World's 1,000 Best Museums and World Heritage Sites

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"Museums and art stores are also sources of pleasure and inspiration. Doubtless it will seem strange to many that the hand unaided by sight can feel action, sentiment, beauty in the cold marble; and yet it is true that I derive genuine pleasure from touching great works of art. As my finger tips trace line and curve, they discover the thought and emotion which the artist has portrayed." - Helen Keller.

A MUSEUM is a building or institution which houses a collection of artifacts. Museums collect and care for objects of scientific, artistic, or historical importance and make them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities throughout the world and more local ones exist in smaller cities, towns and even the countryside. Early museums began as the private collections of wealthy individuals, families or institutions of art and rare or curious natural objects and artifacts. The first public museums in the world opened in Europe during the 18th century and the Age of Enlightenment.

A United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) WORLD HERITAGE SITE is a place (such as a forest, mountain, lake, island, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that is listed by the UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance. The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 states parties which are elected by their General Assembly.

As of June 17-27, 2013 in Phnom Penh, 981 sites are listed: 759 cultural, 193 natural, and 29 mixed properties, in 160 states parties. By sites ranked by country, Italy is home to the greatest number of World Heritage Sites with 49 sites, followed by China (45) and Spain (44). UNESCO references each World Heritage Site with an identification number; but new inscriptions often include previous sites now listed as part of larger descriptions. As a result, the identification numbers exceed 1,200 even though there are fewer on the list.

