I didn’t have high hopes for seeing fine works of art in Edmonton other than the obligatory Group of Seven and some other landscapes from the Rocky Mountains. I was right. What I didn’t expect was for the art to Read more…
Edmonton has two claims to fame: being the aerodrome of freedom during WWII and the northernmost metropolis in North America. The Alberta Aviation museum has more information on the former and the Royal Alberta Museum on the latter. Apart from Read more…
I’m sitting in a diner near the Atlantic Ocean in West Haven, Connecticut knowing that this trip to Yale will yield enough content to help me surpass 800 cumulative posts. I also know that as I write this in September Read more…
Universities are a public good, even more so when they run museums with free admission. Yale University runs the Yale Center for British Art, which houses the largest collection of British art anywhere in the world outside of the UK. Read more…
Yale ranks as one of the world’s most prestigious universities and is the third oldest in the US. Founded in 1701 in New Haven, the Ivy League private institution is one of the most well-endowed in the world and it Read more…
I’ve lived in Europe and been all over New England. New Haven is a little bit of both. It has that classic British colonial layout with green church squares interlaced with criss crossing paths, an intimate streetscape with mixed commercial Read more…
After visiting the big leagues of art at Yale, the New Haven Museum returned me to everyday life. There were toys, pianos, and bicycles on the first floor, showing how the city developed over time and how people lived through Read more…
Hartford was named after Hertford in England in 1637, but the Dutch settled the first colonial village in 1633. The native Americans called the place Suckiaug. The first Western constitution was written here in Hartford in 1639 and served as Read more…
Connecticut’s old state house was completed in 1796 and served its original purpose for 82 years. At the time, there was a second state house in New Haven because Connecticut alternated capitals until 1873. From 1878 to 1915, the building Read more…
I was immensely impressed by Springfield during my short visit there. The Springfield Museums system punches well above its weight with a balanced portfolio of five museums in arts, history, and science. Famous children’s book author Dr. Seuss was also Read more…