Fun Stuff Archives - Museum Hack https://museumhack.com/general/fun/ Sun, 20 Nov 2022 05:52:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://museumhack.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/museumhack-min.jpg Fun Stuff Archives - Museum Hack https://museumhack.com/general/fun/ 32 32 How many museums are in New York City? https://museumhack.com/how-many-museums-are-in-new-york-city/ https://museumhack.com/how-many-museums-are-in-new-york-city/#respond Sat, 19 Jan 2019 22:21:00 +0000 http://museumhack.wpengine.com/how-many-museums-are-in-new-york-city/ We believe that the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the BEST museum in the entire world. And definitely the very best in NYC. But how many museums are there in the city? NY.com says there are 83 museums in total among the 5 boroughs. 100 museums in New York City, according to this website. 32 museums in Manhattan, […]

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]]> https://museumhack.com/how-many-museums-are-in-new-york-city/feed/ 0 5 Must See Things at the American Museum of Natural History https://museumhack.com/5-things-to-see-american-museum-natural-history/ https://museumhack.com/5-things-to-see-american-museum-natural-history/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:00:23 +0000 https://museumhack.com/?p=12481 You could devote over a year of your life to living in the AMNH and still not see everything the museum has to offer.

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]]> https://museumhack.com/5-things-to-see-american-museum-natural-history/feed/ 2 The Man Who Sold an Art Forgery to the Nazis… and Almost Got Away With It https://museumhack.com/anniversary-forgery-meegeren/ https://museumhack.com/anniversary-forgery-meegeren/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:44:45 +0000 https://museumhack.com/?p=12337 Seventy years ago,  Hitler’s Vice Chancellor, Hermann Goering, treasured a priceless painting by Vermeer. Two years after the war, he found out his favorite painting was a forgery. A Very Brief History of Vermeer Before we get to that story, let’s get a little background on Johannes Vermeer himself. The 17th-century painter is best known […]

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]]> https://museumhack.com/anniversary-forgery-meegeren/feed/ 2 5 Reasons Museums Are the Best Place For a First Date https://museumhack.com/unique-first-date-ideas-museums/ https://museumhack.com/unique-first-date-ideas-museums/#comments Wed, 08 Nov 2017 14:00:58 +0000 https://museumhack.com/?p=12259 Oh, first dates. We’ve all suffered through some pretty terrible first dates: the uncomfortable silences, the awful movies, the overly expensive restaurant reservations. First dates can be make-it-or-break-it for a budding romance, and a terrible first date venue can plant you firmly in the “break-it” category. That’s why we’re suggesting a revolutionary new first date […]

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]]> https://museumhack.com/unique-first-date-ideas-museums/feed/ 6 10 Spooktacularly Haunted Castles Around the World https://museumhack.com/10-spooktacularly-haunted-castles/ https://museumhack.com/10-spooktacularly-haunted-castles/#comments Fri, 27 Oct 2017 15:15:17 +0000 https://museumhack.com/?p=12232 If you think of dancing princesses and singing birds when you think of castles, think again. Many haunted castles around the world have a much more sinister history. In honor of Halloween, we decided to take a trip around the world to visit some of those terrifying fortresses. From torture sites to witch hunts, these […]

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]]> https://museumhack.com/10-spooktacularly-haunted-castles/feed/ 13 7 Things to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art https://museumhack.com/7-things-see-metropolitan-museum-art/ https://museumhack.com/7-things-see-metropolitan-museum-art/#respond Sat, 07 Oct 2017 20:31:33 +0000 https://museumhack.com/?p=12137 Boasting a collection of more than two million items, it can be difficult to know exactly where to begin during a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Spending an afternoon meandering from gallery to gallery, staring at paintings and pretending you know what you’re looking at is a great way […]

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]]> https://museumhack.com/7-things-see-metropolitan-museum-art/feed/ 0 Pokémon GO in Museums: Gotta visit ’em all https://museumhack.com/pokemon-go-museums/ https://museumhack.com/pokemon-go-museums/#respond Mon, 11 Jul 2016 17:18:56 +0000 https://museumhack.wpengine.com/?p=7529 A special guest post by Blaire Moskowitz. Have you seen more people than usual staring at their phones in your museum? That is because “Pokémon GO” was released this weekend. It quickly claimed the number one place in the app store and will soon surpass Twitter in daily active users by capturing the attention of […]

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]]> https://museumhack.com/pokemon-go-museums/feed/ 0 TED Love: Finding Home with Ricky Jackson https://museumhack.com/ted-ricky-jackson/ https://museumhack.com/ted-ricky-jackson/#respond Fri, 24 Jun 2016 13:00:24 +0000 https://museumhack.wpengine.com/?p=7311 In late 2015, Ricky Jackson took the stage at TEDxMet.  Having served a 39-year prison sentence for a crime he did not commit. Many might have expected Ricky to talk about the justice system.  Instead, Ricky took us on a journey to freedom, a journey that began in his childhood.  His talk reminds us that […]

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]]> https://museumhack.com/ted-ricky-jackson/feed/ 0 #SELFIE Lessons From the Masters https://museumhack.com/selfie-lessons-masters/ https://museumhack.com/selfie-lessons-masters/#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2016 14:00:30 +0000 https://museumhack.wpengine.com/?p=7205 One day last month, a man named Narcissus wandered into the bathroom at his girlfriend’s apartment, only to discover that it contained the perfect lighting for mirror selfies. Jealous that she had kept this fact hidden from him for so long, he took photo after photo of himself until his phone’s battery reached zero. Dumbfounded […]

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]]> https://museumhack.com/selfie-lessons-masters/feed/ 0 Museums Exposed: Where the Met Gets its Flowers https://museumhack.com/inside-scoop-flowers-the-met/ Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:26:00 +0000 http://museumhack.wpengine.com/?p=2456 The flowers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art create a multi-sensory experience. Although they do not play a central role, they produce a colorful scent scape to enhance your visit. We want to do an inside scoop on the man who is responsible for this avenue of creativity, Remco van Vliet. Didn’t know the Metropolitan Museum had a florist? Watch […]

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