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Category Archives: Museums
Stunning Collection
Boasting a collection of 230 rare and vintage autos, the Louwman Nationaal Automobiel Museum was officially inaugurated this past July in the Hague by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. Designed by Michael Graves, the 185,000 square-foot museum is anchored by … Continue reading
A Christmas Miracle (Almost)
The Guardian newspaper has reported a holiday story with a “twist” in “true Dickensian style”. While the staff of the Dickens House Museum in Clerkenwell, London, were preparing their Christmas decorations, news arrived of a minor Christmas miracle. No, Ebenezer … Continue reading
Is This Your “Streetview” ?
Montreal artist Jon Rafman obsessively reviews tens of thousands of Google Maps Streetview images and compiles an intriguing ongoing world tour. A selection of his culled photos is currently on view at NYC’s New Museum in a show sponsored by … Continue reading
Postcards from the Future
Is this the future of London? A compelling exhibit at the Museum of London offers a series of thought provoking digital “postcards from London’s future”. Created by illustrators Robert Graves and Didier Madoc-Jones, the images suggest a tragic vision of … Continue reading
Help Save The Pages
London’s The Victoria and Albert Museum has sent out a public plea for funds to preserve the original manuscripts of three novels by Charles Dickens. It’s seeking a total of £25,000, of which half has already been raised, to properly … Continue reading
Only In Philadelphia
Located across the street from the Liberty Bell, and just up the block from Independence Hall, the new National Museum of American Jewish History is the only museum soley dedicated to chronicling the American Jewish Experience. The NMAJH’s grand opening … Continue reading
That’s Mass Production
Sunflower Seeds 2010 Tate Modern Museum, London October 12, 2020 to May 2, 2011. “Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds challenges our first impressions: what you see is not what you see, and what you see is not what it means. The … Continue reading
Is This NYC’s Quirkiest Museum?
The City Reliquary is a not-for-profit community museum and civic organization located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Through permanent display of New York City artifacts, rotating exhibits of community collections, and annual cultural events, The City Reliquary connects visitors to both the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, History, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Brooklyn, New York City
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Anne Frank, A Graphic Biography
Many thanks to Nina Dijkstra for this timely post during Banned Books Week: Following the publication of Anne Frank – the graphic biography in the Netherlands at the beginning of July, publications in other countries will follow this autumn. The … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Freedom of Speech, History, Museums, Writing
Tagged Amsterdam, Anne Frank, Netherlands
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Museum of Innocence
Turkey’s most celebrated living novelist, Orhan Pamuk, is turning his fictional Museum of Innocence into a real tourist attraction in Istambul. The winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature is transforming an old building in central istambul into a … Continue reading
