If you want to spend a fascinating couple of hours, try the Driehaus Museum. Just off Michigan Ave this former mansion is a splendid showcase of the 'Gilded Age'.
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Summer holidays may be a receding memory, but in Spain–and nowhere more than Iberia Airlines’ hometown Madrid–being back in the “real world” of work and bills to pay is still plenty sweet. It’s the season when big museums shows, cultural events and t
Established in 1945, it houses the largest collection of stone images discovered in 1775. There are fascinating stories surrounding the images, one of which is the belief that the images were actually human beings turned to stones through supernatura
Entering service as a train station in 1900, Paris’ handsome Beaux-Arts Gare d’Orsay was out of commission by the 1970s. But since 1986 it's been leading a very distinguished second life indeed as one of Europe’s most beloved museums. The Musée d’Or
Read more…Sometimes called the Torture Museum or the Medieval Crime Museum, by whatever name it goes, it is a fascinating trip through law, torture, and punishment. Located in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany, it is full of documents and devices of torture su
Read more…The Rodin Museum in Paris was an outstanding visit. I had no idea that Auguste Rodin was such a prolific artist! Sculpures in various mediums and paintings too. The grounds are lovely, as are the indoor exhibits. I would definately recommend adding t
Read more…Philadelphia has a plethora of museums that would take weeks to visit. But art is everywhere...
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Bacon's Castle - Nothing to do with beloved fried pork produdts, but still quite tasty. Out in the bucolic Virginia countryside, this architectural gem was built by a wealthy merchant and planter in 1665 and restored for public visits in 1983. It get
Any tour of eastern Tennessee would be incomplete without a visit to the Museum of the Appalachia in Clinton, Tennessee, just sixteen miles north of Knoxville and on one of the new White Lightening Tennessee Trails this one called Thunder Road to Re
Read more…A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to join a group for a guided tour of the Pierre Cardin Museum, located in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Ouen. Organized by the Saint-Ouen tourist office, the visit represented an opportunity to take a peek into
Read more…The resurgence of quilting and growth in quilt museums over the last five decades is due in part to the 1970s back-to-basic movement of the hippie generation that favored natural fabrics fueled by the spirit of the past rekindled by the enthusiasm of
Read more…Please see my question about museums on Ask a Travel Pro and let me know what you think.
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Read more…Tomorrow, Dec. 16th, to celebrate the museum's 75th anniversary. IMHO, this is the best mansion museum on earth. Every painting is a masterpiece you've seen in Art 101. http://www.frick.org/
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Fabrics and clothing from the 17th to the 20th century belonging to the Chigis, one of Italy's most powerful aristocratic family, will be for the first time on show in Ariccia, a lovely town 15 miles away from Rome, also known for
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Cultural innovation, overlapping languages, artistic experimentation, MAXXI is this and much more in its ambitious attempt to become Italy’s best contemporary art museum. Characterised by centuries of primacy in the artistic and arch
Read more…Everyone has a bucket list and a city they would like to visit, and there is certainly a lot in the Big Apple that will capture your imaginations, whether you're traveling on your own, with friends, your significant other, or your kids,.In fact, N
Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame
Louis Kaplan is channeling his childhood. While a youngster, he collected baseball cards which he stored in boxes and treasured as souvenirs of the USA's favorite pastime. Decades later, he’s reliving that time
