Start Planning Now for Free Museum Day!
Mark your calendars for Free Museum Day, next month! Thanks, ‘Smithsonian Magazine’!
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Tag: Museums
10 Things I’ve Learned in 10 Years of Homeschooling
GeekMom Jenny has been homeschooling her kids for over ten years. Read about some of the lessons she’s learned along the way.
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GeekDad Travel: Porsche Vs Mercedes in Battle of the Museums
Stuttgart, Germany. Home of Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and two museums devoted to all things auto.
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‘Claws and Effect’: Learn About Dinosaurs and the 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition
The second book in the Secret Smithsonian Adventures comic series, ‘Claws and Effect’ takes four middle school kids through time to solve problem with the time stream. This time the adventure revolves around the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and dinosaurs!
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Vienna: Part 2 – The Museums
Vienna is a historic European capital with museums perfect for geeks of all ages.
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Merchlar and Sid Lee Send Art Into Augmented Reality
An augmented reality mobile application by Sid Lee and Merchlar is re-imagining the museum experience.
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GeekDad Passport: Ghibli Museum
Our kids were raised on many movies from the imagination of Hayao Miyazaki. So when our travels took us to Japan, missing a visit to the Ghibli Museum was not an option. But first, we needed to buy some tickets.
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Geeky Oxford–26 Characters and The Story Museum
A museum dedicated to reproducing favorite characters from children’s stories? Yes, it exists. GeekMom Helen explores the 26 Characters exhibition at the Story Museum.
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Geeky Oxford–Meeting Dinosaurs and Dodos at The Oxford University Museum of Natural History
GeekMom Helen visits the newly reopened Oxford University Museum of Natural History to meet dinosaurs and dodos.
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Is It Okay to Put Mummies on Display?
The exhibit begins with an ethical statement, reminding visitors to be respectful of the dead. But it begs the question: can an exhibit of mummies ever be respectful of the dead? Is it respectful to put the dead in glass cases without their permission and allow visitors to gawk at them in the name of science? Are displays of mummies unethical? Or if there are no living descendants to offend, is it okay to put someone’s ancestor on display?
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Silver Ball Museum Arcade
While on vacation on the Jersey Shore, my family and I checked out the Silver Ball Museum Arcade in Asbury Park. It was clean, well-lit, and you paid $10 an hour for unlimited play on dozens and dozens of pinball machines dating from the 1930s on, and in working order!
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Read to Earn Free Entry to Northern California Science Centers and Museums
Discover some stellar science centers and museums through the Discover and Go program or track down a reciprocal museum for savings on admission.
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My Visit to the Walt Disney Family Museum
You may think you know a lot about Disney, and you may be right. But what you mean is Disney the company — how much would you say you know about Walt Disney, the man? About his family? About the stories behind the stories you saw on screen? I sure didn’t know very much, but then, three weeks ago, that all changed.
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A Museum for Soviet-era Arcade Games
The curators of the Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines are displaying some of the first arcade games created in the U.S.S.R.
Continue ReadingThe Amazing List of GeekDad Day Science Museum Events Keeps Growing!
We are so excited about the GeekDad Day (June 17th) events that are being planned all over the country, and every day new partners come on board. Here’s the latest list – see if you can find an event near …
Continue ReadingWalt Disney Family Museum
Last month I had the opportunity to visit the Walt Disney Family Museum, located in the historic Presidio in San Francisco; this was something I was looking forward to, since my friend Floyd Norman had served as a consultant in …
Continue ReadingStar Wars Identities: Why Luke Is No Anakin
What makes one person sacrifice everything to become a Jedi Knight, and another embrace the Dark Side? What goes into creating the unique personality of every person, alien, or droid in the galaxy — or even galaxies far, far away? …
Continue ReadingTechy Visits for Youth – Vancouver, BC Area
Last week, I was lucky enough to take my son on a couple of tours/visits that may interest some of you (with or without children) in the Vancouver BC Area. In particular we visited the Spark Museum (formerly the American …
Continue ReadingSmithsonian’s History Explorer Website Is Improved!
You don’t need to be a homeschooler to need or want good reference materials at home for your kids. When we were kids, this often meant an expensive and heavy set of encyclopedias that are out of date as soon …
Continue ReadingOhio Day Trip: National Museum of the US Air Force
With our recent move to Ohio for a job and having lived in Wisconsin for the past 25 years, this GeekFamily is in the “we don’t know what we don’t know” phase of our new home state. We want to …
Continue ReadingNo Bones About It, This Museum Is Hip
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit a fantastic museum. Before I delve into what was there, let me tell you a bit about my background. I love anatomy and physiology. When I was a child, I wanted to be …
Continue ReadingNominate a Toy for the National Toy Hall of Fame
The National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, NY, is taking nominations for a classic toy to add to their collection. Housed in The Strong’s National Museum of Play, the National Toy Hall of Fame is a wonderful place to …
Continue ReadingAmazing Creations in The Art of Steampunk
A week ago I posted a review of The Steampunk Bible, a nice compendium that tries (and succeeds, I believe) to answer the question, What is Steampunk? While that book chooses to answer the question with a mixture of essays …
Continue ReadingA GeekDad Guide to Ottawa: Paliament, Museum of Civilization, Beavertails, and a Giant Spider
My wife was in Ottawa for a conference for several days last week and we decided that with our kids at the ages of 8, 8 and 11, now was a pretty good time for them to visit Canada’s capital …
Continue ReadingA Visit to The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
As a children’s book author and illustrator, I am always a little embarrassed to admit when I’ve somehow missed a picture book classic. But the truth is, I had never read anything by Eric Carle — not even the book …
Continue ReadingGo Where Everyone’s a Gamer: A Sneak Peek at eGameRevolution
When I learned that the International Center for the History of Electronic Games, housed at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY was launching a permanent exhibit called eGameRevolution (http://www.icheg.org/see-do/egamerevolution) on the history of computer games – opening …
Continue ReadingThe Big School Countdown Continues…
In the first part of our Countdown to Big School, my daughter and I covered Art and Science, and in part two we’ll be looking at Biology and History… London’s Natural History Museum is a truly amazing place. The building …
Continue ReadingA Visit to the Strong National Museum of Play
Ever since I found out that something called a “museum of play” existed — and that it also housed the National Toy Hall of Fame — I knew it was a place I would have to see. Located in Rochester, …
Continue ReadingHot Stuff for Kids at the Corning Museum of Glass
Several years back I happened to catch a little of a documentary on PBS about a glass artist named Dale Chihuly. An amazing showman as well as an innovative creator, Chihuly was taking huge glass spheres he designed in a …
Continue ReadingFree Museum Day, September 25th! (GeekDad Wayback Machine)
Mr. Rogers’s sweater. Image via Wikipedia Free Museum Day 2010 is quickly approaching! Mark your calendars and participate this year. On September 25th, you and a guest will get free general admission to hundreds of museums and cultural spots around …
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