Tag Archive: Museums

Jul 16 2012

Weekend Adventures – City Museum and a Birthday Party

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This weekend was a whirlwind road trip. The Hubby and I took Friday off to drive down to Carbondale, Illinois for my Mom’s 60th birthday party. We had to pick up my sister, Erin, at the St. Louis airport at midnight along the way, so we worked it out so that the Hubby and I …

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Feb 28 2012

Buccaneer’s Ball in Photos

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Finally! Last Wednesday a bunch of friends and I went to the Science Museum of Minnesota’s Social Science event, Buccaneer’s Ball. Social Science is a quarterly event that SMM holds on a weeknight after normal business hours. The event is restricted to people who are at least 21 years old. The museum brings in cash …

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Apr 01 2011

Social Science – Party with the Pharaohs

How much fun was the Science Museum of Minnesota’s Social Science: Party with the Pharaohs on Wednesday? SO MUCH FUN! When the Hubby and I first arrived, I was little worried. We found parking as soon as we entered the ramp (not a good sign – where was everybody?), and when we arrived in the lobby at …

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Mar 30 2011

Social Science and Stuff

Omigosh, I’m so excited to be going tonight to Party with the Pharaohs, the Science Museum of Minnesota’s first Social Science event for adults. I set up a page on Eventbrite to organize all of my fabulous science-minded friends for this evening, and some of y’all even accepted! I’m giddy. It’s going to be a blast, what with …

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Feb 22 2011

Weekend Photo Fun

I had some fun with my new camera this weekend. I took lots and lots and lots of photos, and then proceeded to erase lots and lots and lots of photos. I learned that my camera currently knows a hell of a lot more than I do, but I reckon to be fixin that right quick. …

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Oct 15 2010

Would you lie?

Seen on Nothing to Do With Abroath Original article: NZHerald New Zealand museum bans pregnant women from attending exhibit A clash of cultures over a rule forbidding pregnant or menstruating women to attend a Te Papa exhibit has been criticised by feminists. An invitation for regional museums to go on a behind-the-scenes tour of some of …

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Jul 28 2010

Sunday: Perugia Archeology Museum

On Sunday we visited the Museo Archeologico Nazionale dell’Umbria.  The museum is located in the southern end of the city in a beautiful old building that once housed the convent of San Domenico. Upon passing through the main arch into the museum visitors are greeted by a large courtyard with a now unused well in the center.  View …

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Jul 26 2010

Perugia: POST Museum

On Saturday afternoon the Hubby and I went wandering around the streets near the apartments.  We were over on Via Pinturicchio when we saw these signs that said “POST” and “Scienza” and an unmistakeable symbol for museum… O M G A science museum in Perugia???  How lucky can a biodork get? This was so fabulous that I decided …

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Jul 24 2010

Perugia: Thursday

On Thursday I woke up at the bright and early - if not chipper - hour of 6:30am to go on a solo walk.  It was wonderful to have the city all to myself – I only saw a few other early morning walkers, and the flow of traffic didn’t really start picking up until about 7:30am.  I explored new parts …

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Mar 23 2010

Underwater Adventures

Ashley and I went to Underwater Adventures at the Mall of America last Friday.   She had never been to UA, and neither of us had done the behind the scenes tour. We arrived at UA at about 5:40pm.  We had 20 minutes before the behind the scenes tour, and so we wandered around in the …

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