Sentences with phrase «went to museum for»

I didn't know anyone who ever travelled to Europe or who went to museum for fun — that simply wasn't our world.

I ate baguettes and fancy cheese, I took long walks along the Seine, I went to museums for free.

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«So I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have one for 19th century European art, and one for French impressionism.

With a great organizing system in place, Museum Hack is poised to grow even larger and keep spreading their enthusiasm for museum - Museum Hack is poised to grow even larger and keep spreading their enthusiasm for museum - museum - going.

The good news is that they are going the way of the dinosaur themselves, and their museum to «Creation» in Kentucky, or whatever benighted state houses it, would make a wonderful zoo for the survivors, where they could be put on exhibit as anthropological curiosities.

In this latter sphere he was more and more worried by the Indulgences which the parishioners were forever running after, a passion which reached its height each year on 1 November, All Saints Day, when they repaired to the Elector's Museum to see and venerate the relics, the bones, the holy wood and the rest, and gain an Indulgence, paying for the privilege as they went in.

My son also thinks it's boring to go to a museum, to sit still or to do anything contemplative for very long.

It was also the belief of the Babylonians and As - syrians, as their monuments testify, for a figure of a guardian angel now in the British Museum once decorated an As - syrian palace, and might well serve for a modern representation; while Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadnezzar the Great, says: «He (Marduk) sent a tutelary deity (cherub) of grace to go at my side; in everything that I did, he made my work to succeed.»

Beginning the hunt in earnest in Tucson, we went to visit the Arizona - Sonora Desert Museum in order to familiarize ourselves with the environment and particular «habits» of the chiltepín (for example, its predilection towards association with hackberry and mesquite bushes) and to sample from the chiltepín population in the Wild Chile Botanical Area, located in Tumacacori Mountaints, right off of I - 17.

I'm back living in Madrid now getting my Master's, so if you're here and in need of a friendly vegetarian to recommend spots to see / shop / eat, grab a bite, or consult for directions and / or museum going, please do get in touch!

The original bill would have allowed chile license plates to be issued for an extra fee that would have gone to support the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum.

Unfortunately, we went directly to the party from the Children's Museum so not only were the kids exhausted, but we were also quite underdressed and ill - prepared for a soiree.

We are also building the arts aesthetic of Egbert Avenue, an industrial, blighted space, through the «Sprayview» mural art project, growing it into an outdoor museum and a «go to» for mural arts lovers.

He went to Maryland on an athletic scholarship and he had the opportunity to live in Italy and visit all the museums when he played for Padua's pro team,» she says.

I just got sucked down the rabbit hole of a very cheeky museum... and to think I lived in Reading for over 2 years and never once went there.

We went on a tour of Anfield and the Museum and even got to eat pizza in the Boot Room Sports Cafe and have lots of ice cream for desert (but don't tell my mum).

And the award for Most Timely Exhibit goes to the Chicago History Museum, with their in - depth and immersive «RACE» experience.

Catch the «Shadow Ceremony» for Raleigh's groundhog at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, go for an evening hike and search for owls and other nocturnal creatures at Lake Crabtree County Park in Morrisville, learn about teeth and get a FREE dental screening at the Poe Center in Raleigh, experience Native American culture at a pow wow in Durham and enjoy pay - what - you - can admission to Kidzu Children's Museum in Chapel Hill.

Go to museums, sign up for camps, watch educational TV, go on family trips, go on outdoor adventures, visit a farm, plant some seeds and watch them groGo to museums, sign up for camps, watch educational TV, go on family trips, go on outdoor adventures, visit a farm, plant some seeds and watch them grogo on family trips, go on outdoor adventures, visit a farm, plant some seeds and watch them grogo on outdoor adventures, visit a farm, plant some seeds and watch them grow.

And here are some ideas for diy play food to go with the kitchen (including a really clever trick I came across at the Children's Museum of Cleveland): http://hintmama.com/2013/11/29/todays-hint-how-to-save-on-play-food/

Read books and sing songs about dinosaurs, do art projects about them, visit museums to see the skeletons, go on a dinosaur dig in a sandbox for dinosaur «bones.»

«Museum officials already have gone to all the big corporations in the area looking for grants, but they still say they're short of money.

Visit museums, go to concerts, spend time gardening, or volunteer for a local charity together.

The Notebaert Goes to the Birds with New Birds of Paradise Exhibit - Third Coast Review - February 2, 2018 Just as Museum Week was kicking off in Chicago, the Notebaert was celebrating its 161st birthday and the opening of their newest special exhibit, Birds of Paradise — Amazing Avian Evolution, which includes an amazing live animal exhibit called The Bird House that features a rotating cast of local and exotic birds for visitors to meet, learn about and interact with.

«It's the perfect place for families, because you can go to the library or one of the museums, then when the kids get restless you can take them right outside to the playground.»

