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Hanoi

Today we visited the The Museum of Ethnology. Then we headed to the Army museum, which was closed. Funny how most things are closed on Mondays and many things are closed on Fridays. Bad timing. I took some photos of the 3 exhibits out front. I'm disappointed we didn't get to see it as they have their own view of the Vietnam war as I observed visiting the "Hanoi Hilton" on Monday. Tomorrow we fly to Hue which is about 540km to the SE. We fly at 7am, have to check in 2 hours beforehand meaning the alarm is set for 3:50am to give us time to get to the airport. The flight is for just over 1 hour, flying Vietnam airlines, so not much time for a sleep.

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The Mustard Museum, Middleton, WI

                                                                                                   

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Lyxnostatis Museum

         

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National Railway Museum's You Tube Channel

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Mingei

via flickr.com

Not mine! But an example of something we can all aspire to. One of the pots in the Mingei exhibition at the Quai Branly Museum last year. Forgot to mark on my shotlist whether it's by Yanagi or Bernard Leach, sorry. When you look at it, it's really very simple, which was the point of the Mingei movement. Nothing to stop any of us from doing something similar, except maybe skill. : )

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Memories of King Tut: “I saw this when…”

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ROM Crystal named one of world's ugliest buildings

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PODCAST: Statue of the goddess

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Do you want to kiss it?

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Target for the arts

Art is integral to how we do business. It’s in our DNA.

Laysha Ward, Target’s president for community relations

According to Robin Pogrebin's NYTimes article on Target's philanthropy, the company continues to give 5 percent of its income (roughly $3 million a week) to causes in the arts, education, social services and volunteerism, despite the economic downturn. Pogrebin observes that many of Target's beneficiaries are arts institutions across the nation, who often hold "Target days" offering free or discounted admission to a program, performance or museum exhibition. Laysha Ward's comment above serves a dual purpose within the article: it reminds readers both that Target supports arts organizations through philanthropy, and that they strive for beautifully designed products on their shelves (Ward cites the work of Michael Graves as an example of their commitment to creativity in Target's stores).

Other interesting articles in the NYTimes' Giving section online cover SFMOMA's challenge to find space for Don Fisher's collection, raising awareness (and funds) using social media, and the look of cause marketing during the recession.

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Second Louvre Museum - Land for sale

I pinged Kharis Forti to inquire what she planned to do with the art about two weeks ago. No response yet. It was my first "museum" experience in Second Life. 

         

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