We're about to have yet another spell of very cold weather in the south east so time to find more activies for school age children (11-15) that are either indoors or in sheltered areas outdoors. Can you recommend any?
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posted by humph
on Mar 10, 2013 -
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My friends went to Germany on a whim and now they are cold and miserable until their flight back in early February. I don't want them to give up hope. What are some truly awesome things that they can do in Berlin and the surrounding areas in the coming weeks?
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posted by cloeburner
on Jan 18, 2013 -
38 answers
I'll be in New York City the 21st through the 23rd and would like to take in a much art/cultural stuff as I reasonably can, but it's New York and outside of the big four (MOMA, the Met, AMNH and the Guggenhiem), I'm not really sure where to start.
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posted by Meeks Ormand
on Sep 5, 2012 -
23 answers
Which museums, venues & institutions in New York City have the most rewarding membership programs?
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posted by anonymous
on May 22, 2012 -
9 answers
Headhunter has interrupted my career-change plans, how do I know whether this is an opportunity or a blind alley?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 26, 2012 -
9 answers
So I'll be in Paris for six days in the beginning of February. I have my cheap not-quite-a-room all set up (thanks, airbnb!) and some mild conversational skills all primed and...basically no other plans, other than vast quantities of pastries. So what do you, o wonderful Mefites, suggest? In search of: museums, especially odd ones and/or Romans, fancy paper...
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posted by jetlagaddict
on Jan 20, 2012 -
23 answers
Thinking of visiting London and Paris next year...also been getting into pastels so would like to hit up art museums with a good number of quality pastel paintings by Degas, Renoir, etc. (prefer impressionist style). Which museums provide this abundance? I'm thinking the Musée d'Orsay, maybe the Louvre...anywhere else?
posted by lirael2008
on Dec 15, 2011 -
8 answers
What are some examples of countries displaying "captured weapons" or war planes, etc, of any enemy country and then turning them into a tourist attraction?
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posted by Cwell
on Dec 9, 2011 -
26 answers
Where should I stay in Amsterdam and what should I check out?
I'm going to Amsterdam for two days and two nights the first week of January. I am a 26 year old single lesbian who is very interested in checking out the local hotspots for gay women and also visiting some art galleries. I would like to see some unusual art installations and/or performance art while I am there. Thank you! : )
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posted by thatgirl1985
on Oct 24, 2011 -
6 answers
Berlin. Will be there celebrating my son's birthday, between 25th and 28th of september.
He runs a cool restaurant in Stockholm, loves beer, football and music and will be 47.
I am 70 love museums, art shows, wine -and still like whooping it up. Will be staying in Kreuzberg.
What shouldn't we miss?
posted by jan murray
on Sep 20, 2011 -
7 answers
What are some of your
favorite museum websites (urls please)? Specifically looking for interesting and engaging historic house museum websites.
posted by printchick
on Sep 17, 2011 -
6 answers
Looking for an article about artists living in a New York museum as installation.
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posted by Su
on May 27, 2011 -
5 answers
Hou Hanru: On the Mid-Ground is a collection of curatorial statements and catalogue essays by a curator/critic. What other collections of curatorial statements might you recommend?
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posted by Jagz-Mario
on Apr 20, 2011 -
2 answers
Hooray, we're taking our first "big kid" vacation to New York City for a week! ...um, what now? (March 13-19 edition)
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posted by joshuaconner
on Feb 10, 2011 -
20 answers
A friend's 16 year old son has picked up an interest in history, particularly war memorials. She'd like to take him on a trip over spring break to encourage him but is lacking choices other than Civil War sites in VA/MD and the Pearl Harbor Memorial, both of which they've visited before. Places in the United States are preferable but she'd consider other English-speaking countries (she doesn't want to hire a tour guide). Where can they go to get a real sense of history and blow this teenager's mind?
posted by nuala
on Feb 7, 2011 -
51 answers
MorbidCuriosityFilter: I just saw
this on my friend's blog, which is an odd coincidence, because only the other day I was wondering: How many people have jumped or fallen off of the spiral walkway at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC?
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posted by Artifice_Eternity
on Feb 4, 2011 -
4 answers
I'm working on a proposal that the art museum where I work should put images of some of our collection onto our Flickr account. Are there downsides to this that I'm missing?
