Beyond the Paintings: Non-Traditional Museum Attractions

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Stark, white walls, the speechless shuffle of designerwhich museums have learned how to inject a little
shoes, docents following you with sharp, untrustingunexpected fun in to the experience, and perhaps in
eyes – 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 forTake a journey to some of our favorites. Here we'll
you on your seventh-grade field trip, chances are goodlook 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 havelocation.