International Museum Day – 2023

May 19, 2023

International Museum Day!

Yesterday was International Museum Day. A day to celebrate the museum, an ancient invention to celebrate a genre of going way beyond memorabilia!

International Museum Day ! ! !

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A Brief History:
Origination: The very museum was originated to celebrate heritage and holds the key to a link to the past, displaying the history and vintage original artifacts, or also replicas and restored items that are found worldwide through the varying years. The range of types of museums run from general museums, art galleries, and historic sites, including highly refined parameters. Anything goes, but the individual museum will usually declare a general theme, including its own parameters and scope. Even despite their importance, a number of museums are on their way to becoming a complete thing of the past, due to the declining number of museum visitors. This is especially true of the art and culture museums, because attendance at such establishments has even suffered worse statistics than other types of museums. In the United States, many museums have suffered a financial disaster since the Great Recession in 2008, leaving some museums to complete closure due to financial problems.

Luck of Some Famous Museums: Some museums, including more famous ones continue to do well. The most visited museum in the world is the Louvre, having a statistic of 10.2 million people visitors in just a year. Other museums with millions of visitors a year include:

The Louvre, Paris, France
National Museum, China
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Vatican Museums, Vatican City
National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
British Museum, London, United Kingdom

Museums All Over the World: Surprisingly enough, Israel has the highest number of museums per capita in the world. The countries with a high number of museums include

Israel
China
United States
Mexico
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Germany

Celebrated: May 18^th worldwide.

A Few Facts:
I am sharing a few facts, and more, some trivia, some not trivial. . .

Museums, art galleries, and historic sites in the United States of America:

