Best Museums in the US

Have a free afternoon? – Treat yourself to a nice museum…

I’m a well known Museum Freak -
I was once a week in Paris, and went to 2 Museums a day (some, more than once).
I know it sounds cliché -
But, I really think a good museum is one of the best ways to kill a free afternoon.

My friend Isra-Girl is going to New York soon -
She ask me for Recommendations about good Museums in the Big Apple.
I told her my Favorite Museum in the US is the MOMA in New York, But that she also have to visit the Guggenheim and Met ( Metropolitan Museum of Art ).
In the MOMA now a days, there is an Exhibition of “Projects 87″ by Sigalit Landau ( an Israeli artist ). I saw some of her works when she Exhibited them in Israel and quite liked them. I recommend you should sea it – and also, when you’re there – pay attention to Warhol ( The man was a Genius ).

Trip N’ Burn presents : Warhol Campbell’s Soup in the MOMA ©

After I told her about those 3 great Museums in NYC – I started naming more and more good ones (not only in New York, but all over the states. It became an obsession (like everything els), and I found myself listing all of which I think are worth while – and there are so many good Museums in the states – It’s unbelievable…
I gathered all the information from the Internet – and came with the following list :

Museums are Cultural Experiences -
But – Burning Man Festival is Lots of FUN !!!

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For those of you going anywhere in the U.S.A (and want to) -
Here is a list of Museums (that will help you spend an afternoon).

1. The Museum of Modern Art – New York City, NY
2. Guggenheim Museum – New York City, NY
3. Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York City, NY
4. Library of Congress – Washington, DC
5. Art Institute of Chicago – Illinois
6. Getty Museum – Los Angeles, California
7. National Gallery of Art – Washington, DC
8. American Museum of Natural History – New York City, NY
9. Exploratorium – San Francisco, California
10. Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago, Illinois
11. Smithsonian Institution – Washington, DC
12. Institute of Contemporary Art – Boston, Massachusetts
13. Andy Warhol Museum – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
14. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum – Washington, DC
15. Kennedy Space Center – Merritt Island, Florida
16. Brooklyn Museum – New York
17. The Jewish Museum of New York City, NY
18. Museum of Fine Arts – Boston, Massachusetts
19. Walker Art Center – Minneapolis, Minnesota
20. Seattle Art Museum – Washington State
21. de Young Museum – San Francisco, California
22. Space Center – Houston, Texas
23. National Portrait Gallery – Washington, DC
24. African American Museum in Philadelphia – Pennsylvania
25. High Museum of Art – Atlanta, Georgia
26. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum – Chicago, Illinois
27. Museum of Fine Arts – Houston, Texas
28. Artists Space – New York City, NY
29. The Queen Mary – Long Beach, California
30. National Baseball Hall of Fame – Cooperstown, New York
31. Colonial Williamsburg – Virginia
32. Philadelphia Museum of Art – Pennsylvania
33. Museum of Science – Boston, Massachusetts
34. The Griffith Observatory – Los Angeles, California
35. Museum of Science and Industry – Chicago, Illinois
36. ICR Museum of Creation & Earth History – Santee, California
37. Denver Art Museum – Colorado
38. Portland Museum of Art – Maine
39. Portland Art Museum – Oregon
40. Museum of Glass – Tacoma, Washington
41. Tech Museum of Innovation – San Jose, California
42. Science Museum of Minnesota – St. Paul
43. Liberty Science Center – Jersey City, New Jersey
44. Pacific Science Center – Seattle, Washington
45. Oyster & Maritime Museum – Chincoteague, Virginia
46. Maritime Museum – San Diego, California
47. Arizona Science Center – Phoenix
48. Morgan Library – New York, NY
49. Denver Museum of Nature and Science – Colorado
50. Carnegie Science Center – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
51. Museum of Natural Science – Houston, Texas
52. Museum of Flight – Seattle, Washington
53. Milwaukee Art Museum – Wisconsin
54. Phoenix Art Museum – Arizona
55. Mutter Museum – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
56. Orlando Science Center – Florida
57. Baltimore Museum of Art – Maryland
58. New York Historical Society – NYC
59. Ryman Auditorium & Museum – Nashville, Tennessee
60. Museum of Transportation – St. Louis, Missouri
61. Oakland Museum of California
62. Library of Virginia – Richmond
63. Polynesian Cultural Center – Laie, Hawaii
64. California Science Center – Los Angeles
65. Chicago Cultural Center – Illinois
66. Kansas City Museum – Missouri
67. Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum – Jacksonville, Florida
68. Los Angeles County Museum of Art – California
69. Museum of Tolerance – Los Angeles, California
70. Maryland Science Center – Baltimore, Maryland
71. Eastern State Penitentiary – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
72. Wright Museum – Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
73. National Building Museum – Washington, DC
74. Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum – Nashville, Tennessee
75. Heard Museum – Phoenix, Arizona
76. Fernbank Museum of Natural History – Atlanta, Georgia
77. Discovery Science Center – Santa Ana, California
78. Museum of San Diego History – California
79. San Diego Museum of Art – California
80. Strong Museum – Rochester, New York
81. St. Louis Science Center – Missouri
82. Port Discovery – Baltimore, Maryland
83. Phillips Collection – Washington, DC
84. National Museum of Natural History – Washington, DC
85. Barnes Foundation – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
86. Bishop Museum – Honolulu, Hawaii
87. San Diego Natural History Museum – California
88. Science Museum of Virginia – Richmond
89. Arvada Center – Colorado
90. International Spy Museum – Washington, DC
91. Lower East Side Tenement Museum – New York, NY
92. Pacific Design Center – West Hollywood, California
93. Please Touch Museum – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
94. Experience Music Project – Seattle, Washington
95. Milwaukee Public Museum – Wisconsin
96. Springfield Museum – Oregon
97. Minneapolis Institute of Arts – Minnesota
98. Los Angeles County Natural History Museum – California
99. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library – Simi Valley, California
100. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – Washington, DC
101. Peabody Essex Museum – Salem, Massachusetts
102. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco – California
103. Corning Museum of Glass – New York
104. Drawing Center – New York City, NY
105. Chicago Historical Society – Illinois
106. Wave Hill – New York City, NY
107. Boston Children’s Museum – Massachusetts
108. Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum – Austin
109. Lawrence Hall of Science – Berkeley, California
110. Atlanta History Center – Georgia
111. Bowers Museum of Cultural Art – Santa Ana, California
112. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – California
113. International Center of Photography – New York City, NY
114. Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum – New York City, NY
115. The House of the Seven Gables – Salem, Massachusetts

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