Fun Things to do this Halloween: Visit the Poe Museum
The Poe Museum, located in Richmond, Virginia, houses the world’s finest Poe memorabilia. Items include original manuscripts, rough drafts, letters, and even personal belongings. The museum, which opened in 1922, is only blocks away from Poe’s first Richmond home....
Time is Running Out to See ‘Treasures from the Vault’
November 13, 2016 is the last day that Treasures from the Vault will be on display. The exhibit can be viewed at the Morgan Library and Museum and is a collection of historical documents and literary manuscripts. Highlights include letters written by George Washington...
How Social Roles Have Changed Throughout Film History
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is examining the effect that film has on social, political, and cultural norms. The exhibit is titled Making Faces: Images of Exploitation and Empowerment in Cinema and is on display now through April 30, 2017. The exhibit will feature...
Collecting Trends in Old Apple Products
Since Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder, passed away in 2011, vintage Macintosh products are seeing a resurgence in popularity. This is great news for those of you who decided to keep your old Mac products, as they’re fetching a pretty penny on many websites. Old computers...
The Museum of Bad Art
Calling all crappy artists! The Museum of Bad Art wants your subpar work. Yep, you heard that right. There’s a museum in Massachusetts that’s dedicated to preserving shoddy drawings and paintings. Their slogan is, “Art Too Bad to be Ignored.” Established in the autumn...
Honoring the Cultural Heritage of Voodoo
When we think of voodoo, it automatically conjures up images of voodoo dolls and curses. But it’s important to understand that we’ve been conditioned to think that way by a dominant European-Christian ideology. The history of voodoo dates all the way back to ancient...
The Museum of Pez Memorabilia
It’s exactly as it sounds: an entire museum dedicated to Pez dispensers. The Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia (located just five minutes south of the San Francisco airport) features every Pez model ever sold. The collection includes well over 1,000 dispensers....
New York Tollbooths to Be Revamped into Art
On Wednesday October 5th, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York’s congestion-causing tollbooths are all to be removed in a total revamping of the Mass Transit Authority-run toll bridges and tunnels. They’ll be replacing them with...