Objects tell our story, museums display them as our collective memory.
There is still time in some places of the northern hemisphere to visit Museum and Memory, the theme of International Museum Day on May 18, 2011.
Some New York City museums join in for the second year under the Art Museum Day banner, part of a 100 plus U.S institutions offering reduced or free entry.
WNYC Culture Page has all the details.
Outside New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Frist Center in Nashville are amongst those who offered Free Admission.
Too bad they both close at 5:30 PM.
Maybe next year the Art Museum Day organizers should think of extending visiting hours until say 8 PM.
As a side note, almost in my backyard, the Montclair Art Museum is hosting a Warhol Wine Tasting (Warhol Wine Bar) on June 3, 2011 from 7 to 10 PM ($75 per person).