Tagged: museums

Attractions Are Using AI to Charge You More for Tickets, Minute by Minute

Remember when there was a high season and a low season? Those concepts are now as antiquated as silent films or Napster. Today, prices for all sorts of attractions—observation decks,…

Mona Lisa Getting a Room of Her Own in Major Louvre Overhaul

Big changes are coming to the Louvre museum in Paris. Chief among them: The Mona Lisa will get her own room. Leonardo da Vinci’s famed Italian Renaissance painting, known as La Joconde…

The Best Museums in Washington, D.C.

Updated November 1, 2024 Washington, D.C., is home to one of the world's most remarkable collections of museums: the Smithsonian Institution. The "Nation's Attic" preserves and…

Europe in Winter: Where to Go This December, January, and February

Updated Sept. 3, 2024 Some of Europe’s wonders can only be experienced in winter—Christmas markets, the northern lights, alpine skiing, and breathing room in popular cities all come to…

The Notorious 'Titanic' Door Is On Display in Real Life. Is There Room for Two?

A new permanent display of movie memorabilia from the 1997 blockbuster Titanic features a projection of a famous line uttered by Kate Winslet's Rose: "I'll never let go." But the…

Free Museums in Paris: 21 Spots to Appreciate Art and Culture at No Cost

Paris is an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord for culture vultures. But admission fees can start to add up in a city with more than 130 museums, only a few of which could be described as…

Things to Do in Central Massachusetts and the Pioneer Valley, the State's Most Underrated Regions

Many travelers feel about Massachusetts the way I feel about Thanksgiving: It’s all about the sides. In the Bay State’s case, the scenic mountains and picturesque villages of the…

London's Hunterian Museum: Bits of People in Jars That Changed the World

If you lived in 18th-century London and something went wrong with your body, after you died a famous scientist named John Hunter might show up to rummage through your corpse, snip out…

Idaho Road Trip Itinerary: A Jaunt from Coeur d’Alene to Boise in One Week

Idaho still feels like a secret among friends. This is despite an influx of post-Covid residents that's making Idaho one of America’s fastest-growing states. It's that under-the-radar…

5 Ways to Get Free Admission to Museums (or at Least a Steep Discount)

It's not your imagination. Visiting museums is pricier today than before the pandemic. The entry fee that's now the "new normal," according to the New York Times, is $30 per person.…

Africatown Heritage House: New Museum About Last Known Slave Ship to U.S.

A new museum dedicated to the lives and legacies of people aboard the last known ship to transport enslaved Africans to the United States has opened in Alabama. Mobile's Africatown…

New Amelia Earhart Museum Celebrates Aviation Trailblazer

A new museum dedicated to the life and legacy of Amelia Earhart has opened in the pioneering aviator's hometown. The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum began welcoming visitors earlier this…

Look Out, Wayne Newton! Las Vegas Gets a Punk Rock Museum

We're getting awfully close to the 50th anniversary of punk rock's mid-1970s high-water mark—an uncomfortably respectable-sounding age for a movement all about bratty…

Reservations for Top Tourist Attractions Are Now Essential—and Here to Stay

Are you the sort of traveler who plans everything ahead of your trip or flies by the seat of your pants?  When it comes to seeing many of the world's top tourist attractions, momentum…

Miami Heat: Museum of Sex Opening in South Florida

New York City's Museum of Sex turns 21 this year, and the adult museum is celebrating hitting the age of adulthood by expanding to a second location.  Set to open in spring 2023, the…

Frommer’s Ireland: The Top New Attractions and Where to Go with Limited Time

Ireland remains a destination where travelers can escape the chaos of contemporary life, according to Frommer's author Yvonne Gordon, whose comprehensive and freshly updated Frommer's…

Maybe Beer Goggles Help? Boston's Museum Of Bad Art Reopens in a Craft Brewery

Bringing an artistic vision into reality can easily go sideways, as you’ve probably learned if you’ve ever taken a figure drawing class, attended a sip-and-paint party, or accidentally…

High-Tech Lenses Let Color-Blind Travelers See Art and Nature in Full Color

Updated August 30, 2022 New England doesn’t hold the patent on fall foliage. Come autumn, many other regions in the U.S. burst into spectacular colors, even though those places don’t…

The 10 Best Museums to Learn About Asian American and Pacific Islander History and Culture

August 26, 2022 With the recent spike in anti-Asian hate crimes across the United States, there has never been a more important time to make the Asian American and Pacific Islander…

What to Do in St. Pete, the Florida City That Defies Florida Stereotypes

One of the joys of travel—and one of its imperatives, if you ask us—is finding exceptions to stereotypes. And when it comes to Florida, the Gulf Coast city of St. Petersburg is…

Huge Collection of Military Vehicles Now on Display Near Yellowstone

Travelers in northwest Wyoming can now tour a collection of 500 military vehicles, artillery pieces, naval vessels, and aircraft at the new National Museum of Military Vehicles in…

Pioneering Baseball Great Jackie Robinson Finally Gets His Own Museum

This year marks the 75th anniversary of when Jackie Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, thus becoming the first Black player in Major League Baseball history.  Just in…

Museums Across the U.S. Offering Free Admission on Museum Day: How to Participate

A date has been set for this year's Museum Day, the annual event during which museums and other cultural centers across the United States offer free admission for one glorious day of…

The Best Dinner in Paris and Other Secrets from the Author of Our Brand-New Guide

Paris is a perennial dream vacation destination for many travelers. That's one reason why Frommer's has been covering the city for 65 years now, starting with our first guidebook,…

How American Travelers Can Get a Digital Vaccine Pass for France

Update: As of March 14, 2022, the Pass Vaccinal system has ended except for visits to hospitals, nursing homes, and other locations with vulnerable citizens. It is no longer required…