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Museums listed represent the cities of Amsterdam, Atlanta, Baltimore, Barcelona, Basel, Beijing, Berlin, Bilbao, Boston, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dresden, Florence, Fort Worth/Dallas, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles. Madrid, Miami, Milan, Minneapolis, Montreal, Moscow, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, Rome, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, Stuttgart, Sydney NSW, Tokyo, Toronto, Vancouver, Venice, Vienna, Washington, D.C. Williamstown, Zagreb and Zurich.

 

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Amsterdam

 

Hermitage Amsterdam

Website: www.hermitage.nl

Hermitage Amsterdam is located at Amstel 51. Tel: 31 (0)20 530 74 88 Open daily from 10 am to 5 pm; Wednesdays to 8 pm. Closed January 1, December 25.

 

Rijksmuseum of Art & History

Website:  http://www.rijksmuseum.nl

The Riksmuseum is composed of three sections: Paintings, Sculpture & Applied Art, and Asiatic Art; the  History collection, which includes paintings, sculptures, archaeological artifacts, clothing, weapons and photograph; and a collection Drawings, Prints & Photographs. It is located at Jan Luijkenstraat 1 (Philips Wing). Tel: +31 (0)20 6747000. Accessible via public transportation.  Open daily from 9 am to 6 pm. Closed January 1. Admission.

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Schiphol

The museum branch is located beyond passport checkpoint between piers E and F. Open daily from 10 am to 6 pm. The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Schiphol is located on Holland Boulevard, in the area beyond passport checkpoint between the E and F Piers. The museum is open daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is free.

 

Van Gogh Museum

Website: http://www3.vangoghmuseum/vgm/index.jsp?lang=en  

The Van Gogh Museum presents the works of Van Gogh as well as a wide collection of other 19^th century artists. Located at Museumplein in Amsterdam, between the Rijksmuseum and the Stedelijk Museum. The museum entrance is at Paulus Potterstraat 7. Open daily from 10 am to 6 pm; Fridays to 10 pm. Closed January 1. Admission.

 

 

Atlanta

 

High Museum of Art

Website: www.high.org

The High Museum’s collections consist of more than 12,000 pieces and include 19th and 20th century American and decorative art, significant European pieces, modern and contemporary art, photography, African art and folk art.  Located at 1280 Peachtree Street between 15th and 16th Streets in midtown Atlanta. Open daily, except Mondays, from 10 am to 5 pm; Thursdays to 8 pm. Admission

 

Baltimore

 

The Walters Art Museum

Website:  http://www.thewalters.org

Founders William Thompson Walters and his son, Henry, during the 19th and early 20th centuries, assembled a diverse range of artwork from around the world—including European master paintings, decorative art, Greek and Roman antiquities, and Far Eastern ceramic which forms the basis for the museum’s collection. The Walters Art Museum is located 600 N. Charles Street; tel: 410-547-9000. Open Wednesdays to Sundays 10 am to 5 pm. Closed President’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Free admission except for special exhibitions.

 

 

Barcelona

 

Barcelona Centre of Contemporary Culture (CCCB)

Website: http://www.cccb.org/ca

The CCCB is located at C/ Montelegre 5. Tel. 93 306 41 00  Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 8 pm; closed December 25, January 1. Accessible by public transportation. Admission

 

Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona

Website: http://wwer.macba.es/

The museum is located at Plaça del Angels, 08001 Barcelona. Tel: +34 93 412 08 10.

Open Wednesdays through Sundays (check website for opening hours). Admission

 

 

‪Basel

 

Kunstmuseum Basel

Website: http://www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch

The Kunstmuseum Basel houses the Galerie (Gallery) and the Kupferstichkabinett (Department of Prints and Drawings). The main focus is on paintings and drawings by artists active in the Upper Rhine region between 1400 and 1600 and of the 19th and 21st centuries. Located at St. Alban-Graben 16; tel: 0041 (0)61 206 62 62. Open daily, except Mondays, Tuesday to Sunday 10 am to 6 pm. Closed December 25. Admission.

