For millions each year, no vacation is complete without exploring the huge variety of museums throughout the world. Here's a place to discuss our favorites, & what's hot in the world's museums.

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4 magnifique museums in Paris for fashionistas

The ever elegant City of Light of course needs no introduction, with its astonishing cultural, historical and architectural heritage, along with some of the world’s finest dining and shopping. And speaking of shopping, Paris as one of the world’s premier fashion capitals not only offers a wealth of couture from classic to cutting-edge, but lovers of fashion can also scratch their sartorial itch at four fantastic institutions devoted to the subject:read post 

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2 museums among ´7 Musts in Los Angeles´

Victoriaearle One of the USA´s most architecturally stunning museums, the Getty Center is a complex of concrete and steel was by famed architect Richard Meier, opened in 1997, and is home to a wealth of artwork from different eras and countries, including medieval and Renaissance painting and sculptures; 20th- and 21st-century photographic; historic manuscripts, and much more; famous artists include Degas, Gauguin, Rembrandt, and Van Gogh (most famously, his iconic Irises). Located in the…

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The Dominican Republic´s Amber Museum

The Museo del Ámbar is located in downtown Puerto Plata, on the north coast.  With a Jurassic Park-like logo and an interesting and educational collection of amber and other local semiprecious materials (including pieces for sale), it’s housed in a charming Victorian townhouse called Villa Bentz. And there are plenty of other local shops that sell amber, including, it would seem, most resort gift shops; it’s possible to pick up a lovely piece or two of amber jewelry at surprisingly affordable…

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Washington DC´s National Museum of African-American History one of ´5 Key Places in the United States to Explore the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.´

Adam Jones . Inaugurated by Barack Obama in 2016, this Smithsonian Insitution member is home to a wealth of exhibits depicting the struggles and eventaul triumphs of black Americans, from their African origins through the trans-Atlantic slave trade; brutal slavery in the United States; oppression in the South from the post-Civil-War through the Jim Crow period; the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s (during which of course Dr. King loomed large indeed); and up to the present day. Both…

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  • Wink Lorch April 6, 2010 at 8:18pm
    There are some excellent wine museums around the world. I recently wrote a blog post about the best wine museums specifically in Europe and also invited people to add extras in the comments. Here's the link to it, which I hope is helpful. If anyone here wants to add any more even though the post was a while back, I will approve the comments quickly, providing they are adding new good European wine museums!
    Sorry I can't give you any generic wine museum sites to add to your list above.
  • David Paul Appell December 12, 2009 at 7:47pm
    Don't miss Tripatini's latest featured blog post, on the second oldest (and first quirkiest) museum in the Netherlands, Our Lord in the Attic!
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