Photos: Thousands Of Bees Went Nuts On A Downtown Chicago Bike This Afternoon - Chicagoist - June 6, 2016 As it turns out, this time of year is a kind of bee Christmas for beekeepers because of this swarming phenomenon, according to Allen Lawrance, the living invertebrates specialist at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.

Pre-toddler, you may have been able to walk around a museum, go for a hike with your baby in a carrier, or sit at a restaurant while the baby sleeps.

For instance, the Museum of Science and Industry brings along the materials for a chromatography project that uses coffee filters to separate black ink into the various colors that go into its compositiFor instance, the Museum of Science and Industry brings along the materials for a chromatography project that uses coffee filters to separate black ink into the various colors that go into its compositifor a chromatography project that uses coffee filters to separate black ink into the various colors that go into its composition.

Our commitment to accessibility pushes us to always seek new ways of removing barriers to museum - going for every member of Chicago's metropolitan community.

«This gives them the opportunity to bring their boat down, go to Navy Pier for the day, go to the museums, go out for dinner and then get on their boat to go home.»

Make it a Friday thing, or give him some alternate fun choices — we'll go out for pancakes on Saturday, or go to a museum or a favorite playground.

See our top picks for March break fun at Toronto museums and attractions — including some always - fun places to go that don't have special programming, but are worth a visit!

Jill will oversee programs and events for museum - goers of all ages and connect community members to meaningful service and environmental leadership opportunities, both at the museum and in their own neighborhoods.

We know that teachers need choices and flexibility, so we're excited to give Nature on the Go teachers a choice for the second part of the program, which takes place after a Nature Museum educator visits the classroom.

Having go - to spots for beating the winter blues is important and both Risa and Leslie have awesome suggestions: «Movies, theatre, museums, indoor play gyms, the library, and arts and crafts studios.

The grants are going to: Ravinia Festival, $ 300,000 over three years for arts education and programming at Lawndale community organizations; Chicago Children's Museum, $ 80,000 for general operations; Steppenwolf Theatre Company, $ 80,000 for general operations; Association House, $ 75,000 for its integrated arts program; Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, $ 75,000 for general operations; Northwestern University Settlement Association, $ 75,000 for arts programming in the West Town and Humboldt Park neighborhoods; and WTTW - Ch. 11, $ 75,000 for the Artbeat Chicago program series.

Last year, in fact, about 10,200 people went on the hour - long museum tour or participated in any of the 36 programs, according to Ellen Farrell, education coordinator for the museum.

«This is going to be challenging, my friends,» Cuomo told lawmakers gathered at the state museum for the budget presentation.

In the autumn of 2010, the collection is due to go on public display for the first time at the Imperial War Museum in London.

More than two dozen NYC museums and other cultural institutions that regular charge admission or ask for suggested donations are offering free events to put the museum - going experience in a new light.

It is true that a lot of the day - to - day work is done by other bodies — you've got the Arts Council, English Heritage, BFI, Sport England, UK Sport, museums... DCMS itself is quite small now and a lot of it is writing cheques, but what is important is that nonetheless it has a representative sitting around the cabinet table who is going to speak up for those industries.

«Capalino,» says de Blasio with a smile, before going over to chat with the former Koch administration official, who has also lobbied for developers like Avalon Bay and Related Companies, as well as for Krispy Kreme, Equinox and the Museum of the Moving Image.

The Museum of Modern Art's current exhibition «Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfront» features ideas on how to stop lower Manhattan and other low - lying parts of New York City from going under when the sea surges during a big storm.

For older children, the museum supplemented the curriculum with its own materials from the museum to go into more depth.

Miller's «departure from the field will have serious ramifications for many on - going archaeological projects throughout» the Near East, where she studies plant remains to better understand agricultural economies, wrote Melinda Zeder, director of the archaeobiology program at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., in a letter sent last weekend to Richard Hodges, the museum's dirMuseum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., in a letter sent last weekend to Richard Hodges, the museum's dirmuseum's director.

Naalagiagvik is the inspiration for The Place Where You Go to Listen, a new environmental installation by experimental composer John Luther Adams at the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks.

«We think the Tufts - Love Rex is going to be an iconic specimen for the Burke Museum and the state of Washington and will be a must - see for dinosaur researchers as well,» said research lead Gregory P. Wilson, a UW biology professor and Burke Museum curator, in a statement.

Museum of Flight, Seattle You don't need to wait around for NASA to go back to the moon to hone your lunar landing skills.

Staff members here have solved a tricky problem: how to display the mummies, stuffed tigers, and so forth that have delighted museum goers for generations without seeming to disregard current ethics.

The ideal products for happiness, he added, may be those that simultaneously satisfy both needs, such as a board game you play with others or going to the museum with friends.