 

 

Beijing

 

The Palace Museum

Website: http://www.dpm.org.cn/English/default.asp

The Palace Museum, situated in the center of Beijing, was established in 1925. Also known as the “Purple” Forbidden City in Chinese, or the Forbidden City as it is commonly known in English, it covers 720,000 square meters and was the imperial palace for a succession of twenty-four emperors and their dynasties during the Ming and Qing periods of Chinese history. The museum is also China's largest and most complete architectural grouping of ancient halls.

 

 

Berlin

 

Brücke Museum

Website: http://www.bruecke-museum.de/

The museum is devoted exclusively to the Brucke group of artists. the group was founded in 1905 in Dresden by four students: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Fritz Belly, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Erich Heckel--the oldest German group of artists that had a decisive impact on the development of 20th century art. Located at Bussardsteig 9, 14195 Berlin-Zehlendorf. Tel: 030-831-2029. Open daily, except Tuesday, 11 am to5 pm. Closed December 24 and 31. Accessible by public transport. Admission

 

New National Gallery

Website: http://www.smb.museum/smb/sammlungen/details.php?objID=20&n=1&lang=en

New National Gallery’s collection of 20th century European painting and sculpture ranges from early modern art to art of the 1960s, with works by Munch, Kirchner, Picasso, Klee, Feininger, Dix, Kokoschka, and many others. Located on Potsdamer Strasse 50, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten. Tel: +49-(0)30 266 – 424242.  Accessible by public transport.  Daily, except Mondays, Tuesdays through Sundays 10 am to 6 pm. Admission

 

Martin-Gropius-Bau

Website:  www.gropiusbau.de

Exhibitions on great themes of cultural history, often with spectacular archaeological finds and the latest research results, together with contemporary art and photography, are the main staples of the Martin-Gropius-Bau program. Located at Niederkirchnerstrasse 7; tel: +49 30 254 86-0. Open daily, except Tuesdays from 10 am to 8 pm. Admission

 

Deutsche Guggenheim

Website:  http://www.deutsche-guggenheim-berlin.de/e/

Deutsche Guggenheim focuses on 20^th and 21^st century art. Located on the ground floor of the Deutsche Bank at Unter den Linden 13/1;Tel: +49 (0)30 - 20 20 93 -0. Open daily 10 am to 8 pm. Closed between exhibitions. Accessible by public transportation. Admission.

 

Jewish Museum

Website:  www.juedisches-museum-berlin.de 

The permanent exhibition chooses an unusual perspective on the history of Germany and German-speaking territories. are told through the eyes of the Jewish minority. The Jewish Museum Berlin is located at Lindenstraße 9-14, 10969 Berlin. Open: Monday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admittance will be granted until 7 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays, 9 p.m. on Mondays. Admission

Transportation: U1, U6 Hallesches Tor; U6 Kochstrasse or Bus M29, M41, 26.5

 

The Kennedys (Museum)

Website:  http://www.thekennedys.de/english/begruessung/gruss1.html 

The Kennedys museum, honoring the life and political career of US President John F. Kennedy, displays a private collection of artifacts that include more than 1,000 photographs, historical documents, books and films. A major focus is JFK's visit to Berlin in June 1963, scene of his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech. Located on Pariser Platz 4A, the museum is close to the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag, Accessible by S-Bahn subway Unter den Linden. Open daily from 10 am to 6 pm. Admission

 

 

Bilbao

 

Guggenheim Bilbao

Website: www.guggenheim.org/bilbao

The Guggenheim Bilbao focues on 20^th and 21^st century art. Located at Abandoibarra Et. 2. Accessible by public transportation. Open daily, except Mondays, 10 am to 8 pm;  in July and August open on Mondays. Closed December 25, January 1. Admission. Information: informacion@guggenheim-bilbao.es.

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Boston

 

Institute of Contemporary Arts

Website: www.icaboston.org

The city’s newest art museum, The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston is located at 100 Northern Avenue on South Boston’s waterfront. Tel: 617-478-3100. Open Tuesdays to Sundays 10 am to 5 pm; till 9 pm Thursdays and Fridays. Closed Thanksgiving, December 25, January 1. Admission.

