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.
Tate Modern
The Tate Modern in London, United Kingdom located near St. Paul’s Cathedral directly at the river Thames. It has been created in the year 2000 in an old power station and is the biggest museum of modern art.
Continue reading “Tate Modern”The Kunstmuseum
The Kunstmuseum Basel is an art museum in Basel, Switzerland located in the city center close to river Rhein. It contains 4.000 images, sculptures and installations belonging to visual arts. The building has been erected in neoclassicistic style between 1931 and 1936. Continue reading “The Kunstmuseum”
Cemetery of trains
The railway museum of Warszawa, Poland is quite special. It is located in an old railway station and you can first take a look at lots of exhibits indoor. The most wonderful part indeed is outdoor: on the tracks of the old railway station you will find lots of engines and waggons lined up. Continue reading “Cemetery of trains”
Museo del Ron Havana Club
When it comes to rum, I always prefer Havana Club. Authentic Cuban rum, not that Bacardí stuff from the Bahamas, produced by a company supporting el bloqueo. Therefore it was clear that I had to visit the Museo del Ron Havana Club in the historic city center of La Habana, Cuba. Continue reading “Museo del Ron Havana Club”
Museo de la Revolución
The Museo de la Revolución is a museum in La Habana, Cuba. It is located in the neo-classic presidential palace, decorated by Tiffany & Co. of New York, United States. The last user of this building was dictator Fulgencio Batista; when the Cuban revolution succeeded it was turned into a museum. Continue reading “Museo de la Revolución”
Bahía de Cochinos
On the southern coast of Cuba, not far away from Cienfuegos you can find the Bahía de Cochinos (“bay of pigs“) with its two beaches Playa Larga and Playa Girón. The area became well known in 1961 because of the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion by the United States and Cuban people living in the U.S. – today you can learn more about the Cuban view on this event in a museum at Playa Girón. Continue reading “Bahía de Cochinos”
Museo y Monumento Memorial Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara
The Museo y Monumento Memorial Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara is a monument, museum and mausoleum commemorating the life of Ernesto Guevara and is located at the Plaza de la Revolución in Santa Clara, Cuba. It consists of a six meters high statue, a museum collecting items from the life of Che, the graves of several fighters from the Cuban revolution and an eternal flame.
Continue reading “Museo y Monumento Memorial Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara”Galleria degli Uffizi
The Galleria degli Uffizi is a world-famous art museum in Firenze, Italy. It was built from 1559 on as an office (therefore the name) for the public administration. Since 1580 it contains art and since then it was open to the public. It contains mainly works in Italian renaissance style. Continue reading “Galleria degli Uffizi”
The girl with a pearl earring
The Mauritshuis is an art museum located in the center of Den Haag, The Netherlands. It has been built from 1633 on as a nobility palace at a lake in the center of the city and serves as a museum from 1822 on. It houses many works from Flemish and Dutch painters from the 17th century. Continue reading “The girl with a pearl earring”