Sunday, June 30, 2024

Museum Lover

I am a Museum Lover.  Capital M, Capital L.  I love almost everything about museums - preserved art and history, collections, the stories presented in exhibits, even the labeling.

Dinosaur skeletons at the Paris Museum of Natural History
Dinosaurs and more at the Museum of Natural History in Paris
 

For me, becoming a Museum Lover probably started with visiting museums as a child.  To continue the species "Museum Lover", I have dragged my children to many museums.  My 20-something daughter recently asked how many museums I thought she had visited, and this list is a result of that conversation. 

I intend this post to be a gathering place for the list of Museums I have visited, which I will update as I find delve into the records of past trips, etc.  

I'll probably make a category of Zoos, public gardens, historical houses, and notable churches as well.     


Wisconsin, USA - Because that is the area where I was born and live in   

    * Milwaukee Public Museum MPM (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
    * Milwaukee Art Museum MAM (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
    Charles Allis Art Museum (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
    Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
    * Museum of Wisconsin Art MOWA (West Bend, WI, USA)
    Cedarburg Art Museum (Cedarburg, WI, USA)
    Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts (Cedarburg, WI, USA)
    Ten Chimneys Museum (Genesee Depot, WI, USA)
    Paine Art Center and Gardens (Oshkosh, WI, USA)
    Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass (Neenah, WI, USA)
    John Michael Kohler Art Center (Sheboygan, WI, USA)
    Kohler Art Preserve (Sheboygan, WI, USA)
    Chazen Art Center (Madison, WI, USA)
    Racine Art Museum RAM (Racine, WI, USA)
    Wade House Museum (Greenbush, WI, USA)
    Anderson Arts Center (Kenosha, WI, USA)
    Haggerty Museum of Art (Milwaukee - Marquette University, WI, USA)
    Betty Brinn Children's Museum (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
    Harley-Davidson Museum (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
    House on the Rock Museum (Spring Green, WI, USA)
    Circus World Museum (Baraboo, WI, USA)
    Discovery World Museum (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
    EAA AirVenture Museum (Oshkosh, WI, USA)
    Grohmann Museum (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
    Madison Museum of Contemporary Art MMOCA (Madison, WI, USA)
    Pabst Mansion (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
    Wisconsin Maritime Museum (Manitowoc, WI, USA)
    Old World Wisconsin Site (Eagle, WI, USA)
    Jonathan Clark House (Mequon, WI, USA)
    Kneeland-Walker House (Wauwatosa, WI, USA)
    Benjamin Church House (Shorewood, WI, USA)
    Ben Hunt Cabin (Hales Corners, WI, USA)
    Lynden Sculpture Garden (Brown Deer, WI, USA)
    Boerner Botanical Garden (Hales Corners, WI, USA)
    Will Radler Rosarium (Hales Corners, WI, USA)


Chicago Illinois, USA
    * Art Institute of Chicago, second largest art museum in the US (Chicago, IL, USA)
    Museum of Contemporary Art MCA (Chicago, IL, USA)
    * Museum of Science & Industry MSI (Chicago, IL, USA)
    Field Museum (Chicago, IL, USA)
    Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, IL, USA)
    Adler Planetarium (Chicago, IL, USA)
    Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago, IL, USA)
    Smart Museum of Art (Chicago, IL, USA - University of Chicago)
    Oriental Institute ISAC (Chicago, IL, USA - University of Chicago) - Amazingly great!
    Chicago Architecture Center (Chicago, IL, USA)
    Driehaus Museum (Chicago, IL, USA)
    Chicago Children's Museum (Chicago, IL, USA)
    Cuneo Museum (Vernon Hills, IL, USA)
    Clarke House Museum (Chicago, IL, USA)
    Glessner House Museum (Chicago, IL, USA)
    Newberry Library (Chicago, IL, USA)
    DuSable Black History Museum (Chicago, IL, USA)
    Design Museum of Chicago (clocks+) (Chicago, IL, USA)
    Wonder (WNDR) Museum (Chicago, IL, USA)


New York, USA
    * The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Met (New York City, NY, USA)
    * Museum of Modern Art - MoMA (New York City, NY, USA)
    American Museum of Natural History - AMNH (New York City, NY, USA)
    * Cloisters Museum (New York City, NY, USA)
    * The Frick Collection - Frick (New York City, NY, USA)
    * Neue Galerie New York - Gallery (New York City, NY, USA) JS
    New York Botanic Garden - NYBG (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
    Brooklyn Botanic Garden - BBG (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
    Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY, USA) JS
    Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum (New York City, NY, USA) ?
    The Morgan Library and Museum (New York City, NY, USA) JS
    The Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology - FIT (New York City, NY, USA) JS
    New York Public Library (New York City, NY, USA)
    The Whitney Museum of  American Art - Whitney (New York City, NY, USA)
    The Guggenheim Museum (New York City, NY, USA)
    Queens Museum (New York City, NY, USA) JS
  

