Museum Day

According to the Smithsonian Magazine, Museum Day is "an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian Magazine. Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket." This annual event is held on Saturday, September 22, 2018. You can search for participating museums (including several in Wisconsin) here.

If you can't make it all the way to a Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. or want more information after your museum visit then check out one of these books about museums today!

Smithsonian Field Trip Series

This recently published series will take you on a trip to Washington, D.C. to visit some of the Smithsonian museums.

The National Air and Space Museum by Megan Cooley Peterson
The National Museum of American History by Megan Cooley Peterson
The National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute by Tamra Orr
The National Museum of Natural History by Sally Lee

Welcome to the Museum Series

This series is beautifully illustrated and aims to take you inside the walls of some of the world's best museums. The large size of the picture books allow readers to peruse through the detailed illustrations. There are currently four volumes in the series.

Animalium  by Jenny Bloom
Botanicum by K. J. Wills
Dinosaurium by Lily Murray
Historium  by Jo Nelson



Museums of the World Series

This long running series highlights museums from around the world. A few of the more recent titles published include:

The Lourve by Jennifer Howse
The Smithsonian by Megan Kopp
The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Gregory Joy
The British Museum by Jennifer Howse




The Big Book of... Series by Yuval Zommer

These detail filled books will delight young and old naturalists! Full of facts and interesting illustrations.

The Big Book of Bugs 
The Big Book of Blue
The Big Book of Beasts






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