Showing posts with label museums. Show all posts
Showing posts with label museums. Show all posts

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Welcome to the Cholesterol Hall of Fame


These were our "good" glasses growing up!

Not sure if it was because money was tight, my stepfather was cheap or my mom didn't think eating a lot of fast-food was good for us, but for me as a child, going to a place like McDonald's was a real special occasion. I loved everything about it -- and even got the Playskool version so my Fisher-Price family could enjoy a Big Mac and fries once in a while. With this in mind, a trip to the Burger Beast Museum in Miami -- which commemorates the Home of the Golden Arches as well as Burger King, Wendy's, Big Boy, Burger Chef and even Red Barn -- sounds like an afternoon well-spent! Read HERE.



Thursday, April 02, 2015

No Andy Warhol Museum for NYC


Remember that branch of the Andy Warhol Museum we were promised? Turns out New York's not getting it, after all:

The Observer reports:
Sorry, fans of Warhol, and anyone who was trying to make bank off a flashy new museum coming to a gentrifying neighborhood. Nearly two years after announcing its plans to erect an outpost at Essex Crossing, the massive development that’s set to take over a few vacant lots on the Lower East Side, Warhol Museum director Eric Shiner said the Warhol Museum’s expansion to New York has been abruptly canceled. He was pretty vague about why plans for a 10,000-square-foot institution just disappeared. ““The Andy Warhol Museum, which had been exploring its participation in the Essex Crossing development in lower Manhattan, has determined that it will not proceed with the project,” he said in a statement. “Despite the efforts of both the museum and the developers, an internal study of business and other operational considerations led the museum to this decision.”
I think it's great that his hometown of Pittsburgh is where the main museum is located. But shouldn't the place that was his chosen home and where his art became internationally known be in on it, too? Feels like so many fewer people will ever have contact with the collection now.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Never Forget (Your Commemorative Coffee Mug)


I get that museums rely on gift shops for income. But the one in the 9/11 museum sure seems a bit crass, no? Read HERE.


Monday, May 19, 2014

'Pop' Up Museum


It looks like my perfect record of having never been to Pittsburgh is going to remain intact with news that a branch of the Andy Warhol Museum will open in New York's Lower East Side in 2017! Read HERE.


Sunday, April 21, 2013

Inside the Long-Delayed 9/11 Museum


Click HERE.