 

Isabel Gardner Museum

Website:  http://www.gardnermuseum.org

Housed in a stunning 15th-century Venetian-style palace with three stories of galleries surrounding courtyard, the museum contains more than 2,500 paintings, sculptures, tapestries, furniture, manuscripts, rare books and decorative arts. Located at 280 The Fenway. Tel: 617 566 1401. Open daily, except Tuesdays, 11 am to 5 pm, Thursdays to 9 pm. Closed July 4, Thanksgiving, December 25. Admission

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Museum of Fine Arts

Website: www.mfa.org

The MFA’s collection encompasses nearly 450,000 works of art--from ancient Egyptian to contemporary. In addition, its new wing is devoted to the art of the Americas. Located at 465 Huntington Avenue and easily accessible by the Green Line "E" train to the Museum of Fine Arts stop, or the Orange Line train to the Ruggles stop or by the 39 bus to the "Museum of Fine Arts" stop, or the 8, 47, or CT2 buses to the Ruggles stop. Open daily 10 am to 4:45 pm, except Wednesdays to Fridays 9:45 pm. Admission

 

 

John F Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

Website: http://www.jfklibrary.org

The museum is dedicated to the memory of America’s thirty-fifth president and to all those who through the art of politics seek a new and better world. Located on a ten-acre park, the Library stands as a tribute to the life and times of John F. Kennedy, while the Museum conveys his enthusiasm for politics and public service, and illustrates the nature of the office of the President.

Located at Columbia Point, close to Interstate 93. Tel: (617) 514-1600. Accessed by public transportation. Take the MBTA Rapid Transit, Red Line (any red line train) to JFK/UMASS Station. There is a free shuttle bus to the Library every 20 minutes beginning at 8:00 a.m. and running until Museum closing.. Open 7 days per week, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with the exception of New Year’s, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. The Research Room is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. by appointment only and is closed on weekends and federal holidays. To speak to our research room staff, please call 617.514.1629. Admission

 

Arthur M. Sackler Museum (Harvard Art Museums)

Website: http://www.harvardartmuseum.org

The Sackler Museum presents Ancient and Byzantine Art and Numismatics as well as ancient art from Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia spanning 5,000 years, including coins, gems, jewelry, bronzes, ivories, painted pottery, textiles, and mosaics. Its collection also includes East Asian art spanning more than 7,000 years and Islamic and Later Indian art. Located at Harvard University in Cambridge at 485 Broadway. Open daily except Mondays from 10 am to 5 pm. Closed President’s Day and Memorial Days. Admission

 

Performing Arts in Boston

Boston Symphony

Website: www.bso.org

Information on the 2012 season’s offerings and tickets at http://www.bso.org.

The Boston Symphony performs at Symphony Hall located at Symphony Hall

301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston. Accessible by subway. Tel: 617-266-1492. Its summer season is held in Lenox, Massachusetts at Tanglewood. Website: http://bso.org/# 

Boston Pops

Website: http://bso.org/#

Boston Pops opens its 2012 season May 9 for a month of concerts at Symphony Hall

Note: Readers can subscribe for select podcasts of the BSO and the Boston Pops at the above sites.

 

 

Brussels

 

Centre des Beaux-Arts

Website: http://www.bozar.be

Centre des Beaux-Arts, Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, 1000 Brussels. Open: Tue-Sun 10am-6pm (till 9pm on Thu). Tel: +32 (0)2 507 82 00.

 

Royal Museums of Fine Arts

Website: http://www.fine-arts-museum.be/

Royal Museums of Fine Arts consists of four museums—Museum of Ancient Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, both located at Rue de la Régence 3. The Antoine Wiertz Museum is located at Rue Vautier 62  and the Constantin Meunier Museum at Rue de l'Abbaye 59. More museum information at http://www.kmskb.be/site/en/frames/F_infomus.html  

 

Rene Magritte Museum

Website: www.musee-magritte-museum.be

The Rene Magritte holds 200 works, the largest collection of Magritte paintings, plus archival material, letters written by the painter, photographs and drawings.