Washington DC, USA
    Smithsonian Castle
    Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian
    National Air and Space Museum
    National Portrait Gallery
    National Cathedral
    National Museum of the American Indian
    National Museum of American History
    National Museum of Asian Art JS
    Hirshhorn Museum JS
    Washington Monument (not in) JS?
    White House (not in) JS as kid
    United States Capitol
    Library of Congress JS
    Lincoln Memorial
    The Phillips Collection JS
    Hillwood Estate JS
    Mount Vernon
    Dumbarton House JS

National Air and Space Museum
    National Portrait Gallery
    Smithsonian Museum of American History

Paris and France
    Musée du Louvre Museum (Paris, France) 2019, 2013
    Musée Marmottan Monet Museum (Paris, France) Largest Monet collection
    Musée d'Orsay Museum (Paris, France)
    Musée de l'Orangerie Museum (Paris, France) Custom Monet waterlilies panels
    Centre Pompidou Museum (Paris, France)
    Petit Palais de Beaux Arts Museum (Paris, France) JS
    Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle MNHN (Paris, France)
    * Gallery of Paleontology and Anatomie MNHN (Paris, France)
    Cluny National Museum of the Middle Ages (Paris, France)
    Musee Rodin Museum (Paris, France)
    Catacombs MG
    Palais Garnier - Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris (Paris, France)
    Palace of Versailles - Museum (Versailles, France)
    Foundation Louis Vuitton Museum (Paris, France) JS
    Monet's Giverny House and Gardens (Giverny , France)



Munich, Germany
    Neue Pinakothek Museum
    Alte Pinakothek
    Archeology type museum      

Dresden, Germany
    Women's Church
 
Elsewhere, Germany
    Mad King Castle 1
    Cool King Castle
          

Dresden, Germany
    Women's Church
      

Vienna (Wien), Austria
    Belvedere Upper Palace
    Belvedere Lower Palace
    Schonbrunn Palace and Park
    Schonbrunn's Gloriette
    The Hof
    The Leopold Museum(I think we missed?)
    The MAK Museum of Applied Art (virtual exhibit?)
 

Prague (Praha), Czech Republic
    Lobkowicz Palace
         
Michigan, USA
    Detroit Museum of Art
    Ann Arbor Children's Museum
   

San Diego, California, USA
    

Boston, Massachusettes, USA
    Boston Museum of Fine Art
    Harvard Museum
   
   
Philadelphia and Delaware, USA (2015)
    Marian Coffin Gardens at Gibraltar - Wilmington, Delaware USA
    * Nemours Mansion and Gardens Museum, New Castle County, Delaware USA
    * Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    * Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Hotel Dupont Afternoon Tea, Delaware, USA
    Culp Garden Philapelphia, USA
    Chanticleer Gardens - Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA
    * Brandywine Museum - Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, USA
    * Delaware Art Museum DelART, Wilmington, Delaware USA
    * Winterthur Museum and Gardens - Winterthur, Delaware USA
    * Longwood Garden - Kennett Square, PA, USA
    National Liberty Museum - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Hortulus Farm - Newton, PA, USA
    * Barnes Collection Foundation - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 2015
   
   
Florida, USA (2020)
    Ringling Museum of Art - Florida, USA
    Museum of Fine Arts MFA - St. Petersburg, Florida
    Morean Arts Center Chihuly Collection - St. Petersburg, Florida
    Dali Museum - St. Petersburg, Florida
    Henry B. Plant Museum Tampa Bay Hotel - Tampa Bay, Florida
         

Florence Italy
    Bargello
    Uffzi
    Palazzo Vecchio
    Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
    Palazzo Pitti
    Medici Chapel
    Academia Gallery
    Palazzo Medici Riccardi


Lake Maggiore Italy
    Palazzo Borromeo
    Palazzo dell'Isola Madre


Pavia Italy
Pavia    Castello Visconteo di Pavia - Musei Civici


Genoa Italy
    Musei Nazionali di Genova - Palazzo Reale


Volterra Italy
    Museo Etrusco "Mario Guarnacci"
    Piazza dei Priori
    Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
    Roman Theater
    Parco Archeologico "Enrico Fiumi"


San Gimignano Italy
    Palazzo Comunale
    Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea


