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Category Archives: Museums
Mapping History
Perspicacious followers of Travel Between The Pages will have long ago noted my interest in history, cartography, archeology, and the city of London. All of these subjects serendipitously come together in the Archaeology of Greater London website, which has interactive maps … Continue reading
What’s That Smell: Europe’s Olfactory Heritage
It is commonly accepted that our sense of smell is linked directly to our emotions and our memories. The year-old project Odeuropa is applying state-of-the-art AI techniques to historical texts and image datasets that span four centuries of European history, … Continue reading
Archives of the Planet
In 1908, French financier Albert Kahn created a project that aimed to photograph the diversity of humanity across the planet. He hired 12 photographers to capture images of everyday life and culture around the globe. His staff traveled to 50 … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Asia, Europe, History, Middle East, Museums, Photography, USA
Tagged archives, autochrome, France, Paris
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History is made of maps
History Maps uses a combination of interactive maps, videos, illustrations and Wikipedia content to explain and guide the user through an impressive collection of historical events. Beware, it’s easy to fall down this rabbit hole and spend an unplanned hour … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Art, Asia, Canada, Europe, Film, History, Maps, Middle East, Museums, South America, USA
Tagged Cartography, interactive maps, Media
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Mystery of the Big Book
Over the years, the photograph above has appeared on numerous blogs and websites, usually captioned as “man with large book at Prague Castle, 1940s” or “c. 1940s: Man with books.” However, bibliophiles and antiquarians have long questioned the image’s description … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Klementinum, Prague, Praha
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Edward Hopper’s New York
I’ve long thought of Edward Hopper as the quintissential New York City painter. His works have always evoked a powerful sense of place and mood.This winter, NYC’s Whitney Museum of American Art is offering a glimpse into the city that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Maps, Museums, Photography, Tourism, USA
Tagged Edward Hopper, New York City, NYC, Painting, Whitney Museum
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Keep Books Alive In Ukraine
A group of writers and booksellers (Carolyn Forche, Mitchell Kaplan, Christopher Merrill, Askold Melnyczuk, and Jane Unrue) have partnered with the Coral Gables Foundation to raise funds for direct support to booksellers, editors, printers, warehouse workers, libraries and librarians, and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Libraries, Museums, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, Russia, Ukraine
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“When coffee is gone, it’s over.”
Language-learning app Duolingo has opened a “Museum of Wonky English” in Harajuku, Tokyo, and is giving mundane phrases that have been mistranslated new and novel meanings. Duolingo is inviting people to step into its Museum of Wonky English, a tongue-in-cheek … Continue reading
Vienna Waits For You
Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages know that I appreciate a well done tourism campaign. However, I was perplexed when my favorite blog follower shared the newest tourism video from the Vienna Tourist Board. I’ve been a huge fan … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Film, History, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Austria, Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Wien
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Touched by the Devil
I have long been fascinated by the astounding paintings of the Dutch master of the grotesque Hieronymus Bosch. The documentary (below) Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil takes a deep dive into his phantasmagorical paintings and his life. In 2016, the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, History, Museums
Tagged Hieronymus Bosch, Netherlands, Painting
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