Rene Magritte Museum is located at Place Royale, 1. Tel: +32 2 508.31.11 Open Tuesdays to Sundays, 9:30 am 5 pm, until 8 pm on Wednesdays

 

 

Buenos Aires

 

Centro Cultural Borges

Website: http://www.ccborges.org.ar   

The Borges Cultural Center presentations include visual arts exhibitions and musical performances. The Borges Cultural Center is located inside Galerías Pacífico, entrance at the corner of Viamonte and San Martín, Centre. Tel: +54 (0) 11 5555-5359. Open: Mon-Sat 10am-9pm; Sun noon to 9 pm.

 

 

 Chicago

 

Art Institute of Chicago

Website: http://www.artic.edu/aic

The museum is located at 111 South Michigan Avenue, at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Adams Street, on the eastern edge of Chicago’s famous downtown Loop. Open weekdays at 10:30 am and at 10 am on Saturdays and Sundays until 5 pm.

 

The Field Museum

Website:  http://www.fieldmuseum.org/

The Field Museum is an educational institution concerned with the diversity and relationships in nature and among cultures. It provides collection-based research and learning for greater public understanding and appreciation of the world in which we live. Its collections, public learning programs, and research are inseparably linked to serve a diverse public of varied ages, backgrounds and knowledge. The Field Museum is located at 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive.

 

The Performing Arts

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Website: http://cso.org

 

 

Copenhagen

 

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Website:  http://www.louisiana.dk/

Louisiana Museum Louisiana is situated 35 kilometers (22 miles) km north of Copenhagen along the motorway E47 / E55, or the coast road Strandvejen along the Sound. By train (ask for Kystbanen) 36 minutes from Copenhagen and a 10-minute walk from Humlebæk/Louisiana Station. It houses a collection of modern art by international artists such as Arp, Francis Bacon, Calder, Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Sam Francis, Giacometti, Kiefer, Henry Moore, Picasso, Rauschenberg and Warhol. Open daily. Admission

 

National Museum of Denmark

Website:  http://www.nationalmuseet.dk/sw20379.asp

Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history is located at Ny Vestergade 10; Tel.: (+45)33 13 44 11. Open Tuesdays to Sundays 10 am to 5 pm. Free admission.

 

National Gallery of Art

Website: http://www.smk.dk 

The National Gallery (Statens Museum for Kunst) is located at Sølvgade 48. Accessible via S-train and Metro Station Nørreport. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10 am to 5 pm; Wednesdays until 8 pm. Free admission except for special exhibitions.

 

Copenhagen Performing Arts

Royal Danish Orchestra

Website:  http://www.kglteater.dk

Copenhagen Opera House

Website:  www.operaen.dk

Royal Danish Ballet

Website:  http://www.kglteater.dk/Forestillinger/Ballet.aspx

 

 

 

Dresden, Germany

 

Royal Palace

Websites: www.dresden-tourist.de or  www.skd-dresden.de 

The Historic Green Vault

Ongoing

Created by August the Strong (1670 - 1733), the historic Green Vault was restored its ten rooms to its original splendor in the Residence Castle. Nearly 3,000 masterpieces crafted by jewelers and goldsmiths, precious objects made of amber and ivory, vessels made of precious tones, exquisite bronze statuettes and objects made of exotic materials like coral and shells from the South Seas are displayed.

 

Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden

The Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections) represents 11 museums in the area.

 

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Florence

 

Palazzo Strozzi

Website: http://www.palazzostrozzi.org

Palazzo Strozzi is located at Piazza Strozzi, 1 - Florence Phone: 011 39 055 2645155

Open daily from 9 am to 8 pm; Thursday from 9 am to 11 pm. Admission allowed until one hour before closing time.

