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In recent years, there has been a new trend in family vacations: traveling to various cities to take in the acclaimed museums of the area. This provides families with a wonderful way to both entertain and educate the children at the same time. There are also many people traveling without children who also make it a point to seek out the best museum offerings wherever they travel. Many of the most popular, and most well-known museums in the world can be found in "the Big Apple," or New York City. In some areas of town, just a simple walk down the street can result in a number of options for viewing collections of amazing jewelry, priceless works of art, captivating slices of history, and so much more. Because there are so many world-class museums to be found in the city of New York, it can bit a bit overwhelming and difficult to decide on which one you should visit first, or how to prioritize your schedule of museum visits. The first thing to do is to decide what particular types of exhibits interest you most, and then look at the amount of time you will have to devote to your museum tours. The Museum of Modern Art is one of the all-time, most popular in New York City. It is considered to be one of the premier museums in the entire world that is dedicated to showing works of modern art. Established back in 1929, this museum hosts an impressive and varied collection of works by many modern artists, such as Warhol, Picasso, and hundreds of other artists, both well known and relatively obscure. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM FS DVD SHIPS TODAY If you have more interest in visiting a history museum than you do in viewing collections of art, then your top priority might be a tour of the offerings that can be found at the New York Historical Society Museum. The collection that the historical society has put together provides interesting and unique insights into the history of New York. Part of the collection includes items of historic interest, such as furnishings, paintings and decorative objects, including Tiffany lamps. The Ellis Island Immigration Museum is another popular destination that is on the "must see" list for those who enjoy American history. This is considered to be one of the most interesting of all the museum locations because of the vast number of new Americans who passed through Ellis Island to enter their new homeland. Over 12 million immigrants were processed through the Ellis Island Immigration center; therefore, there are now hundreds of millions of American citizens who can look to Ellis Island knowing that their ancestors entered into the United States there. The American Museum of Natural History is located on Central Park West and is yet another of the most visited of the New York City museums. This highly respected organization is considered to be the world's leading repository of artifacts that relate to dinosaurs and provides insightful glimpses into the history of the planet and man.  Amazon Price: $3.99 Used Price: $0.88 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 Review (rating: 3): This book does a good job with what seems to be the recurring Fancy Nancy theme of making the best of a not-so-great situation, and keeps with the "fancy words" concept from the original book. I do like the notion of introducing kids to more difficult words, but I do have a say it makes it a little odd to have those words show up in an "I Can Read" book. As a Level 1, it's really meant for a parent to read with them anyway, but my 6-year old is probably reading Level 3 or 4 of this type-series, where they are supposed to read independently and would need help with some of those words. It's nice that they include a list of the fancy words in the back with their definitions. In this one they are beret, gallery, landscape, lavender, masterpiece, merci, observant, overjoyed, portrait, spectacular and still life. As other reviewers have mentioned, so much of this story takes place before leaving on the trip and on the bus rather than at the museum which is a bit disappointing. And the throwing up thing is gross -- plus if my kid threw up on a field trip, they'd make me come and pick her up. I do like how the teacher made her feel better about what happened though and helped her make the most of the rest of her day. Overall though, it's not the best one I've read... I liked Fancy Nancy Sees Stars (I Can Read Book 1) much better.  Amazon Price: $6.99 Used Price: $0.01 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 Review (rating: 5): I received 8 of 10 individual orders of this used novel within a few days and the other two before the deadline. The quality of the novels was overall good - perfect covers and very slight yellowing. I had one query from a vendor for which I received a prompt reply from the vendor and from Amazon. I'm very satisfied.  Amazon Price: $19.80 Used Price: $18.72 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 Review (rating: 5): Sharon Waxman has written a remarkable book. With skill and insight, she takes the reader inside the world's great museums and through the sordid antiquities market. She poses difficult questions and uncovers uncomfortable truths, but without rancor and with a reporter's attention to nuance. "Loot" also never lags as it hopscotches from Europe to the Middle East to the United States. I couldn't put it down--and I certainly will never look at the Louvre or the Met the same way again. |
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