Museum Diary

My blogger friend Anne, of Anne’s Kitchen fame, is not only an accomplished cook and food blogger, but also a published author – she’s just won the Luxembourg Book Prize for best non-fiction book –  and has her own TV show in her native Luxembourg. Museum fans may enjoy the most recent episode of her current show, which aired last night and features none other than the Currywurst Museum in Berlin! And if that isn’t enough for museum fans, it features the DDR Museum too. You can watch […]

As you may have heard by now, things are a bit different on Museum Diary this week. I’m sharing my A to Z choices for the MuseumABC project, which we’re running over at Museum140 for Social Media week. There’s more info on the project itself, and how you can get involved, on the Museum140 website. Here is my selection for the letters P to T: P is for…Please Touch The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh has lots of great interactive displays. Q is for…Qwoo Say […]

Yesterday I had a really nice surprise in my mailbox. During Berlin’s latest Long Night of Museums a couple of weeks ago, I took part in a quiz at the Currywurst Museum. Entry was on the back of a postcard. I didn’t win anything, but the museum sent on the postcard with a nice little message: “Curry-thanks for your participation in our quiz – sadly you didn’t win. Many greetings from the museum!” Since I’d already filled in my address as part of the quiz […]

As I mentioned on Friday, it was time for another Long Night of Museums here in Berlin at the weekend. But beforehand I was off to a MuseUp at the newly re-opened Schwules Museum (Gay Museum) to kick off the afternoon. Focus of the event was the exhibition ‘Ades Wunderland’, honouring Berlin comedy artist Ades Zabel who was there to guide us round himself. As part of the exhibition, you could dress up in the style of one of Ades’ characters – of course, I […]

Today is another museum themed day on Twitter, organised by the folks at Culture Themes this time, and the topic is Museum Badges (#MusBadges). As a collector of museum souvenirs, I have quite a few museum badges in my possession, so I thought I’d share some of my favourites with you today. Badges from Favourite Museums From left to right: Obviously, my most favourite museum in the world has to be represented among my badge collection. This one is from the National Museum of Scotland’s […]

As we are now in the full swings of summer – a popular time for going on holiday – I thought I’d run a little series of museum city guides during July and August. Perhaps they’ll prove useful for your summer holiday. So, for some of the cities whose museum landscapes I know quite well, I will be choosing my top 5 favourites, and I also have a couple of guest authors lined up for you. And since an update to my top Berlin recommendations […]