 

Uffizi Gallery

Website: http://www.uffizi.com  

One of the most famous museums of paintings and sculpture in the world, its collection of Primitive and Renaissance paintings comprises several universally acclaimed masterpieces of all time, including works by Giotto, Simone Martini, Piero della Francesca, Fra Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Mantegna, Correggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and Caravaggio. German, Dutch and Flemish masters are also well represented with important works by Dürer, Rembrandt and Rubens.

The Uffizi Gallery occupies the top floor of the large building erected by Giorgio Vasari between 1560 and 1580 to house the administrative offices of the Tuscan State. All the artworks are divided into rooms in chronological order.

The Uffizi is open Tuesdays through Sundays from 8:15 am to 6: 50 pm. Admission. Tickets may be purchased in advance online to avoid the long queues awaiting entry.

 

 

Fort Worth/Dallas

 

Kimbell Art Museum

Website: www.kimbellart.org

Kimbell Art Museum’s holdings range from the third millennium B.C. to the mid-20th century, and include major works by Duccio, Fra Angelico, Caravaggio, Poussin, Velázquez, Bernini, Rembrandt, Goya, Monet, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondrian, and Matisse. Located at 3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard; tel: 817-332-8451. Open Tuesdays to Thursdays at varying times. Free admission except for special exhibits.

 

 

Helsinki

 

Ateneum Museum

Website: www.ateneum.fi/

The Ateneum offers a fine collection of Finnish and international artwork and prints. Located at Kaivokatu 2. Open, Tuesdays and Fridays 10 am to 6 pm; Wednesdays and Thursdays 10 to 8 pm; Saturdays and Sundays 11 am to 5 pm. Closed Mondays. Admission

 

 

Hong Kong

 

Hong Kong Science Museum

Website: http://hk.science.museum/eindex.php

About 500 exhibits are displayed in the permanent exhibition area. The most prominent exhibit is the 22-meter-high twin-tower Energy Machine that is the largest of its kind in the world. A total of 16 galleries cover a wide range of science and technology topics including light, sound, and motion, electricity and magnetism, mathematics, life science, computer, transportation, communication, food science, energy, occupational safety and health and home technology. About 70 percent of the exhibits are participatory so that visitors may learn through direct involvement.

Hong Kong Science Museum is located at 2 Science Museum Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon. Tel: +852 2732 3232. Open daily Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1 pm to 9 pm; Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays from 10 am to 9 pm. Admission.

 

 

Lisbon

 

Berardo Collection Museum

Website: http://www.museuberardo.com (Portuguese language)

Dedicated to modern and contemporary art, the museum displays 862 works in a rotation representing the art movements of the 20th and 21st centuries that compose the Coleccão Berardo Collection with the greatest names of the national and international art scene from of the 20th and 21st centuries. Works by Warhol, Picasso, Dali, Duchamp, Magritte, Miró, Bacon, Jackson Pollock, Jeff Koons, among others representing dozens of modern movements, are in the collection. The Berardo Museum is located in the city’s historical area of Belem. Free admission.

 

 

Liverpool

 

Tate Museum/Liverpool

Website:  http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/

Tate Museum/Liverpool presents international modern and contemporary artwork. It is located at Albert Dock. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am to 5:30 pm. In June, July and August the museum is open on Monday as well. Free admission except for certain exhibitions.

 

 

London

 

British Museum

Website: http://www.britishmuseum.org/

The British Museum comprises over eight million objects spanning the history of the world's cultures: from the stone tools of early man to twentieth century prints. The main entrance for the British Museum is located on Great Russell Street, WC1. Accessible by public transportation. Galleries open daily from 10 am to 5:30 pm. Closed December 24, 25, 26, January 1. Free admission

 

Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery

Website:  www.courtauld.ac.uk

The Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery collection stretches from the early Renaissance into the 20th century and is known for its collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in addition to its collection of drawings, sculpture and decorative arts. Located in Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN, tel. 020 7848 2526. Open daily 10 am to 6 pm. Closed December 25, 26. Admission except Mondays 10 am to 2 pm.

