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Ditch the screen and head to the museum: here are five events along the CT Art Trail
TinaMarie Craven
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The iconic Florence Griswold Museum will host a CT Open House online offering rare views seen only online.Sean FlynnShow MoreShow Less
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Brushes for applying ink in the Helen Frankenthaler Printmaking Cottage at The Center for Contemporary Printmaking.Alex von Kleydorff / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Art is better in person there, I said it. While it’s wonderful that museums and galleries have made art more accessible through their online exhibitions during the pandemic, it just isn’t the same as viewing it up close and personal.
Smithsonian Museums Will Reopen in May (Yes, You Can Visit the Pandas)
After being closed to the public since November, eight D.C.-area institutions will again welcome visitors next month.
Visitors will soon be able to meet Xiao Qi Ji, a panda cub, at the National Zoo in Washington. Credit.Smithsonian s National Zoo, via Associated Press
April 23, 2021, 12:30 p.m. ET
If you live in D.C., you’re this close to the return of in-person panda peeping at the National Zoo.
The weather is getting warmer. More people are being vaccinated. And now, in the latest sign of cultural life returning to the country, the Smithsonian announced Friday that it will reopen eight of its Washington-area institutions, including the National Zoo, next month.
Smithsonian to reopen several museums, National Zoo next month Follow Us
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A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton is seen on display biting a Triceratops during the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History’s David H. Koch Hall of Fossils-Deep Time during a media preview in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) . more >The Smithsonian Institution announced Friday that seven museums and the National Zoo will reopen next month.
The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center will be the first to restart operations on May 5.
On May 14, the following museums will reopen: the National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery.
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Ditch the screen and head to the museum: here are five events along the CT Art Trail
TinaMarie Craven
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Learn how to care for farm animals at Farmer for the Evening on April 29 at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center.Stamford Museum & Nature Center / Contributed photo /Show MoreShow Less
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The European art galleries in the Morgan building at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford.Wadsworth Atheneum /Show MoreShow Less
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Brushes for applying ink in the Helen Frankenthaler Printmaking Cottage at The Center for Contemporary Printmaking.Alex von Kleydorff / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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