There are not too many good reasons to go to Essen, Germany. One of these is the Folkwang museum located 2 km south of the city center. The museum from 1902 hosts 50.000 photographies but only 600 paintings, because 1.400 were lost during nazi times.
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Ljubljana is small in size but as a European capital town it offers some nice museums, all easily reachable on foot. You can choose between museums of history and art galleries.
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New York is a paradise for museum enthusiasts. You’ll find well-known museums of modern art, natural history or cultural anthropology – you already heard of them all. I’ll just list the big ones you cannot omit while being at New York.
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There are different museums in Zagreb, Croatia but they are very different in type and quality. Some are only exhibition halls with one exhibit, others are great art museums and some still spread the vibe of Yugoslavia. If you are limited in time go for the museum of contemporary art and the moderna galerija.
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One of the few sights away from the city center is the museum of contemporary art. To get there, you have to walk southbound, cross the railway tracks and the river Sava – and then you’ll discover the difference between the European style city center and the place where people actually live.
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If you climb up the hills on the Buda side of Budapest, Hungary – maybe close to the Fisherman’s Bastion – you can walk for hours having wonderful views on the city. Following the trail to the south you’ll reach the palace (Budavári palota); the biggest building in Hungary. It dates back to the 13. century and king Béla IV.
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A good activity for a rainy day is to visit one or two museums in Friedrichshafen, Germany. What one doesn’t expect if he’s not well prepared is that the region has a strong connection to aviation. Important airships have been built here at the shore of Lake Constance and can be seen at the Zeppelin museum.
Casa del Arte José Clemente Orozco (Pinacoteca)
If you’re not at Santiago de Chile there aren’t that much museums to visit. The Casa del Arte in Concepción (Bío Bío region) is an exception. It belongs to the University of Concepción and within this not very modern building paintings from different Chilean epochs are on display.
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Chilean history
The Museo Colchagua in Santa Cruz, Chile was one of the few museums I was able to visit during my tour from north to south. And it is a special one, not really going deep into topics but very wide. It starts with some archeological exhibits, shows the time of the Spanish invasion and the first settlers, gives inside into the developement of the republic and then switches over to winemaking (important in this area) and it exhibits also some railways.
İstanbul Modern
Looking for some modern art in Istanbul, Turkey? There is one location you cannot ommit – in Beyoğlu, one of the city parts on the European side, you’ll find the İstanbul Modern. Close to the place where cruise ships are anchoring in Istanbul a new museum has opened in 2004. In a building looking like a warehouse modern art is presented on 8.000 square meters.