• $1m challenge: ‘If the Turin Shroud is a forgery, show how it was done’ - "Expert on revered relic calls on British Museum to back up the results of its disputed carbon dating tests."
• $5 Million Reward - "FBI and Gardner Museum Seeking Recovery of Stolen Art."
• 5 years after a $124-million museum heist shocked the world, recovered jewels returned home - "In November 2019, thieves stole pieces that contained more than 4,300 diamonds with an estimated value of over 113 million euros ($124 million), from the Gruenes Gewoelbe (Green Vault) museum in Dresden, in the eastern German state of Saxony."
• 7 Best UNESCO World Heritage Sites You Can Visit Without Leaving Home - "The coronavirus has brought travel to a standstill. The good news is that there are ways to indulge your wanderlust and exercise your mind without leaving the house. Thanks to Google and UNESCO, you can visit many of the world’s most awe-inspiring official World Heritage Sites without the crowds or the jet lag."
• 8 cultural artifacts the British Empire took from other nations - "From the Benin Bronzes to the Koh-i-Noor diamond. Governments and activists have since called for the repatriation of these cultural artifacts. Here are 8 of the objects the British took - and their contentious histories."
• 10 Ancient Technologies That Are Still a Mystery Today - "1. Antikythera, the Ancient Computer - 2. Timeless Durability of the Roman Concrete - 3. The Baffling Baghdad Battery - 4. The Incredible Precision ..."
• 10 best stately homes in UK - with number 1 once owned by King Charles - "With over 3,000 stately homes in the UK, we're spoiled for choice when it comes to visiting properties draped in finery and oozing grandeur. Here are 10 of the most unique residences."
• 10 good reasons to visit ChÂteau de Vaux-le-Vicomte - "The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte will astonish you! Find out why."
• 10 most misleading American historical sites - "Historical plaques are often anything but informative. Here are some of the worst offenders."
• 10 Must-See UNESCO Heritage Sites - "Google Arts & Culture."
• 10 of the world’s best virtual museum & art gallery tours - "The originals are out of reach for now, but you can still see world-class art - without the queues or ticket prices - with an online tour of these famous museums."
• 10 scenic & remote museums & galleries that are worth the trip - "Some museums require more than a plane and a taxi ride to be reached, but repay you with memories lasting a lifetime. CNN Style has picked some of the best, all nestled off the beaten track, offering stunning natural beauty and artistic value."
• 10 strangest artefacts in Australian museums - sorted - "From a hangman’s journal to ‘The Poo Machine’, here are some weird, unnerving and oddly touching objects in museums around the country."
• 10 times ancient Egyptian discoveries awed us in 2022 - "From mummies with gold-plated tongues to a pyramid built for a previously unknown queen, here are 10 spectacular discoveries about ancient Egypt from 2022."
• 10 virtual tours of the world’s most famous landmarks - "They’re closed for now but you can still take an interactive online tour, to gaze over the edge of Machu Picchu and marvel at the Pyramids from every angle."
• 13 ancient heritage sites ruined by vandals - The Telegraph.
• 17th Century Japanese Samurai Who Sailed to Europe, Met the Pope & Became a Roman Citizen - "We learn about intrepid Europeans who sought, and sometimes even found, trade and missionary routes to China and Japan during the centuries of exploration and empire. Rarely, if ever, do we hear about visitors from the East to the West, especially those as well-traveled as 17th-century samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga."
• 20 greatest modern landmarks on Earth - The Telegraph.
• 20 incredible new World Heritage Sites - The Telegraph.
• 20 Most Beautiful Museums in the World - Flavorwire.
• 25 amazing new World Heritage Sites for 2017 - The Telegraph.
• 25 Years After Gardner Museum Heist, Video Raises Questions - The New York Times.
• 42 incredible museums to visit in your lifetime - The Telegraph.
• 123 World Museums & Galleries List - the ultimate source of authentic and reliable information about the Museums and Galleries on the net.
• 360-degree virtual tours are easier to make with Insta360 and Matterport - "As the world continues to battle COVID-19, the likes of realtors, museums and galleries have been seeking alternative ways to serve their clients or visitors remotely. Matterport even claims that its platform helped create more than twice as many 360-degree virtual tours weekly between early March and mid-August, and it’s hoping to continue this momentum by expanding its list of compatible 360 cameras."
• $450 million Hong Kong Palace Museum opens with trove of Forbidden City treasures - "Beijing's Palace Museum, located in the heart of the Forbidden City, contains the world's largest collection of Chinese art, spanning nearly 5,000 years of history. Now, more than 900 of those treasures are on display at the new Hong Kong Palace Museum - a 'gift' from the central government to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from British to Chinese rule."
• 1,000 Years of Art at the Edge of the Gobi Desert - The New York Times.
• 2016 World Monuments Watch - features 50 sites in 36 countries that are at risk from the forces of nature and the impact of social, political, and economic change.
• 2019 WHC Session added 21 bringing the total to 1113 - World Heritage Site for World Heritage Travellers. Pictures, Info and Travel Reports.
• 3,000-year-old ‘lost golden city’ of ancient Egypt discovered - "Experts say Aten is the largest such city ever found and one of the most important finds since unearthing Tutankhamun’s tomb."
• 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt's Great Pyramid - "Archaeologists have long wondered exactly how the ancient Egyptians constructed the world's biggest pyramid, the Great Pyramid. Now, they may have discovered the system used to haul massive stone blocks into place some 4,500 years ago."
• 5,000-year-old Egyptian tomb opens for virtual tour - "Egypt’s classical wonders are off limits but a royal tomb is one of four sites where 3D modelling gives us a fascinating glimpse of antiquity."
• $42,000 way to experience Florence's Accademia art museum - CNN travel.
• 700,000 years of Egyptian history finds enormous new home - "The public has finally been allowed to visit part of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is the size of 80 football fields."
• A blue painted shrine is the latest discovery in Pompeii ‘treasure chest’ - "Archaeologists have unearthed an intricately decorated blue room, interpreted as an ancient Roman shrine known as a sacrarium, during recent excavations in central Pompeii in Italy."
• A glimpse behind the scenes of Giza’s Grand Egyptian Museum - "Egypt’s vast, much-delayed museum is scheduled to open in 2020. But while Tutankhamun’s treasures are being readied for tourists, some critics see the building as a vanity project."
• A global first links 13 of Scotland’s Unesco cities and sites in a digital trail - "From Edinburgh to St Kilda, destinations in Scotland are being promoted as part of a sustainable tourism drive timed for COP26."
• A hidden part of Venice opens for first time - Never-before-seen Venice landmark opens to the public. The Procuratie Vecchie in St. Mark's Square - one of the most famous buildings in one of the world's most famous city spaces - has opened to the public for the first time in history.
• A now-dry branch of the Nile helped build Egypt's pyramids, new study says - "New evidence about the Nile bolsters a long-standing theory of how ancient Egyptians managed to build the massive pyramids of Giza thousands of years ago. Researchers led by geographer Hader Sheisha at Aix-Marseille University in France used paleoecological clues to help reconstruct what Egypt's Nile river might have looked like over the past 8,000 years."
• A Restored Painting Recalls the Colosseum’s Christian Past - "The restoration of a wall painting depicting an idealized Jerusalem is a reminder that the Roman monument, known best for gladiatorial combat, was a sacred Christian space for centuries."
• A secret site for the Knights Templar? - "Three centuries after it was rediscovered, Royston Cave remains one of Britain's most mysterious places."
• A secret world under a French castle - "Nearly 1,000 years ago, French lords designed an elaborate underground castle for a doomsday attack that never came."
• Acropolis now: Greeks outraged at concreting of ancient site - "Installation of new pathway and lift has been criticised by archaeologists and called ‘a scandal’."
• Acropolis: The Oldest Photograph of the Acropolis - "In the distant year of 1842, French photographer and draughtsman Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey took the first-ever photograph of the 'Holy Rock.' To be more precise, this photograph is a daguerreotype, and is actually one of the earliest surviving photographs of Greece."
• African heritage sites are under threat from rising seas, but there's still time to save them - "On the shores of North Africa, ancient cities have stood for millennia. The columns of Carthage, in modern-day Tunisia, are a reminder of the once bustling Phoenician and Roman port, and along the coast in what's now Libya, lie the majestic ruins of Sabratha's Roman amphitheater close - perhaps too close - to the sea. Extreme weather events and rising sea levels mean that all three - and around 190 other spectacular heritage sites that line Africa's coasts - will be at risk of severe flooding and erosion in the next 30 years, according to a recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change."
• After 350 years, sea gives up lost jewels of Spanish shipwreck - "Marine archaeologists stunned by priceless cache long hidden beneath the Bahamas’ shark-infested waters."
• After the deluge: A tourist visits flood-hit Venice - CNN travel.
• AI Recreates the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - "From the Statue of Zeus at Olympia to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, AI recreated the seven wonders of the ancient world."
• Alexander the Great’s Assassination & the Location of the Lost Tomb - "Archaeologists and scholars have spent nearly a century investigating what happened to Alexander the Great and where his tomb is located. Some argue that his tomb is in Macedonia, northern Greece, while others claim it is in Alexandria, Egypt, or even Babylon, but no one has been able to locate it. The tomb was most likely relocated more than once..."
• An App That Will Forever Change How You Enjoy Museums - Wired.
• America's most-visited museum may house over 1,000 items linked to alleged trafficking - "Over 1,000 objects in the Met's collection linked to alleged traffickers and looters, investigation finds."
• An Everyman Museum to Celebrate American Writers - The New York Times.
• An immense mystery older than Stonehenge - "Reshaping previous ideas on the story of civilisation, Gobekli Tepe in Turkey was built by a prehistoric people 6,000 years before Stonehenge."
• Ancient Egypt unleashed - "How the gods, pharaohs, monsters and murderers shattered their silence. Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt is at the British Museum, London, 13 October to 19 February."
• Ancient objects that reveal writing's roots - "An exhibition about Iran traces how some of the world's earliest scripts developed. They were as much about images as text."
• Ancient winery gave rich Romans a taste of winemaking - without the hard work - "Researchers speculate that an emperor and his courtiers could have visited the villa annually for the experience. A lavish 2,000-year-old winery uncovered in the ruins of a villa just outside Rome may have been used as an entertainment venue, providing a winemaking 'experience' for wealthy Romans."
• Antiquity - since 1927. Academic journal dedicated to the subject of archaeology. It publishes six issues a year, covering topics worldwide from all periods. Since 2015, the journal has been published by Cambridge University Press.
• Archaeologists are too scared to look inside the tomb of China's first Emperor - "The tomb complex of Qin Xi Huang is famous the world over, but archaeologists are too scared to look inside."
• Architect unveils striking proposal for 'green' Notre Dame - "The rebuilt Notre Dame could feature a futuristic glass design, solar power, and an urban farm that supports vulnerable and homeless Parisians, if one architecture firm's vision is realized."
• Arrowhead made from meteorite 3,000 years ago found near lake in Europe - "A Bronze Age arrowhead unearthed in Switzerland was made from a meteorite, a new study has found. Dating back to between 900 and 800 BC, the 39-millimeter-long (1.5-inch-long) arrowhead was found on a pile-dwelling site in Mörigen on Lake Biel, Switzerland, during excavations in the 19th century, according to the study conducted by a team of researchers at the Natural History Museum of Bern."
• art & artefacts destroyed by the world’s greatest museums - "A sitar that once belonged to George Harrison was broken at the V&A - and this was far from the first time a gallery has had to make an awkward apology."
• ART PROJECT - explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces. Powered by Google.
• Art, unlocked: Italy's museums quietly reopen - in pictures - "After Italy’s government loosened Covid-19 restrictions in much of the country - including Lazio, the region that contains Rome and Vatican City - newly reopened museums are offering local visitors the opportunity to enjoy artworks undisturbed by the usual crowds of international tourists."
• Arts & Culture - Google’s New App Brings Hundreds of Museums to Your Phone.
• Astonishing new finds in the ancient city of Pompeii - "Kitchen shrine serpents and more fascinating new Pompeii discoveries. A kitchen shrine adorned with serpents, a bakery, human skeletons, exquisite frescos, and yes, a picture of something that looks very much like pizza. These are among the new finds being turned up at the Pompeii Archaeological Park."
• AUGMENTED REALITY IS TRANSFORMING MUSEUMS - Wired.
• Austria is giving Hitler's birthplace a $5.6M facelift - "Austrian architects will transform Hitler's birthplace into a police station."
• Axe that killed Trotsky & waterboarding 'kit' stir up controversy. The dark side of Washington's spy museum - "The bugged shoes and poison brollies are fun and fascinating. But why are the sections about state-sponsored torture and assassination so uncritical?"
• Ayasofya: the mosque-turned-museum at the heart of an ideological battle - "Turkey’s decision to secularise the building was symbolic - so is Erdoğan’s support for reversing it."
• Babylon – how war almost erased ‘mankind’s greatest heritage site’ - The Guardian.
• Babylonian Map of the World: The oldest known map of the ancient world - "The ancient map offers a glimpse of how the Babylonians viewed the world thousands of years ago."
• Barcelona's famous Sagrada Familia will finally be completed in 2026 - more than 140 years after construction started, officials have confirmed. The construction of the last of six towers will mark the completion of the structure of the basilica, the organization responsible for managing the site announced last week.
• Benin bronzes: ‘Africa wants to speak for itself’ - "This year marks the 125th anniversary of the British Punitive Expedition, which saw thousands of sculptures and cultural artefacts stolen during the destruction of Benin City (in present-day Nigeria). Many items ended up in museums or in private collections mainly found in Europe and North America. The anniversary has reignited the call by Africans for the return of millions of objects looted across the continent during the colonial era."
• 'Bent' pyramid: Egypt opens ancient oddity for tourism - "Pharoah Sneferu’s structure marks key step in Egyptian architecture, as builders had to change the angle when it started to crack."
• BØrsen fire: Denmark endures its own Notre Dame devastation - "Alarm bells first rang out early on Tuesday morning as fire ripped through Copenhagen's historic former stock exchange building, Børsen. Within no time at all the inferno had gutted large parts of the 400-year-old structure and toppled the ornate spire known for its distinctive dragons."
• Britain's equivalent to Tutankhamun found in Southend-on-Sea - "Burial chamber of a wealthy nobleman in Prittlewell shows Anglo-Saxon Essex in new light."
• British Museum, London: China’s Hidden Century review - how opium & Christianity demolished a civilisation - "From Looty the stolen dog to the story of the last emperor, via glittering gowns and bloody rebellions, this show has a shock round every corner."
• British Museum receives donation of Chinese ceramics worth $1.27 billion - "The British Museum said on Wednesday it would receive 1,700 pieces of world-renowned Chinese ceramics worth around 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion), in the largest donation in its nearly 300-year history. The collection, which has been on loan to the British Museum since 2009, has been donated by the Percival David Foundation."
• CIA museum: Inside the world's most top secret museum - "It is the perhaps the most unusual - and exclusive - museum in the world, filled with artefacts that have shaped history. But its doors are firmly shut to the public. Located inside the US intelligence agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia, the collection has just been renovated to mark the agency's 75th anniversary."
• Copenhagen's historic stock exchange in flames - "Denmark's historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen has been engulfed by fire."
• Danish Culture Canon - consists of 108 works of cultural excellence in eight categories: architecture, visual arts, design and crafts, film, literature, music, performing arts, and children's culture. An initiative of Brian Mikkelsen in 2004, it was developed by a series of committees under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Culture in 2006–2007 as "a collection and presentation of the greatest, most important works of Denmark's cultural heritage."
• Dead Sea scrolls study raises new questions over texts' origins - "Salts used on Temple scroll are not common to Dead Sea region, researchers find."
• Did the Great Wall of China work? - "Yes, but perhaps not in the way you might imagine."
• Did the romans really reach Scotland? - "Hadrian's Wall may be older, bigger, stronger and better known, but the Unesco-listed Antonine Wall was the real final frontier of the Roman Empire."
• Discovering King Tutankhamun's tomb - BBC.
• Discovery of scholar's notes shine light on race to decipher Rosetta Stone - "Thomas Young used cut-up method to treat translation of Egyptian relic as mathematical problem, papers show."
• Does a cave beneath Pembroke Castle hold key to fate of early Britons? - "Scientists hope wealth of prehistoric material in Wogan Cavern in Wales is well preserved enough to reveal what really happened to our most ancient ancestors."
• Dramatic discovery links Stonehenge to its original site - in Wales - "Find backs theory that monument was dismantled and dragged over 140 miles to Wiltshire."
• Dubai's next iconic landmark - "Dubai's Museum of the Future: A new world icon?"
• Dutch gallery removes racist artwork titles - The Telegraph.
• Easter Island moai statue destroyed by truck - "One of Easter Island's world-famous moai statues has been destroyed in an accident."
• Egypt archaeologists find 20 ancient coffins near Luxor - "Archaeologists have found more than 20 ancient wooden coffins near the Egyptian city of Luxor, the country's antiquities ministry says."
• Egypt celebrates reopening 3,400-year-old Avenue of the Sphinxes - "Egypt celebrated the reopening of the ancient Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor on Thursday night, a 2.7-kilometer (1.7-mile) road that connects two temple complexes in the area, the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak."
• Egypt mummies pass through Cairo in ancient rulers' parade - "The lavish, multimillion-dollar spectacle saw 22 mummies - 18 kings and four queens - transported from the peach-coloured, neo-classical Egyptian Museum to their new resting place 5km (three miles) away."
• Egypt pharaoh's 'solar boat' moved to Giza museum - In pictures - "An impressive ancient Egyptian boat from the time of the pharaohs has been transported to its new home at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza due to open this year near the Pyramids."
• Egyptian Officials Claim They’ve Found Alexander the Great’s Tomb - "An Egyptian official has claimed that he has evidence that Alexander the Great’s tomb is in Siwa, Egypt, the Egypt Independent reported on Friday. The report says that Mohamed Omran, the director of Siwa’s Tourism Department, 'announced evidence suggesting the potential discovery of the tomb of alexander the Great might be in the Marai area.'"
• Eiffel Tower reopens to visitors after strike by workers who complained of rust - "Paris attraction was closed for six days after union criticised operator for seeking ‘short-term profitability’. The Eiffel Tower has reopened to visitors after a six-day strike by employees demanding changes to the landmark's business model and better maintenance of the 330m (1,083ft) structure, which is showing widespread traces of rust."
• Elgin's casts of Parthenon marbles reveal details since lost from statues - "Findings could shine fresh light on some of the most celebrated monuments in classical art."
• European Heritage Days - European Heritage Days (EHD) is a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission involving all 50 signatory states of the European Cultural Convention under the motto, Europe: a common heritage. The annual programme offers opportunities to visit buildings, monuments and sites, many of which are not normally accessible to the public. It aims to widen access and foster care for architectural and environmental heritage. These events are also known as Doors Open Days and Open Doors Days in English-speaking countries.
• EUROPEANA - since 2008. "Think Culture." Currently provides access to over 50 million objects from European libraries, museums, archives, galleries, and audiovisual collections. More than 3,500 heritage institutions contribute cultural content in Europeana. Their number and geographic coverage are steadily growing.
• Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius Wasn't Pompeii's Only Killer - "While the volcano’s eruption was deadly, research shows that many people in the ancient Roman city died in building collapses from the earthquake associated with the outburst."
• EVERY WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN ONE HOLIDAY - 962 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE sites - VeryFirstTo.com.
• Exceptionally well-preserved snack bar unearthed in Pompeii - "The frescoed thermopolium, a Roman-era fast-food stall, is the first to be fully excavated."
• Experience The Met, Anywhere - 5,000 years of art online. How do you want to experience it today? The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
• Farnese collection - the classical sculptures in the Farnese Collection, one aspect of this large art collection, are one of the first collections of artistic items from Greco-Roman Antiquity. It includes some of the most influential classical works, including the sculptures that were part of the Farnese Marbles, their collection of statuary. The works are now displayed in the Naples National Archaeological Museum in Naples and the British Museum in London.
• French museum discovers half of its collection are fakes - The Telegraph.
• German library pays £2.5m for 'friendship book', 400 years after it first tried to buy it - "Philipp Hainhofer’s Das Große Stammbuch, signed by influential 17th-century Europeans, acquired by Herzog August Bibliothek."
• Getty Search Gateway - allows users to search across several of the Getty repositories, including collections databases, library catalogs, collection inventories, and archival finding aids.
• GLAM - acronym for "galleries, libraries, archives, and museums".
• GOOGLE ART PROJECT - "Powered by Google". Online compilation of high-resolution images of artworks from galleries worldwide, as well as a virtual tour of the galleries in which they are housed.
• Google’s New App Brings Hundreds of Museums to Your Phone - Wired.
• Hadrian’s Wall is revealing a hidden side of Roman history - "While most of us think of Pompeii and Herculaneum if we’re thinking of everyday objects preserved from ancient Rome, this outpost in the wild north of the empire is home to some of the most extraordinary finds."
• Hadrian’s Wall Path - "Follow in the footsteps of Romans and trek alongside an ancient monument on a coast to coast walk across northern England."
• Hagia Sophia: Former Istanbul museum to open for Muslim worshippers - "Friday prayers are to be held at Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia building for the first time since the celebrated museum was turned back into a mosque."
• Happiness Museum looks at brighter feelings in uncertain times - "Why some countries are happier than others."
• Historical Hitler Sites - "This website gives information about the exact locations of historical Hitler sites. The places Adolf Hitler grew up, the houses he lived in, the trips he made and the halls he spoke in: most of them can be found back on the Hitler Pages."
• Hoard of silver coins dating from Norman Conquest is Britain’s most valuable treasure find ever - "The 2,584 silver pennies date from around 1066-1068, spanning one of the most turbulent periods in English history as the country was successfully invaded for the last time during the Norman Conquest."
• Hong Kong's richest man opens $380M Buddhist museum - "Hong Kong's richest man is opening a multi-million-dollar Buddhist art museum at a monastery in the territory."
• How a long dead language was decoded from a broken slab of stone - "Much of what we now take for granted about this world of mummies, pyramids and tombs had for centuries remained shrouded in silence until French soldiers stumbled upon a broken slab of an inscribed stone in 1799."
• How are Rome's monuments still standing? - "Nearly 2,000 years on, how are the Colosseum and the Pantheon still standing despite earthquakes, floods and military conflicts?"
• How did ancient Egyptians stack those heavy stones of the oldest pyramid? Scientists float new theory - "The Step Pyramid of Djoser, Egypt's oldest pyramid, could have been built using hydraulic lift technology, according to a new study."
• How does a UNESCO World Heritage rating affect a tourist destination? - "The will-they-or-won't-they tug of war between Australia and UNESCO over the latter's discussion of whether to add the Great Barrier Reef to the official list of 'sites in danger' turned into a full-on soap opera, complete with ambassadors going on a press junket."
• How King Tut exhibitions became a multimillion-dollar industry - "In 1922, Howard Carter made the most exciting archaeological discovery of the 20th century. Working with backing from George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, the Egyptologist uncovered a tomb just west of Luxor and the Nile River, in the Valley of the Kings."
• how Nasa technology uncovered the 'megacity' of Angkor - The Guardian.
• How science is uncovering the secrets of Stonehenge - "If you see the majestic stones on Salisbury Plain as an emblem of England, think again. A major new British Museum exhibition connects them to many points and cultures across Europe through 1,500 years of immigration."
• How to Get the Most out of Visiting World-Famous Sites - The New York Times.
• Human remains in tomb are best-preserved ever found in Pompeii - "Former slave who rose through the social ranks was interred at necropolis of Porta Sarno before AD79."
• Hundreds of Roman gold coins found in basement of old theater - CNN style.
• Iceland's tiny museums - and the joy of niche collections - "Landmark galleries are great, but there’s a fascination and immediacy about the small, offbeat museums scattered across the Icelandic countryside."
• Incredible treasures washed up on beaches - "From the classic shipwrecks and buried treasure chests to the slightly more unusual 'whale vomit' and a civil war cannonball, read on to see some of the amazing treasures that have been found washed up on the world's beaches."
• Inside the $128 million heist that shocked the world & the police chase that followed - "It took at least nine hard blows from an ax to smash the glass case in Dresden's historic Green Vault. Once the glass shattered, the two masked thieves grabbed 21 priceless diamond-studded artifacts and disappeared."
• International Committee of the Blue Shield | ICBS - founded in 1996 "to work to protect the world's cultural heritage threatened by wars and natural disasters". It has been described as the "Cultural Red Cross", and its name derives from the usage of the blue shield as specified in the 1954 Hague Convention on Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict.
• ID-Art mobile app - Interpol - "Our first-ever app, called ID-Art, uses cutting-edge image-recognition software to help identify stolen cultural property, reduce illicit trafficking, and increase the chances of recovering stolen items."
• If the Queen has nothing to hide, she should tell us what artefacts she owns - "The royal family has a history of acquiring looted objects, so its exemption from a law protecting cultural heritage raises questions."
• International Museum Day (IMD) - since 1977. International day held annually on or around 18 May, coordinated by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). The event highlights a specific theme which changes every year to reflect the basis of the international museum community's preoccupations. Each year, all museums in the world are invited to participate in IMD to promote the role of museums around in the world, creating unique, enjoyable and free activities around a theme discussed within the ICOM community for this special day.
• Iran's sites of cultural importance In pictures - "Following the assassination of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, US President Donald Trump has threatened to respond to any Iranian retaliation by attacking Iranian cultural sites. There are hundreds of such sites with historical significance in Iran, more than 20 with Unesco World Heritage status. Here is a selection of some of the most important."
• Iraq’s ancient buildings are being destroyed by climate change - "Iraq is known as the cradle of civilisation. It was here that agriculture was born, some of the world’s oldest cities were built. Water shortages leading to rising salt concentrations and sandstorms are eroding world’s ancient sites."
• Ireland's priceless treasure hidden by monks - "One of the most exciting archaeological finds in the history of Irish art was unearthed on Tipperary's Derrynaflan Island by a man and his son using metal detectors."
• iron pillar in India has been exposed to the elements for over 1,600 years. So why hasn’t it ever rusted? - "Iside New Delhi’s UNESCO-listed Qutb Minar complex - a collection of historic monuments and buildings built in the early 13th century in the city’s southern Mehrauli district - one mysterious structure stands as a testament to this very enigma."
• 'Irreplaceable' artifacts worth more than $1.4 million stolen from English castle - "Among the stolen artifacts were coronation cups and the gold rosary beads carried by Mary, Queen of Scots when she was executed in 1587 by order of her English cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. Police said the rosary beads are an 'irreplaceable' piece of national heritage."
• Israel unveils parts of Herod's palace Herodium buried by Judean king - "Herodium, a hugely popular tourism destination, is near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank but falls in an area where Israel exercises full military and civilian control."
• It's time for museums to return their stolen treasures - "No less than 90% of African cultural property resides in European museums, according to a report commissioned by French President Emmanuel Macron, who has decided that much of it must be returned. However, the British Museum has refused to give back to Greece the half of the Parthenon Marbles stolen by Lord Elgin."
• Italian court blocks loan of Leonardo's famed 'Vitruvian Man' to Louvre - "Culture and heritage group Italia Nostra argued that Leonardo's "Vitruvian Man" sketch was too fragile to be transported to the Louvre, where it was expected to be included in an exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of the artist's death."
• Italy's new ruins: heritage sites being lost to neglect & looting - "Overgrown and weathered, many historical monuments are disappearing as public funds for culture fail to match modern Italy’s inheritance."
• Italy's plan to save Venice from sinking - "Venice is at risk of succumbing to its sinking foundations and rising sea levels. To avert disaster, the city is making changes."
• Japan's best castles to visit at least once - "During Japan's Sengoku "Warring States" era (1467-1615), castles were constructed, bolstered and fortified all across the Japanese archipelago, resulting in approximately 5,000 individual keeps."
• Julius Caesar: Square where Julius Caesar was killed will open to public in Rome - "Tourists in the city will be able to examine the spot where the Roman dictator was said to have been murdered."
• King Tut Died Long Ago, but the Debate About His Tomb Rages On - "Maybe the walls are disguising the undiscovered burial chamber of Nefertiti. Or 'maybe it’s Al Capone’s safe.'"
• Large Roman fort built by Caligula discovered near Amsterdam - "Fortified camp for thousands of soldiers thought to have been used by Emperor Claudius during conquest of Britain in AD43."
• Leaning Tower of Pisa loses some of its tilt - "The Leaning Tower of Pisa has slowly started defying its name, losing four centimeters of its tilt over the past 17 years."
• Legion: life in the Roman army - one of 'the most powerful' British Museum exhibitions - "This 'gripping' new exhibition explores how Rome built its vast empire 'on military might'. The only complete surviving legionary long shield on display."
• Leonardo da Vinci five centuries on: Louvre in Paris opens long-awaited exhibition - "It took more than a decade to prepare and was almost thwarted by a diplomatic row. Now, one of the world's most expensive art exhibitions - to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death - is finally opening to the public."
• LIST OF LANDMARKS - a comprehensive list of major landmarks around the world.
• LIST OF MAGIC MUSEUMS - Wikipedia.
• List of monuments historiques in Paris - "The term monument historique is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, garden, bridge, or other structure, because of their importance to France's architectural and historical cultural heritage. Both public and privately owned structures may be listed in this way, as well as also movable objects."
• LISTS OF THE WORLDS MUSEUMS BY COUNTRY - Wikipedia.
• London museum to return 72 Benin treasures to Nigeria - "Horniman museum is first government-funded institution to hand back artefacts looted by British forces in 1897."
• London's blue plaques - since 1866. "Across the capital over 950 plaques, on buildings humble and grand, honour the notable men and women who have lived or worked in them." Permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.
• London's 'lost' palaces - "A royal tour of London's best palaces and parks with historian Tracy Borman. From hidden spots at the Tower of London to the 'lost' and little-known Jewel Tower, Tracy Borman shares her tips and tricks for getting the most out of London's royal sites."
• Long-lost jewelry from King Tut's tomb rediscovered a century later - "Some of this jewelry may have been taken out of Egypt by Howard Carter, the British archaeologist who led the excavation that uncovered the tomb."
• Looted landmarks: how Notre-Dame, Big Ben & St Mark's were stolen from the east - "They are beacons of western civilisation. But, says an explosive new book, the designs of Europe’s greatest buildings were plundered from the Islamic world - twin towers, rose windows, vaulted ceilings and all."
• Louvre debuts its biggest ever Leonardo exhibition - "Biggest Leonardo da Vinci show ever opens (But without two key paintings)."
• Lutetian Limestone - a variety of limestone particular to the Paris, France, area. It has been a source of wealth as an economic and versatile building material since ancient Roman times and has contributed markedly to the unique visual appeal of the “City of Light”. Between the 17th and 19th centuries, Lutetian limestone was extracted by tunneling through hill-sides south of Paris. The stone comprises many of the grandest Paris buildings from the 17th century onwards, including parts of the Louvre, the Place de la Concorde and Les Invalides.
• Machu Picchu: Inca site ‘has gone by wrong name for over 100 years’ - "Peruvian historian and US archaeologist say the pre-Columbian town was called Huayna Picchu by the Inca people."
• Mapped: All the world's 1,031 World Heritage Sites - The Telegraph.
• Marie Antoinette's Versailles apartments on display - "After three years of renovation, French Queen Marie Antoinette's apartments are to reopen to the public at the Château of Versailles."
• MEMORY OF THE WORLD - UNESCO's programme aiming at preservation and dissemination of valuable archive holdings and library collections worldwide.
• Metal detectorists find 2,000-year-old Iron Age gold treasure in Welsh first - "The 15 coins, which have been declared treasure, are known as staters. They were found the Welsh island of Anglesey, off the northwest coast of the country’s mainland. Struck between 60 BC and 20 BC, the coins belonged to the Corieltavi tribe, who at the time inhabited the geographical area that is now England’s East Midlands, according to a National Museum Wales press release."
• METRO MUSEUMS - an international list of metro / subway, railway and tram museums.
• ‘Moai designs are getting lost’: extreme weather chips away at Easter Island statues - "Experts call for conservation action as the features on Rapa Nui’s famous monoliths are eroded by fire and rain."
• Mona Lisa is moving - what does it take to keep her safe? - "She's one of the world's most recognisable faces, with a smile that's been printed on mugs, bags and T-shirts across the globe. But she's only left her country a handful of times, and has stayed in the same room for 14 years."
• most overrated tourist attractions based on TripAdvisor reviews - INSIDER.
• mummies' secrets uncovered in Egypt - The Guardian.
• museum culture: take your time - "The crowds being hurried through galleries too often miss out on the experience they came for - but opportunities remain."
• Museums Are Cashing In on NFTs - "There’s money to be made, though most institutions are wary of getting involved."
• Museums, the New Social Media Darlings - The New York Times.
• Mystery of why Roman buildings have survived so long has been unraveled, scientists say - "They found that white chunks in the concrete, referred to as lime clasts, gave the concrete the ability to heal cracks that formed over time. The white chunks previously had been overlooked as evidence of sloppy mixing or poor-quality raw material."
• Naples' new tourist site rewrites ancient history - "Opening in June, the Ipogeo dei Cristallini - Hypogeum of Cristallini Street - is part of an ancient cemetery, located just outside the walls of Neapolis, as the city was called 2,300 years ago."
• Nefertiti’s Undiscovered Tomb May Be Near Tutankhamun’s Burial Place, Former British Museum Curator Says - "Speaking to the Guardian, Nicholas Reeves, who formerly worked in that London institution’s Egyptian antiquities department, argued that Nefertiti may have buried in a hidden area near the burial chamber of her stepson Tutankhamun. His suggestion is still only just a theory, however, as radar scanning failed to prove it as the truth."
• New discovery throws light on mystery of pyramids' construction - "Egyptologists stumble across ramp that helps explain how huge blocks of stones were hauled into place."
• New Palmyra - "Join us in making #NEWPALMYRA reality!"
• NEW SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD - Wikipedia.
• New York City's 9/11 Tribute Museum closes its doors for good, citing financial losses during the pandemic - "The museum opened in 2006 and provided information about 9/11 and the 'unprecedented rescue and recovery operations and the rebuilding of both Lower Manhattan and of people's lives,' according to their website."
• New York’s Arts for All - "A library card opens the door to culture in New York."
• Norway’s Sverresborg castle: Scientists say skeletal remains found in castle well belong to figure from 800-year-old saga - "Researchers have connected the identity of skeletal remains found in a well at Norway’s Sverresborg castle to a passage in a centuries-old Norse text. The 800-year-old Sverris saga, which follows the story of the real-life King Sverre Sigurdsson, includes the tossing of the body of a dead man - later known as 'Well-man' - down a well during a military raid in central Norway in 1197."
• Not Your Average Autograph Collection - The New York Times.
• Notre-Dame Cathedral on track to reopen in 2024 - "The Notre-Dame Cathedral is on track to open its doors to worshippers and the public in 2024, says France's culture minister. The 13th Century Paris monument caught fire in April 2019, sparking a vast outpouring of emotion. Since then, a huge restoration project has been carried out aiming to restore it to its previous design."
• Notre Dame: Cathedral's spire will be restored to 19th Century design - "The spire of Notre Dame cathedral, which was destroyed in a fire last April, will be restored according to the original Gothic design. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the decision, putting an end to speculation that the spire would be rebuilt in a modern style."
• Notre Dame: Coronations, protests & tightrope artists: Iconic images from Notre Dame’s history ahead of reopening - "For hundreds of years, Notre Dame was the backdrop to some of French history’s defining moments. On Friday, the cathedral itself will play the lead role as France’s President Emmanuel Macron visits the building ahead of its official reopening the following weekend. It will be the first glimpse inside the gothic church returned to its former glory, after a devastating fire five years ago and a $700 million euro ($738 million) restoration project."
• Notre-Dame fire lead pollution endangered life, lawsuit claims - "Parisian authorities are facing legal action over the health threat from toxic lead particles released during the fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral. Hundreds of tonnes of lead within the cathedral's roof melted during the blaze in 2019. It released toxic particles into the air, which settled in the local area."
• Notre Dame rector: Fragile cathedral might not be saved - "The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there’s a '50% chance' the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year’s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument."
• Notre Dame spire must be rebuilt exactly as it was, says chief architect - "After fierce debate about 19th-century spire, consensus builds over restoration of fire-torn cathedral."
• Notre-Dame: The story of the fire in graphics & images - "An investigation has begun into the fire that swept through the medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, destroying its roof and spire. Much of the roof was covered in scaffolding as part of a big renovation programme, which is being investigated as a possible cause of the blaze."
• Oldest buildings in UAE discovered, dating back 8,500 years - "Archaeologists in the United Arab Emirates have uncovered the country's oldest known buildings, dating back at least 8,500 years. This is more than 500 years older than the previous record-breaking discoveries, according to Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism in a press release Thursday."
• On a Remote Mountain, the ‘Sistine Chapel of Socialism’ Awaits Its Fate - "An enormous monument to the Communist Party in Bulgaria is now a decrepit ruin. The country is wrestling with how to deal with a symbol of an unwanted and, in many ways, deeply ugly past."
• Open Content Program - The Getty. "The Getty makes available, without charge, all available digital images (approx. 4,600) to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose. No permission is required."
• Oracle of Delphi, Greece - "The Oracle of Delphi, the Pythia, who was also referred to as the sibyl, was a priestess who would prophesy from the tripod in the sunken adyton of the Temple of Apollo. The god himself was believed to speak through this oracle."
• Origins of the 30000-year-old Venus of Willendo solved - "The Venus of Willendorf is a 4.4-inch Venus figurine, found in 1908 at a Palaeolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria. In a new study published by the University of Vienna in collaboration with Vienna’s Natural History Museum, researchers applied high-resolution tomography, suggesting that the Venus originates from a region in northern Italy."
• Over 100 previously unknown Iron Age settlements found north of Hadrian's Wall - "The 134 sites correspond to Indigenous settlements that date to Roman occupation. A study detailing the findings published Tuesday in the journal Antiquity."
• Paris' Eiffel Tower is reportedly badly in need of repairs - "The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne. The wrought-iron 324-meter (1,063 ft) high tower, built by Gustave Eiffel in the late 19th century, is among the most visited tourist sites in the world, welcoming about six million visitors each year."
• Parthenon: Colourful beauty of Parthenon marbles revealed in scientific analysis - "Innovative scanning techniques show painting of sculptures was potentially as intricate as their carving. Though the Parthenon marbles were admired for centuries for their stark white brilliance, it has long been known that the sculptures were originally brightly painted, before millennia of weathering, cannon bombardment, rough handling and overenthusiastic cleaning scoured them clean."
• Perfectly preserved ancient Roman mosaic floor discovered in Italy - "A beautiful and remarkably well preserved mosaic floor from ancient Rome has been discovered by archaeologists in northern Italy."
• Peru opens Machu Picchu ruins for one tourist - "Japanese tourist waited almost seven months to enter Inca citadel while trapped in country during coronavirus pandemic."
• Pompeii: Archaeologists uncover tiny house in Pompeii with intact elaborate frescoes - "Archaeologists have uncovered a tiny house in Pompeii that is filled with elaborate - and sometimes erotic - frescoes, further revealing the ornate way in which Romans decorated their homes."
• Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city - "Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79. Archaeologists say the frescos are among the finest to be found in the ruins of the ancient site."
• Pompeii dig unearths fighting fresco in 'gladiators' tavern' - "Well-preserved find on wall beneath stairwell is latest discovery at Regio V site."
• Pompeii is limiting its daily visitor numbers - "Authorities at Pompeii in southern Italy are introducing a daily limit of 20,000 visitors as part of efforts to protect the ancient site. The measure, which will come into force from November 15, will see the introduction of personalized tickets bearing the name of each visitor, according to a statement from the Pompeii archaeological park published Friday."
• Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented recycling - "Excavations reveal that rubbish left outside the city walls wasn’t just dumped. It was being collected, sorted and resold."
• Pompeii victims aren't who we thought they were, DNA analysis reveals - "An ancient-DNA analysis of victims in Pompeii who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption reveals some unusual relations between the people who died together."
• Pompeii's destruction date could be wrong - "Vesuvius eruption may have been later than thought."
• Pompeii's House of Lovers reopens to public after 40 years - "Jewel of ancient Roman city was severely damaged by destructive earthquake in 1980."
• Rare example of Roman crucifixion unearthed in UK - "Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe is the first example of a crucifixion in northern Europe. The skeleton of a man with a nail through his heel was discovered in Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire, east England, by experts from Albion Archaeology, it was revealed Wednesday."
• RED TOURISM - definition & explanation.
• Restored Pompeii house offers extraordinary glimpse into life in Italy's ancient city - "A Pompeii house most likely owned and filled with ancient art by two freed slaves is open to the public after 20 years of restoration."
• Roman creations that still amaze us today - "Rome might not have built ancient history's biggest empire - a shout out to Genghis for that one - but it was undoubtedly the most enduring and influential. That's because Roman passions for outrageous, oversized architecture went hand in hand with detailed record-keeping and relentless imperial PR. As a result not only have a huge number of landmark sites survived to this day, but we also know a lot about them."
• Roman Empire: Why are men obsessed with the Roman Empire? - "History expert says it’s a ‘very American thing’. NatGeo's Amy Briggs says men are compelled by the era due to interest in engineering and military: 'Full of good stories'."
• Rome authorities tackle Colosseum rat infestation - "Tourists have posted videos on social media showing the rodents roaming close to the ancient amphitheatre."
• Roman ruins around the world: 10 spectacular sites that aren't in Italy - Traveller.
• Rome’s Colosseum to gain hi-tech arena floor - "Retractable floor will allow visitors to see the ‘majesty of the monument’ from its centre, says culture minister."
• Rome's Future Is a Walk Through Its Past - "City officials kicked off a new project to create a monumental, pedestrian-friendly, archaeological area downtown, but some critics worry the plans puts tourists before residents. 'Italy is working to make the most of what is arguably the most important concentration of history, archaeology, art and nature in the world.'"
• Russia's "eighth wonder of the world" - "Coveted by Russian royalty, the jewel-studded Amber Room disappeared during World War Two. But two clues gave it new life."
• Scientists may have solved mystery behind Egypt's pyramids - "Scientists believe they may have solved the mystery of how 31 pyramids, including the world-famous Giza complex, were built in Egypt more than 4,000 years ago. A research team from the University of North Carolina Wilmington has discovered that the pyramids are likely to have been built along a long-lost, ancient branch of the River Nile - which is now hidden under desert and farmland."
• Scientists Solve Mystery of High Quality Sound at Theater of Epidaurus - "The ancient mystery of the great sound quality at the ancient Greek theater of Epidaurus has finally been solved, researchers posit in a recent study."
• Seeing a Cash Cow in Museums’ Precious Art - The New York Times.
• 'Sensational' Egypt find offers clues in hunt for Cleopatra’s tomb - "She was the fabled queen of ancient Egypt, immortalised over thousands of years as a beautiful seductress. But, despite her fame, Cleopatra’s tomb is one of the great unsolved mysteries."
• Silk Roads review - mesmerising show turns world history upside down - "The British Museum's mesmerising Silk Roads does, by showing how Asia, Europe and north Africa shared their cultures more than a millennium ago."
• Stendhal syndrome: The travel syndrome that causes panic - "Affecting travellers every year, this bizarre phenomenon sees visitors to Florence suffer psychological breakdowns after being overwhelmed by the city's abundance of great art."
• Stonehenge: DNA reveals origin of builders - "The ancestors of the people who built Stonehenge travelled west across the Mediterranean before reaching Britain, a study has shown."
• Stonehenge megalith came from Scotland, not Wales, ‘jaw-dropping’ study finds - "In a discovery described by one of the scientists involved as 'genuinely shocking', new analysis has found that the largest 'bluestone' at Stonehenge was dragged or floated to the site from the very north-east corner of Scotland - a distance of at least 466 miles (about 750km)."
• Stonehenge: Rare lunar event to shed light on Stonehenge’s links to the moon - "The rising and setting of the sun at Stonehenge, especially during the summer and winter solstices, continues to evoke joy, fascination and religious devotion. Archaeologists and astronomers to study Wiltshire site’s lesser understood connection to the moon."
• Stonehenge tale gets ‘weirder’ as Orkney is ruled out as altar stone origin - "Weeks after revelation that megalith came from Scotland, researchers make surprise discovery."
• Strange Metal From Beyond Our Planet Found in Ancient Treasure Stash - "A dull bracelet and a rusted hollow hemisphere decorated with gold are forged, researchers have found, not out of metal from beneath the ground, but with iron from meteorites that fell from the sky."
• Stunning footage shows restoration work on Notre Dame - "Two years after a fire devastated the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, CNN's Melissa Bell goes inside the cathedral to uncover the hard restoration work going on behind the scenes?"
• Surprise! The world's oldest mummies are not in Egypt - "Oldest mummies found in driest place on Earth."
• Table of World Heritage Sites by country - Wikipedia.
• Take a Virtual Tour of the World’s Largest Circular Tomb, Augustus’ Mausoleum - "The Roman landmark will reopen in 2021 after a 13-year restoration."
• The American who bought London Bridge - "The bridge that crossed an ocean."
• The Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo - "The interment of a ship at Sutton Hoo represents the most impressive medieval grave to be discovered in Europe."
• The best of ancient Egypt - "Egypt's ancient discoveries keep coming."
• The Brazil Museum Fire: What Was Lost - "Some items in the collection are irreplaceable to science, as well as the country’s national memory."
• The Cultivist - "The world’s only global arts club offering uniquely privileged access to every aspect of the art world." With a single card, you glide through museums, galleries and art fairs worldwide: no tickets, no bookings, no complications.
• The Cultivist’s Top 12 International Hidden Art Gems - The New York Times.
• The Da Vinci mystery: why is his $450m masterpiece really being kept under wraps? - "When the unveiling of the long-lost Salvator Mundi was cancelled last month, there were cries of fake. But is there more to the controversy surrounding the world’s most expensive painting?"
• The grim truth behind Britain's stately homes - "Many of these country estates are indelibly linked to brutal legacies of slavery and colonialism. And while their grim origins may have been previously overlooked, they're now facing a new level of scrutiny that - amid raging debates over how Britain reckons with its imperial past - has exploded into its own cultural conflict."
• The hidden history of Versailles - "Louis XIV's iconic "bachelor pad" is one of the most-visited palaces in the world. But to understand his vision for the place, leave the crowds, head outside and hop on a bike."
• The Knight Templar's secret tunnels - "The 'Vatican' of the Templars? Hidden within sight of a Unesco-inscribed Templar castle, this tiny church may just be one of the world’s most important - if overlooked - haunts of the mysterious order."
• The London secrets sunk in the Thames - "'Mudlarks' play a vital role in preserving London’s history by picking up objects washed out of the River Thames’ mud, from woolly mammoth teeth to Roman lamps to Tudor rings."
• The Most Stolen Artwork of All Time - "When an entire cathedral has been searched six times and its floor x-rayed 10 meters deep to try and find a stolen painting, you know it's an important work of art that's gone missing."
• The museum of everything: do you have time to look at 150,000 exhibits? - "In a world first, Rotterdam’s Boijmans museum has put its entire collection on display in a mammoth new warehouse. As the V&A considers a similar experiment, is this ‘open storage’ model the future?"
• The mystery of the human sacrifices buried in Europe's bogs - "Uncannily well-preserved bodies from the ancient world occasionally surface Northern Europe's bogs. Stranger even than their remarkable preservation is the disturbing manner of their deaths."
• The mystery that still surrounds the Shroud of Turin - CNN travel.
• The ‘New Seven Wonders of the World’ - The New York Times.
• The Pantheon: The ancient building still being used after 2,000 years - "When visitors walk into the Pantheon in Rome and encounter its colossal dome, they may experience the same theatricality as its guests nearly 2,000 years ago."
• The race against time to save Pompeii - "What visitors often don't realize is that only two thirds (44 hectares) of ancient Pompeii have been excavated. The rest - 22 hectares - are still covered in debris from the eruption almost 2,000 years ago. And while it's long been agreed in the international community that it's best to leave the rest untouched - funds are better spent on the upkeep of what has already been excavated - in 2017, archaeologists began to excavate a new section."
• The Rothschild Archive - established in 1978 by Victor, 3rd Lord Rothschild.
• ‘The scent of eternal life’ resurrects an ancient Egyptian aroma - "Some of our strongest memories can be rooted in scents and sounds. However, opportunities to connect with bygone sounds or smells have been more rare - until now."
• The secret underground bunker which helped win World War II - "Some 73 feet below the traffic and bustle of London's Piccadilly lies a silent warren of corridors and pitch-black rooms, rarely seen, rarely visited, but which played a vital role in the course of 20th-century history. Now, the opportunity has come round again to slip behind the door of the abandoned Down Street Tube station and descend by torchlight into the World War II hideaway from which campaigns such as the D-Day landings and the Dunkirk evacuation were coordinated."
• The secrets of London's most famous bridges - CNN travel.
• The world's most unusual museums - The Telegraph.
• The secret to skipping the queues at the world's most crowded attractions - The Telegraph.
• These are the world’s most beautiful museums - "Return to travel by seeing 14 architectural marvels, from a building that tracks the sun to a donut-shaped cultural center."
• This 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt's Great Pyramid - "Archaeologists have long wondered exactly how the ancient Egyptians constructed the world's biggest pyramid, the Great Pyramid. Now, they may have discovered the system used to haul massive stone blocks into place some 4,500 years ago."
• This is what ancient statues really looked like - "'Gods in Color' returns antiquities to their original, colorful grandeur."
• This is what Thomas Cromwell's 16th-century London mansion might have looked like - "The luxurious 16th-century London mansion that belonged to King Henry VIII of England's notorious chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, has been recreated for the first time."
• Titanic: Rarely seen Titanic artefacts kept in secret warehouse - "A handbag made from alligator skin and tiny vials of perfume that still release a potent scent are just some of the precious artefacts recovered from the world’s most famous shipwreck - the Titanic."
• Top Monuments to See at the Acropolis of Athens - "Thought to be inhabited as far back as 5,000 BC, the Acropolis and its monuments largely remain in suitable condition to this day. Archaeological ruins at the Acropolis include temples, statues, sanctuaries, altars, theaters, and even fountains. If you visit, it's well worth taking the time to appreciate some of the more remarkable sites."
• Tourist snaps the toes off 19th-century statue while posing for photo - "The 200-year-old plaster cast model of Antonio Canova's statue of Paolina Bonaparte was damaged in the incident on July 31 at the Gipsoteca Museum in Possagno, northern Italy, Treviso Carabinieri, the local law enforcement agency, told CNN."
• Treasures found by the British public - in pictures - "The British public have discovered hundreds of thousands of archaeological objects, and the British Museum has revealed that the number recorded by its Portable Antiquities Scheme has hit a milestone 1.5m. These finds have radically transformed what we know about life through time on the British Isles."
• Triple-decker: how the Mary Rose had room for 500 men - "A new book shows how, to house its massive crew, Henry VIII’s favourite warship had one more deck than was originally thought."
• Tube of Ancient Red Lipstick Unearthed in Iran - "New research suggests the nearly 4,000-year-old cosmetic may be among the oldest discoveries of its kind."
• Tutankhamun's inspiring 21st Century afterlife - "'Everywhere the glint of gold.' This is how the British archaeologist Howard Carter infamously recalled his first impression of the dazzling, treasure-filled tomb of Tutankhamun."
• Tutankhamun's last legacy emerges near the pyramids - "Inside the final resting place of Tutankhamun's treasures."
• Tutankhamun's tomb: Evidence grows for hidden chamber - BBC News.
• UNESCO Just Added 24 New World Heritage Sites for 2024 - "Including remarkable archaeological sites in South Africa and Brazil's stunning Lençóis Maranhenses National Park. In total, there are 1223 properties on the list spanning nearly 170 nations."
• UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE LIST - "As of July 2024, a total of 1,223 World Heritage Sites (952 cultural, 231 natural and 40 mixed cultural and natural properties) exist across 168 countries. With 60 selected areas, Italy is the country with the most sites, followed by China with 59, and Germany with 54."
• Vatican's Secret Archives no longer officially secret after renaming - "Pope says new name for trove of priceless papers will be the Vatican Apostolic Archives."
• Via Francigena - common name of an ancient road and pilgrim route running from the cathedral city of Canterbury in England, through France to Rome and Apulia, where there were the ports of embarkation for the Holy Land. The route passes through England, France, Switzerland and Italy. In medieval times it was an important road and pilgrimage route for those wishing to visit the Holy See and the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul.
• Villa Windsor: Inside the opulent home of abdicated British King & his wife - "French home of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson to become a museum. The run-down Villa Windsor in the Boulogne woods of western Paris will open as a museum next year to coincide with the Paris Olympics, following a multi-million euro renovation."
• Voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy reproduced by 3-D printing a vocal tract - "The team were able to accurately reproduce a single sound, which sounds a bit like a long, exasperated 'meh' without the 'm.'"
• Want to See All the Vermeers in the World? Now’s Your Chance - "Meet Vermeer, a new augmented-reality app from the Mauritshuis museum and Google, is a virtual museum containing images of all authenticated Vermeer paintings."
• What makes a message live forever? - "The messages that survived civilisation's collapse. The Sumerians, Maya and other ancient cultures created texts that have lasted hundreds and even thousands of years. Here's what they can teach us about crafting an immortal message."
• When your home becomes a tourist attraction - "When private homes - and the people who live in them - become tourist attractions, clashes can occur. In more rural areas, people can put up fences or other barriers to access, but when these private homes are on public streets in some of the world’s busiest cities, what’s a resident to do?"
• Who really discovered Tutankhamun's tomb? - "Howard Carter lead the team of archaeologists in finding Tutankhamun's tomb, but not much is said about the Egyptians who helped him. On the 100th anniversary of the discovery, an exhibition at the University of Oxford in the UK showcases some forgotten stories."
• Why do so many Egyptian statues have broken noses? - "The ancient Egyptians, it's important to note, ascribed important powers to images of the human form. They believed that the essence of a deity could inhabit an image of that deity, or, in the case of mere mortals, part of that deceased human being's soul could inhabit a statue inscribed for that particular person. These campaigns of vandalism were therefore intended to 'deactivate an image's strength,'.
• Why is the Taj Mahal crumbling? - "The Taj Mahal is India's most famous building, attracting millions of tourists. But a combination of neglect and pollution is threatening its existence."
• Why returning the Elgin Marbles to Greece would be madness - The Telegraph.
• Why the myths of Troy are still being told today - "The story of the epic war fought over a woman has been told many times. It now lies at the heart of an ongoing exhibition at the British Museum."
• Wonders of the World - Wikipedia.
• world’s 50 best museums - The Times.
• World's biggest dinosaur skeleton unveiled in New York - The Guardian.
• world's greatest monuments - the wrong way round - The Telegraph.
• world's largest churches - The Telegraph.
• World's most beautiful castles - CNN travel.
• World's most popular museums in 2018 - CNN travel.
• World’s top 500 sights revealed in Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Travelist 2015

