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MUSEUM QUALITY IS WHAT BOOMERS CALL THEIR ACCUMULATION

April 5, 2021 by

Museum quality is a collector’s goal. Leave the bad, take the good. Then what? If possession is nine tenths of the law, what’s the last tenth? After you’ve got what you’ve been looking for, put it in a box, on a shelf, in a case. The idea is to enjoy the company of an artifact, […]

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MUSIC MUSEUM WILD MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

April 23, 2019 by

What came before bagpipes in music museum? Is it the ‘goat pipe?’ Maybe the ‘dog pipe?’ Which ever it was, I didn’t get to hear how they sounded. The Musical Instrument Museum in Scottsdale AZ isn’t for the timid. Music minded people throughout the ages learned to improvise. Like Elvis singing Jailhouse Rock where inmates […]

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FRIDA KAHLO LOVE, HEARD MUSEUM, THE OTHER ARIZONA

June 20, 2017 by

  In this day of the Selfie Artist, no one stands a chance compared to Frida Kahlo. One third of all her paintings are portraits. Of her. She’s not clicking a thousand times a day to capture one picture. She’s painting for the ages. And the ages say thank you. If you’re a Frida Fan, […]

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BABY BOOMER MUSEUM

December 5, 2016 by

The take away from a Baby Boomer Museum is awareness. A visit to a big museum should make you ask, “How do they decide what to keep?” It’s the same question you’ll ask later, wondering why you bought anything in the gift store. Unless you say, “I needed another tea towel,” you need a better […]

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ONE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM VISIT LATER

October 17, 2016 by

Museums make you feel something; in the Holocaust Museum it’s fear. Why is the Holocaust Museum, or more correctly the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, so frightening? Call it a learning tool. Older visitors who’ve watched a few Holocaust movies and documentaries need a reminder that the events shown in the Holocaust Museum actually happened. […]

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MUSEUM BINGE, pt2, THE HOPPER

October 7, 2016 by

You can find the Hopper, but it’s a hard find. The information guy at the National Gallery said he had a Hopper laying around,  but “it’s in storage until renovations are finished. There’s one in the Hirshhorn.” The what?

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MUSEUM BINGE TOUR, pt 1, Ginevra de’ Benci

September 24, 2016 by

Lots of museums and little time? Take a Museum Binge Tour. The museum binge tour saying goes like this: “Everything on every wall isn’t worthy of the same scrutiny, so move on, rookie.” If you’re one of those, a museum binge tour runner, or act like one, you’ll need to do some explaining. Tell the […]

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MUSEUM ARTIFACTS DON’T BELONG IN TOILETS

February 22, 2016 by

If you have something worthy of a museum artifacts collection, keep it safe. A museum joke that bears repeating: This is George Washington’s hatchet he used to chop down the cherry tree. The handle’s been replaced six time, the head four, but it represents the same space. Funny stuff. I think it came from Saturday […]

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SHARED MUSEUM DREAM

November 21, 2015 by

A museum dream from MAC’s big window. Regulars at Portland’s Multnomah Athletic Club walk in with the same stride they have walking into a grocery store. Just another door. But if you haven’t been a regular, as in never been inside, only seen the big window and balcony from the stadium stands, it feels like […]

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A SPORTS MUSEUM OF HOPE

October 27, 2015 by

What do you do when you see a star filled night sky? If your name is Vincent Van Gogh you paint a picture that will eventually hang in an art gallery. Maybe you paint two of them. In another instance, look at a piece of marble. Maybe you see something in there. What do you […]

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