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Archive for the 'Museums' Category

Aug 10 2008

A Once in a Lifetime Visit with Monet, Picasso and More

This summer, there is only one place to be to see works from the likes of Renoir, Degas, Monet, van Gogh, Dali, Picasso and Matisse. Don’t book an airline ticket to Europe, this acclaimed exhibition will take place at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
“Monet to Picasso from the Cleveland Museum of Art” features works [...]

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Aug 11 2007

The History Of Leu Gardens

Published by Jennifer under Botanical Gardens, Museums

Harry P. Leu grew up in Orlando, Florida and later became a successful businessman. Together, with his wife Mary Jane, he settled on an 1898 farmhouse and began to transform it. He traveled extensively with his wife all around the world to collect specimens of exotic plants and began planting them on his estate, thus [...]

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Aug 09 2007

New York: The Cloisters

Published by Jennifer under Hot Cities, Museums, New York

It’s rare to find an oasis of calm in frenetic New York City. The lights of Broadway, the zooming taxis and the throngs of people all suggest what New York is: a bustling, modern metropolis. Even lush Central Park is a buzz with skaters, Frisbee tossers and the odd car crossing from east to west.
But [...]

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Aug 05 2007

Las Vegas: The Atomic Testing Museum

Published by Jennifer under Museums

At 755 East Flamingo Road in Las Vegas resides one of the more unusual museums that visitors to this wild city can view. Considering that we’re talking about Vegas, that’s saying something. In fact, this museum would be considered unusual anywhere. For at that site is housed The Atomic Testing Museum.
Sponsored in large part by [...]

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Jul 17 2007

Montreal iSci Science Center

Le Centre des Sciences de Montréal, as it’s formally known, is one of the premier attractions in a city already filled with so many. Located along the length of King Edward Pier in Old Montreal, it’s also one of the newer sights. Chock full of the latest computer and video technology, along with hundreds of [...]

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Jul 09 2007

Montreal Museum of Archeology and History

Constructed on the site where Montreal was founded in 1642, the Museum of Archeology and History is deservedly one of the most popular attractions in the city. First opened in 1992, the museum itself is built on some of the grounds that once held the objects now on display.
Housed partly in the triangular Eperon [...]

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Jul 07 2007

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal is the oldest museum in Canada, and one of its finest. Founded in 1860, it moved to one of its present locations just before WWI in 1912. ‘One of’ because the museum is actually comprised of two separate buildings separated by a street, connected by a long underground tunnel.
The [...]

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Apr 10 2007

Madrid - Museo del Prado

One of the most visited tourist spots in Madrid, the Prado Museum is home to over 7,000 paintings. Though the emphasis is heavily on the three most famous Spanish masters - Goya, Velázquez and El Greco - there are major and minor masterpieces from dozens of other artists.
Surrounded by beautiful botanical gardens, visitors have the [...]

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Mar 24 2007

Travel: London - The Natural History Museum

Since its founding in the mid-19th century, the Natural History museum has offered one of the largest, most diverse collections in the world. The dinosaur exhibits are world-renowned, but there are dozens of others equally deserving of a visit.
The building itself makes the trip worthwhile. Completed in 1880, the Italian Renaissance design sports an ornate [...]

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Mar 22 2007

Travel: London - The National Gallery

Throughout its troubled history, the National Gallery in London has persevered to maintain one of the greatest art collections in the world.
Having no Royal collection with which to begin, the museum found its start with the purchase of a mere 38 paintings from the estate of a recently deceased banker, J.J. Angerstein. Housed in his [...]

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