Tagged: museum

At Tokyo’s Weird New Poop Museum, Wipe Boredom Away

As the capital of a nation famous for high-tech toilets, Tokyo is now also the seat of places that honors what goes into them. Now it’s where you’ll find the Unko Museum Tokyo, which…

It's a Dino-Safari! The Greatest Dinosaur Attractions for Families

Fierce-looking emissaries from a long-ago world, dinosaurs fascinate kids and adults. Especially the giant ones: A single Barosaurus could nearly fill a basketball court and the…

Sazerac Cocktail Museum to Open in New Orleans

Anyone who’s been to New Orleans knows that drinking is a big deal in the Big Easy. So it’s perhaps no surprise that the city that claims to have invented the cocktail will soon be…

Museum of The Dog Learns New Tricks As It Returns to NYC

After being in Missouri for 32 years, the AKC Museum of the Dog is a getting a new leash on life. The American Kennel Club’s repository of canine-related art will now be dog housed…

National Veterans Memorial and Museum Opens in Columbus, Ohio

More than 40 million people have served in the U.S. armed forces. They've been honored with monuments, memorials, and museums in Washington, D.C., across the country, and even around…

Paris' Henri Cartier-Bresson Photography Venue Moves to Meet Tourists

The gallery and archive dedicated to one of France’s most iconic photographers reopens this week in a new space in the artsy Marais district, where more tourists will be able to see…

A Brand New V&A Design Museum Opens This Week

The world-famous V&A museum, founded as an offshoot of the Great Exhibition of 1851, is one of London's most popular attractions, bringing in about 4.4 million visits a year. This…

National Comedy Museum Opens in New York State

Think of the word museum and you’ll probably think of old paintings. You might expect the sound of footsteps crossing a quiet gallery or guards standing watch over masterpieces. The…

Former High-Security Prison in Tennessee Opens to Visitors

Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary was not a spot often visited for just one day. This former maximum-security prison held dangerous criminals with sentences exceeding 200 years. The…

After 700 Years, Westminster Abbey Opens Secret Attic to Visitors

It took five years and $30.5 million (£22.9 million) to make it happen, but Westminster Abbey in London has just made a spectacular new addition to one of Europe's top tourist…

Why Washington, D.C. Is America's Best City for a Vacation with Kids

There is no better place to take the kids on vacation than Washington, D.C. The District is overflowing with the stuff of a memorable field trip—pandas, dinosaur bones, spy gadgets,…

Study Proves It: Museums Change Lives

Hard to believe that no one had looked into this before, but now someone has: Exposing your kids to museums will enrich them forever.A few high-powered museums, including…

Pausing for Art in the Napa Valley: A Visit to the Spectacular di Rosa Preserve

White, red, or rose, and whether to sip or spit—those are the choices and considerations that fill the days of most visitors to the Napa Valley wine region. But even the most avid…

#1 in #2: Japan Opens First Toilet Museum

I don't know if you've ever sat on one of those futuristic Japanese toilets, but they will change your life. In North America and Europe, toilets plug into the plumbing, but in…

Point/Counterpoint: Pauline Frommer Gives Her Impressions of Colonial Williamsburg

I won’t lie: I was dragged, kicking and wailing, to Colonial Williamsburg. I thought the idea of spending Thanksgiving at the famed “living history museum” was a goofy one, and…

Travel Troubleshooter: A Long, Bumpy Ride to Denied-Boarding Compensation

Tom Posch missed a weekend trip to Cleveland last summer after United Airlines overbooked his flight. Normally, travelers in Posch's shoes would quietly accept the flight vouchers the…

Travel Troubleshooter: But No One Told Me the Pool Was Closed

Renee Fasanella's son is booked at a water park for spring break. Problem is, none of the pools are open. Why didn't anyone mention that, and can he get his money back?Q: I thought I…

Travel Safety: The Economic Situation in Greece

Greece's economic troubles today are a cautionary tale that proves the truth of Shakespeare's aphorism: Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be. In this case, Greece is the borrower, and…

Hotels Don't Always Change the Sheets Between Guests

Glenn Robins is grossed out. As a frequent traveler, he assumed the sheets on hotel beds are changed between guests. But a new TV ad by the Hampton Inn (www.hamptoninn.com) chain…

U.S. Family Resorts Dial up the Spook Factor for Halloween

Plan a getaway at a family resort in October, and the chances are excellent that you'll run across more than a few goblins, ghouls, and ghosts. Here's a sampling of hotels and…

Photo Slideshow: Philadelphia's Open-Air Art

Click to view slideshowWhen it comes to public art in Philadelphia, most people know to look for Robert Indiana's iconic LOVE statue, Claes Oldenburg's enormous clothespin, and the…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Southeast Asia

Bali By Jen Lin-Liu Despite the global recession, Bali continues to lure an increasing number of tourists; foreign tourists arrivals in April 2009 hit a record 179,879 according to…

10 Ways to See London Theater for Less

If you leave London without seeing at least one stage show, then you'll have missed one of this city's most glittering attractions. No city in the world has influenced Western culture…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Munich and the Bavarian Alps

Despite the economy, recent surveys show that more young people in Germany would like to live in the capital of Bavaria than in any other German metropolis. Vacationers from abroad…

Contemporary Cool: 10 New Things to Do in Istanbul

When you think of Istanbul, centuries of Ottoman opulence and Byzantine splendour come to mind. And of course the little matter of its location: the marrying together of Asia and…