16 November 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions
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Nationaal Holocaust Museum © Ceescamel
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The Dutch National Holocaust Museum (
Dutch : Nationaal Holocaust museum) is the first official museum on
the Holocaust in the Netherlands . It is located in an historic building in the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam, near a former
child care center that played a role in rescuing Jewish children. The museum tells the story of the Holocaust through the lives of individual victimised men, women, and children. There is a floor-to-ceiling display of all the laws limiting and obliterating the rights of Jews in the Netherlands, who since the eighteenth century had been Dutch citizens with equal rights.
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5 November 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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The National Mall is a
landscaped park near the
downtown area of
Washington, D.C. , the
capital city of the
United States . It contains and borders a number of museums of the
Smithsonian Institution , art galleries, cultural institutions, and various memorials, sculptures, and statues. It is administered by the
National Park Service (NPS) of the
United States Department of the Interior as part of the
National Mall and Memorial Parks unit of the
National Park System . The park receives approximately 24 million visitors each year. Designed by
Pierre L’Enfant , the “Grand Avenue” or Mall was to be a democratic and egalitarian space—unlike palace gardens, such as those at
Versailles in France, that were paid for by the people but reserved for the use of a privileged few.
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18 October 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions , UNESCO World Heritage
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The Wieliczka Salt Mine (
Polish : Kopalnia soli Wieliczka) is a
salt mine in the town of
Wieliczka , near
Kraków in southern
Poland .
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12 October 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions
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The Albertinum is a modern art museum. The sandstone-clad
Renaissance Revival building is located on
Brühl’s Terrace in the historic center of
Dresden , Germany. It is named after King
Albert of Saxony .
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1 October 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Architecture , Design & Products , House of the Month , Museums, Exhibitions
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The Vitra Design Museum is a privately owned museum for
design in
Weil am Rhein ,
Germany . Former
Vitra CEO, and son of Vitra founders Willi and Erika Fehlbaum,
Rolf Fehlbaum founded the museum in 1989 as an independent private
foundation . The Vitra corporation provides it with a financial subsidy, the use of Vitra architecture, and organizational cooperation.
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1 October 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions
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The Jodenbuurt (
Dutch : Jewish neighbourhood) is a neighbourhood of
Amsterdam ,
Netherlands . For centuries before
World War II , it was the center of the
Dutch Jews of Amsterdam — hence, its name (literally:
Jewish quarter ). It is best known as the birthplace of
Baruch Spinoza , the home of
Rembrandt , and the Jewish
ghetto of
Nazi occupation of the Netherlands .
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13 September 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Berlin , Museums, Exhibitions
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The Schwules Museum (English: Gay Museum) in
Berlin ,
Germany , is a museum and research centre with collections focusing on LGBTQ+ history and culture. It opened in 1985 and it was the first museum in the world dedicated to gay history.
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1 July 2024 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General , House of the Month , Museums, Exhibitions , Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries , Shopping
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The Petronas Towers (
Malay : Menara Berkembar Petronas), also known as the Petronas Twin Towers and colloquially the KLCC Twin Towers, are an
interlinked pair of 88-story
supertall skyscrapers in
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia, standing at 451.9 metres (1,483 feet). From 1998 to 2004, they were officially designated as the
tallest buildings in the world until they were surpassed by the completion of the
Taipei 101 . The Petronas Towers are the world’s
tallest twin skyscrapers and remained the
tallest buildings in Malaysia until 2019, when they were surpassed by
The Exchange 106 . The Petronas Towers are a major landmark of Kuala Lumpur, along with the nearby
Kuala Lumpur Tower and
Merdeka 118 , and are visible in many places across the city.
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14 June 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions
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The Museumsquartier (MQ) is a 90,000 m² large area in the
7th district of the city of
Vienna ,
Austria . The
Museumsquartier station of line U2 of the
Vienna U-Bahn , as well as the metro station “Volkstheater” is located next to the premises.
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