MUSEYON BOOKS Smart City Guides for Travel, History, Art and Film Lovers

Johnny Depp plays the dapper gangster John Dillinger in Public Enemies, a film about the Depression-era bank robbers that plagued cities like Chicago. Before you see it, brush up on your gangster history. For a look at the real-life public enemies and their hangouts, head over to Time Out Chicago for the Ultimate Dillinger Tour, a primer in mob livin’. ... Read More »

It’s been a big week for Museyon on the web. First, we got a shout from Publishers Weekly. Lynn Andriani writes that Museyon Guides “frame tourist traps and hidden neighborhoods alike through the lens of movies, art and music.” She also talks about our ties to Japanese guidebooks, which Museyon editor-in-chief Anne Ishii says are “more delicate, more tactile and cover more range” ... Read More »

The reviews keep coming in and we couldn’t be happier. The Japanese-language weekly New York Seikatsu (Life) profiled Museyon’s publisher, Akira Chiba, while editor Anne Ishii spoke with Public Radio International’s The World for their Geo Quiz. Listen to her chat with Michael Rass and test your own movie trivia. The people over at Tripcrazed ask, “Would you travel with Museyon?” And Film in Focus gives ... Read More »

Last week we feted Museyon’s big launch with a party at Idlewild Books. Here’s a look at what went down, thanks to the fabulous photographer Kerstin Hecker. Click through for a slideshow! All images copyright Kerstin Hecker Photography Read More »

We can’t help but get excited when people buzz about Museyon, so needless to say we were thrilled to see the series up on the website of the venerable Gray Lady. Head on over to the New York Times, where writer Hilary Howard gives Museyon a shout-out on the In Transit blog. Then pick up a copy (or two) and ... Read More »

Craving a fix of fashion on film? Then head to the Met. This summer, the museum plays hosts to a series of film screenings in celebration of the Costume Instute’s latest exhibition, Model as Muse. The real highlight starts before the opening credits even roll. Each film is all accompanied by pre-screening chats with curator Harold Koda and A-list special guests including famed model Carmen ... Read More »

Want to own a bit of movie history? Then pony up $2.3 million and become the owner of the Highland Park, Chicago, home from the John Hughes classic, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Best remembered as the place where Ferris Bueller’s sidekick, Cameron Frye (played by Alan Ruck), crashes his dad’s 1958 Ferrari through a glass-walled garage, the modern four-bedroom is currently ... Read More »

The press keeps on rollin’ in…     The Brits over at Boxwish are buzzing, and so are the folks at IMDb.     Whitney Hallberg of ForeWord Magazine gives us a great review, calling Museyon “fun for both actual and armchair travel.”   Library Journal gives us a shout out in their Video News Briefs.   And over at WorldHum, Terry Ward ... Read More »