Posts Tagged ‘literature tours’
Yiddish Book Center
Yiddish Book Center Welcome to the world’s first Yiddish museum, the Massachusetts learning center that works to ‘recover, celebrate, and regenerate Yiddish and modern Jewish literature and culture.’ This museum was founded in 1980 by Aaron Lansky, who had the mission of saving the world’s remaining Yiddish books, in turn saving a culture. Since then…
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If your student group is interested in a literature-themed field trip this year then you most certainly need to take a look at this helpful blog full of great places across the United States with ties to some of literature’s greatest names. Hartford, Connecticut – Harriet Beecher Stowe – Uncle Tom’s Cabin Visit the Harriet…
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Algonquin Hotel Welcome to the Algonquin Hotel, the famous meeting place of NYC’s legendary Algonquin Round Table, otherwise known as the ‘Vicious Circle’. This group of extraordinary literature-related figures includes writers, editors, and critics that were highly prominent in the Roaring ’20s, with members such as Dorothy Parker, Harold Ross, Robert Benchley, Harpo Marx, and…
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American Writers Museum Named ‘One of the World’s 10 Greatest New Museums’ by Fodor Magazine as well as USA Today ’10 Best’ Readers Choice attractions for Illinois, The American Writers Museums is one of the most literary influential stops your group can make while in Chicago. A national museum celebrating American authors, this stop will allow your…
Read MoreThe Library Hotel
The Library Hotel The Library Hotel is located just 2 blocks from Grand Central Station, and 1 block from the New York Public Library. This ‘book-themed boutique hotel’ provides your group with one of the most absolutely unique hotel experiences in the entire city, 10 full floors of literary-themed bliss. The entire hotel is based…
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The Strand Another iconic and not-to-miss local bookstore is The Strand, New York City’s landmark shop specializing in new, used, and rare books. From philosophy to finance and everything in between, this Broadway bookstore location allows guests the chance to browse one of the most diverse book selections in the city, the shop conveniently open…
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Housing Works Bookstore and Cafe A well-known community do-gooder organization, Housing Works, has an excellent opportunity for your group at the Housing Works Bookstore and Cafe. An eatery within a volunteer bookstore, volunteer meaning the books and materials are all donated and the proceeds go to the community, this spot will allow you to delve…
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New York Public Library The New York Public Library is the second-largest library in the United States, the fourth largest in the world. This massive, in both size and reputation, the public library holds 53 million items, the entire system covering several different divisions and subjects. Explore such divisions as General Research, Rare Books, Arts…
Read MoreLaura Ingalls Wilder House and Museum
Laura Ingalls Wilder House and Museum Welcome to the historic Laura Ingalls Wilder House and Museum, an iconic literature and history hotspot located in Mansfield, Mo, just 45 minutes from Springfield. This is the spot ‘Where the Little House Books were Written’, the spot oftentimes also referred to as Rocky Ridge Farm. Laura Ingalls Wilder…
Read MoreHaunted Hannibal Ghost Tour
Haunted Hannibal Ghost Tour End your night with a Haunted Hannibal Ghost Tour, a ‘spine-tingling guided tour of Hannibal’s most notoriously haunted sites, both past and present.’ This tour is a step-on trolley tour, based on the number of people in your group (over 14, under 14 is a bus tour), and will fill you…
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University of Iowa Iowa City is a golden literature spot to stop in the first place, the entire city named a Literature City by UNESCO in 2008, only the third to be titled so. One of the main reasons this city is named such is due to the incredible involvement of the University of Iowa,…
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Newberry Library While in Chicago your group should make a point to stop at the Newberry Library, an independent research library dedicated to the humanities. This iconic library has been free and open to the public since 1887, the stately 5-story granite building seeing thousands upon thousands of guests each year. Located at Walton Street…
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