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Go Here: Mütter Museum in Philadelphia

Jackie Mancini — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:59:35 +0000

I tend to have a pretty short attention span at history museums, unless they are one of two thing: interactive, or disturbing. The Mütter Museum, a museum of medical history, is definitely the latter, and so it's thankfully not the former. You would not want to interact with the kind of twisted things they've got on display, but they sure are fun to look at.

Go Here: The Museum of the City of New York

Jackie Mancini — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:19:11 +0000

Let me start by saying that I think the name of this museum sounds boring, too. I only found out that it was awesome because I was already in the neighborhood for something called 'Ice Derby,' which is a much better name but had unbeknownst to me been rescheduled. Don't worry, I'm still going to Ice Derby, and will report back, but instead I met a robot who smokes and plays records and I'm going to tell you about it.

Arcade Spotlight: Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum in Farmington Hills, MI

George Roush — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:38:46 +0000

We’re not going to focus just on straight up arcades in our Arcade Spotlight features. Sometimes we’ll wander off into the weird and wacky, which is what we’re doing with this week’s spotlight. What are we talking about this week? None other than Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum. Marvin’s opened in 1990 and is a giant playhouse [...]

Johnny Cash Museum to Open in Nashville This Summer

Billy Dukes — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:00:01 +0000

Friends and family members of country legend Johnny Cash were on hand Wednesday morning to announce an 18,000 square foot museum honoring the life and career of the “Man in Black.” No exact date of the grand opening was announced for the downtown Nashville installation. Founder and Cash friend Bill Miller choked up while discussing [...]

Fundraiser Planned To Restore Childhood Home Of Johnny Cash

Shay Hill — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:57:35 +0000

Johnny Cash grew up in the city of Dyess, Arkansas and Arkansas State University has purchased that home. Now a festival is planned to raise the money to restore the home.The show is going to be held August 4, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Johnny’s son and daughter Roseanne are helping plan the event which will include [...]