All Articles: Look With New Eyes at Museums

Large museums, excellent places to spark curiosity, are best visited with some pre-planning. Here are strategies to improve your visit.

Rick Steves' book, Europe 101, will encourage you to look with new eyes at the art and history of Europe. A fun and intriguing read!

The Newport Experience. Book about the care and preservation of the Newport mansions.

Museums are realizing that they tell stories. Stories about history, science, people, objects, and art. About time! Stories spark curiosity!

Book called "The Museum: From Its Origins to the 21st Century. Look with new eyes at museums!

Look with new eyes at wayfinding/navigating in museums. Many museums do it poorly.

On your next museum visit, find connections between your interests and hobbies and the museum's collection. Look with new eyes at museums!

Article from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam about improving life through art. Museums and wellbeing go together!

Short video showing historic quilts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian. Look with new eyes!

Tiffany glass. A mini art history lesson about favrile glass designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Build your art savvy & spark your curiosity.

Use colors as a focus for your next museum visit. You just might notice something unexpected as you look with new eyes!

Museums need your feedback about what they're doing right and wrong. Look with new eyes at museums as places that need to hear from you.