| 1. Smithsonian Institution Building | Add to eGuidebook
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| | 1000 Jefferson Drive S.W., Washington, District of Columbia | | See & Do - Sightseeing - Museums | This redbrick castle, designed by James Renwick, was the Institution's original building. It now houses administrative offices and the Smithsonian Information Center, where an 18-minute video gives an overview of the 16 Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C. Daily 8:30 am-5:30 pm. Tours available Monday, Friday and Saturday at 9:30 am, Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 am. 1000 Jefferson Drive S.W. (M... Read Entire Review » |
| | 2. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) | Add to eGuidebook
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| | 11 W. 53rd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, New York, New York | | See & Do - Sightseeing - Museums | The museum soars above West 53rd Street, a work of art in itself, complete with a sculpture garden that preserves the original 1953 design by Philip Johnson. MoMA has one of the world's very best collections of 19th- and 20th-century paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, architecture, photography, film and industrial design. Artists represented include Chagall, Klee, Magritte, Dali, Stieglitz, W... Read Entire Review » |
| | 3. Getty Center | Add to eGuidebook
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| | 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, California | | See & Do - Sightseeing - Museums | The hilltop Getty Center is the masterwork of acclaimed modernist architect Richard Meier and consists of five two-story pavilions that house the museum, research and conservation centers, and the foundation offices. The museum contains collections of European paintings and decorative arts, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, French furniture, photography, drawings by Michelangelo and Leonardo da... Read Entire Review » |
| | 4. Field Museum | Add to eGuidebook
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| | 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois | | See & Do - Sightseeing - Museums | One of the finest museums in the world, the Field Museum has exhibits that trace the natural history and the biological and anthropological aspects of our cultures and environments. To a child, that means mummies, dinosaurs, Native Americans, extinct animals and exotic lands. You'll fall in love with Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found. It (they don't know if S... Read Entire Review » |
| | 5. Museum of Fine Arts | Add to eGuidebook
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| | 465 Huntington Ave., Boston, Massachusetts | | See & Do - Sightseeing - Museums | Founded in 1870, the museum houses one of the largest art collections in the U.S. Superb Egyptian and Asian holdings. Its collection of works by Monet is the largest outside of Paris. Monday and Tuesday 10 am-4:45 pm, Wednesday-Saturday 10 am-9:45 pm (select galleries only open after 4:45 pm Thursday and Friday), Saturday and Sunday 10 am-4:45 pm. US$17 adults, pay what you wish Wednesday after 4... Read Entire Review » |
| | 6. St. Louis Science Center and Planetarium | Add to eGuidebook
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| | 5050 Oakland Ave., St Louis, Missouri | | See & Do - Sightseeing - Museums | More than 700 hands-on exhibits, including life-sized dinosaurs, state-of-the-art technology and galleries with ecological, medical and environmental activities. The planetarium re-creates the experience of being in outer space at its Boeing Space Station. The DNA gallery focuses on genetics and biotechnology. The facility also houses the Omnimax Theater with its huge, wraparound screen. Different... Read Entire Review » |
| | 7. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum | Add to eGuidebook
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| | 751 Erieside Ave., Cleveland, Ohio | | See & Do - Sightseeing - Museums | The world's first museum dedicated to rock 'n' roll. Designed by I.M. Pei, it's a collection of geometric shapes-rectangular and cylindrical towers and a striking glass pyramid. Inside you'll find innovative sound-and-video displays, memorabilia and more. Highlights include John Lennon's Rickenbacker electric guitar, lyrics handwritten by Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison's Cub Scout uniform. Start yo... Read Entire Review » |
| | 8. de Young Museum | Add to eGuidebook
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| | 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, California | | See & Do - Sightseeing - Museums | This museum (part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) draws visitors to its home in Golden Gate Park with its 25,000-piece collection of American art and works from indigenous peoples in Africa, Oceana and the Americas. The dramatic architecture incorporates a striking copper facade and an observation tower that rises 144 ft/45 m above the treetops of Golden Gate Park. Some contemporary art... Read Entire Review » |
| | 9. Metropolitan Museum of Art | Add to eGuidebook
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| | 1000 Fifth Ave., at 82nd Street, New York, New York | | See & Do - Sightseeing - Museums | If you visit only one museum in New York, this is the one. The entire museum covers 5,000 years of art and culture from all over the world, with more than 3 million works of art. The Egyptian art rivals any collection outside of Cairo (the Temple of Dendur, built about 15 BC, is among the museum's most-visited sites), and the Greco-Roman galleries contain some of the most important sculpture in th... Read Entire Review » |
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