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posted by COBRA!
on Feb 3, 2011 -
13 answers
My niece is turning 9 this week and will be visiting Manhattan with her parents over Thanksgiving. I'd like to get her a gift like a coloring book, bingo game, or map where she can track where she's been while she's there.
Something that requires a little research on her part beforehand would be great; YA historical stuff or mysteries is sort of what I'm looking for. (She's reading at a 5th grade level).
I'd like to steer clear of electronic stuff if possible; paper and crayons/pencils type of thing.
posted by dolface
on Oct 16, 2010 -
11 answers
Hi All. I am doing research on old Coney Island, Dime Museums, and the history of disaster spectacles. Do any of you know of any books or sources where I could find out more information or, better yet, images relating to these topics? Thank you!
posted by astropop
on Jun 26, 2010 -
9 answers
Where would you go and what would you do if you're a young museum- and nature-loving teen on her first trip to England?
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posted by Hardcore Poser
on Jun 13, 2010 -
25 answers
Museum mavens! How do I get back into museum work - specifically interpretation - after a two-year hiatus?
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posted by anonymous
on May 11, 2010 -
5 answers
We're going to spend a week in Washington! What are some good sights to see in the Bellingham area? We'll also drive to Seattle at least once during the vacation. We don't know anything about the area!
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posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis
on May 10, 2010 -
15 answers
In recent years museums and archives have become more sensitive to audio and visual recordings of Native Americans, especially when ceremonies, prayers and chants are involved. Are there any "best practices" out there?
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posted by nestor_makhno
on Apr 15, 2010 -
8 answers
My best friend just moved to Brooklyn. Her birthday is coming up, and I'd like to give her a membership to some local institution that she could frequent. What are my options?
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posted by zadermatermorts
on Apr 12, 2010 -
7 answers
BostonFilter: Where is the coolest place to take a 5-year-old in Boston, Massachusetts?
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posted by raddevon
on Mar 12, 2010 -
23 answers
Heading to San Diego the first week in April with my sister and need help with suggestions to must drink, eat and see places.
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posted by MaryDellamorte
on Mar 3, 2010 -
16 answers
I'm leaving for Spain tomorrow and going to Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, and Cordoba. Can anyone recommend any truly bizarre museums in any of these cities? I'm a big fan of things like deformed fetuses in jars and old medical instruments. Other types of off-beat, funny museum suggestions would be great too. Thanks!
posted by parakeetdog
on Jan 29, 2010 -
7 answers
Taking a three-day visit to San Francisco in mid-February. I’ve already bookmarked some of the excellent previous AskMe answers, but I’ve got some specific questions…
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posted by JoanArkham
on Jan 4, 2010 -
31 answers
Hi all, I am looking for articles or books on how the law serves specific factions of society at the expense of others. I am specifically interested in the issue of art fraud and forgery, but I would be happy to learn about more general overviews on this issue as well. Is there a "classic" book on how law is socially constructed to serve specific factions of society at the expense of others? Or maybe an overview on the sociology or anthropology of law that you highly recommend? Or some key terms I should be aware of? My intuitive understanding of the art forgery example is that laws to prevent fraud serve the interests of people involved in the art market (dealers, galleries, museums, auction houses) but hinder artists that work in historical traditions because the border between a "copy" and a "pastiche" and a "forgery" and a "fraud" is blurry. Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
posted by tnygard
on Nov 25, 2009 -
13 answers
Where should I stay and what should I do in Berlin for a 4 day trip? (Single, clean, safe, cheap, easy to get to the major sights.)
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posted by gramcracker
on Sep 13, 2009 -
15 answers
Travel-Filter: If my wife and I stay downtown in Chicago, how long would it take to see all the tourist-y sights we want to see?
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posted by QUHZK
on Sep 5, 2009 -
9 answers
I need a list of museums which watermark (or otherwise alter for the purpose of control) the images they make available online.
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posted by COBRA!
on Apr 29, 2009 -
6 answers
Shopping for somebody else and looking for a digital SLR camera that can handle a handful of specific requirements. I know nothing about these things.
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posted by synecdoche
on Apr 22, 2009 -
15 answers
Where in NYC can I see works by Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt on display right now?
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posted by D.Billy
on Feb 14, 2009 -
6 answers