Siena Italy
    Palazzo Pubblico
    Duomo di Siena
    Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena


Urbino Italy
    Palazzo Ducale di Urbino
    Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista
    Oratorio San Giuseppe


Ferrara Italy
     Ferrara 
    Castello Estense di Ferrara
    Cattedrale di Ferrara


Verona Italy
     Giardino Giusti


Lake Como Italy
     Villa Melzi
     Villa Carlotta


Milan Italy
     Milan Cathedral 


Venice Italy
    Doge's Palace
    Gallerie Dell Accademia
    Ca' Rezzonico

England
    National Portrait Gallery
    Windsor Castle


Japan
    Tokyo National Museum 1991

    Matsumoto Castle 1991


National Parks, United States
    Death Valley National Park, California, USA - 2016
    Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA - 2016
    Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri, USA
    Saguaro National Park, Arizona, USA - 2023
    Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA - 2023, 2009
    Pinnacles National Park, California, USA - 2023
    Yosemite National Park, California, USA - 2023
    Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA - 2023
    Congaree National Park, South Carolina, USA - 2023
    Smokey Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina, USA - 2023
    Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming, USA - 2024, 1973
    Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA - 2024, 1973

    Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana, USA
    Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA
    Wind Cave National Park(?), South Dakota, USA


11 National Parks since 202X

    White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA, 1972
    Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA, 1972
    Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, USA, 1972
    Carlsbad National Park, New Mexico, USA, 1972
    Arches National Park, Utah, USA, 1972, 1973
    Zion National Park, Oregon, USA, 1973
    Bryce National Park, Oregon, USA, 1973
    Capital Reef National Park, Oregon, USA, 1973
    Canyon Lands National Park, Oregon, USA, 1973
    Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA, 1973
    Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, 1975, 1973(?)
    Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA 1972
    Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado, USA 1972
    Everglades National Park, Florida, USA
    Lassen National Park, California, USA

    Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, USA - 1972
    Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota, USA - 1972
    Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, USA - 1973
    Mount Rushmore National Monument, South Dakota, USA - 1973
    Devil's Tower National Park, Wyoming, USA - 1973
   

National Parks, Canada
    Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2023, 1993, 1975
    Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2023, 1993, 1975
    Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada - 1975(?)
    Revelstoke National Park, British Columbia, Canada - 1975
    Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada - 1975
    Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada - 2023, 1993, 1975
    Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada - 1993, 1975
    Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, Canada - 1993
 

National Parks, Italy
    Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy - 2022
     

 

 

 

 

Friday, June 28, 2024

Yellowstone Reflections

Yellowstone Thermal Pools near sunset by Jeanne Selep June 2024
Image 1: Yellowstone Midway Geyser Basin near Sunset

In June 2024 I visited Yellowstone National Park with my daughter as we pursed the goal of seeing all the National Parks.  


Yellowstone Grand Prismatic Overlook by Jeanne Selep June 2024
Image 2: Grand Prismatic Spring View from the Overlook

Late in the day we were near Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring overlook when the mosquitos chased us away and we decided to end adventuring for the day and go eat dinner.  


Yellowstone Grand Prismatic Detail by Jeanne Selep June 2024
Image 3: Color Detail from Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring

But then - as we drove away from the Fairy Falls trailhead that leads to the overlook, we noticed the sun backlit the steam rising from the Midway Geyser Basin, and we spent the next hour exploring as the sun descended.  


Yellowstone Midway Geyser Basin Sunset by Jeanne Selep June 2024
Image 4: Midway Geyser Basin near Sunset

As the water, steam, sun and clouds moved, the view and the reflections changed.  Water constantly flows over the travertine terraces, (small steps formed by mineral deposits), making the sunlight sparkle and shimmer.


Yellowstone National Park Reflections by Jeanne Selep June 2024
Image 5: Cloud Reflections at Yellowstone

Steam rises from the hot springs and changes with the slightest breeze, and the wind was blowing as we walked.  All the movement made the landscape quite mesmerizing to watch.

Yellowstone YNP Travertine Terraces
Image 6: Cloud reflected in Travertine Terraces

Yellowstone has a reputation of being "alive" with all the movement, and I agree.  

Yellowstone National Park Reflections by Jeanne Selep June 2024
Image 7: More Cloud Reflections at Yellowstone National Park


I hope you enjoy some of my best photos from that magical hour.


Midway Basin Boardwalk by Jeanne Selep June 2024
Image 8: Midway Geyser Basin Board Walk at Yellowstone


Notes: Yellowstone National Park is located in Wyoming, USA. These photos were taken in June 2024.









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