Articles related to "Museums And Galleries"

The oldest city in America, the 2008 best beach in the US and a famous inventor's winter home are just a few things that the state offers it's visitors.

Thriving visual arts communities and a vibrant history make for interesting museum and gallery tours during a visit to the West Kootenay region of British Columbia.

Sydney, Australia has many wonderful museums featuring major works from around the world. From Chinese sculptures to Aboriginal art, you'll want to experience it all.

The Northern port-city of Saint-Petersburg in Russia offers a wide variety of scientific collections gathered in several museums across the city.

Several new galleries, part of V&A's FuturePlan, will display the museum's comprehensive collection of world-wide ceramics in innovative and accessible exhibition spaces.

Curators once showed their archives, art & artifact collections in dull, predictable displays. Digitalized archives, streaming video & world travel killed that plan.

Berlin's State Museums are amongst the best in the world with long opening hours, low admission prices (free for under-16s) with good deals when using cheap museum passes

Made famous by the Prince of Wales in the early 19th century when he built the magnificent Pavilion and partied as only he knew how, Brighton still has a raffish air.

"Statuephilia" shows sculptures by Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley, Ron Mueck, Marc Quinn, Noble and Webster alongside historic items in the Museum's permanent collections.

Every July, Reno, Sparks, and Lake Tahoe celebrate everything "arty" with the "Reno is Artown Festival." Enjoy free concerts, movies, and many other cultural events.

Amsterdam is a thriving treasure, and there are several places that are a must-see on any trip to the city.

Having exhibited work from Norman Rockwell to the art of the West African Republic of Mali,The Peninsula Fine Arts Center is a jewel in the crown of the VA art community.

The Top Ten Cardiff attractions include Cardiff Castle, the Millennium Stadium and Millennium Centre, Bute Park and the National Museum and Gallery of Wales.

The National Museums in Berlin are amongst the world's greatest cultural collections and art galleries. Foremost are the Pergamon and Gemäldegallerie (Picture Gallery)

The 26th Annual Taos Spring Arts Celebration, May 01 - 31, 2009, will provide entertainment for the whole family--art, music, performance--and is perfect for sightseeing.

Manners, Culture, and Dress of the Best American Society is a book about politeness from 1893 and offers advice on how to behave with artists.

From perfume and chocolate to footwear and funeral carriages, the subjects of Barcelona's more unusual museums reveal the chic city's love for the eccentric.

Like Santa Fe, Taos, New Mexico is full of art and history, from Native American pottery to works by the Taos Society of Artists to the home of frontiersman Kit Carson.

Brent Bukowski's latest mixed media sculptural installation, 'Flow', in his 3-part series tracking human impact with the planet's ecology, details the water cycle.

On Christmas Day 1974, Australians and people around the world heard the city of Darwin had been flattened by Cyclone Tracy. Seventy-one lives were lost in the disaster.

Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was purchased for $135 million, the same amount of cash that it cost to create the Hollywood film "Pearl Harbor". (2001)

Find WC facilities across the world in fast food restaurants such as Burger King and KFC. Plus how to avoid the barstaff and take advantage of free entry museums.

Andy Warhol and G. F. Watts, Van Eyck to Titian, Bruegel to Rubens, or Turner to Gauguin: London's art galleries are bursting with exciting exhibitions for Winter 2008

Scottish scientist William Hunter bequeathed Scotland's oldest public museum. Find the entrance, and marvel at Sir Isaac Newton's death mask and a walrus' penis bone...

The museum boasts an impressive collection of Impressionist, Modern, and Post-Impressionist works, and is a must for art lovers when visiting the Windy City.

"Head of a Man" not a Van Gogh, and "The Ravine" has an invisible Van Gogh hidden beneath its undulating surface. Australia loses a Van Gogh, Boston gains one, sort of..

With a fine range of museums and galleries, New Delhi has enjoyed a cultural boom to compliment its image, on a par with any city of its size.

In addition to 7 miles of sand and surf, parks and gardens, Bournemouth offers the Oceanarium, the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, the Bournemouth Eye and the Pier.

Enjoy summer evenings late into the night in May 2009 at HMS Belfast, National Gallery, Royal Observatory, Benjamin Franklin House, Sir John Soane's Museum.

Visitors to our nation's capitol will find plenty to see and do on a Washington, DC evening outside of nightclubs and restaurants.

Walk in the footsteps of Jimi Hendrix, visit Van Gogh's neighbourhood or frequent Charles Dickens' favorite tavern. Here are free ways to absorb the history of London.

Step into the world of shoes at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for a unique perspective on footwear past and present from around the world.

Opening hours are long for Schloss Herrenchiemsee Castle in the Chiemsee Lake near Munich in Southern Germany. Tickets to see the palace are only sold on Herren Island.

Avignon is one of the major cities of Provence in the south of France and one of the most relaxed and beautiful.

The Cleveland Museum of Art in Northeastern Ohio is one of Cleveland's finest museums. Free to the public, the institution holds 46,000 works of art.

Many people feel that art can be a great monetary investment. But the reality is that it is very difficult to buy and trade art and make a lot of money.

Cheap Hostels and YMCA's in London are one budget tip for saving money suggested by the Pauline Frommer's Guide to London, which also rates low-cost restaurants and pubs.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the most accessible museums in the country, with programs that let people with disabilities enjoy sophisticated culture.

Visiting family over the Thanksgiving holiday? Turn your family visit into a wonderful vacation with these simple tips.

A brief history of Tiffany & Co. and how this small store founded in the 19th Century has become an iconic covetted brand loved by celebrities, royalty and the art world.

London's West End attracts over 200 million visitors a year, many of them coming to sample the best London shopping on Oxford Street, Regent Street, and Bond Street.

From colonial architecture and ancient ruins to beautiful beaches and cenotes, Merida offers all the treasures of the Mayan Riviera and more.

Strengthen your mother daughter relationship with these easy and fun activities for Mother's Day or any other day of the year.

Plan a visit to the National Automobile Museum on your next visit to Northern Nevada, you won't regret it!

Nature can be an important tool when homeschooling. Here is a look at some of the benefits making nature a key part of your homeschool curriculum.

Sir Robert Crawford CBE, Director-General of the Imperial War Museum retires in October 2008. Diane Lees, Director of the Museum of Childhood, will step into his shoes.

Right across Japan you'll find exhibits devoted to key manga and anime creators. This article explores the museums of Northern Honshu. Get there by rail or air from Tokyo

Ian Rankin has followed up his phenomenally successful Rebus novels with the entertaining story of an art heist in Edinburgh that goes very wrong indeed.

Following Sir Norman Rosenthal's departure, Kathleen Soriano, Director of Compton Verney, has been appointed as Exhibition Director at Royal Academy of Arts.

A trip to a museum is an easy choice for most travellers but the Bata Shoe Museum and the Gardiner Ceramic Museum are two Toronto treasures that many people overlook.