ALABAMA
- Birmingham
  - Birmingham Museum of Art
  - Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum
  - U.S. Space & Rocket Center
- Montgomery
  - Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
  - National Memorial for Peace and Justice
  - The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
ALASKA
- OTHER
  - Anchorage Museum
  - University of Alaska Museum of the North
  - Alaska State Museum
ARIZONA
- Phoenix
  - Phoenix Art Museum
  - Heard Museum
  - Musical Instrument Museum
  - Arizona Science Center
  - Desert Botanical Garden
  - Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park
CALIFORNIA
- Los Angeles
  - Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
  - Getty Museum
  - California Science Center
  - Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
  - The Broad
  - Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
  - Petersen Automotive Museum
  - Griffith Observatory
  - Autry Museum of the American West
  - Japanese American National Museum
  - The GRAMMY Museum
  - The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
  - California African American Museum
  - Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
  - Nethercutt Collection
- Pasadena
  - Norton Simon Museum
  - Gamble House
  - The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
  - Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
- Sacramento
  - Crocker Art Museum
  - California Automobile Museum
  - California State Railroad Museum
- San Diego
  - USS Midway Museum
  - San Diego Natural History Museum
  - Museum of Us
  - The San Diego Museum of Art
  - San Diego Air & Space Museum
  - Museum of Photographic Arts
  - San Diego Model Railroad Museum
- San Francisco
  - Asian Art Museum – San Francisco
  - De Young Museum
  - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  - Legion of Honor Museum
  - Walt Disney Family Museum
  - Exploratorium
COLORADO
- Denver
  - Denver Art Museum
  - Denver Museum of Nature and Science
  - Molly Brown House Museum
  - History Colorado Center
- OTHER
  - National Mining Hall of Fame
CONNECTICUT
- Hartford
  - Wadsworth Atheneum
  - The Mark Twain House & Museum
- New Haven
  - Yale University Art Gallery
  - Peabody Museum of Natural History
  - New Haven Museum and Historical Society
  - Yale Center for British Art
DELAWARE
- Wilmington
  - Delaware Art Museum
  - Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
  - Nemours Mansion and Gardens
  - Rockwood Museum and Park
  - Delaware Museum of Natural History
FLORIDA
- Miami
  - Lowe Art Museum
  - Pérez Art Museum Miami
  - Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
  - The Wolfsonian–Florida International University
  - Frost Art Museum – Florida International University (FIU)
  - Coral Castle
- OTHER
  - National Naval Aviation Museum
  - National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
  - Tampa Bay Automobile Museum
GEORGIA
- Atlanta
  - High Museum of Art
  - Atlanta History Center
  - National Center for Civil and Human Rights
  - William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
  - World of Coca-Cola Museum
HAWAII
- Honolulu
  - Honolulu Museum of Art
  - USS Arizona Memorial
  - Iolani Palace
  - Bishop Museum
INDIANA
- Indianapolis
  - Indianapolis Museum of Art
  - Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
  - Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
  - Indiana State Museum
ILLINOIS
- Chicago
  - Art Institute of Chicago
  - Chicago History Museum
  - Field Museum of Natural History
  - Museum of Science and Industry
  - Shedd Aquarium
  - Driehaus Museum
- Wheaton
  - First Division Museum at Cantigny
KENTUCKY
- Louisville
  - Frazier History Museum
  - Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
  - Speed Art Museum
  - Muhammad Ali Center
- OTHER
  - Mammoth Cave
LOUISIANA
- New Orleans
  - The National WWII Museum
  - New Orleans Museum of Art
MARYLAND
- Baltimore
  - National Cryptologic Museum
  - Walters Art Museum
  - Baltimore Museum of Art
  - American Visionary Art Museum
  - Baltimore Museum of Industry
  - National Museum of Dentistry
MASSACHUSETTS
- Andover
  - Addison Gallery of American Art
  - Norman Rockwell Museum
- Boston
  - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
  - Harvard Art Museums
  - Freedom Trail
  - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
  - USS Constitution
  - Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard
- Williamstown
  - Clark Art Institute
MICHIGAN
- Detroit
  - Detroit Institute of Arts
  - Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village
  - Detroit Historical Museum
  - Hitsville U.S.A. – Motown Museum
  - Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
  - Arab American National Museum
  - Automotive Hall of Fame
  - Dossin Great Lakes Museum
MINNESOTA
- Minneapolis/Saint Paul
  - Minneapolis Institute of Art
  - Walker Art Center
  - Weisman Art Museum
  - Mill City Museum
MISSOURI
- Kansas City
  - Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
  - National World War I Museum and Memorial
- St. Louis
  - Saint Louis Art Museum
  - Missouri History Museum
  - City Museum
NEVADA
- OTHER
  - National Atomic Testing Museum
NEW JERSEY
- OTHER
  - Princeton University Art Museum
  - Battleship New Jersey
  - The Newark Museum of Art
  - Montclair Art Museum
  - New Jersey State Museum
NEW MEXICO
- OTHER
  - National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
NEW YORK
- Buffalo
  - Albright–Knox Art Gallery
- New York City
  - Metropolitan Museum of Art – MET
  - Museum of Modern Art, NYC
  - Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum
  - Neue Galerie New York
  - The Cloisters
  - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
  - American Museum of Natural History
  - Museum of the City of New York
  - New-York Historical Society
  - Frick Collection
  - Met Breuer
  - Rubin Museum of Art
  - Jewish Museum
  - Whitney Museum of American Art
  - National Museum of the American Indian
- Brooklyn
  - Brooklyn Museum
  - New York Transit Museum
  - Brooklyn Historical Society
NORTH CAROLINA
- Charlotte
  - Carolinas Aviation Museum
  - Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
  - NASCAR Hall of Fame
- Raleigh/Durham and Chapel Hill
  - North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
  - North Carolina Museum of Art
  - Historic Yates Mill County Park
  - Ackland Art Museum
OHIO
- Cleveland
  - Cleveland Museum of Art
  - USS COD
  - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  - Great Lakes Science Center
- Columbus
  - Columbus Museum of Art
  - Center of Science and Industry, COSI
  - National Veterans Memorial and Museum – NVMM
- Cincinnati
  - Cincinnati Art Museum
  - Taft Museum of Art
  - American Sign Museum
  - National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
- OTHER
  - Toledo Museum of Art
  - National Museum of the United States Air Force
PENNSYLVANIA
- Philadelphia
  - The Philadelphia Museum of Art
  - Penn Museum
  - The Barnes Foundation
  - Museum of the American Revolution
  - Rodin Museum
  - National Constitution Center
- Pittsburgh
  - Andy Warhol Museum
  - Carnegie Science Center
  - Carnegie Museum of Natural History
  - Carnegie Museum of Art
- OTHER
  - AACA Museum
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Charleston
  - Gibbes Museum of Art
  - Nathaniel Russell House
  - Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
  - Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
  - Fort Sumter
TENNESSEE
- Nashville
  - Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
  - Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum
  - Tennessee State Museum
  - Parthenon in Nashville
TEXAS
- Houston
  - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  - Houston Museum of Natural Science
  - Space Center Houston
  - Lone Star Flight Museum
- Dallas
  - Dallas Museum of Art
  - Perot Museum of Nature and Science
  - Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
  - Meadows Museum
- Fort Worth
  - Kimbell Art Museum
  - Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
  - Amon Carter Museum of American Art
- San Antonio
  - The Alamo
  - San Antonio Museum of Art
  - Witte Museum
  - Texas Transportation Museum
  - Mission Concepcion
  - Mission San José
- OTHER
  - National Museum of the Pacific War
VIRGINIA
- Richmond
  - Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  - National Museum of the Marine Corps
- OTHER
  - National Zoological Park (Virginia Campus) – Smithsonian Conservation
  - Biology Institute
  - CIA Museum
  - National Museum of the United States Army
WASHINGTON
- Seattle
  - Seattle Art Museum
  - Museum of Flight
  - Frye Art Museum
  - Museum of History & Industry MOHAI
  - National Nordic Museum
  - LeMay – America’s Car Museum
Washington, D.C.
- National Gallery of Art
- National Museum of American History
- National Air and Space Museum
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- National Museum of Natural History
- National Portrait Gallery
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- The Phillips Collection
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- International Spy Museum
- National Museum of Women in the Arts
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Freer Gallery of Art
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- National Museum of the United States Navy
- National Museum of the American Indian
- National Postal Museum
- National Museum of African Art
- National Building Museum
- Smithsonian National Zoological Park
- National Law Enforcement Museum
- White House
WISCONSIN
- Milwaukee
  - Milwaukee Art Museum
  - Harley-Davidson Museum
  - Grohmann Museum
- OTHER
  - National Railroad Museum
WYOMING
- OTHER
  - National Museum of Wildlife Art

The Present:
The museum continues to reflect the past. . .from ancient histories and genres including sciences, art, social science, and more. . .

The Future:
My hope is that the museum can make it through this vastly undue hardship of the worldwide economy. We hope that the museum can continue to bring the heritage and history of the world to the visitor, into the far future. . .

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