When you see the museum with us, you’re not going to get your grandma’s museum tour – and that’s what you can expect from the fun posts on our blog. We’ve got art mashups, memes, gifs, and other incredible things that prove museums can be the coolest places around.
We believe that the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the BEST museum in the entire world. And definitely the very best in NYC. But how many museums are there in the city? NY.com says there are 83 museums in total among the 5 boroughs. 100 museums in New York City, according to this website. 32 museums in Manhattan, […]
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You could devote over a year of your life to living in the AMNH and still not see everything the museum has to offer.
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Seventy years ago, Hitler’s Vice Chancellor, Hermann Goering, treasured a priceless painting by Vermeer. Two years after the war, he found out his favorite painting was a forgery.
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Oh, first dates. We’ve all suffered through some pretty terrible first dates: the uncomfortable silences, the awful movies, the overly expensive restaurant reservations. First dates can be make-it-or-break-it for a budding romance, and a terrible first date venue can plant you firmly in the “break-it” category. That’s why we’re suggesting a revolutionary new first date […]
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If you think of dancing princesses and singing birds when you think of castles, think again. Many haunted castles around the world have a much more sinister history.
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Boasting a collection of more than two million items, it can be difficult to know exactly where to begin during a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Spending an afternoon meandering from gallery to gallery, staring at paintings and pretending you know what you’re looking at is a great way […]
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A special guest post by Blaire Moskowitz. Have you seen more people than usual staring at their phones in your museum? That is because “Pokémon GO” was released this weekend. It quickly claimed the number one place in the app store and will soon surpass Twitter in daily active users by capturing the attention of […]
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In late 2015, Ricky Jackson took the stage at TEDxMet. Having served a 39-year prison sentence for a crime he did not commit. Many might have expected Ricky to talk about the justice system. Instead, Ricky took us on a journey to freedom, a journey that began in his childhood. His talk reminds us that […]
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One day last month, a man named Narcissus wandered into the bathroom at his girlfriend’s apartment, only to discover that it contained the perfect lighting for mirror selfies. Jealous that she had kept this fact hidden from him for so long, he took photo after photo of himself until his phone’s battery reached zero. Dumbfounded […]
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The flowers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art create a multi-sensory experience. Although they do not play a central role, they produce a colorful scent scape to enhance your visit. We want to do an inside scoop on the man who is responsible for this avenue of creativity, Remco van Vliet. Didn’t know the Metropolitan Museum had a florist? Watch […]
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Lee Siegel, Slate Magazine’s art critic, has developed a series of fantastic podcasts as Slate’s Unauthorized Alternatives to the traditional museum audio tours. Slate recently shared one on the Metropolitan Museum of Art. You can download these podcasts as mp3s, and take them with you to the museum for a semi-self guided tour. (ZIP file here) The tours give […]
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