Africa

Mali

Morocco

South Africa

Tunisia

Mali

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN Mali - Wikipedia.
• Great Mosque of DjennÉ - large banco or adobe building that is considered by many architects to be one of the greatest achievements of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style. The mosque is located in the city of Djenné. Along with the "Old Towns of Djenné" it was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988.

Morocco

• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN MOROCCO - Wikipedia.
• List of museums in Morocco by location & by speciality - Morocco Guide.
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• Koutoubia Mosque - ocated in the southwest medina quarter of Marrakesh. The mosque is ornamented with curved windows, a band of ceramic inlay, pointed merlons, and decorative arches; it has a large plaza with gardens, and is floodlit at night. The minaret, 77 metres (253 ft) in height, includes a spire and orbs. It was completed under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184 to 1199).
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• Majorelle Garden - twelve-acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakech. Designed by the expatriate French artist Jacques Majorelle in the 1920s and 1930s. The garden has been open to the public since 1947. Since 1980 the garden has been owned by Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé. After Yves Saint Laurent died in 2008 his ashes were scattered in the Majorelle Garden.

South Africa

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN South Africa - Wikipedia.
• Iziko Museums of South African - the museum was founded in 1825, the first in the country. The museum houses important African zoology, palaeontology and archaeology collections.
• Mandela House - house on Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, where Nelson Mandela lived from 1946 to 1962.
• Robben Island Museum - Bloubergstrand, Cape Town. From the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Nobel Laureate and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island for 18 of the 27 years he served behind bars before the fall of apartheid. Kgalema Motlanthe, who also served as President of South Africa, spent 10 years on Robben Island as a political prisoner, as did current President Jacob Zuma.

Tunisia

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN Tunisia - Wikipedia.
• Bardo National Museum - one of the most important museums of the Mediterranean basin and the second on the African continent after the Egyptian Museum.
• Great Mosque of Kairouan - one of the most important mosques in Tunisia, situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan.

Asia

Cambodia	China	India	Iran
Japan	Myanmar	Nepal	Thailand
The Philippines	Tibet	Vietnam

Cambodia

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• Angkor Wat alternative - "Exploring Cambodia’s forgotten ruins."
• ANGKOR WAT - temple complex at Angkor built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century.
• National Museum of Cambodia - Phnom Penh. Cambodia's largest museum of cultural history and is the country's leading historical and archaeological museum.

China

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• $450 million Hong Kong Palace Museum opens with trove of Forbidden City treasures - "Beijing's Palace Museum, located in the heart of the Forbidden City, contains the world's largest collection of Chinese art, spanning nearly 5,000 years of history. Now, more than 900 of those treasures are on display at the new Hong Kong Palace Museum - a 'gift' from the central government to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from British to Chinese rule."
• Archaeologists are too scared to look inside the tomb of China's first Emperor - "The tomb complex of Qin Xi Huang is famous the world over, but archaeologists are too scared to look inside."
• BEIJING'S MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
• Did the Great Wall of China work? - "Yes, but perhaps not in the way you might imagine."
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN CHINA - Wikipedia.
• OFFICIAL GUIDE OF 60+ MUSEUMS IN CHINA
• RED TOURISM - definition & explanation.
• Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding - non-profit research and breeding facility for giant pandas and other rare animals. It is located in Chengdu, Sichuan.
• GREAT WALL OF CHINA
• Hongcun - village in Yi County in the historical Huizhou region of southern Anhui Province, China, near the southwest slope of Mount Huangshan.
• NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CHINA - Beijing. The museum's mission is to educate about the arts and history of China.
• Rainbow Mountains - Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park.
• The Forbidden City - Beijing.
• The Terracotta Army Museum | Mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang - 30 kilometers east of Xi'an in Lintong District. Collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BC and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife. Discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province. The figures vary in height according to their roles, with the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Current estimates are that in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army there were over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits near by Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum.
• West Lake - freshwater lake in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in eastern China. It is divided into five sections by three causeways. There are numerous temples, pagodas, gardens, and artificial islands within the lake.
• Wuyuan - county of Jiangxi province. Home to some of the best-preserved ancient architecture in China.[citation needed] Wuyuan's structures were built in 740 during the Tang Dynasty, its remoteness and inconvenient transportation protecting its villages from too many visitors.
• Yellow Mountain - also known as Mount Huangshan, is located in the southern part of Anhui Province.
• Zhangjiajie National Forest Park - unique national forest park located in Zhangjiajie City in northern Hunan Province.

India

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• ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN INDIA - Wikipedia.
• Why India has been ordered to save the Taj Mahal - Lonely Planet.
• AGRA FORT - Uttar Pradesh.
• AMER FORT - Jaipur, Rajasthan state.
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya - Mumbai. Formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India is the main museum in Mumbai. The museum houses approximately 50,000 exhibits of ancient Indian history as well as objects from foreign lands, categorized primarily into three sections: Art, Archaeology and Natural History. The museum houses Indus Valley Civilization artefacts, and other relics from ancient India from the time of the Guptas, Mauryas, Chalukyas and Rashtrakuta.
• NATIONAL GANDHI MUSEUM - New Delhi.
• Salar Jung Museum - Nayapul, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. One of the three National Museums of India. It has a collection of sculptures, paintings, carvings, textiles, manuscripts, ceramics, metallic artefacts, carpets, clocks, and furniture from Japan, China, Burma, Nepal, India, Persia, Egypt, Europe, and North America. The museum's collection was sourced from the property of the Salar Jung family.
• TAJ MAHAL - Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan 1632–1653 in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

Iran

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• Iran's sites of cultural importance In pictures - "Following the assassination of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, US President Donald Trump has threatened to respond to any Iranian retaliation by attacking Iranian cultural sites. There are hundreds of such sites with historical significance in Iran, more than 20 with Unesco World Heritage status. Here is a selection of some of the most important."
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN IRAN - Wikipedia.
• Shah Mosque - Isfahan. Formerly known as Imam Mosque.

Japan

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• Japan's best castles to visit at least once - "During Japan's Sengoku "Warring States" era (1467-1615), castles were constructed, bolstered and fortified all across the Japanese archipelago, resulting in approximately 5,000 individual keeps."
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN JAPAN - Wikipedia.
• MUSEUMS IN JAPAN
• Ghibli Museum - Mitaka, Tokyo. Featuring the Japanese anime work of Studio Ghibli. The museum is a fine arts museum, but does not take the concept of a usual fine arts museum. With many features that are child-oriented and a sprawling and occasionally mazelike interior, the museum is a playfully created place. Centered around the motto appearing on the museum's website "Let's become lost children together".
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum - the museum exhibit presents the facts of the atomic bombing, with the aims of contributing to the abolition of nuclear weapons throughout the world, and of promoting world peace.
• TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM - the museum collects, houses, and preserves a comprehensive collection of art works and archaeological objects of Asia, focusing on Japan. The museum holds over 110,000 objects, which includes 87 Japanese National Treasure holdings and 610 Important Cultural Property holdings (as of July 2005).

Myanmar

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• Shwedagon Pagoda - officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw and also known in English as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded pagoda and stupa 99 metres (325 ft) in height that is located in Yangon, Burma.

Nepal

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN NEPAL - Wikipedia.
• Narayanhity Palace Museum - palace in Kathmandu, Nepal which long served as a primary residence for the country's monarchs. Among the 52 rooms, only 19 are open so far to the public. The rooms, named after the districts of Nepal, have their own tales to tell.

Thailand

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN BANGKOK - Wikipedia.
• BANGKOK NATIONAL MUSEUM

The Philippines

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN THE PHILIPPINES - Wikipedia.
• Metropolitan Museum of Manila
• National Museum of the Philippines - Manila.

Tibet

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• POTALA PALACE - Lhasa.
• TIBET MUSEUM - Lhasa.

Vietnam

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• HANOI MUSEUM - temple complex at Angkor built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century.

Australia & New Zealand

Australia

New Zealand

Australia

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• 10 strangest artefacts in Australian museums - sorted - "From a hangman’s journal to ‘The Poo Machine’, here are some weird, unnerving and oddly touching objects in museums around the country."
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN AUSTRALIA - Wikipedia.
• Australian Museum - Sydney, New South Wales. The oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology. It features collections of vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as mineralogy, palaeontology, and anthropology.
• Australian National Maritime Museum - Sydney, New South Wales.
• ULURU - large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia.

New Zealand

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN NEW ZEALAND - Wikipedia.
• Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Wellington.
• Museum of Wellington City & Sea - Wellington. Celebrates the city’s maritime history.

Caribbean

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Jamaica

Cuba

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN CUBA - Wikipedia.
• Finca La VigÍa - San Francisco de Paula. Ernest Hemingway's home in Cuba.

Dominican Republic

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• List of museums in the Dominican Republic - Wikipedia.
• AlcÁzar de ColÓn - or Columbus Alcazar, located in Santo Domingo, is the oldest Viceregal residence in America, and forms part of the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo World Heritage Site.

Jamaica

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• List of museums in Jamaica - Wikipedia.
• Bob Marley Museum - Kingston. Dedicated to the reggae musician Bob Marley. The museum is located at 56 Hope Road, Kingston 6, and is Bob Marley's former place of residence. It was home to the Tuff Gong record label which was founded by The Wailers in 1970.
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• Goldeneye - the late Ian Fleming's estate in Oracabessa, Jamaica. Rents for US$6,600 per night.

Central America

Belize

Costa Rica

Nicaragua

Panama

Belize

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• List of museums in Belize - Wikipedia.
• Cahal Pech - Maya site located near the Town of San Ignacio in the Cayo District of Belize.
• Museum of Belize - art and history museum in Belize City.

Costa Rica

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN costa rica - Wikipedia.
• Museo Nacional de Costa Rica - since 1887. The museum is organized thematically in a counter clockwise direction from the entrance with artifacts related to Costa Rica's geological, colonial, archaeological, religious and modern history.
• Pre-Columbian Gold Museum - the museum has a substantial collection of over 1600 artifacts of Pre-Columbian gold dating back to AD 500.

Nicaragua

• 
• List of museums in Nicaragua - Wikipedia.
• LeÓn Viejo - World Heritage Site. One of the oldest Spanish colonial settlements in the Americas. Founded on June 15, 1524 by the Spanish conquistador, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba.

Panama

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN PANAMA - Wikipedia.
• BioMuseo - designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry. "Eight galleries tell us about the origin of the Panamanian isthmus and its gigantic impact on the planet’s biodiversity."
• Panama Canal Museum - since 1997. Devoted to the history of the construction of the Panama Canal in its various stages.

