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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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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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7 notable museums above Norway´s Arctic Circle

David Paul Appell On a trip to Norway last winter, I discovered a number of notable museums, including Tromsø´s Polar Museum, Troll Museum, Northern Norway Art Museum, and the Arctic University Museum of Norway, Honningsvagen´s Arctic Museum; and in Kirkenes, the Grenseland (Borderland) Museum (above). read post

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A pair of museums in ´Will Tourism in Gaza Ever Exist? If So, Here Are 8 Spots Worth Visiting´

Dan Palraz One of them is Qasr al-Basha (Pasha´s Palace Museum), a landmark of Gaza City´s historic core which dates from the 13th century, built in sandstone by the Mamluks, a multinational military caste which originated in Egypt as slave soldiers and mercenaries and whose influence grew to the point where a Mamluk Sultanate ruled Egypt, the Levant (of which Gaza is a part), and western Arabia for 132 years. The second story was added by the Ottoman Turks who came after the Mamluks, and now…

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Max Pesling February 20, 2022 at 12:58pm

Climate change is already affecting many aspects of life across all sectors, and museums are no exception. This piece from CNBC on its effects on institutions in the USA is especially sobering: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/museums-are-in-a-race-to-sa...

Museums are in a race to save America's treasures from climate change

The world's museums are facing rising risks from climate change, from floods to fires to excessive heat. Investment in resilience is still sorely lac…
Maureen Blevins July 15, 2014 at 11:20pm

Pay a visit to the birthplace of and the museum dedicated to Ernest Hemingway - one of America's literary giants.

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Sofie Couwenbergh January 18, 2013 at 12:39pm

Whe visiting Bilbao, I just had to go to the Guggenheim
Darryl Musick January 4, 2013 at 5:17pm

Today at The World on Wheels, Tim helps me write up a couple of visits to the Getty Museum in Brentwood, California: http://tinyurl.com/ag6pp4t

The World on Wheels

An ongoing adventure of travel and living while using a wheelchair. Tim has been disabled from birth. Darryl is his father and caregiver who travel…
David Paul Appell November 2, 2012 at 7:31pm

It had been a while since my last visit to DC, but I was there again just last week - great to be back! And I've seen almost everything worth seeing, with several exceptions including the International Spy Museum. So off I went - and it was indeed a way cool experience! So much fascinating stuff; one of the things I was most hoping to see was info on the murder of Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov in London with a poison-tipped umbrella. And sure enough, there was the umbrella - well, not THE umbrella, but a replica. Some of it was a little 'Hollywood,' but hey, I don't begrudge them that. Overall, highly recommended!!
Tripatini July 4, 2012 at 4:48pm

Any lovers of art, Pablo Picasso, and/or Spain here? Our top blog post this week includes a look at the Museo Picasso in the city of Malaga.
Ed Wetschler February 15, 2012 at 10:38pm

How would you change this short list of NY's best small and mid-size museums? Be honest, now. http://bit.ly/wp2guJ

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Iberia Airlines November 25, 2011 at 7:29pm

CaixaForum and Paris' Louvre Museum present Eugène Delacroix at the CaixaForum in Madrid. Drama, exoticism, movement, and color. The revolutionary and first modern painter to express Romanticism on canvas. Untill January 12, 2012. (Link below.) Book flights to Madrid on Iberia.com.

http://press.lacaixa.es/socialprojects/exhibition-delacroix-caixafo...
Janice Brown November 17, 2011 at 9:36pm

Hartford, Connecticut is a museum-lovers' paradise, home to the Mark Twain House & Museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum (the oldest art museum in the country), the American Clock and Watch Musuem, and many more.

Hartford, Connecticut: Bustling, Bounteous, Historic

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Portugal Dream Coast May 5, 2011 at 5:26pm

Azulejos de Azeitão uses the European traditional methods of tile making and reproduces antique design from European countries like France, Germany, Portugal, Spain and other , but also Islamic and Chinese.