Elevated Thinking: The High Line in New York City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76mblYY__PE GREAT MUSEUMS: ELEVATED THINKING: THE HIGH LINE IN NEW YORK CITY celebrates the stunning transformation of an elevated, abandoned railway into a widely acclaimed public park. Once an active train line that existed to bring food through the region and into the city, the High Line had …
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Triumph of The Spirit: The National D-Day Museum https://youtu.be/jsHrxdYYyRIThe National World War Two Museum in New Orleans, LA This is not the history of World War II, but the story of what it takes to transform a nation of people into a nation of warriors. This New Orleans-based museum, opened in the year 2000, talks …
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Highlights: Great Museums Television https://youtu.be/tUin1rj_Q1o Cover photo of Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh (1889), courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). GREAT MUSEUMS is an award-winning television series celebrating the museum world—in the U.S. and abroad—created by executive producers Marc Doyle and Chesney Blankenstein Doyle. The series opens the doors of museums to …
In Our Time: The Museum of Modern Art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oly6d0zlZM From the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso, 1907 What do the superstars of modern art – van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, Pollock, Warhol – have in common with the Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle and an Apple iPod? All share …
Picture Perfect: George Eastman House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp_oO_af-qwLocated on historic East Avenue in Rochester, New York, the 12.5-acre museum site was the urban estate of George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak Company. The Museum focuses on the 150-year history of the art, technology, and impact of photography and motion pictures – media that continue to change our …
Mind Over Matter: The Boston Children’s Museum https://youtu.be/YxMxP83iXNMRummaging through a trunk of old clothes in the Grandparent’s Attic display, children are not just trying on clothes; they’re trying on the business of being adults. Play is learning at the Boston Children’s Museum (founded 1913), which revolutionized the American museum experience half a century ago by …