 

Imperial War Museum (IWM)

Website: http://www.iwm.org.uk

IWM is a family of five museums: IWM London; IWM North in Trafford, Greater Manchester; IWM Duxford near Cambridge; the Churchill War Rooms in Whitehall, London; and the historic ship HMS Belfast, moored in the Pool of London on the River Thames. The main museum is located on Lambeth Road. Near the Thames Path (http://www.thamespathlondon.co.uk ). Open daily 10 am to 6 pm. Closed December 24, 25, 26. Free admission except for special events.

 

Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms

 Website: http://cwr.iwm.org.uk/

The Churchill Museum, the world’s first major museum dedicated to life of Winston Churchill, is a permanent exhibition housed within the unique setting of the historic Cabinet War Rooms. Shortly after becoming Prime Minister in May 1940, Winston Churchill visited the Cabinet War Rooms to see for himself what preparations had been made to allow him and his War Cabinet to continue working throughout the expected air raids on London. It was there, in the underground Cabinet Room, he announced “This is the room from which I will direct the war.”

A branch of the Imperial War Museum, the Churchill Museum is located at Clive Steps, King Charles Street in London’s Southwest End. Open daily 9:30 am to 6 pm. Closed December 24, 25, 26. Admission tickets will admit visitors to both the Cabinet War Rooms and the Churchill Museum.

 

National Gallery of Art

Website: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk

The National Gallery houses the national collection of Western European painting from the 13th to the 19th centuries.. Located at Trafalgar Square, London WC2. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7747 2885. Tube: Charing Cross, Leicester Square. Open: daily 10 am to 6 pm; Fridays to 9 pm. Free admission

 

National Maritime Museum/ Royal Observatory, Greenwich

Website: http://www.rmg.co.uk

The National Maritime Museum is part of the Royal Museums Greenwich that also include Queen’s House and the Royal Observatory. Accessible by train from London, or by the Thames River boats (www.tfl.gov.uk/river ). Open daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Admission free except for some special exhibitions.

 

Royal Academy of Arts

Website: http://www.royalacademy.org.uk

Royal Academy of Arts, founded by George III in 1768 to  promote “the arts of design” and to provide a focus for the interests of artists and art-lovers. The Academy presents its annual Summer Exhibition of works for sale as well as guest exhibitions of international repute. Located at Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1. Tel: +44 (0)20 7300 8000. Open daily 10 am to 6 pm Saturdays to Thursdays; to 10 pm Fridays. Admission

 

Somerset House

Website: http://www.somersethouse.org.uk

Somerset House is a spectacular neo-classical building in the heart of London, sitting between the Strand and the River Thames. During summer months 55 fountains dance in the courtyard, and in winter you can skate on London's favorite ice rink. Somerset House also hosts open-air concerts and films, contemporary art and design exhibitions, family workshops and free guided tours of spaces usually hidden to visitors. Somerset House, is located on the Strand, London WC2R 1LA, tel. 020 7485 4630

Somerset House--Hermitage Rooms

Website: www.hermitagerooms.com

The Hermitage Rooms are no longer operating as an exhibition space. From April 2008 two of the Rooms will become the London base of The State Hermitage Museum, run by the Friends of the Hermitage. The Friends will facilitate collaborations between the Museum in St. Petersburg and institutions throughout the UK, including those based in Somerset House.

 

 

Tate Britain

Website: www.tate.org.uk/britain

Colour and Line: Turner's Experiments

To April 30, 2012

Ongoing to April 30, 2012 Turner's experiments is a two-room display featuring works on paper by Turner, with a variety of experiments and interactive displays exploring his working methods and techniques. Learn more about printmaking and see the extraordinary care Turner took to produce the finest prints of his time. You can also experience the scientific experiments with color, which formed a vital background to his work. See the changes in Turner’s watercolor palette as he traveled across Europe, responding to different light effects, and using newly developed colors and paints. The works on display change every six months.

