Articles Tagged with Museums

Published on: December 9, 2021

Righting Civil Wrongs: Tort Museum Virtual Tour

By Laura Orr

The American Museum of Tort Law has opened up a virtual tour option. The tour will make you a little dizzy and it’s not as user-friendly as one might want, but it’s not bad. I recommend starting with an exploration of the Tort Museum’s website, then clicking on the Online Tour link, and then trying out the Virtual Tour.

Among other tort law history exhibits at the museum, you can read about the “Hot Coffee” case, its persistent myth, and the documentary “Hot Coffee,” which I blogged about in 2011.

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Published on: July 30, 2013

Ralph Nader plans tort law museum

By Laura Orr

The 7/30/13 ABA Journal reports: “Ralph Nader plans tort law museum,” article by Debra Cassens Weiss

The museum’s location is currently set for Winsted, Connecticut (so you won’t need to decide between a visit to rockets and spies while in D.C. or stamps and tort law – whew).