http://dir.salon.com/topics/museums/?source=rss&aim=museums en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT By Cary Tennis Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/05/mothers_paintings/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/05/mothers_paintings/index.html?source=rss My mom left all her artwork to me, but it's not really my aesthetic. Would I be a terrible daughter if I took them down? By Rebecca Traister Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/03/museum_trip/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/03/museum_trip/index.html?source=rss A teacher gets suspended for attempting to teach art history. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2003/06/13/wmd_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2003/06/13/wmd_bush/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to recent articles about missing WMD, toppling Bush in '04, and Andrew Sullivan on how the liberal media stole Iraqi looting. By Louise Witt Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/17/antiquities/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/17/antiquities/index.html?source=rss The sacking of Iraq's museums is like a "lobotomy" of an entire culture, say art experts. And they warned the Pentagon repeatedly of this potential catastrophe months before the war. By Damien Cave Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/10/11/mosex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/10/11/mosex/index.html?source=rss Overserious, rushed and muddled, the Museum of Sex comes across like an awkward adolescent on a first date. By David Bowman Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/gallery/2002/02/01/penn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/gallery/2002/02/01/penn/index.html?source=rss Two New York shows highlight the photographer's brief sojourn into the world of women with lush, fleshy bodies. By Debra Ollivier Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/05/10/picasso/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/05/10/picasso/index.html?source=rss The curator of the "Erotic Picasso" show in Paris talks about why the artist's most ribald work probably won't come to the U.S. By Josh Schonwald Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/03/27/iceland/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/03/27/iceland/index.html?source=rss The curator of the world's only penis museum is a bit sensitive about some issues. By Jack Boulware Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2001/02/20/vessel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2001/02/20/vessel/index.html?source=rss The Museum of London acquires a penis-shaped cup for its collection of 18th century pornographic objects. By Barry Raine Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/08/14/vangogh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/08/14/vangogh/index.html?source=rss Big bucks drive the van Gogh accessory business. By Robert Strauss Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/04/10/mutter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/04/10/mutter/index.html?source=rss The Mütter Museum reveals medicine as the gruesome and inexact art that it is. By Michael Alvear Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/2000/04/08/tom_finland/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/2000/04/08/tom_finland/index.html?source=rss A new book about Tom of Finland says the artist was the first to show homosexual masculinity. By Sarah Vowell Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/03/29/whitney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/03/29/whitney/index.html?source=rss The hottest art show in America is never better than Tom Cruise in his underwear. Wouldn't a nice Kate Spade handbag be so much more practical? By Elkan Allan Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/02/05/marbles/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/02/05/marbles/index.html?source=rss If the British Museum returned Lord Elgin's treasures to Greece, how safe would any loot be? By Stephen Lemons Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/02/01/death/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/02/01/death/index.html?source=rss The new Museum of Death offers a dark spot in otherwise shiny Los Angeles. By Ron Dicker Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/09/28/museum/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/09/28/museum/index.html?source=rss From opium-addicted housewives to cocaine cough syrup, the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum traces the history of illegal drugs in America. By Mary Roach Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/col/roac/1999/09/10/menstruation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/col/roac/1999/09/10/menstruation/index.html?source=rss The Museum of Menstruation sustains the flow of knowledge in a little-known field. By Kate Convissor Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/06/11/bachelor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/06/11/bachelor/index.html?source=rss In theory, swearing off male attention is easy, but ignoring a flirtatious smile is almost impossible. By Simon Firth Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/11/02/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/11/02/feature/index.html?source=rss A new mecca for Silicon Valley By Simon Firth The Tech Museum is full of innovative wonders -- just don't expect to see the Valley's darker side represented By Chris Bray Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/10/29/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/10/29/feature/index.html?source=rss Is culture endangered in the digital age? By Chris Bray Ironies abound at a Los Angeles conference pondering the future of museums and libraries By Cintra Wilson Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/cintra/1998/02/10/wils/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/cintra/1998/02/10/wils/index.html?source=rss The media is the psycho-social viewmaster through which we watch our own disgraces. By Jenn Shreve Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/10/22/steinbeck/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/10/22/steinbeck/index.html?source=rss As a high-tech new Steinbeck museum is constructed in Salinas, Calif., the author -- who loathed his hometown -- is probably spinning in his grave. By John McMurtrie Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1997/10/14/museum/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1997/10/14/museum/index.html?source=rss Myth and reality commingle at Culver City's Museum of Jurassic Technology. By Christina Boufis Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/1997/08/12/elvis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/1997/08/12/elvis/index.html?source=rss At GracelandToo, a father-and-son team is determined to capture every Elvis mention alive. By Cintra Wilson Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/cintra/1996/06/24/cintra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/cintra/1996/06/24/cintra/index.html?source=rss You want art? Look through the hole in the token, jiveasses