Europe

Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark
England, U.K.	France	Germany	Greece
Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Monaco
Netherlands	Northern Ireland	Norway	Poland
Portugal	Romania	Russia	Scotland, U.K.
Serbia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland
Turkey	Ukraine	Vatican City

Austria

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• Austria is giving Hitler's birthplace a $5.6M facelift - "Austrian architects will transform Hitler's birthplace into a police station."
• Historical Hitler Sites: Vienna (46) - The Hitler Pages.
• List of historical sites associated with Ludwig van Beethoven - Wikipedia.
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN AUSTRIA - Wikipedia.
• MUSEUMS IN AUSTRIA BY CATEGORY
• Origins of the 30000-year-old Venus of Willendo solved - "The Venus of Willendorf is a 4.4-inch Venus figurine, found in 1908 at a Palaeolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria. In a new study published by the University of Vienna in collaboration with Vienna’s Natural History Museum, researchers applied high-resolution tomography, suggesting that the Venus originates from a region in northern Italy."
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• 007 Elements Cinematic Installation - since July 12, 2018. "The brand new James Bond Installation in Sölden, Austria stands for a cinematic peak experience. Where Daniel Craig was in front of the camera for the Spectre movie shooting, visitors will experience an unprecedented highlight for film enthusiasts from 12 July 2018 onwards. It will lead deep into the cinematic universe of the planet's most famous Secret Agent." Bergbahnen Sölden, Dorfstraße 115, 6450 Sölden, Austria.
• Ambras Castle - renaissance castle and palace located in the hills above Innsbruck.
• BEETHOVEN PASQUALATIHAUS - altogether Ludwig van Beethoven worked in Vienna for thirty-five years. Thereof he spent eight years living in this apartment on the fourth floor. Mölker Bastei 8, Vienna.
• BEETHOVEN WOHNUNG HEILIGENSTADT - this house in the Vienna suburb of Heiligenstadt is dedicated to a crucial and devastating event in the life of Ludwig van Beethoven. It recalls the "Heiligenstädter Testament" he wrote in 1802 – the letter to his two brothers which he never sent and in which he expressed his despair over his advancing deafness. Probusgasse 6, Vienna.
• Belvedere - historic building complex in Vienna, Austria, consisting of two Baroque palaces (the Upper and Lower Belvedere), the Orangery, and the Palace Stables. The buildings are set in a Baroque park landscape in the third district of the city, on the south-eastern edge of its centre. It houses the Belvedere museum.
• burg hochosterwitz - outstanding example of a medieval fortress and stronghold. Launsdorf.
• Eggenberg Palace - in Graz is the most significant Baroque palace complex in Styria. With its preserved accouterments, the extensive scenic gardens as well as some additional collections from the Universalmuseum Joanneum housed in the palace and park, Schloss Eggenberg counts among the most valuable cultural assets of Austria.
• esterhÁzy palace - one of the most beautiful baroque palaces in Austria. Eisenstadt.
• HAYDNHAUS - Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) spent the last twelve years of his life in Gumpendorf, at that time an outlying village of Vienna. Having bought his house between two periods of stay in England, he extended it by one floor, moving in aged 65 in 1797. Haydngasse 19.
• Hofburg Palace - palace located in Vienna, Austria, that has housed some of the most powerful people in European and Austrian history, including the Habsburg dynasty, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria. It was the Habsburgs' principal winter residence, as the Schönbrunn Palace was their preferred summer residence.
• Jewish Museum Vienna - museum of Jewish history, life and religion in Austria.
• JOHANN STRAUSS WOHNUNG - in 1867 in this apartment, Johann Strauss composed the world-famous waltz "The Blue Danube", Austria's "unofficial national anthem"! Strauss lived seven years on Praterstrasse, then a fashionable and elegant Viennese suburban street. Praterstraße 54 .
• Kaiservilla - the little town of Bad Ischl in Upper Austria, the former summer capital of the great Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, has been associated with the Habsburg imperial dynasty for at least 700 years. The Imperial Villa in Ischl, the Emperor's summer residence, was described by Franz Josef I as "heaven on earth" for himself and his family.
• MOZARTHAUS VIENNA - Mozart's residence from 1784 to 1787. This building in Vienna's Old Town, not far from St. Stephen's Cathedral, is his only surviving Viennese residence and is now a museum. Domgasse 5.
• Museum of Military History - (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum), Vienna.
• Museum of Natural History of Vienna - one of the important museums of the world, and the earliest collections of artifacts were begun over 250 years ago. The museum houses approximately 30 million objects.
• Schloss EsterhÁzy - palace in Eisenstadt, the capital of the Burgenland state. It was constructed in the late 13th century, and came under ownership of the Hungarian Esterházy family in 1622.
• SCHÖNBRUNN PALACE - former imperial 1,441-room Rococo summer residence in modern Vienna, Austria. One of the most important cultural monuments in the country. The palace and gardens illustrate the tastes, interests, and aspirations of successive Habsburg monarchs.
• SCHUBERT GEBURTSHAUS - this is the house where the great composer Franz Schubert was born on 31 January 1797. Nußdorfer Straße 54.
• SCHUBERT STERBEWOHNUNG - perhaps the most poignant of all the Wien Museum’s composer memorials is the house where Schubert died near Naschmarkt. Franz Schubert lived here for several weeks as his brother's guest in an apartment consisting of two rooms and a cabinet study on the second floor of the Biedermeier house, until his death on 19 November 1828. Here he composed his last works, among them the song "The Shepherd on the Rock". Kettenbrückengasse 6.
• Sigmund Freud Museum - Since 1971, the Sigmund Freud Museum has been welcoming visitors in Sigmund Freud's former office and apartment. Berggasse 19.
• Tabula Peutingeriana - (Latin for "The Peutinger Map"), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated itinerarium (an ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of cursus publicus, the road network in the Roman Empire. The map is today kept at the Austrian National Library in Vienna.

Belgium

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN BELGIUM - Wikipedia.
• MUSEUMS IN BELGIUM BY CATEGORY
• The museum of everything: do you have time to look at 150,000 exhibits? - "In a world first, Rotterdam’s Boijmans museum has put its entire collection on display in a mammoth new warehouse. As the V&A considers a similar experiment, is this ‘open storage’ model the future?"
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• Church of Our Lady, Bruges - dates mainly from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. This church is essentially "...a monument to the wealth, sophistication, taste, and devotion of this most Catholic city, whose history and faith stand today celebrated in this wonderful building." Its tower, at 115.6 metres (379 ft) in height, remains the tallest structure in the city and the second tallest brickwork tower in the world (after St. Martin's Church in Landshut, Germany).
• MUSÉE HERGÉ - Louvain-la-Neuve.
• MAS | Museum Aan de Stroom - Antwerp. The main themes of the MAS are Metropolis, Power, Life and Death, and Antwerp's long history as a major international port.
• Royal Army and Military History Museum - Jubelpark 3, Brussels.
• Royal Museum for Central Africa - since 1898. Colloquially known as the Africa Museum, is an ethnography and natural history museum situated in Tervuren in Flemish Brabant, just outside Brussels. It was built to showcase King Leopold II's Congo Free State in the 1897 World Exhibition.
• THE RUBENS HOUSE - Antwerp.

Czech Republic

• 
• List of museums in Prague - Wikipedia.
• List of museums in the Czech Republic - Wikipedia.
• Museums in the Czech Republic BY CATEGORY
• apple museum - since 2015. Husova 21, 11000 Praha 1. Near the Charles Bridge.
• National Museum - since 1818. Prague.

Denmark

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN DENMARK - Wikipedia.
• MUSEUMS IN DEMARK BY CATEGORY - Wikipedia.
• AMALIENBORG - The Royal Danish Collection - Amalienborg Palace, Christian VIII's Palæ.
• Bishop Absalon’s Castle & Copenhagen Castle - the ruins beneath the present Christiansborg Palace.
• Christiansborg Palace - in the centre of Copenhagen has more than 800 years of history as the power base of the kingdom. Today the palace is home to the Parliament. Many parts of the palace are open to the public.
• Danish War Museum - museum of military history & arms on Slotsholmen (next to Christiansborg Palace) in central Copenhagen. The collections of weapons are some of the most extensive in the world. More than 8000 swords, pistols, armours, machine guns and other weapons and military attributes are displayed in the museum's Great Gallery and the Canon Galley boasts more than 300 canons dating from the 16th century to present days.
• Designmuseum Denmark - since 1890. Denmark's largest museum for Danish and international design and a central exhibition forum for industrial design and applied arts in Scandinavia. Bredgade 68, Copenhagen.
• EGESKOV CASTLE - 5772 Kværndrup, Funen. The castle is Europe's best preserved Renaissance water castle.
• Finn Juhl's House - from 1941 to 1942 furniture designer Finn Juhl designed and furnished his own house next door to Ordrupgaard Art Museum. The house is one of the first functionalistic one-family houses in Denmark. Here Finn Juhl lived until his death in 1989. Finn Juhl’s widow left the house and its interior unchanged. On April 3, 2008 the house opened as a separate, additional part of Ordrupgaard Art Museum.
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• Frederiksborg Palace - the museum of national history. 3400 Hillerød, North Zealand.
• GLYPTOTEK - museum of ancient & modern art.
• Hans Christian Andersen Museum - Odense, Funen.
• Karen Blixen Museum - Rungstedlund, 2960 Rungsted Kyst, North Zealand. Karen Blixen lived there for most of her life. She was born on the estate in 1885, and returned there after her years in Kenya, chronicled in her book Out of Africa, to do most of her writings.
• KRONBORG CASTLE - 3000 Helsingør (Elsinore), North Zealand. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe-
• Maritime Museum of Denmark - 3000 Helsingør (Elsinore), North Zealand.
• MOESGÅRD MUSEUM - 8270 Højbjerg, Jutland. Both a regional museum and a dedicated museum for archaeology and ethnography.
• MUSEUM OF COPENHAGEN - "The Museum of Copenhagen wishes to kindle a desire for knowledge of the city, its past, present and future." Stormgade 18.
• NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK - Copenhagen. Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. It contains exhibits from around the world, from Greenland to South America. The museum covers 14,000 years of Danish history, from the reindeer-hunters of the Ice Age, Vikings and works of art created in praise of God in the Middle Ages, when the church played a huge role in Danish life.
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• Rosenborg Castle - renaissance castle located in Copenhagen.
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• ROSKILDE CATHEDRAL - 3000, Roskilde. The main burial site for Danish monarchs since the 15th century. Known as the church with the largest number of kings (20) and queens (17) buried in the world.
• The Crown Jewels - Rosenborg Castle.
• THE DAVID COLLECTION - Copenhagen. Particularly noted for its collection of Islamic art from the 8th to the 19th century, which is one of the largest in Northern Europe.
• THE MUSEUM OF NATIONAL HISTORY - Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød north of Copenhagen.
• The Theatre Museum at The Court Theatre - behind the Danish Parliament Christiansborg.
• THORVALDSENS MUSEUM - Copenhagen. Single-artist museum dedicated to the art of Danish neoclassicistic sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844).

England, U.K.

• 20 great British wonders that aren't World Heritage Sites - The Telegraph.
• 22 of our favourite secret British interiors - The Telegraph.
• Blue plaque - since 1866. Permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker. The oldest of its kind in the world.
• Britain's 14 most beautiful churches - The Telegraph.
• Britain's 15 best stately homes - The Telegraph.
• Dramatic discovery links Stonehenge to its original site - in Wales - "Find backs theory that monument was dismantled and dragged over 140 miles to Wiltshire."
• ENGLISH HERITAGE
• Hadrian’s Wall Path - "Follow in the footsteps of Romans and trek alongside an ancient monument on a coast to coast walk across northern England."
• HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES
• How science is uncovering the secrets of Stonehenge - "If you see the majestic stones on Salisbury Plain as an emblem of England, think again. A major new British Museum exhibition connects them to many points and cultures across Europe through 1,500 years of immigration."
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN ENGLAND - Wikipedia.
• London's best historical pubs: the ultimate tour - The Telegraph.
• London's blue plaques - since 1866. "Across the capital over 950 plaques, on buildings humble and grand, honour the notable men and women who have lived or worked in them." Permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.
• Make the Most of the British Museum - The New York Times.
• Metal detectorists find 2,000-year-old Iron Age gold treasure in Welsh first - "The 15 coins, which have been declared treasure, are known as staters. They were found the Welsh island of Anglesey, off the northwest coast of the country’s mainland. Struck between 60 BC and 20 BC, the coins belonged to the Corieltavi tribe, who at the time inhabited the geographical area that is now England’s East Midlands, according to a National Museum Wales press release."
• MUSEUMS AROUND THE U.K. ON THE WEB
• MUSEUMS IN UNITED KINGDOM
• Over 100 previously unknown Iron Age settlements found north of Hadrian's Wall - "The 134 sites correspond to Indigenous settlements that date to Roman occupation. A study detailing the findings published Tuesday in the journal Antiquity."
• Parthenon: Colourful beauty of Parthenon marbles revealed in scientific analysis - "Innovative scanning techniques show painting of sculptures was potentially as intricate as their carving. Though the Parthenon marbles were admired for centuries for their stark white brilliance, it has long been known that the sculptures were originally brightly painted, before millennia of weathering, cannon bombardment, rough handling and overenthusiastic cleaning scoured them clean."
• Secret London: 14 odd attractions you never knew were there - The Telegraph.
• THE ROYAL PARKS
• The secret underground bunker which helped win World War II - "Some 73 feet below the traffic and bustle of London's Piccadilly lies a silent warren of corridors and pitch-black rooms, rarely seen, rarely visited, but which played a vital role in the course of 20th-century history. Now, the opportunity has come round again to slip behind the door of the abandoned Down Street Tube station and descend by torchlight into the World War II hideaway from which campaigns such as the D-Day landings and the Dunkirk evacuation were coordinated."
• The secrets of London's most famous bridges - CNN travel.
• This is what Thomas Cromwell's 16th-century London mansion might have looked like - "The luxurious 16th-century London mansion that belonged to King Henry VIII of England's notorious chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, has been recreated for the first time."
• ArcelorMittal Orbit - 114.5 metre (376 feet) tall sculpture and observation tower in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. It is Britain's largest piece of public art, and is intended to be a permanent lasting legacy of London's hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• Ashmolean Museum - Oxford. The world's first university museum.
• BANQUETING HOUSE - Whitehall, London.
• Battle of Waterloo - exhibition at National Army Museum, Chelsea, London.
• Blenheim Palace - Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Residence of the dukes of Marlborough. It is the only non-royal non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace.
• Bletchley Park - Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. During the Second World War, Bletchley Park was the site of the United Kingdom's main decryption establishment, the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), where ciphers and codes of several Axis countries were decrypted, most importantly the ciphers generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz machines.
• BRITISH MUSEUM - London. Dedicated to human history and culture. Its permanent collection, numbering some eight million works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
• Brooklands Museum - "The Birthplace of British Motorsport and Aviation, Home of Concorde." Weybridge, Surrey.
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• CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL - one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England. Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt from 1070 to 1077. The east end was greatly enlarged at the beginning of the twelfth century, and largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174, with significant eastward extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas Becket, the archbishop who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170.
• CHANGING OF THE GUARD - the pomp and ceremony involved in the Changing of the Guard is a popular London tourist attraction.
• CHARRING CROSS - ince the second half of the 18th century Charing Cross has been seen as the centre of London. It is the primary of the central datum points for measuring distances from London along with the London Stone, Hicks Hall and the doors of St Mary-le-Bow church.
• Churchill War Rooms - museum in London and one of the five branches of the Imperial War Museum. The museum comprises the Cabinet War Rooms, a historic underground complex that housed a British government command centre throughout the Second World War, and the Churchill Museum, a biographical museum exploring the life of British statesman Winston Churchill.
• Coleridge Cottage - Nether Stowey, Somerset. Constructed in the 17th century as a building containing a parlour, kitchen and service room on the ground floor and three corresponding bed chambers above. The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge lived here for three years from 1797. It was here that he wrote This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, part of Christabel, and Frost at Midnight.
• Crystal Palace Museum - London.
• Design Museum - London. The museum covers product, industrial, graphic, fashion &architectural design.
• DR. JOHNSON'S HOUSE - London. Home and workplace for Samuel Johnson 1748-1759.
• Eleanor crosses - were a series of twelve lavishly decorated stone monuments topped with tall crosses of which three survive nearly intact in a line down part of the east of England. King Edward I had the crosses erected between 1291 and 1294 in memory of his wife Eleanor of Castile, marking the nightly resting-places along the route taken when her body was transported to London.
• Fitzwilliam Museum - Cambridge.
• Fleet Air Arm Museum - "Europe's Largest Naval Aviation Collection." RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovil, Somerset, England, U.K.
• FOUNDLING MUSEUM - London.
• Glastonbury Abbey - monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction. From at least the 12th century the Glastonbury area has been associated with the legend of King Arthur.
• GREAT BRITISH GARDENS - England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
• HAMPSTEAD COURT PALACE - south west of London. It was originally built for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a favourite of King Henry VIII, circa 1514; in 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the palace was passed to the King, who enlarged it. The following century, King William III's massive rebuilding and expansion project intended to rival Versailles was begun. Work halted in 1694, leaving the palace in two distinct contrasting architectural styles, domestic Tudor and Baroque. While the palace's styles are an accident of fate, a unity exists due to the use of pink bricks and a symmetrical, if vague, balancing of successive low wings.
• Handel & Hendrix in London - 25 Brook St. "Separated by a wall & 200 years are the homes of two musicians who chose London & changed music."
• Highclere Castle - Highclere Park, Newbury, Hampshire. Highclere Castle is the main filming location for the British television period drama Downton Abbey.
• Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons - London. In 1799 the government purchased the collection of John Hunter which they presented to the College. This formed the basis of the Hunterian Collection, which has since been supplemented by others including an Odontological Collection and the natural history collections of Richard Owen. The museum displays thousands of anatomical specimens, including the Evelyn tables and the skeleton of the "Irish giant" Charles Byrne (231 cm tall), and many surgical instruments.
• HYDE PARK - one of London's finest landscapes and covers over 350 acres.
• Imperial War Museum - London. British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, the museum was intended to record the civil and military war effort and sacrifice of Britain and its Empire during the First World War. The museum's remit has since expanded to include all conflicts in which British or Commonwealth forces have been involved since 1914. As of 2012, the museum aims 'to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and "wartime experience"'.
• KENWOOD HOUSE - Hampstead, London.
• King Richard III Visitor Centre - "Discover an incredible story at the King Richard III Visitor Centre." 4A St Martins, Leicester.
• King's College Chapel - "As well as being the most instantly recognizable and iconic building in Cambridge, King's College Chapel plays a central role in College life. It is the place where new students matriculate and where fellows are admitted and welcomed. We use the Ante-chapel for concerts on a regular basis, and very occasionally for lectures. The Chapel is the place where the choir records music for CDs and digital release on our own Recording Label." Cambridge.
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• Leicester Cathedral - the Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester, commonly known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in the English city of Leicester and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester. The church was elevated to a collegiate church in 1922 and made a cathedral in 1927 following the establishment of a new Diocese of Leicester in 1926. The remains of King Richard III were reburied in the cathedral in 2015 after being discovered nearby in the foundations of the lost Greyfriars chapel.
• Lindisfarne Gospels - British Library. London.
• LIST OF COUNTRY HOUSES - of historic / country houses, stately homes and estates, manors, and mansions in the United Kingdom.
• London Eye - giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. Also known as the Millennium Wheel, its official name was originally the British Airways London Eye, then the Merlin Entertainments London Eye, and since January 2011, the EDF Energy London Eye. The entire structure is 135 metres (443 ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres (394 ft). It is currently Europe's tallest Ferris wheel, the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over 3.5 million visitors annually, and has made many appearances in popular culture.
• LONDON STONE - 111 Cannon Street, London.
• London's 11 most notorious public execution sites - The Telegraph.
• MADAME TUSSAUDS - London.
• Model of the field of Waterloo with troops positioned as at 19.45 hours, 18 June 1815 - at National Army Museum, Chelsea, London.
• MUSEUM OF LONDON - since 1976. Documents the history of London from prehistoric to modern times.
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• National Army Museum - since 1960. Its remit for the overall history of British land forces contrasts with those of other military museums in the United Kingdom concentrating on the history of individual corps and regiments of the British Army. Chelsea, London.
• NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM - London. The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation. Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Darwin.
• OFFICIAL GUIDE TO UK MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, EXHIBITONS & HERITAGE
• Oxford University Press Museum - "This small museum preserves and displays historic books, documents and printing equipment of the Oxford University Press."
• PARKER LIBRARY - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University. A treasure house of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and early printed books, including the Bury Bible.
• Pitt Rivers Museum - Oxford. Displaying the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford.
• Portsmouth Historic Dockyard - featuring the ships HMS Victory and HMS Warrior (1860) and the chance to learn about the Mary Rose ahead of launching a brand new museum.
• PUDDING LANE - street in London, formerly the location of Thomas Farriner's bakehouse where the Great Fire of London began in 1666.
• River and Rowing Museum - Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. It has three main themes represented by major permanent galleries, the non-tidal River Thames, the international sport of rowing and the local town of Henley-on-Thames.
• ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM
• ROYAL PAVILLION - Brighton.
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• Salisbury Cathedral - formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury. The cathedral is regarded as one of the leading examples of Early English architecture. Its main body was completed in 38 years, from 1220 to 1258. Since 1549, the cathedral has had the tallest church spire in the United Kingdom, at 404 feet (123 m). Visitors can take the "Tower Tour", in which the interior of the hollow spire, with its ancient wooden scaffolding, can be viewed. The cathedral has the largest cloister and the largest cathedral close in Britain at 80 acres (32 ha). It contains a clock which is among the oldest working examples in the world, and has the best surviving of the four original copies of Magna Carta. In 2008, the cathedral celebrated the 750th anniversary of its consecration.
• Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum - biographical museum and bookshop located in the centre of the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire The building is a Grade I listed building situated at the corner of Market Street and Breadmarket Street opposite the market square. The museum was opened in 1901 and contains an extensive library of manuscripts and books. The museum currently contains a varied mix of displays, reconstructed rooms and audio-visual media. Personal items include Johnson's armchair, tea set, breakfast table and portable writing desk, David Garrick's walking stick and a bookcase belonging to James Boswell.
• SCIENCE MUSEUM - London. Holds a collection of over 300,000 items, including such famous items as Stephenson's Rocket, Puffing Billy (the oldest surviving steam locomotive), the first jet engine, a reconstruction of Francis Crick and James Watson's model of DNA, some of the earliest remaining steam engines, a working example of Charles Babbage's Difference engine (and the latter, preserved half brain), the first prototype of the 10,000-year Clock of the Long Now, and documentation of the first typewriter. It also contains hundreds of interactive exhibits.
• Sir John Soane's Museum - Holborn, London. Formerly the home of the neo-classical architect Sir John Soane. It holds many drawings and models of his projects and the collections of paintings, drawings and antiquities that he assembled.
• St. Paul's Cathedral - London. Consecrated in 1708. Is a Church of England cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and mother church of the Diocese of London. It sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. The present church, dating from the late 17th century, was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren.
• STONEHENGE - English Heritage.
• Temple Church - late 12th-century church in the City of London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, built by the Knights Templar as their English headquarters.
• THE AMERICAN MUSEUM IN BRITAIN - Claverton Manor, Bath. The only museum of Americana outside the United States.
• The Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo - "The interment of a ship at Sutton Hoo represents the most impressive medieval grave to be discovered in Europe."
• The Iron Bridge - bridge that crosses the River Severn in Shropshire. Opened in 1781, it was the first major bridge in the world to be made of cast iron, and was greatly celebrated after construction owing to its use of the new material.
• THE NATIONAL TRUST - "We look after historic houses, gardens, mills, coastline, forests, farmland, moorland, islands, castles, nature reserves, villages... and pubs."
• THE ROYAL COLLECTION - royal palaces, residences and art collection.
• THE SHERLOCK HOLMES MUSEUM
• THE STATE ROOMS AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE - London.
• The Wheatcroft Collection - large and important collection of historical softskin and armoured military vehicles. It is one of the largest private collection of military vehicles in the world and believed to be the world's largest collection of Nazi memorabilia.
• Tower Bridge Exhibition - London. "Built 120 years ago to ease road traffic while maintaining river access to the busy Pool of London docks. Built with giant moveable roadways that lift up for passing ships, it is to this day considered an engineering marvel and beyond being one of London’s favourite icons, it is arguably one of the most famous and instantly recognisable structures in the entire world."
• TRAILBLAZING - three and a half centuries of Royal Society publishing.
• TREWITHEN GARDEN - "An historic private estate boasting one of the loveliest gardens in England."
• VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM - London. The world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the Prince Consort.
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• Waddesdon Manor - country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, 6.6 miles (10.6 km) west of Aylesbury. The Grade I listed house was built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French château between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839–1898) as a weekend residence for grand entertaining and as a setting for his collection. The last member of the Rothschild family to own Waddesdon was James de Rothschild (1878–1957). He bequeathed the house and its contents to the National Trust.
• WINDSOR CASTLE - "Home to The Queen and over 900 years of royal history." Royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is notable for its long association with the English and later British royal family and for its architecture.

