Cats at The Museum

May 18 is International Museum Day, and this year the objective is to raise awareness about the fact that, “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.” 

Have snapped photos of cats at art and natural history museums in my travels; here are a few:

The Graham Children, 1742

William Hogarth

The National Gallery, London

See the wee kitten watching the bird in the upper right?

Replica of Persian cat sculpture by

Richard H. Recchia

The Feline Historical Museum, Alliance, Ohio

Ancient Egypt

Bastet figure

The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Cat and Bird, 1928

Paul Klee

Museum of Modern Art, New York

Tiger Rug, made of Maneki Neko cat images

The Lucky Cat MEWseum, Cincinnati, Ohio

Visit a museum; you'll learn something, I guarantee it.

Round On The Ends

 Am on a short vacation to visit family in Ohio, and while packing I remembered how many wonderful things I've done on past visits to the state south of us.

Ohio and Michigan once fought a battle: The Toledo War.

The outcome: Michigan gave up Toledo, gained the Upper Peninsula

Here is a selection of photos of past good times had in Ohio:

Items found at the Feline Historical Museum
Alliance, Ohio in March, 2019

Me and Red
Ohio State Reformatory, used in the film "The Shawshank Redemption"
Mansfield, Ohio in July, 2015

Always finding cats!
Gallipolis, Ohio in July, 2012

Rhinoceros
Toledo Zoo, in October, 2019

National Museum of the US Air Force
Dayton, Ohio, in August 2010

Let's Hop!

Bring The Luck

 September 29 is Maneki Neko Day in Japan.

The beckoning cat figurine or statue is considered to be a talisman of good luck.

The date itself is a clever wordplay – "9" (ku) and "2" (fu) can be read as "kuru fuku," meaning "come, good fortune."

While visiting the Feline Historical Museum in Alliance, Ohio in 2019, there was a display of unique and beautiful Maneki Neko.

Big or small, we all could use a Maneki Neko or two around...in a location, of course, where our cats cannot get their paws on them.

International Museum Day

18 May is International Museum Day

Learn more here.

I love museums, and visit them whenever I can, and wherever I roam.

Today on Caturday, I present a sampling of my photos; there is always something wonderful to see and learn from.

"Boat Installation" by Dale Chihuly
The Columbus Museum
Columbus, Georgia

Rocket
National Air Force Museum
Dayton, Ohio

The UFO Museum
Roswell, New Mexico

1952 Oscar Mayer Weinermobile
The Henry Ford, Dearborn Michigan

North American T-28 Trojan Trainer Aircraft
Selfridge Military Air Museum
Harrison Township, Michigan

"Man Crossing A Square on a Sunny Morning", 1950 by Alberto Giacometti
The Detroit Institute of Arts

"Portrait of Hermine Gallia", 1904 by Gustav Klimt
The National Gallery, London

Historic cat carrier collection
The Feline Historical Museum, Alliance Ohio

Lion Statue in front of the Molly Brown House Museum
Denver, Colorado

Pacific Northwest Totem Poles
The Field Museum, Chicago

Let's Hop!

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Postcard: CFA Feline Historical Museum

We visited the The Cat Fanciers' Association Foundation Feline Historical Museum!

Had a TON OF FUN!  The building is full of cat artwork: statues in stone and glass, carvings, ceramics, dolls, maneki nekos (Japanese beckoning cat), plates, quilts, teapots, cat carriers of old, and BOOKS!

I've included a few photos here, and I have dozens more. 

I wanted to grab this off the wall and TAKE IT HOME!

A whole room of maneki nekos!

Wearing a cat scarf and earrings, of course!

Designed by the distinguished architect Frank Lloyd Wright, this is an outdoor cat shelter!
Only one in the world!
Looks like a spaceship, and made from wood.

Cat dolls...they are beautiful!

Portion of a cut paper collage.

Seriously, isn't this adorable?
Library in the background.

Love this!

This photo doesn't do the deep red color any justice!

This cutie is at the front desk.

Cast iron kitty!

Guess they are getting their pie!

Wooden cat stool

Wee stone kitty

There was no charge to enter the museum, but we put in a few dollars as donation.  I heartily recommend a visit to the CFA's Feline Historical Museum, in Alliance, Ohio.  No museum cat to pet, darn it.

Oh, and while there, we also visited The Troll Hole Museum, which has a collection of toys and garden gnomes (and a coffee shop!)...

I still have a collection of trolls at home!

...and Glamorgan Castle!  Built for Col. William Henry Morgan in 1904, as a family residence, it's been used by different folks for differing reasons over the years, and now is owned by Alliance City Schools.  Seriously, a castle?!?

The Glamorgan Castle is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is currently gearing up for a huge renovation.  The Morgan family grew wealthy due to the industrial production of the world’s first electric overhead traveling cranes, needed in factories to move immensely heavy items.  Today, that technology is used for covered arenas and stadiums, to open and close the roofs.