| class="googleright"> | | | | the crowds that walk their halls. The trick is knowing |
| Stark, white walls, the speechless shuffle of designer | | | | which museums have learned how to inject a little |
| shoes, docents following you with sharp, untrusting | | | | unexpected fun in to the experience, and perhaps in |
| eyes â there's a lot to dislike about museums. | | | | reassessing just what it is that you call a museum. |
| If the stuffy, self-important atmosphere didn't work for | | | | Take a journey to some of our favorites. Here we'll |
| you on your seventh-grade field trip, chances are good | | | | look at six museums in six cities that go beyond the |
| it won't much work for you now. | | | | norm, some traditional and some not, and we'll also |
| But that's certainly not how it has to be anymore. | | | | make hotel recommendations for your stay in each |
| American museums have come a long way, as have | | | | location. |