The Field Museum’s newest exhibition, The Aztec World, gives visitors a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore the otherworldly grandeur and sophistication of one of history’s great civilizations.

Close your eyes and imagine artifacts and collectibles from 60 sports Halls of Fames, sports governing bodies and other top athletic organizations collected in a single space — in the city that never sleeps. Open your eyes and you’ll see that you’ve imagined the newly-opened Sports Museum of America in New York City.

BRUSSELS, Belgium — When not attending the 2010 edition of the Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts Fair in January, a group of American writers, designers and style bloggers also had the chance to visit some of the country’s museums, both long established and brand-spanking new. Here are two of the latter.

Dr. Richard Eells, a Quincy, Ill., abolitionist, lived on the borderline between slavery and freedom during the antebellum period. His house, only blocks away from the Mississippi River, was a stop on the Underground Railroad.

When not chronicling the sights, sounds and sales at the Brussels Antiques & Fines Arts Fair, held from Jan. 23 to Feb. 1, a group of American writers also had the chance to visit three museums in this city that has been the cultural and economic crossroads of Europe for centuries.

Ploughing it Under, a painting that defined the uncertainty of Depression-era America, is a part of the permanent collection at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Africa. The name conjures images of vast jungles and deserts, mystery and ancient cultures. It is the world’s second largest continent, the probable origin of humanity and is the oldest inhabited land on earth.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass.—For three days, from May 15-17, 2009, an enthusiastic gathering of art lovers at the New Bedford Whaling Museum will pursue one objective: to encourage the enlightened appreciation of scrimshaw as an art form, as a historical phenomenon, and as a genre of collecting.

NEW YORK – Forty-five years after The Beatles and The Rolling Stones first came to America, an extraordinary collection of “lost” photos of the young bands has just been discovered.