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My favourite had a brief life. It was popularly called the Huntingdon Hartford Museum, though I think its true moniker was The New York Cultural Center. Under the directorship of Mario Amaya it put on exhibitions that never would have been seen in NYC otherwise. I loved the place.
Some people hated Edward Durrell Stone's building (I liked its appearance), but its revamping in later years was an atrocity for which there should have been public beheadings in Columbus Circle.
The link below is on Mario Amaya. When a woman attempted to kill Andy Warhol, she also hit Amaya with a bullet. He was on his way to dinner at the home of some society Big Wig, but was rushed to hospital where he was taken care of and released. He reportedly went on to the dinner, and when he arrived is reputed to have said to his hostess : "Sorry, to be late for dinner, but I was shot."
My favourite show of his was the paintings of Jack Yeats (brother of William Butler Yeats.) I still have my catalogue, and though a bit small by today's standards it has some of the best colour reproductions of Yeats's painting that I have seen.
The Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. was my first major museum experience that I really enjoyed. I could have stayed there for years. (Of course, my classmates were at the age when sitting on the floor with their cliques of friends outweighed looking around)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. This isn't just an art museum, it's practically a ginormous museum of everything with the garment collection, musical instrument collection, Egyptian collection, etc. Same goes, on a much smaller scale, for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
The Royal Palace in El Escorial, Spain, is also very interesting, especially the part with all the kings' tombs.
The Smithsonian in DC, American History is probably my favorite.
But for sports buffs, the Baseball Hall of Fame Museum in Cooperstown, NY is incredible.. just a ton of great stuff to see there..
The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry is fantastic. My girlfriend and I were just there in October. I mainly wanted to see the U-505 exhibit (which is phenomenal) but there are many other great exhibits as well. The replica of the Wright Brother's plane and the weather exhibits were very cool.
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