Museums

Our favorite art galleries, history & cultural museums

  • A Detailed Guide to Chiclayo’s Cultural Heritage Sites and Museums

    Miro and I spent a week in Chiclayo about two years ago and loved the array of cultural offerings.  As we…

    by Lainie Liberti
  • Learning from the world, the World is Our Classroom: Lessons from the Arc de Triomphe

    This article is Part 2 of our series “The World Is Our Classroom: Lessons From…” where Miro and I take…

    by Lainie Liberti
  • Visiting the The Museum of Science in Boston [PHOTO ESSAY]

    One of the greatest of all educational museums in Boston is no other than the Boston Science Museum. It is also…

    by Lainie Liberti
  • Did you know there was a Holocaust Memorial in Boston?

    Miro and I stumbled upon the Holocaust Memorial in Boston by accident. At first, we had no idea of what we…

    by Lainie Liberti
  • Fernando Bryce: His Art And History

    A News Worthy Art Exhibit From a distance, Fernando Bryce‘s works look like clippings from newspapers of a bygone era.…

    by Lainie Liberti
  • The Brüning Museum, Capturing our Imagination

    Visiting the Brüning Museum in Lambayeque, Peru Peru continues to  fascinate us. Its rich and diverse culture can easily capture…

    by Lainie Liberti
  • Discover the Magical El Brujo – The Tattooed Mummy of Cao

    The Moche Mummy – the Lady of Cao The story of El Brujo and Lady of Cao as told by…

    by Lainie Liberti
  • Sacrifices, Decapitation & Imagination at the Temple of the Sun & Moon

    Moche Culture in Peru Temples of the Sun and Moon We visited the Temples of the Sun and Moon, which…

    by Lainie Liberti
  • Oswaldo Guayasamin-Oppression, War & Human Suffering

    A Conviction of Conscience Some Say Indigenous Expressionism – I Say Haunting Impressions Oswaldo Guayasamin Hands down, the highlight of…

    by Lainie Liberti
  • Museo El Castillo – A Tragic Story

    The Castle One afternoon in Medellin, we were strolling through the outskirts of the El Poblado neighborhood, we stumbled upon…

    by Lainie Liberti
  • Big, big, bigger Botero

    Fernando Botero Here’s a little post I wrote on Botero. My mom was behind on the posts, so I offered to…

    by Miro Sevin Siegel
  • Nobody Expected the Spanish Inquisition in Colombia

    Or did they? …because sadly, they seemed quite prepared. Miro and I stumbled into the museum commemorating the history of…

    by Lainie Liberti
  • I met the Guatemalan Picasso.

    According to many Guatemalans, he’s a national treasure. But he’s not well known outside of Guatemala and I can’t figure…

    by Lainie Liberti