museums

The latest trend in interactive attractions makes you the artwork.

The permanent memorial center holds more than 700 artifacts, as well as a replica of a historic Holocaust site.

Next time you’re on the way to Nashville or the Florida Panhandle, hit the brakes, get your picture taken behind the wheel of one of America’s favorite sports cars—and hope your car is still in the parking lot when you leave.

Among the MLK Day events is storyteller Portia Jackson speaking about courageous children from the Civil Rights Movement at the Children’s Museum.

Great picks at Children’s Museum, Eiteljorg, IMA, and more

In 2012, staffers at an Evansville museum discovered an original Picasso, mislabeled, that had been stored unnoticed for nearly 50 years.

As a young artist in New York, O’Keeffe learned brushwork from Nineveh native William Merritt Chase, one of the country’s foremost Impressionists.

Stulen even has plans to create an occasional “open office” in the museum, when his staff will work in the entry pavilion so visitors can come up to share ideas.

Where to find peace and quiet, exclusive concerts, and the best lunch in the heart of downtown.

When the opportunity came to open a second space downtown off of The Alexander hotel’s south lobby, executive director Shauta Marsh saw the benefits immediately.

Even if you’re a native of the Windy City, these 25 ideas make it possible to play tourist in your home city.

Here, a quick snapshot of the latest IMA exhibit’s only self-portraits.

Victory Field, consistently rated atop the heap of the nation’s minor-league baseball stadiums, has multiple seating packages and a range of ballpark foods to devour. Plus, beer.

Don’t miss long-pot tea-pourer Li Min, visiting from China. “He pours teas out of a long spout while performing kung fu such that the tea goes five, 10, 15 feet into your cup.”

James Spencer Russell enjoyed an impressive career in New York in the ’60s, when his work—which ranged from Pop to Abstract Expressionism—was shown at the Smithsonian and featured in the movie Midnight Cowboy.