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.

  • Bags@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Thanks for the recommendations! I hadn’t even seen the museum of contemporary art. It looks a bit smaller, might be better for my last day when I’ll be blitzed from the whole week of work stuff haha. I’ll be there all alone, my preferred way to travel…

    I would so badly want to go to the museum of surgical science… but alas, I am indeed very very squeamish. I went to the Mutter museum in Philadelphia once and almost passed out (specifically at the exhibit showing the entire human vascular system removed from a body and displayed in a hollow human-shaped shell… My skin is crawling just thinking about it)… I find everything so fascinating, though, I wish I could handle looking at it!

    I’ll add 5 Rabanitos to my list, that Torta does look delicious. I’m staying in the Loop, so I could just hop a train over there. I’m absolutely terrible at choosing places to eat when it’s just me, so having some guidance is always extremely welcome.