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• An exclusive look inside the destruction - and future - of Notre Dame - "Inside the Fight Over How Notre Dame Should Rise From the Ashes."
• Architect unveils striking proposal for 'green' Notre Dame - "The rebuilt Notre Dame could feature a futuristic glass design, solar power, and an urban farm that supports vulnerable and homeless Parisians, if one architecture firm's vision is realized."
• Eerily Empty Louvre: What It’s Like When Floods Keep Tourists Away - The New York Times.
• Eiffel Tower is reportedly badly in need of repairs - "The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne. The wrought-iron 324-meter (1,063 ft) high tower, built by Gustave Eiffel in the late 19th century, is among the most visited tourist sites in the world, welcoming about six million visitors each year."
• Eiffel Tower reopens to visitors after strike by workers who complained of rust - "Paris attraction was closed for six days after union criticised operator for seeking ‘short-term profitability’. The Eiffel Tower has reopened to visitors after a six-day strike by employees demanding changes to the landmark's business model and better maintenance of the 330m (1,083ft) structure, which is showing widespread traces of rust."
• European Heritage Days - French Ministry of Culture and Communication.
• Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure - The New York Times.
• Leonardo da Vinci five centuries on: Louvre in Paris opens long-awaited exhibition - "It took more than a decade to prepare and was almost thwarted by a diplomatic row. Now, one of the world's most expensive art exhibitions - to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death - is finally opening to the public."
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN FRANCE - Wikipedia.
• List of museums in Paris - Wikipedia.
• Lost at the Louvre? There’s an App for That - The New York Times.
• Louvre debuts its biggest ever Leonardo exhibition - "Biggest Leonardo da Vinci show ever opens (But without two key paintings)."
• Louvre's missing pyramid & the magic of trompe l’oeil - The Guardian.
• Lutetian Limestone - a variety of limestone particular to the Paris, France, area. It has been a source of wealth as an economic and versatile building material since ancient Roman times and has contributed markedly to the unique visual appeal of the “City of Light”. Between the 17th and 19th centuries, Lutetian limestone was extracted by tunneling through hill-sides south of Paris. The stone comprises many of the grandest Paris buildings from the 17th century onwards, including parts of the Louvre, the Place de la Concorde and Les Invalides.
• Make the Most of the Louvre - The New York Times.
• Marcel Proust’s different home addresses - Hôtel Littéraire le Swann.
• Mona Lisa is moving - what does it take to keep her safe? - "She's one of the world's most recognisable faces, with a smile that's been printed on mugs, bags and T-shirts across the globe. But she's only left her country a handful of times, and has stayed in the same room for 14 years."
• MUSEUMS IN FRANCE BY CATEGORY
• Notre Dame & the culture it inspired - from Matisse to the Muppets - "It mesmerised Proust, terrified Homer Simpson and gave us the Hunchback - Guardian critics celebrate Paris’s gothic masterpiece at the heart of the modern imagination."
• Notre-Dame Cathedral on track to reopen in 2024 - "The Notre-Dame Cathedral is on track to open its doors to worshippers and the public in 2024, says France's culture minister. The 13th Century Paris monument caught fire in April 2019, sparking a vast outpouring of emotion. Since then, a huge restoration project has been carried out aiming to restore it to its previous design."
• Notre Dame: Cathedral's spire will be restored to 19th Century design - "The spire of Notre Dame cathedral, which was destroyed in a fire last April, will be restored according to the original Gothic design. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the decision, putting an end to speculation that the spire would be rebuilt in a modern style."
• Notre-Dame fire lead pollution endangered life, lawsuit claims - "Parisian authorities are facing legal action over the health threat from toxic lead particles released during the fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral. Hundreds of tonnes of lead within the cathedral's roof melted during the blaze in 2019. It released toxic particles into the air, which settled in the local area."
• Notre Dame rector: Fragile cathedral might not be saved - "The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there’s a '50% chance' the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year’s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument."
• Notre Dame spire must be rebuilt exactly as it was, says chief architect - "After fierce debate about 19th-century spire, consensus builds over restoration of fire-torn cathedral."
• Notre-Dame: The story of the fire in graphics & images - "An investigation has begun into the fire that swept through the medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, destroying its roof and spire. Much of the roof was covered in scaffolding as part of a big renovation programme, which is being investigated as a possible cause of the blaze."
• Rebuilt Notre-Dame 'will be more beautiful' - "French President Emmanuel Macron says Notre-Dame cathedral will be rebuilt 'even more beautifully' - and that he wants the work done within five years."
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• Reconstruct Saint-Cloud! - Reconstruisons Saint-Cloud - "The château of Saint-Cloud was built during the second half of the 17th century, a few years before Versailles, by King Louis XIV’s only brother, the Duke Philippe of Orléans. It was a part of the royal Orléans family property for more than a century. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the French army shot its cannons towards the Prussian-occupied grounds of Saint-Cloud to make the German soldiers retreat. During the assault, an explosive shell fell on the château and set it on fire, burning it to the ground. The remaining ruins were demolished in 1891 when the decision was made not to reconstruct the building."
• Stunning footage shows restoration work on Notre Dame - "Two years after a fire devastated the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, CNN's Melissa Bell goes inside the cathedral to uncover the hard restoration work going on behind the scenes?"
• The hidden history of Versailles - "Louis XIV's iconic "bachelor pad" is one of the most-visited palaces in the world. But to understand his vision for the place, leave the crowds, head outside and hop on a bike."
• The treasures of Notre-Dame - "Notre-Dame fire: Treasures that make it so special."
• ‘They said it was impossible’: how medieval carpenters are rebuilding Notre Dame - "Project leaders at Guédelon Castle tell how their woodwork savoir faire is proving a godsend for mission to restore Paris cathedral roof."
• Villa Windsor: Inside the opulent home of abdicated British King & his wife - "French home of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson to become a museum. The run-down Villa Windsor in the Boulogne woods of western Paris will open as a museum next year to coincide with the Paris Olympics, following a multi-million euro renovation."
• Why the church known as 'God's Lantern' still shiness - "Metz Cathedral at 800: The extraordinary art and architecture of 'God's Lantern'."
• ALBERT KAHN MUSEUM & GARDENS - Boulogne-Billancourt. Historic photographs & film.
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• AMIENS CATHEDRAL - medieval cathedral builders were trying to maximize the internal dimensions in order to reach for the heavens and bring in more light. In that regard, the Amiens cathedral is the tallest complete cathedral in France, its stone-vaulted nave reaching an internal height of 42.30 metres (138.8 ft) (surpassed only by the incomplete Beauvais Cathedral). It also has the greatest interior volume of any French cathedral, estimated at 200,000 cubic metres (260,000 cu yd). The cathedral was built between 1220 and c.1270 and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981.
• ARC DE TRIOMPHE - "Come and visit the Arc de Triomphe at Place de l'Étoile at the top of the Champs-Élysées, a national symbol." Wanted by Napoleon in 1806, the Arc de Triomphe was inaugurated in 1836 by French king, Louis-Philippe, who dedicated it to the armies of the Revolution and the Empire. The Unknown Soldier was buried at the base of the arch in 1921. The flame of remembrance is rekindled every day at 18:30.
• ArÈnes de LutÈce - are among the most important remains from the Gallo-Roman era in Paris (known in antiquity as Lutetia, or Lutèce in French). Lying in what is now the Quartier Latin, this amphitheater could once seat 15,000 people, and was used to present gladiatorial combats.
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• Basilica of St Denis - large medieval abbey church in the city of Saint-Denis, now a northern suburb of Paris. The building is of unique importance historically and architecturally, as its choir completed in 1144 is considered to be the first Gothic church ever built. The burial place of the French kings, with nearly every king from the 10th to the 18th centuries being buried there, as well as many from previous centuries.
• BAYEUX TAPESTRY MUSEUM - an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 ft) long and 50 centimetres (20 in) tall, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings. It is thought to date to the 11th century, within a few years after the battle. It tells the story from the point of view of the conquering Normans, but is now agreed to have been made in England.
• Canal du Midi - since 1681. 241 km (150 mi) long canal in Southern France. It was considered at the time to be one of the greatest construction works of the 17th century.
• Carcassonne - fortified French town in the Aude department. The city is famous for the CitÉ de Carcassonne, a medieval fortress restored by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in 1853 and added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997.
• Carnavalet Museum - dedicated to the history of the city. 23, rue de Sévigné, 75003 Paris. The Carnavalet houses the following: about 2,600 paintings, 20,000 drawings, 300,000 engravings and 150,000 photographs, 2,000 modern sculptures and 800 pieces of furniture, thousands of ceramics, many decorations, models and reliefs, signs, thousands of coins, countless items, many of them souvenirs of famous characters, and thousands of archeological fragments.
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• Chambre de Marcel Proust - his bedchamber has been fully reconstructed at the Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris, 23 Rue de Sévigné, 75003 Paris.
• Chambre de Marcel Proust - 102 Boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris.
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• CHARTRES CATHEDRAL - about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Paris. It is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The current cathedral, mostly constructed between 1194 and 1250, is the last of at least five which have occupied the site since the town became a bishopric in the 4th century.
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• CHÂTEAU DE BLOIS - the Royal Château de Blois is located in the Loir-et-Cher département in the Loire Valley in the center of the city of Blois. The residence of several French kings. It has 564 rooms and 75 staircases although only 23 were used frequently. There is a fireplace in each room. There are 100 bedrooms.
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• CHÂTEAU DE Chambord - at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France, is one of the most recognisable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures. The building, which was never completed, was constructed by King Francis I of France.
• CHÂTEAU DE CHANTILLY - the château houses the Musée Condé It is one of the finest art galleries in France and is open to the public.
• CHÂTEAU de Ferney-Voltaire - Allée du Château, 01210 Ferney-Voltaire. Voltaire rebuilt the castle entirely from 1758. He landscaped the grounds and didn't shrink from getting his hands dirty himself. Alternately town planner, entrepreneur, and patron of the arts, Voltaire transformed the town of Ferney along the lines laid out in Candide (1759) and summed up in his famous maxim: "il faut cultiver notre jardin" (we must tend to our garden).
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• CHÂTEAU de Fontainebleau - located 55 kilometres (34 miles) southeast of the centre of Paris, and is one of the largest French royal châteaux. The medieval castle and later château was the residence of French monarchs from Louis VII through Napoleon III. Napoleon I abdicated his throne there before being exiled to Elba. "The true residence of Kings." - Napoleon I.
• CHÂTEAU DE Rambouillet - château in the town of Rambouillet, Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France region in northern France, 50 km (31 mi) southwest of Paris. It was the summer residence of the Presidents of the French Republic from 1896 until 2009.
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• ChÂteau de Vaux-le-Vicomte - baroque French château located in Maincy, near Melun, 55 kilometres (34 mi) southeast of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne département. Constructed from 1658 to 1661 for Nicolas Fouquet.
• Chauvet Cave - contains the earliest known and best preserved figurative cave paintings in the world. Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the Ardèche department of southern France.
• Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture - Parisian railway that, from 1852, was a circular connection between Paris's main railway stations within the fortified walls of the city. In a partial state of abandonment since 1934, the future of its yet-undeveloped property is the subject of much debate as of 2013.
• City walls of Paris - several successive city walls surrounded Paris from ancient times through until the twentieth century, except for between 1670 (when Louis XIV ordered the demolition of the Louis XIII Wall) and 1785 (when construction began on the Wall of the Farmers-General). The walls served to defend the town, protect inhabitants, and assess goods sold in Paris.
• Conques - in the department of Aveyron. It is built on a hillside and has classic narrow Medieval streets. The historic core of the town has very little construction dating from between 1800 and 1950, leaving the medieval structures remarkably intact.
• EIFFEL TOWER - Paris.
• FONDATION PIERRE BERGÉ - YVES SAINT LAURENT - 5, avenue Marceau, Paris 16, France.
• GALERIES NATIONALES DU GRAND PALAIS - Paris.
• Gobelins Manufactory - tapestry factory located in Paris at 42 Avenue des Gobelins. It is best known as a royal factory supplying the court of the French monarchs since Louis XIV and is now run by the Administration générale du Mobilier national et des Manufactures nationales de tapis et tapisseries of the French Ministry of Culture. The factory is open for guided tours several afternoons per week by appointment as well as for casual visits every day except Mondays and some specific holidays.
• GRAND PALAIS - is a large historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
• Grande Galerie de l'Évolution - Paris. Natural history museum.
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• Jardin des Plantes - 57 Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. Since 1635. The main botanical garden in France. About 4500 plants are arranged by family on a one hectare (10,000 sq. m.) plot. Three hectares are devoted to horticultural displays of decorative plants. An Alpine garden has 3000 species with world-wide representation. Specialized buildings, such as a large Art Deco winter garden, and Mexican and Australian hothouses display regional plants, not native to France. The Rose Garden, created in 1990, has hundreds of species of roses and rose trees.
• JEU DE PAUME - museum of contemporary art.
• La Conciergerie - 2 Boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris. Former prison in Paris. Hundreds of prisoners during the French Revolution were taken from the Conciergerie to be executed on the guillotine at a number of locations around Paris.
• LA MAISON DES CANUTS - a living museum that reveals the richness and quality of the silk industry in Lyon.
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• Laon Cathedral - one of the most important examples of the Gothic architecture of the 12th and 13th centuries, earlier than the cathedrals of Sens and Notre Dame of Paris and ranking with them in importance. It is located in Laon, Picardy.
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• Lascaux Caves - a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings. These paintings are estimated to be 17,300 years old. They primarily consist of images of large animals, most of which are known from fossil evidence to have lived in the area at the time.
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• Le Plan de Rome - University of Caen. Large architectural model of Ancient Rome. It is a plaster model of about 70 square metres at a scale of 1:400, showing Rome as it would have been in the time of the emperor Constantine I (4th century AD).
• Les Invalides - Paris. Commonly known as Hôtel national des Invalides (The National Residence of the Invalids), or also as Hôtel des Invalides, is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose.
• Lourdes - yearly from March to October the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is a place of mass pilgrimage from Europe and other parts of the world. The spring water from the grotto is believed by some to possess healing properties. In 1858 Lourdes rose to prominence in France and abroad due to the Marian apparitions seen by the peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous, who was later canonized. Shortly thereafter the city became one of the world's most important sites of pilgrimage and religious tourism. It is the second most important center of tourism in France, second only to Paris, and the third most important site of international Catholic pilgrimage after Rome and the Holy Land.
• LOUVRE - since 1792. One of the world's largest museums and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine. Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet). The Louvre is the world's most visited museum, receiving more than 9.7 million visitors in 2012.
• Maison de Victor Hugo - 6 Place des Vosges, 75004 Paris.
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• Metz Cathedral - otherwise the Cathedral of Saint Stephen, Metz (French: Cathédrale Saint Étienne de Metz), is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Metz, capital of Lorraine. Finished between 1486 and 1520. Metz Cathedral has the third-highest nave of cathedrals in France (41.41 meters (135.9 ft)), behind Amiens Cathedral and Beauvais Cathedral. It is nicknamed la Lanterne du Bon Dieu ("the Good Lord's lantern"), displaying the largest expanse of stained glass in the world with 6,496 m2 (69,920 sq ft). The stained glass windows include works by Gothic and Renaissance master glass makers Hermann von Münster, Theobald of Lixheim, and Valentin Bousch.
• Mont Saint-Michel - Normandy, 50170 Le Mont-Saint-Michel.
• MUSÉE AIR + ESPACE - Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget, 93350 Le Bourget, France. French aerospace museum. Occupying over 150,000 square metres (1,600,000 sq ft) of land and hangars, it is one of the oldest aviation museums in the world. The museum's collection contains more than 19,595 items, including 150 aircraft, and material from as far back as the 16th Century. Also displayed are more modern air and spacecraft, including the prototype for Concorde, and Swiss and Soviet rockets.
• MUSÉE Carnavalet - since 1880. In Paris is dedicated to the history of the city.
• MUSÉE DE L'ANNONCIADE DE SAINT-TROPEZ
• MUSÉE DE L'ARMÉE - Hôtel national des Invalides, 129 rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris. National military museum of France. The museum's seven main spaces and departments contain collections that span the period from antiquity through the 20th century. It holds 500,000 artifacts, including weapons, armor, artillery, uniforms, emblems and paintings.
• MUSÉE de la Chasse et de la Nature - 62, rue des Archives, 75003 Paris. Private museum of hunting and nature.
• MusÉe de l'École de Nancy - since 1964. Museum devoted to the École de Nancy, an Art Nouveau movement founded in 1901 by Émile Gallé, Victor Prouvé, Louis Majorelle, Antonin Daum and Eugène Vallin in the city of Nancy in Lorraine.
• MusÉe de l'Homme - (Museum of Man). Anthropology museum in Paris.
• MusÉe des arts dÉcoratifs de Paris - since 1905. 107, rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France.
• MusÉe des BlindÉs - since 1977. ("Museum of Armoured Vehicles"). Tank museum located in the Loire Valley of France, in the town of Saumur. It is now one of the world's largest tank museums.
• MusÉe des Maisons Comtoises - open-air museum extends over a 15-hectare site at Nancray.
• MUSÉE Édith Piaf - 5, rue Crespin du Gast, 75011 Paris. Private museum dedicated to singer Édith Piaf (1915-1963). It contains memorabilia including her china collection, gold and platinum records, dress and shoes, photographs, fan letters, sheet music, posters, and recordings.
• MUSÉE GADAGNE - Lyon. Composed of the Musée d'histoire de Lyon (Museum of Lyon History) and the Musée des marionnettes du monde (Museum of world puppets).
• MUSÉE MATISSE DE NICE - 164, avenue des Arènes de Cimiez, 06000 Nice.
• MUSÉE NATIONAL DES ARTS ET MÉTIERS
• MUSÉE NATIONAL du Moyen Âge - Paris. Houses a variety of important medieval artifacts, in particular its tapestry collection, which includes the fifteenth century tapestry cycle La Dame à la Licorne (The Lady and the Unicorn). Other notable works stored there include early Medieval sculptures from the seventh and eighth centuries. There are also works of gold, ivory, antique furnishings, stained glass, and illuminated manuscripts.
• MUSÉE Nissim de Camondo - elegant house museum of French decorative arts located in the Hôtel Camondo, 63, rue de Monceau, at the edge of the Parc Monceau, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
• MUSÉE PICASSO PARIS - Hôtel Salé, 5 rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris.
• MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE - National Museum of Natural History.
• Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations | MuCEM - since 2013. Located in Marseille. The museum is devoted to European and Mediterranean civilisations. With a permanent collection charting historical and cultural cross-fertilisation in the Mediterranean basin, it takes an interdisciplinary approach to society through the ages up to modern times.
• Napoleon III Apartments: Small & Large Dining Rooms - at the Louvre: Richelieu wing - 1st floor - Room 547 - Napoleon III Apartments. Small dining room.
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• NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS - medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture, and is among the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world. The naturalism of its sculptures and stained glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque architecture.
• PALACE OF VERSAILLES - royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
• Palais Galliera - since 1895. museum of fashion and fashion history located at 10, avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
• Place des Vosges - the oldest planned square in Paris and one of the finest in the city. It is located in the Marais district, and it straddles the dividing-line between the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris. Originally known as the Place Royale, the Place des Vosges was built by Henri IV from 1605 to 1612. A true square (140 m × 140 m), it embodied the first European program of royal city planning.
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• REIMS CATHEDRAL - the seat of the Archdiocese of Reims, where the kings of France were crowned. The cathedral replaced an older church, destroyed by fire in 1211, that was built on the site of the basilica where Clovis was baptized by Saint Remi, bishop of Reims, in AD 496. That original structure had itself been erected on the site of some Roman baths.
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• Rouen Cathedral - consecrated October 1, 1063 in the presence of William the Conqueror. The cathedral is in the Gothic architectural tradition. The church was the tallest building in the world from 1876-1880 with a height of 151m.
• Saint-Malo - historic walled port city and commune (with the commune expanded beyond the walls in 1968), in Brittany on the English Channel coastline of northwestern France. The city is a major tourist destination, with many ancient structures.
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• Sainte-Chapelle - royal medieval Gothic chapel, located near the Palais de la Cité, on the Île de la Cité in the heart of Paris.
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• Tours Cathedral - built between 1170 and 1547. Dedicated to Saint Gatianus. It is the seat of the Archbishops of Tours, the metropolitan cathedral of the Tours ecclesiastical province.
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• VÉzelay Abbey - in Vézelay in the Yonne department in northern Burgundy. The Benedictine abbey church, now the Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Saint Mary Magdalene), with its complicated program of imagery in sculpted capitals and portals, is one of the outstanding masterpieces of Burgundian Romanesque art and architecture. Relics of Mary Magdalene can be seen inside the Basilica.

