressing warm if you take the mine tour as well as visit the museum.  To go down in the mine, they give you a warm coat and a hard hat that you must wear inside the mine.  You then ride a tram part way down the hill and they...

The museum on Ellis Island is well worth the time if you are visiting the New York City Area.  You can get on the boat from either Newark, New Jersey or from Battery Park in New York City.  The boat stops at both the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.  While you are on Ellis Island you start by going into a room that allows you to try and look for some information on your family...

The Frontier Village and National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown, ND, are a small potatoes tourist attraction, but nicely built around the buffalo theme.  It is a perfect place for a family day outing without being overwhelming.“A very long time ago, they say, two scouts were out looking for bison, and when they came to the top of a hill they saw a white cloud coming toward them from af...

If you are ever in the Midland, Texas area you must visit the Museum of the Southwest.  This museum has different exhibits year round, but the best time to visit is at Christmastime.  For example, this year they are having a porcelain doll exhibit, a gingerbread house exhibit (I saw this last year and loved it), Santa Claus visits, luncheons and afternoon teas (for a price, and you mu...

I recently had the opportunity to visit The Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This center was funded by donations and offers lots of historical enjoyment for you and your family including a museum gallery, where you will find displays of all aspects of the Civil War and Gettysburg. Displays include artillery and ammunition used during the b...

This museum has it all.  We took our kids to the museum this year (they were 1 and 3).  I was wondering how much of it they would be able to do and was truly amazed.  They have so much to offer, 4 floors plus the basement.  The museum had science, mystery, world experiences, and even a play area.  I didn't realize how important play really is to a child until I visi...

In March of this year we went to Georgia and experienced quite a bit while there. One of our first stops, and probably one of my favorites was at The Southern Museum located at  2829 Cherokee Street, Keennesaw, Georgia.This was a stop that we happened upon and it was amazing!It allowed us to not only see but touch and hear history. We learned of The Great Locomotive Chase, which happened t...

It seems to me that there a lot more interesting things for kids to do compared to when I was growing up. The most I remember experiencing is the occasional amusement park. Hands On Museum, located all across the U.S., combines all the interactive fun of an amusement park with education.The Hands On Museum was the perfect outing to schedule for my five year old nephew. Of course, he didn't ...

Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco, Texas, and we've got the Dr. Pepper Museum to prove it.  Located inside an historical building in downtown Waco.  The lower level has an old-fashioned soda fountain, museum exhibits and a gift shop.  We tried Dr. Pepper floats made with vanilla ice cream, which were delicious and not terribly expensive.Exhibits are $6 for adults, $4 for senior...