Category Archives: Tourism

La Serenissima Republica ca. 1890

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

More from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog.

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Nationalism, Not Always Distasteful

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

  Cook, chemist and very clever food blogger Jen Che from Boston is the creative force behind the always entertaining Tiny Urban Kitchen blog, which has documented her personal travel history with “pizza flags”. Note the cunning use of mashed … Continue reading →

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Only In Philadelphia

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

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 →

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Trick or Treat

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Happy Halloween from the Sedlec Ossuary, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic.

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Travel By Design

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Many thanks to reader Ed Moss for the link to this terrific travel ephemera site. David Levine’s online gallery of 1920s, 30s and 40s travel related ephemera has preserved hundreds of fragile travel brochures, advertisements, maps, time-tables, tickets and various … Continue reading →

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First Billboards, Now..

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

First they put up billboards in San Marco, now the Italian government is moving ahead with plans to impose an entry fee on all visitors to Venice who arrive by air, rail or cruise ship. The fee is likely to … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Travel

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Brian D. Butler
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That’s Mass Production

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

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 →

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Is This NYC’s Quirkiest Museum?

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

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 →

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Here Comes the big Frieze

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The Frieze Art Fair is the London artworld’s largest, annual contemporary art event. This year the 8th edition of the Regent’s Park show includes 173 galleries from 29 countries, along with an enormous sculpture park, films, music, workshops, talks and special … Continue reading →

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