May 18: International Museum Day

Well, dear readers, because of my work hours i was unable to visit a museum on Wednesday. In order to celebrate, I will now attempt to list every museum I've ever been to. Wish me luck.

At Home:



-Delaware Museum of Natural History

-Hagley Museum and Library (frequented, as my grandmother works here)-Longwood Gardens, Chadds Ford, PA -Winterthur Estate (Grammy works here too!)
-The Read House, Old New Castle, DE

• A historical family home that demonstrates life in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries



Hanging out with Abe in Gettysburg

-Smithsonian Museums, Washington, DC: American History, Air and Space, Natural History

-Philadelphia Art Museum

-Franklin Institute Philadelphia

-Independence Hall & The Liberty Bell, Philadelphia

-National Constitution Center, Philadelphiaaaa

-Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, DE

-Gettysburg Battlefield Museum, Gettysburg, PA

-The Marble House and The Breakers, both of Newport, RI

-We really tried to do the Edgar Allen Poe house in Baltimore, but it was closed :(

Abroad:

-Jane Austen's House, Chawton, UK

• Highlight: Jane's writing desk, upon which she likely wrote "Pride and Prejudice," among others.

-The Tower of London, UK

• Highlight: The Crown Jewels
• Highlight: The Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula is where Anne Boleyn and other nobles were laid to rest after their executions.

-The Victoria and Albert Museum, London

• Highlight: a gallery full of historical costume
• The Japanese gallery, full of clothing, weaponry and art

-The British Library, London (Actually, not sure if this counts)
-The Museum of Natural History, London

• Highlight: Earthquake simulator on the upper floor




Beautiful Warwick Castle


• Highlight: The life-sized blue whale swimming through the main gallery

-Mauritshuis Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands

• Highlight: Girl With a Pearl Earring, my all-time favorite painting, is housed here. Another Vermeer, view of Delft, calls this place home as well.

-Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, UK

-Warwick Castle, UK
-Shakespeare's birthplace and his wife Anne Hathaway's cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK

• Highlight: I mean...Shakespeare was BORN in that room. What more could you want?

-Lanhydrock Estate, Cornwall, UK
-Roman Baths, Bath, UK
-Jane Austen Museum, Bath, UK
-Chatsworth Estate, Derbyshire, UK
-The Acaddemia, Florence, Italy

• Highlight: Michaelangelo's statue of David. I was a lot more impressed than I had expected to be.

Do cathedrals count? Probably not, since they're still used for services...but if we count historic churches/cathedrals, I also have:

-Gloucester Cathedral, UK
-El Duomo in Florence
-Cathedral of Saint Catherine, Siena, Italy
-Notre Dame (Paris)
-Sacre Coeur (Also in Paris)
-Saint Chapelle (You guessed it, Paris)
-St. John the Divine in New York City
-American Cathedral (yet again, Paris)

Dang, I get around.