ADDED 10/4/2011 – Link to an organized spreadsheet of these museums and more is HERE! Special thanks to superstar digital interns @PtheFigg, @MELgoesROAR, and @MarDixon. Additional assistance and teasing provided by the indefatigable @MuseumSukkel. – MN
Original Post:
Today I asked twitter friends to help me think of some “destination museums.”
Without a definition beyond the implications of the examples, responses were all over the map (literally and figuratively). Here are the responses pretty much in the order I received them and unedited.* All twitter handles should work as hot links and the date stamps should link to the original tweets.
o5man: Museums in Doha, Qatar @QatarMuseumsAut @MathafModern @MIAQatar #destinationmuseums – 22 minutes ago
jermychrstpher: the Ludwig Museum in Cologne Germany to see Kienhotlz’s portable war memorial. – 1 hour ago
joanieStudio: …and on the outdoor note, groundsforsculpture.org opening a new 7 acre addition tomorrow. They have indoor space 2. – 2 hours ago
agasab: I’d add the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark to the list. Have you been? Beautiful setting, amazing art. – 2 hours ago
studiowatermark: “destination” museums: @the_clark, Dalí Museum in Figueres, Spain; Castelvecchio Museum (Scarpa), Villa Rotunda (Palladio) – 2 hours ago
holartbooks: a couple destination museums that come to mind: @inhotim (Brumadinho, Brasil), and @crystalbridges (Bentonville, AR) – 2 hours ago
rwetzler: Tate St Ives? – 2 hours ago
cindyhwang: Cornell’s Herbert F. Johnson Museum – they’re opening a new wing in October too! – 3 hours ago
kaylarak: Cornell’s Johnson Museum is @HFJMuseum…. it’s where i cut my #museumnerd teeth. “Gorges” IM Pei building – 1 hour ago
NoGoPhoto How about @StormKingArtCtr? Not a traditional idea of a museum, but still… – 3 hours ago
sirintugbay: Istanbul Modern (Istanbul), Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)? –
4 hours ago
CRHolland: James Turrell Museum in Colomé, Argentina: bit.ly/rfkYZJ –
4 hours ago
TheodoreArt: how about @serralves_twit? – 4 hours ago
zoesalditch: Uffizi (Florence) – 4 hours ago
mambolica: There’s @ROMtoronto (Toronto) @Civilization (Ottawa/Hull) @metmuseum (NYC) and @rijksmuseum (Amsterdam) for a start. – 4 hours ago
gmdlt: Benesse House Museum, Naoshima Islamd, Japan. Designed by Tadao Ando – 4 hours ago
Jamesmartincole: Dan Flavin institute? – 4 hours ago
tricia_gilson: Surely the Vatican Museum is a destination museum. The museum itself doesn’t tweet but the Vatican does @news_va_en – 4 hours ago
l_wil: The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art in Auburn, AL. – 4 hours ago
kholdesign: add storm king sculpture park, milwaukee art museum for architecture – 5 hours ago
And a bonus link to a New York Mag article on destination museums from Erin Goldberger a.k.a. thescrambledegg: i remembered reading this awhile ago when searching for bilbao nymag.com/arts/art/featu… – 4 hours ago