When it gets cool in the fall, or in
our case it looks like January this year, and you are looking for something to do,
head out to your local museum. AOL has a great piece done by Forbes Traveler,
which I have reposted for your enjoyment, on some of the
nation's most visited museums. Most everyone has had a school or
family trip to Washington D.C. and has seen the National Museum of
Natural History, but check out some of these others. It's a great way
to pass an afternoon and feel enriched when you're finished.
National Museum of Natural History
Location: Washington, D.C.
Annual Visitors: 5.8 million
Scoop: The
National Mall's Museum of Natural History is "dedicated to
understanding the natural world and our place in it." In 2006,
hordes of others shared that dedication -- free of charge. 5.8
million visitors, the most of any U.S. museum, came to gaze at the
museum's more than 125 million natural science specimens and cultural
artifacts.
Museum of Modern Art
Location: New York
Annual Visitors: 2.22 Million
Scoop:
Started in the late 1920s by a trio of philanthropists including Mrs.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the midtown museum now houses more than
150,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs,
architectural models and drawings, and design objects. A recent
renovation nearly doubled the capacity of the former facility.
The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center
Location: Los
Angeles
Annual Visitors: 1.3 million
Scoop:
The newest Getty Museum, which opened in 1997 on a hilltop in the
Santa
Monica mountains, draws as much attention for its architecture as
the art within. Its sleek off-white buildings, designed by Richard
Meier, house European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated
manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American photographs.
Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Location: Chantilly,
Va.
Annual Visitors: 1 million
Scoop: Located
near Washington Dulles International Airport, this companion museum
to the National Mall's Air and Space center is actually larger than
the main space in D.C.,
and displays aircraft on three levels. Highlights include the space
shuttle Enterprise and the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay.
Indianapolis Children's Museum
Location: Indianapolis
Annual
Vistors: 1.2 million
Scoop: This 400,000-square-foot
facility proclaims itself the "largest children's museum in the
world." It's interactive exhibits include "Dinosphere: Now
You're In Their World," a "one-of-a-kind immersive dinosaur
experience."
Having trouble finding how much your
items are worth? Our team will do research to value collectibles
individually or value collections as a whole for you. All you
have to do is include your items in the “What's My Item Worth”
section of our Gallery. Our research might take a few days, but
thanks to our plethora of value guides and resources, our estimate
should be pretty accurate. Good luck finding your buried treasure in
your closet!
