Best Museums in US and Canada

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Anonymous wrote:Peace & Justice (Lynching Memorial) in Montgomery, Alabama.

Haven’t seen this yet, but really want to.

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Anonymous wrote:The best museums in the US are in DC, the national gallery being #1 and all the Smithsonians.
Then, NYC MoMA.
Phila has some nice ones but they pale in comparison to Nat Gal.

You might need to travel a little more…

Please don’t ruin this thread with snobbery.

I’ve visited museums all over the world, but we are so lucky to have what we do in DC. The fact that we have so many admission-free museums is SUCH a gift.

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RISD museum in Providence, Rhode Island. Rhode Island School of Design

World War II museum, New Orleans

Walker Museum, Minneapolis

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Georgia O’Keefe. Santa Fe

RISD. Providence

Rosenbach, Philadelphia

WW II , New Orleans

Baltimore Museum of Art

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WWII Museum and Backstreet Cultural Museum, NoLA
Folk Art Museum and Museum of NM History, Santa Fe

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Anonymous wrote:The Desert Museum just outside Tucson is great

https://www.desertmuseum.org/

You stole mine! Also tje Pima Air and Space museum.

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Anonymous wrote:Not a specific recommendation but look at ASTC museums in your area and check out membership. The ASTC has a fantastic reciprocal membership program that grants free admission outside of 90 miles of your home and member museums. It can be a huge cost saver as places like the Museum of Science and Industry or the Field Museum can cost $100 for a family of four.

I second this. Every year, we buy the Maryland Sci Center membership when it is half price. When traveling, we’ve used it at the Intrepid in NYC (that alone would have cost us more than we paid for the membership), Nauticus in Norfolk, air & space museum in Hampton, Virginia Living Museum, etc. It’s also good at sites in Philly & Pittsburgh.

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I like some of the odd ones like the Merry Go Round museum in OH or the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in CA. There is also the Mutter museum in Philly but you have to be into that.

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I loved the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best museums in the US are in DC, the national gallery being #1 and all the Smithsonians.
Then, NYC MoMA.
Phila has some nice ones but they pale in comparison to Nat Gal.

You might need to travel a little more…

Please don’t ruin this thread with snobbery.


I’ve visited museums all over the world, but we are so lucky to have what we do in DC. The fact that we have so many admission-free museums is SUCH a gift.

+100

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National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico in Mobile Alabama

https://nmmog.org/

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best museums in the US are in DC, the national gallery being #1 and all the Smithsonians.
Then, NYC MoMA.
Phila has some nice ones but they pale in comparison to Nat Gal.

You might need to travel a little more…

Please don’t ruin this thread with snobbery.

I’ve visited museums all over the world, but we are so lucky to have what we do in DC. The fact that we have so many admission-free museums is SUCH a gift.

+1. I’ve traveled a lot and agree that the ones in DC are the best. Also agree with the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Barnes (and all the others in Philly, it’s a great museum town!) and the Art Institute of Chicago. And the WWII Museum in New Orleans is also really special. I’ve been twice and spent a half day both times.

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Great art museums on campuses:

ICA Philadelphia at UPenn
Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State
Block Museum at Northwestern
DePaul Art Museum
Weisman Art Museum at U Minnesota
Williams College Museum of Art
Colby College Museum of Art
Loeb Art Center at Vassar
Hammer Museum at UCLA

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Bates, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Yale Center for British Art are also notable for campus museums

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Crystal Bridges-Bentonville, Arkansas

National Civil Rights Museum-Memphis