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Taubman
A WORK OF ART ITSELF
Museum of Art
Elsewhere in the region, art fl ourishes.
★ Amidst the mountainous landscape of the Shenandoah
Valley, the new Taubman Museum of Art (taubmanmuseum.
org) in Roanoke, Virginia, is a work of art itself, with its layered
structure of steel, zinc and glass. Smart galleries display
19th- and early-20th-century American art, new media and
photography, as well as decorative arts.
Newseum a
t night,
★ In Norfolk, Virginia, the Chrysler Museum of Art
Washingt
on, DC
(chrysler.org) is home to impressive European and
American paintings and sculpture, a world-renowned
glass collection and art nouveau furniture, as well as
African, Asian, Egyptian, Pre-Columbian and Islamic
art. In the words of New York Times art critic John
Russell, the Chrysler boasts objects “any museum in
the world would kill for”.
★ The American Visionary Art Museum (avam.org) in
Baltimore, Maryland, is a platform for the imagination
of self-taught artists, with six galleries that explore one
central exhibition theme at a time.
National Postal Museum
traces the delivery of mail
and artefacts representing almost all of the tribes in the US. from early stagecoaches to
T_h e National Museum of American History shows off the the mail truck – and features letters home
original 200-year-old Star-Spangled Banner in a new gallery and also from soldiers during WWII.
includes exhibits such as Dorothy’s ruby-red slippers from T_h e Wizard Not be outdone, at the National Museum of Dentistry
of Oz, Kermit the Frog and Muhammad Ali’s boxing gloves. T_h e (dentalmuseum.org) – an affi liate of the Smithsonian, but actually in
Baltimore – visitors can see George Washington’s false teeth and sing
along with old TV toothpaste commercials. Baltimore also houses
Geppi’s Entertainment Museum (geppismuseum.com), ‘a journey
RARE ITEMS AND QUIRKY
BUYS AT THE MUSEUMS
★ At DC’s National Museum of the American Indian (nmai.
si.edu), collectors can buy authentic jewellery, rare textiles, grand
sculptures and other works by Native artisans. And visitors will
fi nd beautiful jewellery, vases, handbags and other trinkets at the
National Museum of Women in the Arts (nmwa.org).
★ A rhinestone tooth brooch and a chrome-plated molar are
just two of the items on sale at Maryland’s National Museum
of Dentistry (dentalmuseum.org) in Baltimore. At the nearby
American Visionary Art Museum, the
Sideshow gift shop mirrors the quirky
National
Museum of
nature of the museum’s collection
Dentistry
with its of_f beat mix of original art,
jewellery, books and souvenirs
(sideshowbaltimore.com).
★ Virginia’s museums cater to
interests ranging from the Civil War
to gardening. The Civil War buf_f
Where 500 years of the world’s greatest
in the family will love the shop at
stories meets up-to-the-second technology
the American Civil War Center at
in Washington’s best new museum.
Historic Tredegar (tredegar.org)
Let us plan your visit.
in Richmond, while gardeners will
delight in the gifts at Lewis Ginter
newseum.org | 202/292-6690
Botanical Garden (lewisginter.org) in
Richmond.
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