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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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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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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

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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.

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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.

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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.
BuzzInRome March 23, 2011 at 11:56am

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Ed Wetschler February 6, 2011 at 5:41pm

Superbowl Fake-out: Perfect day to visit the Carnegie, Frick, & Warhol museums in Pittsburgh. Ditto, the National Aviary.
Donna Esposito December 27, 2010 at 6:29pm

A friend called last night to remind me that this is the last week we can see the giant terracotta Chinese warriors at Toronto's ROM. I'm passing along that warning, and she and I will see the show this week (and we won't get any snow!).
BuzzInRome December 15, 2010 at 1:11pm

Friendly People, Good Food & a Railway Museum: That’s Colonna(Rome, Italy)!

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A 30 minute ride by train from Roma Termini, a unique open air railway museum and great Roman food. Don’t they make up for an exciting and relaxing half day escape?

Colonna is on the Rome-Cassino line. If you disembark and walk down the hill to the supermarket rooftop carpark, you will find a convenient coffee shop for first port of call.

Then proceed across the main road, in fact the old Consul road (Via Casilina - Highway 6) between Rome and Monte Cassino, and the axis of much fighting in World War Two between the German Army and the combined USA/NZ Forces. Immediately across the road and just 100 metres from the main station, is the delightful Ferrovia-Museo della Stazione di Colonna, still being developed by a wonderful team of volunteers.

The museum features a great deal of Narrow Gauge rolling stock, an exhibition gallery in the form of a restored goods shed, the Station Master office and residence and much more. On the ground floor are some wonderful displays from the remnant railway, which used to operate all the way in to Termini. Upstairs there are some railway models and also there is a recreation of a wartime radio signals station.

After this inspiring visit, you may choose to walk 200 metres or so back to Rome and on the left hand side you will encounter Osteria Il Bersagliere with regional fresh flavours to die for and good value, regional prices.

With the distant views across Tivoli and snow-capped mountains in winter and early spring, this location is an absolute delight, local people are particularly friendly and helpful, and both the museum and the restaurant are within easy walking distance of the railway station.

Happily enough, on a Saturday you can take the afternoon trains (you need to double check on day of travel) for a pleasant run downhill back in to Roma Termini.

What are you waiting for, then?

La ferrovia museo della stazione di Colonna
David Paul Appell November 5, 2010 at 5:50pm

Here's an interesting cultural development: The new digs for the Smithsonian-affiliated Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art is finally opening tomorrow in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA, with a design by Frank Gehry. OK, by now Gehry's done his schtick even my dinky hometown in upstate NY, but nonetheless should add a little more heft/depth to the area's touristic offerings. http://georgeohr.org.