I’m a fiend for museums. Every time I travel for work (which is thankfully alone most of the time), I find museums to go to. When I travel for leisure, I pretty much always find some museum to go to in between whatever else I’m doing, too.

I am particularly fond of contemporary art, and technology museums, closely followed by natural history museums.

My favorite museum of all time is Mass MoCa in North Adams, MA, USA. I go at least twice a year, even though it’s a ~4 hour drive. I used to be a member at $250 a year, which also gave me ROAM reciprocal admission to tons of other museums, but money is tight these days and I had to give that up. There was a time when I was doing enough work travel that the money I saved via all the free admission to ROAM museums I got on the road was actually a net savings over the $250 membership!

Has anyone else been to Mass MoCa? We may have crossed paths!

What is your favorite museum? How often do you go? Are you a member?

I’ve been thinking about museums a bunch since I started planning my Art Basel Miami trip later this year… I’m trying to figure out how to bundle the Kennedy Space Center and Art Basel into one weeklong trip with minimal expense lol.

  • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev
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    26 days ago

    The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. You pretty much already know if you’re going to like it based on if you like his art or not. Small and focused comparatively, but has some whimsy as well with a room full of reflective balloons floating around.

    The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. You get headphones attached to a player that picks up what exhibit you’re in front of and plays the audio that goes with it, usually 3 or 4 short samples of relevant music that have video accompaniment. There’s both regional exhibits (grouped by continent) and genre ones (jazz, blues, a little electronica). Apparently most cultures have made bag pipes an one point or another.