Germany

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• Inside the $128 million heist that shocked the world & the police chase that followed - "It took at least nine hard blows from an ax to smash the glass case in Dresden's historic Green Vault. Once the glass shattered, the two masked thieves grabbed 21 priceless diamond-studded artifacts and disappeared."
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN GERMANY - Wikipedia.
• Museum Island - the name of the northern half of an island in the Spree river in the central Mitte district of Berlin. It is so called for the complex of five internationally significant museums, all part of the Berlin State Museums.
• PRUSSIAN PALACES & GARDENS - Official site.
• THE MOST IMPORTANT MUSEUMS IN GERMANY
• Aachen - traditionally known in English and French as Aix-la-Chapelle, is a spa and border city in North Rhine-Westphalia. Aachen was the preferred residence of Charlemagne, and, from 936 to 1531, the place where 31 Holy Roman Emperors were crowned Kings of the Germans.
• Albrecht DÜrer's House - Nuremberg.
• ALTES (OLD) MUSEUM
• AUTO & TECHNIK MUSEUM SINSHEIM - Sinsheim. The largest permanent Formula One collection in Europe along with Ferrari’s motorcycles, land speed record holders and classic cars. The largest privately-owned museum in Europe.
• Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers - church located near the town of Bad Staffelstein near Bamberg, in Bavaria, southern Germany. The late Baroque-Rococo basilica, designed by Balthasar Neumann, was constructed between 1743 and 1772. It is dedicated to the Fourteen Holy Helpers, a group of saints venerated together in the Catholic Church, especially in Germany at the time of the Black Death.
• Berlin Wall Memorial - central memorial site of German division, located in the middle of the capital.
• BERLINER UNTERWELTEN - guided tours. Society for exploration and documentation of subterranean architecture in Berlin.
• Bismarck-Museum Friedrichsruh - Aumühle, Schleswig-Holstein.
• Bode Museum - one of the group of museums on the Museum Island in Berlin. It is the home for a collection of sculptures, Byzantine art, and coins and medals.
• BrÜhl's Terrace - historic architectural ensemble in Dresden. Nicknamed "The Balcony of Europe", the terrace stretches high above the shore of the river Elbe. Located north of the recently rebuilt Neumarkt Square and the Frauenkirche, is one of the favourite inner-city places of both locals and tourists for walking, people watching, and having a coffee.
• Buddenbrookhaus - Lübeck.
• Bundeswehr Military History Museum - Dresden.
• CHARLOTTENBURG PALACE - the largest palace in Berlin, and the only surviving royal residence in the city dating back to the time of the Hohenzollern family.
• Checkpoint Charlie Museum - named after the famous crossing point on the Berlin Wall (13 August 1961 - 9 November 1989).
• COLOGNE CATHEDRAL
• DEUTSCHE GUGGENHEIM - Berlin.
• DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUM | GERMAN HISTORICAL MUSEUM
• DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUM: LINZER SAMMLUNG
• DEUTSCHES MEERESMUSEUM | OZEANEUM - Stralsund.
• DEUTSCHES MUSEUM IN MUNICH
• Die Neue Sammlung - Munich. One of the leading design museums in the world, with the largest collection of industrial and product design.
• Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds - Nuremberg.
• Dokumentation Obersalzberg - 83471 Berchtesgaden, Bavaria. Offers the visitor to this historic site the opportunity to study and reflect on the history of Obersalzberg and the history of National Socialism.
• Ducal Vault - Weimar’s Ducal Vault is not a typical burial place for a royal family. Since 1832, the members of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach have shared their tomb with the two most famous poets of Weimar classicism, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller. Historischer Friedhof, Am Poseckschen Garten, 99423 Weimar.
• Eltz Castle - medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle River between Koblenz and Trier. It is still owned by a branch of the same family (the Eltz family) that lived there in the 12th century, 33 generations ago.
• Fuggerei - world's oldest social housing complex still in use. It is a walled enclave within the city of Augsburg, Bavaria. It takes it name from the Fugger family and was founded in 1516 by Jakob Fugger the Younger (known as "Jakob Fugger the Rich") as a place where the needy citizens of Augsburg could be housed. It is still inhabited today, affording it the status of being the oldest social housing project in the world.
• German Wallpaper Museum - founded in 1923. Hessian State Museum, Brüder-Grimm-Platz 5, 34117 Kassel.
• GERMANISCHES NATIONALMUSEUM - Nuremberg. The largest museum of cultural history in the German-speaking region.
• Goethe Gartenhaus - the former vineyard cottage in the Park on the Ilm, probably built around the end of the 16th century, was the first home acquired by Johann Wolfgang Goethe in Weimar in 1776, a few months after his arrival in Weimar, together with the surrounding garden. Park an der Ilm, 99423 Weimar.
• Goethe National Museum - world-renowned for its presentation and study of Goethe’s life and legacy. It is comprised of Goethe’s historic residence and garden on Frauenplan and includes a portion of Goethe’s private art and natural scientific collections and personal library. Frauenplan 1, 99423 Weimar.
• GrÜnes GewÖlbe | GREEN VAULT - Dresden. "The Baroque Treasury." Enjoys world renown as one of the richest treasure chambers in Europe. Founded in 1723 by Augustus the Strong of Poland and Saxony, and it features a variety of exhibits in styles from Baroque to Classicism. It has some claim to be the oldest museum in the world; it is older than the British Museum, opened in 1759, but the Vatican Museums date their foundation to the public display of the newly excavated Laocoön group in 1506.
• Gutenberg Museum Mainz - since 1900. "Experience the history of printing, writing, and books in the Gutenberg-Museum. The Gutenberg-Museum, which lies opposite the cathedral in the heart of the old part of Mainz, is one of the oldest museums of the book and printing in the world."
• Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum - Fürstenallee 7, Paderborn. "More than just the world´s biggest computer museum."
• HELMUT NEWTON FOUNDATION - Berlin.
• Hermannsdenkmal | Hermann monument - monument located in Ostwestfalen-Lippe in Germany. It stands on the densely forested and 386 m tall. The monument commemorates the Cherusci war chief Hermann or Armin (Latin: Arminius) and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in which the Germanic tribes under Arminius recorded a decisive victory in 9 AD over three Roman legions under Varus.
• House of the Wannsee Conference - Am Großen Wannsee 56-58, 14109 Berlin. The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. The purpose of the conference was to inform administrative leaders of Departments responsible for various policies relating to Jews that Reinhard Heydrich had been appointed as the chief executor of the "Final solution to the Jewish question".
• Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg - (International Maritime Museum) is a private museum in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg. The museum houses Peter Tamm's collection of model ships, construction plans, uniforms, and maritime art, amounting to over 40,000 items and more than one million photographs.
• Iron Gates - a gorge on the river Danube. Archaeologists have named the Iron Gates mesolithic culture, of the central Danube region circa 13,000 to 5,000 years ago, after the gorge.
• Jewish Museum - Berlin. One of the largest Jewish Museums in Europe.
• MARGARETE STEIFF MUSEUM - Giengen an der Brenz. Home of the famous Teddy bear.
• Marstallmuseum - at Nymphenburg Palace, Munich. Museum of carriages and sleighs in the former royal stables.
• Memorium Nuremberg Trials - Nuremberg.
• MERCEDES-BENZ MUSEUM - Mercedesstrasse 100, Stuttgart.
• Memorial St. Nikolai - Hamburg. Permanent exhibition: "Gomorrah 1943 – Hamburg’s destruction through aerial warfare."
• Museum for Art and Industry - Hamburg.
• MUSEUMS OF COLOGNE
• Neanderthal Museum - Mettmann. Located at the site of the first Neanderthal man discovery in the Neandertal, it features an exhibit centered on human evolution.
• Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial - Jean-Dolidier-Weg 75, Hamburg.
• NEUES (NEW) MUSEUM - Berlin. Exhibits include the Egyptian and Prehistory and Early History collections, as it did before the war. The artifacts it houses include the iconic bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti, the Green Head, the Golden Hat and many other famous objects.
• NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE - Hohenschwangau (Bavaria).
• Nymphenburg Palace - baroque palace in Munich, Bavaria, southern Germany. The palace is the main summer residence of the former rulers of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach.
• PERGAMON MUSEUM - accommodates three separate museums: the Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities), occupying the architectural halls and the sculpture wing, the Vorderasiatisches Museum (Museum of the Ancient Near East) and the Museum für Islamische Kunst (Museum of Islamic Art).
• Pilgrimage Church of Wies - (German: Wieskirche) is an oval rococo church, designed in the late 1740s by Dominikus Zimmermann, who lived nearby for the last eleven years of his life. It is located in the foothills of the Alps, in the municipality of Steingaden in the Weilheim-Schongau district, Bavaria.
• Richard Wagner Museum - Bayreuth. Since 1976, Richard Wagner’s home, Wahnfried House, has been home to the Richard Wagner Museum. Built between 1872 and 1874 in the palace grounds in Bayreuth, Wahnfried House is also the last resting place of Richard Wagner, who was buried in the gardens after his death in 1883.
• Royal Palace Dresden - Hall of the Giants. Contains one of the most important collections of ceremonial weapons, armour and costume in the world. More than 350 objects are displayed, including tournament and ceremonial weaponry and accoutrements.
• SANSSOUCI - the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, in Potsdam, near Berlin. It is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles.
• SchwerbelastungskÖrper - (German: "heavy load-bearing body") (a.k.a. Großbelastungskörper - GBK) is a hefty concrete cylinder in Berlin, Germany located at the intersection of Dudenstraße, General-Pape-Straße, and Loewenhardtdamm in the northwestern part of the borough of Tempelhof. It was erected in 1941-1942 by Hitler’s chief architect Albert Speer to determine the feasibility of constructing large buildings on the area's marshy, sandy ground, specifically a massive triumphal arch on a nearby plot.
• Speicherstadt - literally: 'City of Warehouses', meaning warehouse district) in Hamburg, is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations, oak logs, in this particular case. It is located in the port of Hamburg—within the HafenCity quarter—and was built from 1883 to 1927. As the first site in Hamburg, it has been awarded the status of UNESCO World Heritage Site on 5 July 2015.
• Stasi-Museum Berlin - Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1, Berlin. The headquarter of the State Security. Considering itself the "shield and sword of the party". The centrepiece of the highly secured compound was "house 1", constructed in 1960. It was built as the seat of the offices of the Minister of State Security. The minister's offices ("the Mielke suite"), the offices of those of his inner circle as well as the conference room and lounge have been almost completely preserved in their original condition.
• Teufelsberg - Berlin. "The Teufelsberg is a monument of history. It emerged from the fractures and dislocations of the history of Berlin, Germany, and therefore the world. The Empire, National Socialism and the Cold War have left their mark at this remote location – layer by layer."
• The Eagle's Nest | Kehlsteinhaus - at Obersalzberg in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria. 50th birthday present for Adolf Hitler to serve as a retreat, and a place for him to entertain visiting dignitaries.
• THE Hitler Pages - "Historical Hitler Sites."
• Top Secret Museum - Oberhausen. "The World's Most Comprehensive Exhibit On Espionage."
• Walhalla memorial - hall of fame that honors laudable and distinguished people, famous personalities in German history – politicians, sovereigns, scientists and artists of the German tongue". The hall is housed in a neo-classical building above the Danube River, east of Regensburg, in Bavaria.
• WEWELSBURG MUSEUM - Renaissance castle located in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia. The castle has a triangular layout - three round towers connected by massive walls. After 1934, it was used by the SS under Heinrich Himmler and was to be expanded to the central SS-cult-site. After 1941, plans were developed to enlarge it to the so-called "Center of the World". In 1950 the castle was reopened as a museum and youth hostel.
• WÜrzburg Residenz - former residence of the Würzburg prince-bishops is one of the most important baroque palaces in Europe and today it is on UNESCO's World Heritage list.

Greece

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• Acropolis now: Greeks outraged at concreting of ancient site - "Installation of new pathway and lift has been criticised by archaeologists and called ‘a scandal’."
• Acropolis temporarily closed to public due to heatwave; tourist faints - "The Acropolis of Athens will be closed to public for several hours on Friday, July 14, as the heatwave that hits Greece reaches its peak with temperatures over 41 degrees Celsius also in the Greek capital."
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN GREECE - Wikipedia.
• Palace of Aigai: Greece reopens huge Alexander the Great monument - "The site of one of the most important monuments in classical antiquity - the palace where Alexander the Great was crowned king - has reopened after a 16-year restoration."
• Parthenon: Colourful beauty of Parthenon marbles revealed in scientific analysis - "Innovative scanning techniques show painting of sculptures was potentially as intricate as their carving. Though the Parthenon marbles were admired for centuries for their stark white brilliance, it has long been known that the sculptures were originally brightly painted, before millennia of weathering, cannon bombardment, rough handling and overenthusiastic cleaning scoured them clean."
• Scientists Solve Mystery of High Quality Sound at Theater of Epidaurus - "The ancient mystery of the great sound quality at the ancient Greek theater of Epidaurus has finally been solved, researchers posit in a recent study."
• Top Monuments to See at the Acropolis of Athens - "Thought to be inhabited as far back as 5,000 BC, the Acropolis and its monuments largely remain in suitable condition to this day. Archaeological ruins at the Acropolis include temples, statues, sanctuaries, altars, theaters, and even fountains. If you visit, it's well worth taking the time to appreciate some of the more remarkable sites."
• ACROPOLIS MUSEUM - Athens. Archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on its feet, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece.
• Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus - it is considered to be the most perfect ancient Greek theatre with regard to acoustics and aesthetics.
• Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki - holds and interprets artifacts from the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods, mostly from the city of Thessaloniki but also from the region of Macedonia in general.
• Delphi Archaeological Museum - one of the principal museums of Greece and one of the most visited. Founded in 1903, it has been re-arranged multiple times and houses the discoveries made at the panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi (commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi), which date from the prehistoric period through to late Antiquity.

Iceland

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• Iceland's tiny museums - and the joy of niche collections - "Landmark galleries are great, but there’s a fascination and immediacy about the small, offbeat museums scattered across the Icelandic countryside."
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN ICELAND - Wikipedia.
• Húsavík Whale Museum - Húsavík.
• Ice Cave - "Ice tunnels and caves in Langjökull." A visit to the Ice Cave will be a unique glacier experience. It is a journey inside the glacier. Langjökull (Icelandic for "long glacier") is the second largest ice cap in Iceland (953 km²), after Vatnajökull. It is situated in the west of the Icelandic interior or Highlands of Iceland and can be seen clearly from Haukadalur.
• National Museum of Iceland - Reykjavík.
• VIKING WORLD MUSEUM - Reykjanesbær.

Ireland

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• Ireland's priceless treasure hidden by monks - "One of the most exciting archaeological finds in the history of Irish art was unearthed on Tipperary's Derrynaflan Island by a man and his son using metal detectors."
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN IRELAND - Wikipedia.
• National Museum of Ireland - Dublin. The national museum in Ireland. It has three branches in Dublin and one in County Mayo, with a strong emphasis on Irish art, culture and natural history.
• Russborough House - stately house situated near the Blessington Lakes in County Wicklow. Reputed to be the longest house in Ireland, with a frontage measuring 210 m/700 ft. It is an example of Palladian architecture. Amongst the paintings returned are four Claude Joseph Vernet paintings entitled 'Morning', 'Midday', 'Sunset', and 'Night' and Vermeer's Lady Writing a Letter With Her Maid and Goya's Portrait of Dona Antonia Zarate.

Italy

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• $1m challenge: ‘If the Turin Shroud is a forgery, show how it was done’ - "Expert on revered relic calls on British Museum to back up the results of its disputed carbon dating tests."
• A hidden part of Venice opens for first time - Never-before-seen Venice landmark opens to the public. The Procuratie Vecchie in St. Mark's Square - one of the most famous buildings in one of the world's most famous city spaces - has opened to the public for the first time in history.
• A Restored Painting Recalls the Colosseum’s Christian Past - "The restoration of a wall painting depicting an idealized Jerusalem is a reminder that the Roman monument, known best for gladiatorial combat, was a sacred Christian space for centuries."
• After the deluge: A tourist visits flood-hit Venice - CNN travel.
• Ancient winery gave rich Romans a taste of winemaking - without the hard work - "Researchers speculate that an emperor and his courtiers could have visited the villa annually for the experience. A lavish 2,000-year-old winery uncovered in the ruins of a villa just outside Rome may have been used as an entertainment venue, providing a winemaking 'experience' for wealthy Romans."
• Astonishing new finds in the ancient city of Pompeii - "Kitchen shrine serpents and more fascinating new Pompeii discoveries. A kitchen shrine adorned with serpents, a bakery, human skeletons, exquisite frescos, and yes, a picture of something that looks very much like pizza. These are among the new finds being turned up at the Pompeii Archaeological Park."
• Colosseum reopens to tourists: 'With so few of us we can enjoy it more' - "Roman site begins admitting small groups as Italy scrambles to salvage its tourism sector."
• Exceptionally well-preserved snack bar unearthed in Pompeii - "The frescoed thermopolium, a Roman-era fast-food stall, is the first to be fully excavated."
• How are Rome's monuments still standing? - "Nearly 2,000 years on, how are the Colosseum and the Pantheon still standing despite earthquakes, floods and military conflicts?"
• Human remains in tomb are best-preserved ever found in Pompeii - "Former slave who rose through the social ranks was interred at necropolis of Porta Sarno before AD79."
• Italy's Invisible Cities - TV series. (2017).
• Italy's new ruins: heritage sites being lost to neglect & looting - "Overgrown and weathered, many historical monuments are disappearing as public funds for culture fail to match modern Italy’s inheritance."
• Italy's plan to save Venice from sinking - "Venice is at risk of succumbing to its sinking foundations and rising sea levels. To avert disaster, the city is making changes."
• Julius Caesar: Square where Julius Caesar was killed will open to public in Rome - "Tourists in the city will be able to examine the spot where the Roman dictator was said to have been murdered."
• List of ancient monuments in Rome - Wikipedia.
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN ITALY - Wikipedia.
• MUSEUMS IN ITALY - booking & reservations.
• Mystery of why Roman buildings have survived so long has been unraveled, scientists say - "They found that white chunks in the concrete, referred to as lime clasts, gave the concrete the ability to heal cracks that formed over time. The white chunks previously had been overlooked as evidence of sloppy mixing or poor-quality raw material."
• Naples' new tourist site rewrites ancient history - "Opening in June, the Ipogeo dei Cristallini - Hypogeum of Cristallini Street - is part of an ancient cemetery, located just outside the walls of Neapolis, as the city was called 2,300 years ago."
• Pompeii now faces a second extinction - The Guardian.
• Pompeii's House of Lovers reopens to public after 40 years - "Jewel of ancient Roman city was severely damaged by destructive earthquake in 1980."
• Restored Pompeii house offers extraordinary glimpse into life in Italy's ancient city - "A Pompeii house most likely owned and filled with ancient art by two freed slaves is open to the public after 20 years of restoration."
• Rome authorities tackle Colosseum rat infestation - "Tourists have posted videos on social media showing the rodents roaming close to the ancient amphitheatre."
• Roman ruins around the world: 10 spectacular sites that aren't in Italy - Traveller.
• Rome’s Colosseum to gain hi-tech arena floor - "Retractable floor will allow visitors to see the ‘majesty of the monument’ from its centre, says culture minister."
• Shaking Up Italy’s Most Popular Museum - The New York Times.
• Sinking city: how Venice is managing Europe's worst tourism crisis - "Venice’s booming tourism industry is threatening the city’s very survival. But grassroots initiatives are making a difference - and may even help other cities."
• Take a Virtual Tour of the World’s Largest Circular Tomb, Augustus’ Mausoleum - "The Roman landmark will reopen in 2021 after a 13-year restoration."
• The race against time to save Pompeii - "What visitors often don't realize is that only two thirds (44 hectares) of ancient Pompeii have been excavated. The rest - 22 hectares - are still covered in debris from the eruption almost 2,000 years ago. And while it's long been agreed in the international community that it's best to leave the rest untouched - funds are better spent on the upkeep of what has already been excavated - in 2017, archaeologists began to excavate a new section."
• UNESCO recommends putting Venice on its heritage danger list - Venice is one of 1,157 places currently designated a World Heritage Site, which have 'outstanding universal value' because of their cultural or natural offerings.
• Assisi - town and comune of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region. It was the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208.
• Baiae - was an ancient Roman town situated on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples. It was a fashionable resort for centuries in antiquity, particularly towards the end of the Roman Republic, when it was reckoned as superior to Capri, Pompeii, and Herculaneum by wealthy Romans, who built villas here from 100 BC to AD 500. It was notorious for its hedonistic offerings and the attendant rumours of corruption and scandal.
• Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore - Papal major basilica and the largest Catholic Marian church in Rome.
• Basilica of San Vitale - church in Ravenna, and one of the most important examples of early Christian Byzantine art and architecture in Europe. At the foot of the apse side walls are two famous mosaic panels, completed in 547. On the right is a mosaic depicting the East Roman Emperor Justinian I, clad in Tyrian purple with a golden halo, standing next to court officials, Bishop Maximian, palatinae guards and deacons.
• Ca' Rezzonico - palazzo on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice. Today, it is a public museum dedicated to 18th-century Venice and one of the 11 venues managed by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia.
• Capitoline Museums - Rome. A group of art and archeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill.
• Cascata delle Marmore - (Marmore's Falls) is a man-made waterfall created by the ancient Romans. Its total height is 165 m (541 feet), making it the tallest man-made waterfall in the world.
• Castello Orsini-Odescalchi - Bracciano (Rome).
• Castelvecchio Museum - Verona.
• Catajo Castle - Battaglia Terme (PD).
• Centrale Montemartini Museum - Rome.
• Cerasi Chapel - one of the side chapels in the left transept of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. It contains significant paintings by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci, two of the most important masters of Italian Baroque art, dating from 1600-1601.
• Chirico House museum - Piazza di Spagna 31, Rome. "They say that Rome is at the centre of the world and that Piazza di Spagna is in the centre of Rome, therefore, my wife and I, would indeed be living in the centre of the centre of the world, which would be the apex of centrality, and the apogee of anti-eccentricity." - Giorgio de Chirico.
• COLOSSEUM - Rome. Also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre. An elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built of concrete and stone, it was the largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire, and is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering. It is the largest amphitheatre in the world.
• Ducal palace of Urbino - Renaissance building in the Italian city of Urbino in the Marche. One of the most important monuments in Italy, it is listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998. The construction of the Ducal Palace was begun for Duke Federico III da Montefeltro around the mid-fifteenth century by the Florentine Maso di Bartolomeo.
• Enrico Caruso Museum - Villa Bellosguardo, Lastra a Signa, Florence.
• Florence Cathedral Works - Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence.
• Galleria dell’ Accademia - Florence. (Accademia Gallery). Most famous for its sculptures by the great Renaissance artist, Michelangelo.
• Grande Museo del Duomo - a single great museum comprising the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Brunelleschi's Dome, Giotto's Bell Tower, the Baptistry of San Giovanni, the Crypt of Santa Reparata and the Opera Museum. "If you haven't seen this, you haven't seen Florence."
• HERCULANEUM - ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD, located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano, in the Italian region of Campania in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius.
• Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
• Mausoleum of Augustus - large tomb built by the Roman Emperor Augustus in 28 BC on the Campus Martius in Rome. The mausoleum is located on the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, near the corner with Via di Ripetta as it runs along the Tiber.
• MAXXI - National Museum of the 21st Century Arts is a national museum dedicated to contemporary creativity.
• Museo del Violino - Palazzo dell’Arte, Piazza Marconi 5, 26100 Cremona (IT), Italy.
• MUSEO DELL'AUTOMOBILE | The National Automobile Museum - Torino. Italy's car museum. The collection has almost 200 cars among eighty automobile brands representing eight countries (Italy, France, Great Britain, Germany, Holland, Spain, United States of America, Poland).
• Museo della CiviltÀ Romana - (Museum of Roman Civilization). Rome.
• Museo Egizio - Turin. Specialising in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology. It houses the world's second largest collections of Egyptian antiquities after Cairo.
• Museo Salvatore Ferragamo - Florence.
• Museum of the Treasure of St. Gennaro - Naples. The Treasure of San Gennaro is composed of art works and donations collected in seven centuries of Popes, Kings, Emperors, famous and ordinary people.
• NAPLES UNDERGROUND - guided tours.
• National Archaeological Museum, Naples - since 1777. Important Italian archaeological museum, particularly for ancient Roman remains. Its collection includes works from Greek, Roman and Renaissance times, and especially Roman artifacts from nearby Pompeii, Stabiae & Herculaneum.
• Padua Baptistery - dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a religious building found on the Piazza del Duomo next to the cathedral in Padua. Preserved inside is one of the most important fresco cycles of the 14th century, a masterpiece by Giusto de Menabuoi.
• Paestum - was a major ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Magna Graecia (southern Italy). The ruins of Paestum are famous for their three ancient Greek temples in the Doric order, dating from about 600 to 450 BC, which are in a very good state of preservation. Paestum contains three of the most well-preserved ancient Greek temples in the world. Today the remains of the city are found in the modern frazione of Paestum, which is part of the comune of Capaccio in the Province of Salerno, Campania.
• PALLADIO | CENTRO INTERNAZIONALE VICENZA
• PALAZZO CAPPONI - Florence.
• Palazzo Pitti - Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the town residence of Luca Pitti, an ambitious Florentine banker.
• PALAZZO VECCHIO - the town hall of Florence.
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• Piazza del Campidoglio - located at the top of Capitoline Hill and is the first modern square to be designed in Rome. An imposing bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius was erected in the centre of the square. It is currently housed in the Palazzo dei Conservatori and in the square stands a replica of the Roman Emperor instead.
• POMPEII - Pompeii is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors annually. Was an ancient city located in what is now the comune of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
• Pre-Constantinian Necropolis - Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome. At the end of the necropolis is an aedicule (Trofeo di Gaio), which both legend and recent studies indicate as the Apostle Peter's tomb.
• Rome Foundation Museum
• San Clemente al Laterano - Roman Catholic minor basilica dedicated to Pope Clement I located in Rome, Italy. Archaeologically speaking, the structure is a three-tiered complex of buildings: (1) the present basilica built just before the year 1100 during the height of the Middle Ages; (2) beneath the present basilica is a 4th-century basilica that had been converted out of the home of a Roman nobleman, part of which had in the 1st century briefly served as an early church, and the basement of which had in the 2nd century briefly served as a mithraeum; (3) the home of the Roman nobleman had been built on the foundations of republican era villa and warehouse that had been destroyed in the Great Fire of 64 AD.
• Santa Croce - (Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the principal Franciscan church in Florence, and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 meters south-east of the Duomo. The site, when first chosen, was in marshland outside the city walls. It is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians, such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, the poet Foscolo, the philosopher Gentile and the composer Rossini, thus it is known also as the Temple of the Italian Glories.
• Santa Maria del Fiore - Florence. The "Fabbriceria della Cattedrale di Firenze", or Florence Cathedral Works, was founded by the Florentine Republic in 1296 to oversee construction of the cathedral.
• Santa Maria del Popolo - it stands on the north side of Piazza del Popolo in Rome. The church contains works by several famous artists, such as Raphael, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Caravaggio, Alessandro Algardi, Pinturicchio, Andrea Bregno, Guillaume de Marcillat and Donato Bramante.
• The Gallery of Maps - Rome. Gallery located on the west side of the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican containing a series of painted topographical maps of Italy based on drawings by friar and geographer Ignazio Danti.
• The sword in the stone - can be seen at the Rotonda at Montesiepi, near the ruins of the Abbey of San Galgano.
• Tivoli & Surroundings - Tivoli (Rome).
• TREVI FOUNTAIN - fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and several others. Standing 26.3 metres (86 ft) high and 49.15 metres (161.3 ft) wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world.
• Triennale di Milano - design museum and events venue in Milan.
• Urbino - walled city in the Marche region of Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino from 1444 to 1482. Its best-known architectural piece is the Palazzo Ducale.
• Vatican Museums - Vatican City (Rome).
• Villa Adriana - Tivoli (Rome). The villa was constructed at Tibur (modern-day Tivoli) as a retreat from Rome for Roman Emperor Hadrian during the second and third decades of the 2nd century AD.
• Villa La Rotonda - Renaissance villa just outside Vicenza in northern Italy, and designed by Andrea Palladio.
• VILLA NOBEL - Sanremo.
• Villa Romana del Casale - Roman villa urbana built in the first quarter of the 4th century and located about 3 km outside the town of Piazza Armerina, Sicily. It contains the richest, largest and most complex collection of Roman mosaics in the world.
• VILLA SAN MICHELE - Capri.

