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.
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| 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
Isabelle Garner 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
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