{"id":2022,"date":"2012-05-17T13:50:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T18:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/?p=2022"},"modified":"2022-12-28T14:12:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T20:12:14","slug":"international-museum-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/international-museum-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Museum Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>May 18 is <\/em><em>International Museum Day<\/em><em>. We celebrate with all of the knowledge-seeking, exhibit-viewing, exposition-loving devotees among us. According to the official <\/em><em>IMD web site<\/em><em>, more than 30,000 museums in about 100 countries will hold events to recognize the occasion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What are the top museums in the world? According to the Huffington Post, they are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Louvre in Paris<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musee d\u2019Orday, Paris<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Museum of Modern Art, New York City<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Museo Del Prado, Madrd<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Smithsonian Museum, Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Museo Nacional De Antropologia, Mexico City<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 National Palace Museum, Taipei<\/p>\n<p>Other lists include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/free_museum_photo1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2037\" title=\"FREE_Museum_Photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/free_museum_photo1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"164\"><\/a>The State Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia; the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt; The Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy; The Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy; the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain; and the British Museum, London (shown right).<\/p>\n<p>The World\u2019s Top Science Centers, according to MuseumPlanner.org are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Citi des Sciences et de l\u2019Industrie, Paris<\/li>\n<li>Science Museum, London<\/li>\n<li>Shanghai Science and Technology Museum<\/li>\n<li>National Science and Technology Museum, Taiwan<\/li>\n<li>Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago<\/li>\n<li>Pacific Science Center, Seattle<\/li>\n<li>Museum of Science, Boston<\/li>\n<li>Science City, Kolkata<\/li>\n<li>Ontario Science Center<\/li>\n<li>Deutsches Museum, Munich<\/li>\n<li>California Science Center Los Angeles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scientific instruments you may find in a museum:<\/p>\n<p>Hygrothermographs to monitor humidity in rooms containing precious art and historical collections<\/p>\n<p>Conductivity Meters to measure solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 18 is International Museum Day. 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