As communities begin lifting COVID-19 restrictions, many museums around the country are finally able to reopen their doors. Reserve a ticket, venture in and you will find that your favorite artifacts have been waiting patiently for your return and that museum staff have used their time off to mount new exhibitions and create new experiences. Many free museum admission programs are back, too.
“While the museum visit may look a little different, whether that be enhanced cleaning procedures or wearing masks, visitors can expect a safe experience in which their curiosity is sparked and they feel reconnected to their communities,” says Laura Lott, president and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums.
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has poured over a thousand mirrored balls into a pond and covered the trees of the New York Botanical Garden in polka dots as part of a park-wide exhibition.
The site-specific installations were created as part of the 2021 exhibition Kusama: Cosmic Nature, which has been creatively installed around the gardens in New York.
Top: Narcissus Garden forms part of the Kusama: Cosmic Nature exhibition. Above: Ascension of Polka Dots on the Trees was created by Yayoi Kusama
The show, which was postponed from last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, is open to visitors until 10 October.
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An orchid purchased at Trader Joe s grocery store that has rebloomed is pictured on March 4 in Atlanta. Once the flowers on an orchid die, though it s tempting to toss the plant, that orchid can bloom again.
By BETH HARPAZ, Associated Press
Not so long ago, orchids were regarded as rare and exotic. But these days, thanks to new propagation techniques, certain varieties are mass-produced. Moth orchids, gorgeous but common, with sweet patterned faces, are widely sold by supermarkets and other retailers.
In fact, orchids are now “the most popular blooming florist crop in the world,” says Marc Hachadourian, senior orchid curator at the New York Botanical Garden. “Not only are they beautiful, now bred in a rainbow of colors and patterns, they are ideal for the home and the blooms are long lasting.”
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