Travel
Had an amazing time with the family in New York City last week. In 3+ days, we did the following, in no particular order…saw Wicked on Broadway, toured the Museum of Natural History, or as my kids call it, the Night at the Museum Museum. We visited Central Park Zoo, which was amazing. We went […]
February 16, 1923: Archaeologist opens tomb of King Tut On this day in 1923, in Thebes, Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamen…The men began exploring the four rooms of the tomb, and on February 16, 1923, under the watchful eyes of a number of […]
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A brief history of the museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 by a group of American citizens – businessmen and financiers as well as leading arists and thinkers of the day – who wanted to create a museum to bring art and art education to the American people…In 1880, the Metropolitan […]
St. Patrick’s Cathedral: 150 Years of Inspiration While her cornerstone was laid in 1858 and her doors swept open in 1879, it was over 150 years ago, when Archbishop John Hughes announced his inspired ambition to build the “new†Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. …Ridiculed as “Hughes’ Folly,†as the proposed, near-wilderness site was considered too far […]