The Shedd Aquarium is located on the Museum Campus at 1200 S Lakeshore Drive. I went on a free day which almost all of the museums in Chicago have for residents of Chicago/Illinois. These days tend to be very packed for the museums. The free days are for the basic exhibits only which means for the [...]
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The British Library
Before I left for London I had a meeting with a teacher who goes to London often. She suggested I visit The British Library and check out their Treasures Gallery and exhibits, specifically the original handwritten manuscript of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures Underground which eventually became Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The British Library turned out [...]
221 B Baker Street
As a kid I loved mystery novels, so being in London I couldn't leave without a trip to 221 B Baker Street, the home of Sherlock Holmes. 221 B Baker Street is currently a museum and gift shop, and an expensive and packed one at that. I just wanted to visit, take photos and look [...]
Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago was voted by Trip Advisor as the #1 museum in the world and it's located near Grant Park at 111 South Michigan Avenue. It was established in 1879 and houses over 300,000 pieces of art over about 1 million square feet. The museum houses art from all around the world [...]
Indy-Terra Cotta Warriors
I spent a day downtown Indianapolis to meet up with some friends. It started off with getting up before the sun rose to ride with my cousin on his way to work and to be dropped of in the circle(Monument Circle which is a circle road that goes around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument downtown Indianapolis). I [...]
Virginia-Belle Grove Plantation
Belle Grove Plantation is a historic 1797 Manor House that housed Major Issac Hite and his family along with the land. The site is broken into two parts, the house and the land. The house has a paid tour of the indoor space, none of which is air conditioned and it also includes a film that [...]
The Tower of London
After lunch at The Alberts our tour group went to The Tower of London. Our tour started with an introduction by a Yeoman Warder or a beef eater, they are the guards of the tower. One of the people in our tour group tried to get a photo with him as he spoke and he [...]
Saint Louis- The City Museum
Before we left our super short trip to Missouri and cutting my trip with my sisters remarkably short we made a quick stop to the City Museum. The City Museum was created by an artist of international acclaim, Bob Cassilly who with the help of 20 artists opened the doors in 1997. The museum use [...]
LUMA: Loyola University Museum of Art and Edward Gorey
Loyola University museum of Art is located at 820 North Michigan Avenue. My department began to murmur about Edward Gorey a couple months before the exhibit opened up at Loyola. Edward Gorey was an artist and writer born in Chicago. He's most well known for his pen and ink books and illustrations such as "Vinegar [...]
Adler Planetarium
When I was little I wanted to be an astronaut, every summer I built rockets to shoot off into the sky. I loved going to space and flight museums so Adler has been on my to do list for awhile. I finally found both free time and a free day to go, found a friend [...]