Monaco

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• Museum of Napoleon Souvenirs - at The Palace.
• Museum of Stamps and Coins - 11, terrasses de Fontvieille. Postage stamps and postal history of Monaco.
• New National Museum - Villa Paloma + Villa Sauber.
• Oceanographic Museum of Monaco - Avenue St-Martin, Monaco-Ville.
• Prince's Palace of Monaco - Monaco-ville.
• Private Collection of Antique Cars of H.S.H. Prince Rainier III - Terrasses de Fontvieille.
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• Saint Nicholas Cathedral - 4, rue Colonel Bellando de Castro, 98000 Monaco-Ville.
• The Exotic Gardens and the Observation Cave - Jardin Exotique de Monaco, 62, boulevard du Jardin Exotique.
• The Museum of Stamps and Coins - Terrasses de Fontvielle.
• The State Apartments - at The Palace.

Netherlands

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• Dutch gallery removes racist artwork titles - The Telegraph.
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN THE NETHERLANDS - Wikipedia.
• Allard Pierson Museum - the archaeological museum of the University of Amsterdam.
• AMSTERDAM HISTORICAL MUSEUM
• AMSTERDAM TULIPMUSEUM
• ANNE FRANK MUSEUM - Amsterdam.
• CRYPTO MUSEUM - "At present we are a virtual museum in The Netherlands, that can only be visited on the internet. We do, however, regularly organize exhibitions in co-operation with other museums."
• Fries Museum - Leeuwarden. Frisian provincial museum. The Mata Hari hall is dedicated to the life of the dancer and spy, who was born in 1876 in Leeuwarden as Margaretha Zelle.
• Huis Doorn - manor house and national museum in the town of Doorn. The museum shows the early 20th-century interior from the time when former German Emperor Wilhelm II lived in the house, and allows access to 6,500 photographs from the digitized collection of the earlier German Emperor Wilhelm II.
• Museum Boerhaave - Leiden. Museum of the history of science and medicine. The museum hosts a collection of historical scientific instruments from all disciplines, but mainly from medicine, physics, and astronomy. The museum is named after Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch physician and botanist who was famous in Europe for his teaching at Leiden and lived to a great age, receiving brilliant students from all over Europe, including Peter the Great, Voltaire and Linnaeus.
• MUSEUM VAN LOON - Amsterdam.
• REMBRANDT HOUSE - Amsterdam.
• RIJKSMUSEUM - Museumplein, Amsterdam.
• Teyler's Museum - Haarlem. The oldest museum in the Netherlands, open to the public since 1784.

Northern Ireland

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN NORTHERN IRELAND - Wikipedia.
• TITANIC BELFAST

Norway

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN NORWAY - Wikipedia.
• MUSEUMS IN NORWAY BY CATEGORY
• THE IBSEN MUSEUM - Oslo.
• VIKING SHIP MUSEUM - Oslo.

Poland

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN POLAND - Wikipedia.
• MUSEUMS IN POLAND BY CATEGORY
• Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum - Memorial and Museum. Oświęcim. A town in the Lesser Poland province of southern Poland, situated 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Kraków.
• Czartoryski Museum - Kraków.
• KsiĄŻ Castle - castle in Wałbrzych in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was built in 1288-1292 under Bolko I the Strict.
• Museum of the History of Polish Jews - Warsaw.
• NATIONAL MUSEUM - Warsaw.
• Wawel Royal Castle - Kraków.

Portugal

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN PORTUGAL - Wikipedia.
• MUSEUMS IN PORTUGAL BY CATEGORY
• MUDE | Museo do Design e da Moda - Lisbon.
• National Archaeology Museum - Lisbon.
• Navy Museum - Lisbon.
• Palace of Mafra - also known as the Convent and Palace of Mafra and the Royal Building of Mafra, is a monumental Baroque and Italianized Neoclassical palace-monastery located in Mafra, Portugal, some 28 kilometres from Lisbon. Construction began in 1717 and was completely concluded in 1755. The palace was classified as a National Monument in 1910, and was also one of the finalists of the Seven Wonders of Portugal.
• Pena National Palace - São Pedro de Penaferrim, municipality of Sintra.
• Seven Wonders of Portugal - Wikipedia.

Romania

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN Romania - Wikipedia.
• Bran Castle - "Dracula's Castle." Bran, near Braşov. The distance to Bucharest is of less than 200 km.
• Palace of the Parliament | Palatul Parlamentului - completed in 1997. Multi-purpose building containing both chambers of the Romanian Parliament. According to the World Records Academy, the Palace is the world's largest civilian building with an administrative function, most expensive administrative building and heaviest building.

Russia

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN RUSSIA - Wikipedia.
• RUSSIAN MUSEUMS
• Amber Room - world-famous chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg.
• BOLSHOI THEATRE - founded in 1776. Moscow.
• Catherine Palace - Saint Petersburg. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars.
• Kazan Cathedral - Saint Petersburg.
• State Historical Museum - Moscow.
• THE MOSCOW KREMLIN
• THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM - Saint Petersburg.
• Tsarskoye Selo - was the town containing a former Russian residence of the imperial family and visiting nobility, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) south from the center of Saint Petersburg.
• Verkhoturye - one of the oldest Russian settlements east of the Urals, and with forty churches in the area, Verkhoturye is considered one of the centers of Russian Christianity. Famous churches include the Trinity Church (1703—1712), Nikolay Monastery (established in 1604) with the Cathedral of Exaltation of the Holy Cross (1905—1913), and Transfiguration Church (1821). In addition, the town houses the oldest female monastery beyond Urals (established in 1621).

Scotland, U.K.

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• A global first links 13 of Scotland’s Unesco cities and sites in a digital trail - "From Edinburgh to St Kilda, destinations in Scotland are being promoted as part of a sustainable tourism drive timed for COP26."
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN SCOTLAND - Wikipedia.
• EDINBURGH CASTLE - historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD). There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603.
• National Museum of Scotland - "Our diverse collections will take you on a journey of discovery through the history of Scotland, the wonders of nature and world cultures - all under one roof."
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• THE ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA - Edinburgh. "Scotland's best visitor attraction." Discover what life was like on board The Queen's floating royal residence.

Serbia

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN SERBIA - Wikipedia.
• Nikola Tesla Museum - Belgrade.

Spain

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN SPAIN - Wikipedia.
• MUSEUMS IN SPAIN BY CATEGORY
• AlcÁzar of Seville - royal palace in Seville, originally a Moorish fort. The palace is renowned as one of the most beautiful in Spain. It is the oldest royal palace still in use in Europe.
• ALHAMBRA - Granada.
• BASILICA DE LA SAGRADA FAMÍLIA - Barcelona.
• Cave of Altamira - Santillana del Mar.
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• El Escorial - historical residence of the King of Spain, in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, about 45 kilometres (28 miles) northwest of the capital, Madrid. It is one of the Spanish royal sites and functions as a monastery, basilica, royal palace, pantheon, library, museum, university and hospital.
• FIGUERES DALÍ THEATRE-MUSEUM - Figueres.
• GAUDÍ CENTRE - Reus.
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• Seville Cathedral - Seville, Andalusia. The largest Gothic cathedral and the third-largest church in the world. It is also the largest cathedral in the world, as the two larger churches, the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida and St Peter's Basilica, are not the seats of bishops.

Sweden

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• List of castles & palaces in Sweden - Wikipedia.
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN SWEDEN - Wikipedia.
• MUSEUMS IN SWEDEN BY CATEGORY
• 007 JAMES BOND MUSEUM - Emmabodavägen 20, 382 45 Nybro.
• ABBA THE MUSEUM - Stockholm.
• ARMY MUSEUM - Stockholm. One of Sweden’s best historical museums, with exhibitions on three spacious floors.
• Disgusting Food Museum - "80 of the world's most disgusting foods." Adventurous visitors will appreciate the opportunity to smell and taste some of these notorious foods. Do you dare smell the world’s stinkiest cheese? Or taste sweets made with metal cleansing chemicals? Carlsgatan 12, 211 20 Malmoe, Sweden.
• Drottningholm Palace - on UNESCO's World Heritage list. It is the most well-preserved royal castle built in the 1600s in Sweden and at the same time is representative of all European architecture for the period.
• Gripsholm Castle - on the shores of Lake Mälaren. Known as Gustav Vasa's castle, as it was he who built the castle here in 1537. See the Swedish State's collection of portraits – featuring prominent Swedes from the days of Gustav Vasa to present day musician and composer Benny Andersson.
• Kalmar Castle - castle in the city Kalmar in the province of Småland.
• Riddarholmen Church - the final resting place of the Swedish kings & Stockholm's only preserved medieval monastery church.
• Royal Palace of Stockholm
• STRINDBERG MUSEUM - Stockholm.
• The Treasury - Stockholm. Here you can see Gustav Vasa´s sword of state, Erik XIV´s crown, sceptre & orb and Lovisa Ulrika´s crown.
• VASA MUSEUM - Djurgården, Stockholm. The museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628.

Switzerland

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN SWITZERLAND - Wikipedia.
• AARGAU MUSEUM
• Basel Historical Museum - one of the largest and most important museums of its kind in Switzerland, and a heritage site of national significance.
• Bern Clock Tower - the Zytglogge tower is a landmark medieval tower in Bern. Built in the early 13th century, it has served the city as guard tower, prison, clock tower, centre of urban life and civic memorial.
• Bern Historical Museum
• Einstein Museum - Bern.
• HABSBURG CASTLE - founded 1030. The double castle was the ancestral seat which gave its name the the Habsburg dynasty.
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum - Geneva.
• Maison Supersaxo - Sion. Grand residence was built by Georges Supersaxo in 1505.
• MusÉe Suisse de la Mode - Yverdon-les-Bains.
• Museum of the Swiss Guard - Naters.
• Napoleonmuseum - Schloss Arenenberg, 8268 Salenstein.
• Natural History Museum of Basel
• Swiss National Museum - Zurich.

Turkey

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• Ayasofya: the mosque-turned-museum at the heart of an ideological battle - "Turkey’s decision to secularise the building was symbolic - so is Erdoğan’s support for reversing it."
• Hagia Sophia: Former Istanbul museum to open for Muslim worshippers - "Friday prayers are to be held at Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia building for the first time since the celebrated museum was turned back into a mosque."
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN TURKEY - Wikipedia.
• CHORA MUSEUM - Istanbul. Considered to be one of the most beautiful surviving examples of a Byzantine church.
• Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology - Gaziantep. Best known for its collection of mosaics, most of which were excavated from the ancient Roman city site of Zeugma. Other exhibits include a collection of paleolithic artifacts; items from a Bronze Age necropolis; Hittite, Persian, Roman, Hellenistic, and Commagene artworks and glassware; Ottoman and Islamic coins and medallions; and the skeleton of a mammoth.
• Hagia Sophia - Istanbul. Former Orthodox patriarchal basilica (church), later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of its dedication in 360 until 1453, it served as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral and seat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire. The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931, when it was secularized. It was opened as a museum on 1 February 1935.
• Topkapi Palace - large palace in Istanbul, that was the primary residence of the Ottoman Sultans for approximately 400 years (1465-1856) of their 624-year reign.

Ukraine

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN Kiev - Wikipedia.
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN Ukraine - Wikipedia.
• Museum of Corruption - Mesjihirija. The palatial compound of Viktor Yanukovych, the former president of Ukraine, was opened to the public shortly after he fled Kiev in February 2014.

Vatican City

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• VATICAN MUSEUMS - Wikipedia.
• Vatican's Secret Archives no longer officially secret after renaming - "Pope says new name for trove of priceless papers will be the Vatican Apostolic Archives."
• SISTINE CHAPEL - the best-known chapel of the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in the Vatican City. It is famous for its architecture and its decoration that was frescoed throughout by Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and others. Under the patronage of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo painted 1,100 m2 (12,000 sq ft) of the chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512. The ceiling, and especially The Last Judgment (1535–1541), is widely believed to be Michelangelo's crowning achievement in painting.
• VATICAN MUSEUMS - official site.

Middle East

Abu Dhabi	Dubai	Egypt	Israel
Jordan	Lebanon	Qatar	Syria

Abu Dhabi

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• Abu Dhabi Louvre hits 1M visitors - "The museum opened on Nov. 11, 2017 as the result of a 30-year agreement between France and the United Arab Emirates, in a deal worth over of $1 billion."
• Museums in Abu Dhabi - Wikipedia.
• Oldest buildings in UAE discovered, dating back 8,500 years - "Archaeologists in the United Arab Emirates have uncovered the country's oldest known buildings, dating back at least 8,500 years. This is more than 500 years older than the previous record-breaking discoveries, according to Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism in a press release Thursday."
• the Louvre Abu Dhabi revealed - The Telegraph.
• Al Ain Palace Museum - the former home of the late UAE founder, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Palace was once a political and social hub. Built in 1910, the building became a museum in 1998.
• Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Museum - Saadiyat Island.
• LOUVRE ABU DHABI - Saadiyat Island.

Dubai

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• Dubai's next iconic landmark - "Dubai's Museum of the Future: A new world icon?"
• List of museums in the United Arab Emirates
• Dubai Miracle Garden - flower garden located in the district of Dubailand. The garden was launched on Valentine's Day in 2013. The garden occupies over 72,000 square metres (780,000 sq ft), making it the world's largest natural flower garden featuring over 50 million flowers and 250 million plants.
• DUBAI MUSEUM - since 1971. The main museum in Dubai. It is located in the Al Fahidi Fort, built in 1787 and is the oldest existing building in Dubai.
• Museum of the Future - "Where The Future Lives." The Museum of the Future welcomes people of all ages to see, touch, and shape our shared future. Go on a journey through possible futures and bring hope and knowledge back to the present. Located in the Financial District of Dubai, the Museum of the Future has three main elements: green hill, building, and void.

