Do you ever visit Museums?

Contributor: Trysexual Trysexual
Yes I do
04/11/2013
Contributor: ViVix ViVix
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Originally posted by edeneve
a friend told me that the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art building itself is gorgeous. do you ever visit Museums?
I visit them very very rarely. Like I'd say 1 museum every 3-5 years. I'd like to go more, but my child can be a hooligan at times, and I had to be THAT disruptive person with a 3 yr old.
04/11/2013
Contributor: Martiniman Martiniman
I do, it's just been awhile.
04/11/2013
Contributor: The Vixen The Vixen
Yes, I like visiting museums on occasion. I usually will go if I'm on vacation, but I don't visit local ones as much.
04/11/2013
Contributor: Beautiful-Disaster Beautiful-Disaster
Nope.
04/13/2013
Contributor: SydneyScreams SydneyScreams
I love museums. The last one I went to was the Salvador Dali museum in St Pete...the building itself could also be considered art!! Very pretty!
04/15/2013
Contributor: SMichelle SMichelle
I very rarely visit museums when I'm not on vacation. I will occasionally take my niece to the local museum, though. When I go on vacation, I generally spend a bit of time checking out the various museums in any given area.
04/15/2013
Contributor: Incendiaire Incendiaire
If I'm in a city and bored then I'll pop into a free museum to have a look around.
04/15/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by edeneve
a friend told me that the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art building itself is gorgeous. do you ever visit Museums?
When traveling, it is the one thing we will never miss in different cities.
04/15/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by libbyv
i've never been to that museum
Never been there either, but next time in Frisco, going to go see it now.
04/15/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by Living Doll
Very rarely, unfortunately. I think I was little the last time I went to one.
Most cities have "museum day". They are all open and free. You should set aside a Saturday and just go museum hopping. It's great fun with a friend or two.
04/15/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by Gdom
Yep! Art, natural history, science...you name it!
In New York they have the Museum of Sex. There is one folks rarely name.

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04/15/2013
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
As often as we can.

In Chicago we have myriad museums, The Field Museum of Natural History (actually better than the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History) The Museum of Science and Industry, The Academy of the Sciences Museum, The Museum of Oriental Art, The Art Institute etc.

In fact, our vacation this summer is planned around museums: we are going to DC to visit the many Smithsonian museums (with the exception of the Natural History Museum, as ours is actually more comprehensive) and the Post Office Museum, The Holocaust Museum and many others. I can't wait!
04/15/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by Lioncub
We don't have any near us that are worth spending the time to attend.
You might be surprised. Sometimes even tiny towns have a museum of this or that. We were traveling once, on a "road trip", and stumbled upon the Firehouse Museum in Ypsilanti Michigan, full of amazing firetrucks!!! We spent the entire day in there. Our daughter was simply fascinated by them (she was about six at the time). We all really enjoyed it.
04/15/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by TransMarc
I used to visit a lot of them when I was in an age group for whom it was free, but now I'd have to pay to enter. Hopefully I'll live long enough that I won't need to pay anymore some day!
Museum Day. Most cities have it. Museums all open and FREE. We always make sure we are off that day and hubby and I usually go with a couple of other friends and make a day of it. We start with a bagel breakfast and end up with a nice dinner downtown after taking in a dozen different museums!!! It's a great way to spend the day. Our city even does continuous shuttle buses around downtown on Museum Saturday, so you can park once and just hop on and off the little buses always going by.
04/15/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by MrWill
We don't have any of note that are close enough for it to be something I could do often, but I LOVE going to museums.
They don't have to be "of note" to be worth going to. You should check them all out in your area. You might be surprised.
04/15/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by indiglo
We enjoy museums of all different kinds!
Us too. A lot of people don't realize that local universities and colleges often have their own little museums, some of which have some amazing displays.
04/15/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by gsfanatic
Museums in general yes, not the San Francisco ones yet
Us either. We were only in SF once, years ago, and only for about an hour. We drove Lombard Street and got ice cream and chocolate at Gheridelli's and then it was time to go!
04/15/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by MilitaryLove
I do every once in a while. I love to go see them, especially the glass museum in Tacoma! I usually find the days that the museums are free or really cheap and go those days!
Glass Museum? Have not heard of that one. Sounds cool.
04/15/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by Allstars316
Oh yes I have been to tons of them. Too many to count. My parents were big at visiting museum's.
Mine too. We used to travel and they would not just do the regular museums, but the "kids" hands on museums and science/tech museums for the family.
04/15/2013
Contributor: charmedtomeetyou charmedtomeetyou
Sure do! I love museums!
04/15/2013
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
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Originally posted by Bignuf
Museum Day. Most cities have it. Museums all open and FREE. We always make sure we are off that day and hubby and I usually go with a couple of other friends and make a day of it. We start with a bagel breakfast and end up with a nice dinner downtown ... more
I have to be honest, we avoid "Free Day" at the museums and the zoo like the plague. We have no problem paying for culture and learning. Also, during the Free Day ar our museums and zoos, it is SO crowded and so many people pushing, shouting, etc. that it is impossible to learn anything.

I like to take my time in museums, learning and reading the plaques. I can't do that if it is wall to wall people.

Usually joining a museum or zoo, becoming a member, will pay for itself in one visit. We belong to the museums and zoos we visit the most.
04/15/2013
Contributor: Wicked Wahine Wicked Wahine
I have loved museums ever since I was a child! (Cleveland has 2 of the top ten museums in the country - art & natural history.)
04/15/2013
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
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Originally posted by Wicked Wahine
I have loved museums ever since I was a child! (Cleveland has 2 of the top ten museums in the country - art & natural history.)
Cleveland has the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, too! We went way way out of our way to see this museum one year. It was worth it all.
04/15/2013
Contributor: vulvalicious vulvalicious
Not a lot around where I live, but when I travel I enjoy going to art museums and anything to do with animals. Love dinosaurs!
04/15/2013
Contributor: Allison.Wilder Allison.Wilder
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Originally posted by edeneve
a friend told me that the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art building itself is gorgeous. do you ever visit Museums?
Every so often, probably more so as my son gets older.
04/15/2013
Contributor: unfulfilled unfulfilled
I have visited museums, went to Washington DC and saw a whole bunch, but I haven't been in a decade.
04/15/2013
Contributor: SneakersAndPearls SneakersAndPearls
Unfortunately, we don't have any really good museums near us. We have sort of mini-museums that show local history or wildlife (generally just one or two rooms in another building), but nothing large nearby. However, when we go traveling we go to museums all the time. For instance, when we go to DC, we hit every branch of the Smithsonian that we have time for. When we go to the midwest, we visit railway and American Indian museums. When we lived in PA, we went to battlefield museums and historical houses. Just not a whole lot of that going on where we currently live.
04/15/2013
Contributor: SydVicious SydVicious
of course!!! It's one of those things we try to do in every place we visit.
04/15/2013
Contributor: palindromic palindromic
Yes! I wish I had more time to do so.
04/15/2013