I never go for a walk in the Marais without a visit to this fascinating museum. Installed in two splendid private mansions joined by courtyard gardens — the 16th- and 17th-century Hôtel de Sévigné, the former home of Madame de Sévigné, and the 17th-century Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau — the Musée Carnavalet [...]
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Three Extraordinary Amsterdam Museums: Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum
RIJKSMUSEUM — With its superb collection of Rembrandts, Vermeers, Halses and Steens, the Rijksmuseum will reopen on April 13, 2013, after a 10-year, $450 million renovation. The Dutch neo-Renaissance building debuted in 1885. Following the reconstruction, the galleries are flooded with natural light and augmented by an extensive new visitors’ center. Highlights of the [...]
MONA, Tasmania
Overlooking the Derwent River, the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) comprises a striking set of sandstone galleries that house one of the largest private art collections in the Southern Hemisphere. Local philanthropist David Walsh funded the museum, and since it opened in 2011, more than 600,000 visitors have come to experience his odd but consistently [...]
Philadelphia: The Dazzling New Barnes Foundation
Our return visit to Philadelphia had been inspired by the newly opened Barnes Foundation, crowning the museum- lined Benjamin Franklin Parkway. In 1912, the famous curmudgeon Dr. Albert C. Barnes started to assemble an astounding array of Impressionist, post-Impressionist and early Modern masterpieces. After a public exhibition of these works was roundly derided, Barnes retreated to [...]
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