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Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution research and education center, at Washington, D.C.; founded 1846 under the terms of the will of James Smithson of London, who in 1829 bequeathed his fortune to the United States to create an establishment for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The... Read more |
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Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum South Kensington, London, opened in 1852 as the Museum of Manufacturers at Marlborough House. It originally contained a nucleus of contemporary objects of applied art bought from the Great Exhibition of 1851 at the instigation of Prince Albert, and collections from the... Read more |
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American Museum of Natural History (New York New York)
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY in New York City is the largest natural history museum in the world. It displays more than 30 million specimens from all branches of natural history along with a wealth of anthropological artifacts in a vast complex of... Read more |
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museums of science
museums of science institutions or buildings where collections relevant to science and technology are preserved and displayed to promote education and research. While the preponderance of these museums are in North America and Europe, the chief cities of Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Latin... Read more |
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York New York)
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, is an international showplace for twentieth-century art, that is committed to the exhibition of nonobjective art and a movement "from the materialistic to the... Read more |
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Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum (Municipal Museum), Amsterdam. One of the world's outstanding collections of international modern art. It had its origins in the bequest of Sophia de Bruyn-Suasso to the city in 1890. A handsome building was erected to house the bequest and also modern pictures for which there was... Read more |
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Kunsthistorisches Museum
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Museum of painting, sculpture, and decorative arts (the title means ‘Art History Museum’) based on the accumulation of treasures by members of the imperial Habsburg dynasty from the 16th century onwards. The imperial collections were first opened to... Read more |
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The largest collection of 20th-century art in the USA apart from the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The museum was founded in 1916 by the San Francisco Art Association and was originally called the San Francisco Museum of Art (the change to its present... Read more |
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Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown city (1990 pop. 18,167), seat of Hardin co., central Ky.; inc. 1797. Originally developed as a trade center for agriculture, whiskey, and tobacco, the city now manufactures a variety of products. Points of interest include an old church (1789); the Lincoln Heritage House, built by... Read more |
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Gorky
Gorky or Gorky Leninskoye , suburb of Moscow, central European Russia. The country home of Lenin, who died there, is now a memorial museum.... Read more |
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48 hours in Florence
...store and have a nosy at their footwear museum while you're at it. 3pm Head to the...in Florence in 1221, and many of the tonics and perfumes sold are still prepared using...are must-sees. 12:30pm Refuel at Leonardo's Self-Service Ristorante, a hidden... |
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...Band. Aug. 7: Soul Cookin'.Cuneo Museum and Gardens, 1350 N. Milwaukee Ave...picnic. (847) 945-0650. Aug. 6: Leonardo. Aug. 13: Scribble Jim. Aug. 20...classic surf music). Aug. 12: Jin and Tonic. Aug. 21: Blooze Brothers.Kracklauer... |
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SCHOOL IS IN SESSION
...studies an herb a month, how to make tonics, cosmetics, and cleaning products...have to see, like the planetarium and Leonardo da Vinci's workshop. Sounds like a...hall? A $12 splurge gets you in the museum and two extra bucks gets you into the... |