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Category Archives: Museums
The Feast of Venus
Last year, the Belgian tourist bureau VisitFlanders commissioned the folks at SkullMapping to create a wonderful bit of projection mapping to entertain passengers while they waited for flights at Brussels National Airport. With some clever digital trickery, a cheeky little … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Animation, Art, Europe, Film, Museums, Public Transport, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Belgium, Brussels, Painting, Peter Paul Rubens
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The Five-Minute Museum
British filmmaker and animator Paul Bush‘s short film The Five-Minute Museum is a mindboggling tour through the history of Western Civilization at breakneck speed. The stop motion trip carries the viewer through the cultural history of civilization by way of … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Europe, Film, History, Museums, Photography
Tagged London, Museums, stop motion animation, Western Civilization
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Welcome to Planet Word
Last week a long-awaited new museum opened in Washington, D.C. that will be a must-see destination for readers and language lovers. Planet Word is promoted as “a revolutionary museum dedicated to the power, beauty, and fun of language and to … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, History, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged language, Washington D.C
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Home of Chocolate
Somehow I missed one of the most important stories of last month with the news that Lindt has opened an all new headquarters museum near Zurich. The Lindt Home of Chocolate welcomed its first visitors in Kilchberg, Switzerland on September … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Chocolate, Lindt, Switzerland, Zurich
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Library, Museum, Spaceship ?
Here at TBTP World HQ, we still sorely miss visiting libraries and museums. So, we are forced to live vicariously for now through virtual travel. We were intrigued to learn about this amazing new project outside of Tokyo that launched … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Architecture, Art, Asia, Books, Libraries, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Japan
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Curiouser and Curiouser
London’s grand Victoria and Albert Museum has created its first-ever VR event, a marvelous little preview for its highly anticipated exhibition Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser, with special effects that bring the psychedelic wonders of the 19th century iconic novel to … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Europe, Museums, Tech, Tourism, Uncategorized
Tagged London, London Museums, Victoria and Albert Museum, Virtual Reality, VR
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Poison Book Project
Just in case you needed another reason to wash your hands these days… The bright emerald green cloth on the books (above & below) gets its intense color from copper acetoarsenite, more commonly known as arsenic. The inorganic pigment was … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Museums, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged Antiquarian Books, Book Binding, Book collecting, Winterthur
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Book feathers
London-based artist Kate MccGwire is famous for her elaborate feather sculptures that seem to have a life of their own. Her current exhibition titled Discharge pours down like a huge tunnel of water from a 18th century bookcase. Created from approximately … Continue reading
I am not a Luddite
Over the years, I have bored many a TBTP reader with my mini-rants promoting print travel guidebooks. And while I still always travel with the old school guides, I also am a fan of travel apps, ebooks, and travel podcasts. … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Europe, Museums, Music, Restaurants, Tech, Theater, Tourism
Tagged Britain, Edinburgh, Scotland, Visit Scotland
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Real Art, Fictional Museum
Foundation Kebbi is an imaginary museum created by Paris-based artist and illustrator Yann Kebbi. The fake cultural attraction is populated by the usual crowd of museum goers, tourists, lovers, and time wasters. However, if you look closely, you can also … Continue reading