Casual Conversation

1294 readers

60 users here now

Share a story, ask a question, or start a conversation about (almost) anything you desire. Maybe you'll make some friends in the process.

RULES

Be respectful: no harassment, hate speech, bigotry, and/or trolling.
Encourage conversation in your OP. This means including heavily implicative subject matter when you can and also engaging in your thread when possible.
Avoid controversial topics (e.g. politics or societal debates).
Stay calm: Don’t post angry or to vent or complain. We are a place where everyone can forget about their everyday or not so everyday worries for a moment. Venting, complaining, or posting from a place of anger or resentment doesn't fit the atmosphere we try to foster at all. Feel free to post those on !goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
Keep it clean and SFW
No solicitation such as ads, promotional content, spam, surveys etc.

Casual conversation communities:

Related discussion-focused communities

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

BoozeOrWater@piefed.social

BoozeOrWater@lemm.ee

Nougat@fedia.io

FireWire400@lemmy.world

m_f@discuss.online

neidu3@sh.itjust.works

m_f@piefed.social

What is your favorite museum? (piefed.social)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Bags@piefed.social to c/casualconversation@piefed.social

28 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I'm a fiend for museums. Every time I travel for work (which is thankfully alone most of the time), I find museums to go to. When I travel for leisure, I pretty much always find some museum to go to in between whatever else I'm doing, too.

I am particularly fond of contemporary art, and technology museums, closely followed by natural history museums.

My favorite museum of all time is Mass MoCa in North Adams, MA, USA. I go at least twice a year, even though it's a ~4 hour drive. I used to be a member at $250 a year, which also gave me ROAM reciprocal admission to tons of other museums, but money is tight these days and I had to give that up. There was a time when I was doing enough work travel that the money I saved via all the free admission to ROAM museums I got on the road was actually a net savings over the $250 membership!

Has anyone else been to Mass MoCa? We may have crossed paths!

What is your favorite museum? How often do you go? Are you a member?

I've been thinking about museums a bunch since I started planning my Art Basel Miami trip later this year... I'm trying to figure out how to bundle the Kennedy Space Center and Art Basel into one weeklong trip with minimal expense lol.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Field and MAIC are both great museums, but don't sleep on the Museum of Contemporary Art. I haven't been to them, but there's also contemporary art museums that focus on Ukrainian art (in Ukrainian Village, natch) and Mexican art (in Pilsen, which makes sense if you know Chicago). If you're going to the former, you'll also be right by the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, set in the former Humboldt Park stables. If you're going to the latter, get lunch at 5 Rabanitos and order the Torta Ahogada.

If you want to get a little weirder, try the Museum of Surgical Science — unless you're squeamish. And visit the Harold Washington Library Center: not only is it beautiful in its own right, but the eighth floor hosts both a "Winter Garden" and a small museum with a rotating exhibit.

If you're coming with anyone under the age of eleven, the Children's Museum at Navy Pier is legitimately amazing. Field also has a Children's Museum on the ground floor (below the first floor) that's pretty fun. And finally, not a museum, but the Maggie Daley Park playgarden is amazing for kids.

[–] Bags@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thanks for the recommendations! I hadn't even seen the museum of contemporary art. It looks a bit smaller, might be better for my last day when I'll be blitzed from the whole week of work stuff haha. I'll be there all alone, my preferred way to travel...

I would so badly want to go to the museum of surgical science... but alas, I am indeed very very squeamish. I went to the Mutter museum in Philadelphia once and almost passed out (specifically at the exhibit showing the entire human vascular system removed from a body and displayed in a hollow human-shaped shell... My skin is crawling just thinking about it)... I find everything so fascinating, though, I wish I could handle looking at it!

I'll add 5 Rabanitos to my list, that Torta does look delicious. I'm staying in the Loop, so I could just hop a train over there. I'm absolutely terrible at choosing places to eat when it's just me, so having some guidance is always extremely welcome.