Egypt

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• 10 times ancient Egyptian discoveries awed us in 2022 - "From mummies with gold-plated tongues to a pyramid built for a previously unknown queen, here are 10 spectacular discoveries about ancient Egypt from 2022."
• 3,000-year-old ‘lost golden city’ of ancient Egypt discovered - "Experts say Aten is the largest such city ever found and one of the most important finds since unearthing Tutankhamun’s tomb."
• 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt's Great Pyramid - "Archaeologists have long wondered exactly how the ancient Egyptians constructed the world's biggest pyramid, the Great Pyramid. Now, they may have discovered the system used to haul massive stone blocks into place some 4,500 years ago."
• 5,000-year-old Egyptian tomb opens for virtual tour - "Egypt’s classical wonders are off limits but a royal tomb is one of four sites where 3D modelling gives us a fascinating glimpse of antiquity."
• A glimpse behind the scenes of Giza’s Grand Egyptian Museum - "Egypt’s vast, much-delayed museum is scheduled to open in 2020. But while Tutankhamun’s treasures are being readied for tourists, some critics see the building as a vanity project."
• A now-dry branch of the Nile helped build Egypt's pyramids, new study says - "New evidence about the Nile bolsters a long-standing theory of how ancient Egyptians managed to build the massive pyramids of Giza thousands of years ago. Researchers led by geographer Hader Sheisha at Aix-Marseille University in France used paleoecological clues to help reconstruct what Egypt's Nile river might have looked like over the past 8,000 years."
• A rare look inside Egypt's Valley of the Kings tombs, where photography is banned - The Telegraph.
• Ancient Egypt unleashed - "How the gods, pharaohs, monsters and murderers shattered their silence. Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt is at the British Museum, London, 13 October to 19 February."
• 'Bent' pyramid: Egypt opens ancient oddity for tourism - "Pharoah Sneferu’s structure marks key step in Egyptian architecture, as builders had to change the angle when it started to crack."
• Egypt archaeologists find 20 ancient coffins near Luxor - "Archaeologists have found more than 20 ancient wooden coffins near the Egyptian city of Luxor, the country's antiquities ministry says."
• Egypt celebrates reopening 3,400-year-old Avenue of the Sphinxes - "Egypt celebrated the reopening of the ancient Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor on Thursday night, a 2.7-kilometer (1.7-mile) road that connects two temple complexes in the area, the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak."
• Egypt mummies pass through Cairo in ancient rulers' parade - "The lavish, multimillion-dollar spectacle saw 22 mummies - 18 kings and four queens - transported from the peach-coloured, neo-classical Egyptian Museum to their new resting place 5km (three miles) away."
• Egypt pharaoh's 'solar boat' moved to Giza museum - In pictures - "An impressive ancient Egyptian boat from the time of the pharaohs has been transported to its new home at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza due to open this year near the Pyramids."
• Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence - Daily Mail.
• Egyptian Officials Claim They’ve Found Alexander the Great’s Tomb - "An Egyptian official has claimed that he has evidence that Alexander the Great’s tomb is in Siwa, Egypt, the Egypt Independent reported on Friday. The report says that Mohamed Omran, the director of Siwa’s Tourism Department, 'announced evidence suggesting the potential discovery of the tomb of alexander the Great might be in the Marai area.'"
• King Tut Died Long Ago, but the Debate About His Tomb Rages On - "Maybe the walls are disguising the undiscovered burial chamber of Nefertiti. Or 'maybe it’s Al Capone’s safe.'"
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN EGYPT - Wikipedia.
• Long-lost jewelry from King Tut's tomb rediscovered a century later - "Some of this jewelry may have been taken out of Egypt by Howard Carter, the British archaeologist who led the excavation that uncovered the tomb."
• MUSEUMS IN CAIRO
• MUSEUMS IN EGYPT
• Nefertiti’s Undiscovered Tomb May Be Near Tutankhamun’s Burial Place, Former British Museum Curator Says - "Speaking to the Guardian, Nicholas Reeves, who formerly worked in that London institution’s Egyptian antiquities department, argued that Nefertiti may have buried in a hidden area near the burial chamber of her stepson Tutankhamun. His suggestion is still only just a theory, however, as radar scanning failed to prove it as the truth."
• New sphinx uncovered in Egypt - CNN travel.
• 'Sensational' Egypt find offers clues in hunt for Cleopatra’s tomb - "She was the fabled queen of ancient Egypt, immortalised over thousands of years as a beautiful seductress. But, despite her fame, Cleopatra’s tomb is one of the great unsolved mysteries."
• The best of ancient Egypt - "Egypt's ancient discoveries keep coming."
• Tutankhamun's inspiring 21st Century afterlife - "'Everywhere the glint of gold.' This is how the British archaeologist Howard Carter infamously recalled his first impression of the dazzling, treasure-filled tomb of Tutankhamun."
• Tutankhamun's last legacy emerges near the pyramids - "Inside the final resting place of Tutankhamun's treasures."
• Voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy reproduced by 3-D printing a vocal tract - "The team were able to accurately reproduce a single sound, which sounds a bit like a long, exasperated 'meh' without the 'm.'"
• Who really discovered Tutankhamun's tomb? - "Howard Carter lead the team of archaeologists in finding Tutankhamun's tomb, but not much is said about the Egyptians who helped him. On the 100th anniversary of the discovery, an exhibition at the University of Oxford in the UK showcases some forgotten stories."
• Why do so many Egyptian statues have broken noses? - "The ancient Egyptians, it's important to note, ascribed important powers to images of the human form. They believed that the essence of a deity could inhabit an image of that deity, or, in the case of mere mortals, part of that deceased human being's soul could inhabit a statue inscribed for that particular person. These campaigns of vandalism were therefore intended to 'deactivate an image's strength,'.
• BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA
• Grand Egyptian Museum - also known as the Giza Museum, is a planned museum of artefacts of ancient Egypt. Described as the largest archaeological museum in the world, the museum is under construction and is scheduled to be partially open in 2018 exhibiting the full Tutankhamun collection with many pieces to be displayed for the first time.
• Great Pyramid of Giza
• Karnak Temple Complex
• LUXOR MUSEUM - inaugurated in 1975. Among the most striking items on show are grave goods from the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62) and a collection of 26 exceptionally well preserved New Kingdom statues that were found buried in a cache in nearby Luxor Temple in 1989. The royal mummies of two pharaohs - Ahmose I and Ramesses I - were also put on display in the Luxor Museum in March 2004, as part of the new extension to the museum, which includes a small visitor centre. A major exhibit is a reconstruction of one of the walls of Akhenaten's temple at Karnak.
• Museum of Egyptian Antiquities - Cairo. Known commonly as the Egyptian Museum. Home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms.
• TUTANKHAMUN - at The Egyptian Museum.

Israel

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• Ancient altar rediscovered in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre - "Pressed against a wall in a back corridor of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a stone slab bore testimony only to the graffiti etched on it by multitudes of pilgrims through the ages."
• Israel unveils parts of Herod's palace Herodium buried by Judean king - "Herodium, a hugely popular tourism destination, is near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank but falls in an area where Israel exercises full military and civilian control."
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN ISRAEL - Wikipedia.
• Bible Lands Museum - Jerusalen. Explores the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Bible, among them the ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Arameans, Hittites, Elamites, Phoenicians and Persians. The aim of the museum is to put these peoples into historical context.
• Caesarea - the ancient town was built by Herod the Great about 25–13 BCE as the port city Caesarea Maritima.
• Dead Sea scrolls study raises new questions over texts' origins - "Salts used on Temple scroll are not common to Dead Sea region, researchers find."
• ISRAEL MUSEUM - Jerusalen. Founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum. Among the unique objects on display are a carved female figurine considered the oldest artwork in the world; the interior of a 1736 synagogue from Suriname; necklaces worn by Jewish brides in Yemen; a mosaic Islamic prayer niche from 17th-century Persia; and a nail attesting to the practice of crucifixion in Jesus’ time. An urn-shaped building on the grounds of the museum, the Shrine of the Book, houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and artifacts discovered at Masada.
• Masada - ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea 20 km (12 mi) east of Arad. According to Josephus, the siege of Masada by Roman troops at the end of the First Jewish–Roman War ended in the mass suicide of 960 people, the Sicarii rebels and their families who were hiding there. Masada is one of Israel's most popular tourist attractions.
• Qumran - archaeological site in the West Bank. It is located on a dry marl plateau about 1.5 km (1 mi) from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. It is best known as the settlement nearest to the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden, caves in the sheer desert cliffs and beneath, in the marl terrace.
• Shrine of the Book - wing of the Israel Museum in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel, houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in 1947–56 in 11 caves in and around the Wadi Qumran.
• Western Wall or Wailing Wall - an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a relatively small segment of a far longer ancient retaining wall, known also in its entirety as the "Western Wall". The wall was originally erected as part of the expansion of the Second Jewish Temple begun by Herod the Great. The Western Wall is considered holy due to its connection to the Temple Mount. Because of the Temple Mount entry restrictions, the Wall is the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray, though the holiest site in the Jewish faith lies behind it.
• Yad Vashem - Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the dead; honoring Jews who fought against their Nazi oppressors and Gentiles who selflessly aided Jews in need; and researching the phenomenon of the Holocaust in particular and genocide in general, with the aim of avoiding such events in the future. Yad Vashem is the second-most-visited Israeli tourist site, after the Western Wall, with approximately one million visitors each year. It does not charge any fee for admission.

Jordan

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN JORDAN
• PETRA - a symbol of Jordan, as well as Jordan's most-visited tourist attraction. A historical and archaeological city in the southern Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system.
• The Jordan Museum - located in Ras Al-Ein district of Amman. Built in 2014, the museum is the largest museum in Jordan and hosts the country's most important archaeological findings, including the 7500 BC 'Ain Ghazal statues which are regarded as one of the oldest human statues ever made by human civilization, animal bones dating back to 1.5 million years and Copper Scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Lebanon

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN LEBANON - Wikipedia.
• National Museum of Beirut

Qatar

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• List of museums in Qatar
• Museum of Islamic Art - since 2008. One of the world’s most complete collections of Islamic artifacts.
• Qatar Museums - since 2005. The lead body for museums in Qatar.

Syria

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• MUSEUMS IN SYRIA - Ministry of Tourism.
• Ancient City of Aleppo
• Ancient City of Bosra
• Ancient City of Damascus
• Ancient Villages of Northern Syria - around 40 villages grouped in eight archaeological parks situated in north-western Syria provide reflect the rural life in Late Antiquity and during the Byzantine period.
• Crak des Chevaliers - near Homs.
• Site of Palmyra - north-east of Damascus.

North America

Canada

Mexico

U. S. A.

Canada

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN CANADA - Wikipedia.
• Canadian Museum of Civilization - Gatineau, Quebec. Canada's national museum of human history.
• Canadian War Museum - Ottawa, Ontario. "An entirely new and must-see attraction, this national museum presents Canada’s military past and how it shaped the country. Its outstanding exhibitions explain Canada s rich military history from earliest times to the present, featuring the experiences of people on the battlefields and at home."
• Royal Ontario Museum - Toronto, Ontario. Canada's largest museum of world culture and natural history.

Mexico

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN MEXICO - Wikipedia.
• MUSEUMS IN MEXICO
• CHICHEN ITZA - Yucatán Peninsula, Municipality of Tinúm, Yucatán.
• National Museum of Anthropology - Mexico City. The most visited museum in Mexico. The museum contains significant archaeological and anthropological artifacts from the pre-Columbian heritage of Mexico, such as the Piedra del Sol (the "Stone of the Sun" or Aztec calendar stone) and the 16th-century Aztec statue of Xochipilli.
• Teotihuacan - the Temple of the Feathered Serpent is the modern-day name for the third largest pyramid at Teotihuacan, a pre-Columbian site in central Mexico.

U. S. A.

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• 11 most endangered historic places in America – in pictures - The Guardian.
• America's most-visited museum may house over 1,000 items linked to alleged trafficking - "Over 1,000 objects in the Met's collection linked to alleged traffickers and looters, investigation finds."
• CIA museum: Inside the world's most top secret museum - "It is the perhaps the most unusual - and exclusive - museum in the world, filled with artefacts that have shaped history. But its doors are firmly shut to the public. Located inside the US intelligence agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia, the collection has just been renovated to mark the agency's 75th anniversary."
• How to Get the Most out of New York’s Met Museum - The New York Times.
• List of largest historic homes in the United States - Wikipedia.
• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN THE UNITED STATES (BY STATE) - Wikipedia.
• MUSEUMS IN THE U.S.A. - Alphabetic Listing (1507 museums).
• NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE - The New York Times.
• New York City's 9/11 Tribute Museum closes its doors for good, citing financial losses during the pandemic - "The museum opened in 2006 and provided information about 9/11 and the 'unprecedented rescue and recovery operations and the rebuilding of both Lower Manhattan and of people's lives,' according to their website."
• New York’s Arts for All - "A library card opens the door to culture in New York."
• The real story behind some of America’s most iconic places - "Mount Rushmore, Lincoln Memorial, Statue of Liberty: Story behind iconic places."
• The secret rooms inside America’s most popular attractions - The Telegraph.
• Wild luxury of America's opulent Hearst Castle - "15 secrets of Hearst Castle."
• World's biggest dinosaur skeleton unveiled in New York - The Guardian.
• 9/11 MEMORIAL & MUSEUM | WORLD TRADE CENTER MEMORIAL - World Trade Center site, Liberty Street & Church Street, New York City, NY 10048. The principal memorial and museum commemorating the September 11 attacks of 2001.
• 309 AMARG | DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE
• ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER - Miami, FL.
• AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY - New York, NY. One of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world. Located in park-like grounds across the street from Central Park, the museum complex contains 27 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. The museum collections contain over 32 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, and human cultural artifacts. Also on display is the 563 carat (113 g) Star of India, the largest, and most famous, star sapphire in the world.
• Bishop Museum - founded in 1889. Museum of history and science located in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu. It is the largest museum in Hawai'i and is home to the world's largest collection of Polynesian cultural artifacts and natural history specimens.
• BRANSON MISSOURI - Titanic Museum: "World's largest museum attraction."
• CIA MUSEUM - Langley, VA. The museum is closed to the public and is only visited by employees and invited guests.
• CORAL CASTLE MUSEUM - Miami, FL.
• Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - Nashville, TN. Identifies and preserves the evolving history and traditions of country music and educates its audiences.
• CREATION MUSEUM - creation, evolution, science and Christian worldview.
• Ellis Island - designated October 15, 1966. "12 million immigrants who passed through these now quiet halls from 1892 to 1954." Upper New York Bay.
• EMPIRE STATE BUILDING - 350 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY 10118.
• Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum - 907 Whitehead Street, Key West, Florida. Hemingway's home from 1931 to 1939, although he retained title to the home until he died (1961).
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• Flagler Museum - "When it was completed in 1902, the New York Herald proclaimed that Whitehall, Henry Flagler's Gilded Age estate in Palm Beach, was 'more wonderful than any palace in Europe, grander and more magnificent than any other private dwelling in the world.' Today, Whitehall is a National Historic Landmark and is open to the public as the Flagler Museum, offering self-guided tours, changing exhibitions, and special programs." 1 Whitehall Way.
• FORD'S THEATRE - 511 Tenth St, NW, Washington, DC. "Where Lincoln's Legacy Lives."
• GENERAL MOTORS HERITAGE CENTER
• GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE - the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York.
• GRACELAND - Memphis, TN.
• GRAMMY MUSEUM - 800 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA.
• GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM - New York City, NY.
• HARLEY-DAVIDSON MUSEUM - Milwaukee, WI.
• HENRY FORD MUSEUM - 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn, MI. "America's Greatest History Destination."
• Henry Morrison Flagler Museum - 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach, Florida. Fifty-five room Beaux Arts estate known as Whitehall, the home was Florida's first museum.
• Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens - 4155 Linnean Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008. Decorative arts museum since 1973. The former residence of businesswoman, socialite, philanthropist and collector Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood is known for its large decorative arts collection that focuses heavily on the House of Romanov, including Fabergé eggs. Other highlights are 18th and 19th century French art and one of the country's finest orchid collections.
• HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM
• International Center of Photography - since 1974. Photography museum. 1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, U.S.A.
• International Spy Museum - since 2002. Washington, DC, U.S.A. The Museum features the largest collection of international espionage artifacts ever placed on public display. It is the only public museum in the United States solely dedicated to espionage and the only one in the world to provide a global perspective on an all-but-invisible profession that has shaped history and continues to have a significant impact on world events.
• Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum - military and maritime history museum with a collection of museum ships in New York City. It is located at Pier 86 at 46th Street on the West Side of Manhattan. The museum showcases the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, the submarine USS Growler, a Concorde SST and a Lockheed A-12 supersonic reconnaissance plane. Additionally on April 12, 2011, the museum was awarded the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
• JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM - Boston, MA.
• Madame Tussauds Hollywood - "Meet the icons." 6933 Hollywood Blvd.
• Madame Tussauds Las Vegas - 3377 Las Vegas Blvd South, Suite 2001.
• Madame Tussauds New York - 234 W 42nd St.
• Madame Tussauds San Francisco - 145 Jefferson St.
• Madame Tussauds Washington - 1001 F St NW.
• MARK CROSS objects at Metropolitan Museum of Art - "America's Original Luxury Lifestyle Brand."
• METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART - "Experience 5,000 Years of Art at The Met." New York City, NY.
• MOCA | THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART - Los Angeles, CA.
• Monticello - was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, who began designing Monticello after inheriting land from his father at age 26. Located just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, in the Piedmont region, the plantation was originally 5,000 acres (20 sq km).
• Morgan Library & Museum - museum and research library located at 225 Madison Avenue at East 36th Street in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was founded to house the private library of J. P. Morgan in 1906, which included manuscripts and printed books, some of them in rare bindings, as well as his collection of prints and drawings.
• MOUNT RUSHMORE - Keystone, SD.
• Museum of American Finance - the nation’s only independent public museum dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history. Located in the Financial District of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, it as an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.
• MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - Boston, MA.
• Museum of Flight - since 1965. The largest private air and space museum in the world. King County International Airport (Boeing Field), 9404 E. Marginal Way, Tukwila, Washington, U.S.A.
• Museum of Jurassic Technology - Los Angeles, CA. The museum calls itself "an educational institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and the public appreciation of the Lower Jurassic"; the relevance of the term "Lower Jurassic" to the museum's collections is left uncertain and unexplained. The museum's collection includes a mixture of artistic, scientific, ethnographic, and historic, as well as some unclassifiable exhibits, and the diversity of its offerings evokes the cabinets of curiosities that were the 16th century predecessors of modern natural history museums.
• Museum of the Moving Image - Astoria, NY. The Museum of the Moving Image exists to expand public understanding and appreciation of the art, history, technique and technology of film, television, and digital media by collecting, preserving, and providing access to moving-image related artifacts via multimedia exhibitions and educational programming. The exhibits include significant audio/visual components designed to promote an understanding of the history of the industry and an understanding of how it has evolved.
• MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE - Los Angeles, CA. A Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum.
• MY AL CAPONE MUSEUM - gangster memorabilia.
• National Building Museum - Washington, D.C. Since 1985: "Telling the stories of architecture, engineering, and design." Museum of "architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning".
• NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM
• National Museum of African American History and Culture | NMAAHC - Smithsonian Institution museum established in 2003. Currently under construction on the National Mall in Washington, D.C..
• NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY - 14th St and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, D.C.. Collects, preserves and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history. Among the items on display is the original Star-Spangled Banner.
• NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL & MUSEUM | 9/11 Memorial - World Trade Center Memorial. World Trade Center site, Liberty Street & Church Street, New York City, 10048 NY. The principal memorial and museum commemorating the September 11 attacks of 2001.
• NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM - largest museum in the United States devoted to urban public transportation history.
• NEWSEUM - interactive museum of news and journalism located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. The seven-level, 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m²) museum features 15 theaters and 14 galleries. The Newseum's Berlin Wall Gallery includes the largest display of sections of the Berlin Wall outside of Germany. The Today's Front Pages Gallery presents daily front pages from more than 80 international newspapers.
• PENN MUSEUM of Archaeology and Anthropology - Philadelphia, PA.
• PIMA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
• ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME ANNEX NYC
• Rosenbach Museum & Library - since 1954. Philadelphia museum and library located within two 19th-century townhouses. The historic houses contain the collections and treasures of Philip Rosenbach and his younger brother Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach. The brothers owned the Rosenbach Company, which became the preeminent dealer of rare books, manuscripts and decorative arts during the first half of the 20th century.
• SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM (AT DEALEY PLAZA) - located on the sixth and seventh floors of an early 20th-century warehouse known in 1963 as the Texas School Book Depository. Chronicles the assassination and legacy of President John F. Kennedy.
• SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - 1000 Jefferson Dr SW, Washington, DC 20004. "Seriously Amazing." The world's largest museum complex and research organization composed of 19 museums, 9 research centers, and the US National Zoo. Termed "the nation's attic" for its eclectic holdings of 137 million items. Established in 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government.
• Statue of Liberty - dedicated on October 28, 1886. Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York City.
• THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM - Pittsburgh, PA.
• THE ART DECO WELCOME CENTER - Miami, FL. Guided walking tours. Non-profit organization devoted to preserving, protecting, and promoting the cultural, social, economic, environmental and architectural integrity of the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District.
• STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER - Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, 14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy, Chantilly, VA 20151, U.S.A. Displays historic aviation & space artifacts, including: the Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan & an Air France Concorde supersonic airliner.
• THE ART INSTITUE OF CHICAGO
• THE ART INSTITUTE IN CHICAGO
• The Cloisters - museum located in Fort Tryon Park in the Washington Heights section of Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, used to exhibit the museum's extensive collection of art, architecture and artifacts from Medieval Europe.
• The Frick Collection - since 1935. 1 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021.
• THE GETTY VILLA - Malibu, Los Angeles, CA.
• THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM - Los Angeles, CA.
• The Mob Museum - Las Vegas, NV. Dedicated to featuring the artifacts, stories, and history of organized crime in the United States. E.g. the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Wall are a Tommy gun (which can be touched, held and even “pretend” shot), an electric chair, as well as the barber chair Albert Anastasia was murdered in.
• THE MUSEUM OF TELEVISION AND RADIO
• UNITED NATIONS GUIDED TOURS - New York City, NY.

South America

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Argentina	Bolivia	Brazil
Chile	Colombia	Peru

Argentina

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN ARGENTINA - Wikipedia.
• Cueva de las Manos - Río Pinturas. Ccontains an exceptional assemblage of cave art, executed between 13,000 and 9,500 years ago.
• Jesuit Block & Estancias of CÓrdoba - contains the core buildings of the Jesuit system: the university, the church and residence of the Society of Jesus, and the college.

Bolivia

• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN Bolivia - Wikipedia.
• Fuerte de Samaipata - the huge sculptured rock, dominating the town below, is a unique testimony to pre-Hispanic traditions and beliefs, and has no parallel anywhere in the Americas.
• Historic City of Sucre - founded by the Spanish in the first half of the 16th century. Its many well-preserved 16th-century religious buildings.
• Tiwanaku - spiritual and political centre of the Tiwanaku culture (500 and 900 AD).

Brazil

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN BRAZIL - Wikipedia.
• Christ the Redeemer (statue) - since 1931. Rio de Janeiro. It is 30 metres (98 ft) tall, not including its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal, and its arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide.
• Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia - as the first capital of Brazil, from 1549 to 1763, Salvador de Bahia witnessed the blending of European, African and Amerindian cultures.
• Imperial Museum of Brazil - situated in the historic center of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is housed in the former summer palace of the emperor, Pedro II (1831-1889), built in 1845.
• Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis - ruins of São Miguel das Missões in Brazil, and those of San Ignacio Miní, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa María la Mayor in Argentina, lie at the heart of a tropical forest.
• National Historical Museum - created in 1922, and possesses over 287,000 items, including the largest numismatic collection of Latin America. Rio de Janeiro.

Chile

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN CHILE - Wikipedia.
• Churches of ChiloÉ - represent a unique example in Latin America of an outstanding form of ecclesiastical wooden architecture.
• Easter Island - Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle. Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people.

Colombia

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN Colombia - Wikipedia.
• Gold Museum - Bogotá.
• National Archeological Park of Tierradentro - monumental statues of human figures can be seen in the park, which also contains many hypogea dating from the 6th to the 10th century.
• Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena - situated in a bay in the Caribbean Sea, Cartagena has the most extensive fortifications in South America.
• San AgustÍn Archaeological Park - the largest group of religious monuments and megalithic sculptures in South America stands in a wild, spectacular landscape.

Peru

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• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN PERU - Wikipedia.
• Machu Picchu: Inca site ‘has gone by wrong name for over 100 years’ - "Peruvian historian and US archaeologist say the pre-Columbian town was called Huayna Picchu by the Inca people."
• Peru opens Machu Picchu ruins for one tourist - "Japanese tourist waited almost seven months to enter Inca citadel while trapped in country during coronavirus pandemic."
• Choquequirao - ruined Inca city in south Peru, similar in structure and architecture to Machu Picchu.
• MACHU PICCHU - pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
• Museum of the Nation - houses thousands of artifacts spanning the entire span of human occupation in Peru.
• National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru - the largest and oldest museum in Peru. The museum houses more than 100,000 artifacts spanning the entire history of human occupation in what is now Peru.
• Sacred City of Caral-Supe - the 5000-year-old 626-hectare archaeological site of The Sacred City of Caral-Supe is situated on a dry desert terrace overlooking the green valley of the Supe river. It dates back to the Late Archaic Period of the Central Andes and is the oldest centre of civilization in the Americas.