I'm on my way to visit my cousin Terry in Bostic, North Carolina, and decided to drive through Columbia, SC on my way. I've never before been in Columbia, and discovered a nice old-fashioned downtown, and the Museum of Art. I spent an enjoyable few hours...
Well, it was bound to happen. I finally visited an Art Museum without finding a single piece of art I actually liked! It is quite small, and is attached to the nearby university, and had a lot of art by the students and professors. But - it was still worth a visit...
My 12-year-old granddaughter Lily and I visited our newest museum in Savannah this week. The African Art Museum is the private collection of a Savannah man, acquired over a period of 30 years. He wanted to share it with the community, and we are truly blessed here...
Imagine my surprise on a recent trip to Washington, DC (April 2019) to discover there were 2 museums on the Mall that I had never visited. It has been open since 1923, so it was even here when I lived near Washington DC in the 1960's, so I can't explain how I missed...
We are very fortunate here in Savannah to have two art museums, the Telfair, which houses more traditional exhibitions in an beautiful antebellum...
After all my trips to Atlanta, I finally made it to their Art Museum. It is very nice, housed in an attractive purpose-built building. They also had a nice cafe, where I enjoyed having lunch. Having so recently been to the Milwaukee Museum of Art, which is truly...
Today the Milwaukee Art Museum is one of the largest art museums in the United States. Begun back in 1888 when Milwaukee was just a small port town on Lake Michigan it has expanded over the years until today it is one of the most amazing museums I have visited. The...
I know I always say I have never found a museum I didn't like, but there wasn't a lot that caught my fancy in the Muskegon Museum of Art. Maybe I'm getting jaded in my old age? The main exhibition in this small museum was a retrospective of the work of Edward Curtis,...
My last stop on my way north to visit family was in Paducah, Kentucky. Its a small town nestled in a curve of the Mississippi River, but it does have one claim to fame: an absolutely brilliant quilt museum. Housed in a new purpose-built building, it holds a...
As I left Orlando last Saturday I made my way to Winter Park, and the Morse Museum. This is my third visit to the largest collection of Tiffany art there is. I have always loved the decorative art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, and so it was a real thrill when I...
I finally made it to the South Bend Museum of Art! The nearest, most familiar places somehow seem to be the hardest to get to. It is housed in Century Center, right in downtown South Bend. Century Center was built in 1977, and my university graduation was...
I know I've said before that one of my favorite parts of travel is the unexpected. I was dubious as to how much I would enjoy a "cowboy museum" but I found a wonderful museum with so much more than I expected - all in a beautiful building, with everything beautifully...
Jacob and I paid a visit to the Railroad Museum in Savannah this week. It is a National Historic Landmark site, and they have a large collection of steam engines in their Roundhouse. This is the site of the workshops and terminal of the Old Central of Georgia...
Last week one of my Garden Club friends took me for lunch at Miss Sophie's at the Mighty 8th Air Force Museum in Pooler, and then we toured the museum. An important fact about Savannah is that it is a military town, especially the South Side. Hunter Army Air Force...
On all my visits to Amelia Island, I had never visited Fort Clinch State Park. The park is huge, with campsites, beaches, and miles of biking paths. It is an idyllic setting, and I saw many people taking advantage of it when I visited on Sunday. It...
After a few days in Atlanta seeing some of my retired UCC Ministers (a job I do with the Pension Board) I headed south to Americus, GA to visit the site of Habitat For Humanity's Global Village. Habitat For Humanity has so far built affordable housing in 70...
We all know about the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, but we may forget that it was first of all a mission of the Catholic Church. There were 6 missions scattered along the San Antonio River built in the 1730's, and the missionary priests had two main objectives: to...
I am in San Antonio, Texas for a conference, and walked over to the Alamo yesterday afternoon, only about 2 blocks from my hotel. The first surprise is that it is right in the very heart of San Antonio. The second surprise was all the touristy things that have been...
Dale Chihuly is an absolutely amazing artist in blown glass. My sister Sandy introduced me to his work, and I have seen pieces he has done at the Botanical Gardens in Atlanta, GA and at the Art Museum in Naples, FL. He was born in Tacoma, Washington, and has...
The Georgia Sea Turtle Center opened in 2007 in the historic district on Jekyll Island. It is a rehabilitation, research, and educational facility. It usually has 8 - 12 sea turtles in its tanks suffering from illness or injury. Many are loggerheads, as they are...