The Tate Britain museum is devoted to British art from the 16^th century to today. It is located in Millbank in southwest London. Open daily10 am to 5:30 pm except December 24, 25, 26. Free admission. Email: visiting.britain@tate.org.uk

 

Tate Modern

Website: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern

Tate Modern, created in 2000 from a disused power station, displays the national collection of international modern art. Located on the south bank of the River Thames at Bankside, near Blackfriars Bridge, opposite St Paul's Cathedral and next to the Globe Theatre. email: visiting.modern@tate.org.uk . Accessible by the underground, boat, train and bus—see instructions at the museum website.  Open Sundays to Thursdays, 10 am to 8 pm; Friday and Saturday, 10 am to 10 pm. Free admission except for special exhibitions.

 

The Hayward

Website: http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/hayward-gallery-visual-arts

The Hayward presents contemporary art exhibitions. Located at the Southbank Centre on the Thames riverside between Golden Jubilee and Waterloo Bridges, in Central London. Open daily 10 am to 6 pm; Thursdays and Fridays until 8 pm. Admission

 

Victoria and Albert Museum

Website: www.vam.ac.uk

The Victoria and Albert Museum of art and design is located on Cromwell Road, London SW7. Tel:+44 (0)20 7942 2000. Getting there:  London Underground: South Kensington; Buses: C1, 14, 74 and 414 stop outside the Cromwell Road entrance. Open daily 10 am to 5:45 pm, Fridays to 10 pm. Admission.

 

Performing Arts in London:

London Philharmonic

Website:  http://www.lpo.co.uk

Check the website for scheduled performances.

Royal Festival Hall

Website: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall

Check the website for concerts and other musical events planned.

Located at Southbank Centre on the Thames riverside between Golden Jubilee and Waterloo Bridges, in Central London.

Royal Opera House

Website: http://www.roh.org.uk/

Check the website for scheduled performances for the Royal Opera, Royal Ballet and other musical events. Tickets can be purchased online.

The ROH is located at Covent Garden. Main entrance is on Bow Street between Russell and Floral streets. Accessible by the underground Piccadilly Line to Covent Garden station.

Royal Albert Hall

Website: http://www.royalalberthall.com

The venue best known for the Royal Albert Hall/BBC Summer Proms. Check the website for current musical events planned. Royal Albert Hall is located at Kensington Gore, SW7. Tube: South Kensington. Cadogan Hall is located at 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1 in Chelsea.

Southbank Centre

Website: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk /

Southbank Centre is one of the largest arts centers in the world, occupying a 21-acre site on the South Bank of the Thames. Besides the Royal Festival Hal listed above, the Southbank Centre also includes the performance venues: the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room, the Hayward Gallery, and the Saison Poetry Library. Accessible by buses on Waterloo Bridge, in York Road, in Belvedere Road and in Stamford Street and the underground—- Waterloo (Bakerloo, Northern, Jubilee and Waterloo & City lines); - Embankment (Circle and District lines).

 

London Theatre Productions

Information and ticket purchase can be found at

http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/londontheatre/whatson/index.htm and at

http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk.

 

 

Los Angeles

                                               

Los Angles Country Museum of Art (LACMA)

Website: www.lacma.org

LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection extending from ancient times to the present. Located in central Los Angeles, midway between downtown and Santa Monica, 1/2 mile south of the Grove. Open daily except Wednesdays 12 to 8 pm; to 9 pm on Fridays. Closed Thanksgiving, and December 25. Admission

 

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)

Website: www.moca.org

Founded in 1979, MOCA is the only museum in Los Angeles devoted exclusively to contemporary art. Located at 250 South Grand Avenue. Open daily except Mondays 11 am to 5 pm; to 8 pm Fridays, to 6 pm Saturdays and Sundays. Closed January 1, July 4, Thanksgiving and December 25. Admission

 

The J. Paul Getty Museum

Website: http://www.getty.edu/museum  

The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American photographs. Located at 1200 Getty Center Drive. Tel: +1 (310) 440-7330; email: gettymuseum@getty.edu . Open daily except Mondays , Saturdays to 9 pm. Free admission

A second museum is The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa in Malibu, a suburb of LA. As a museum and educational center dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria, the Getty Villa houses approximately 44,000 works of art from the Museum's extensive collection of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities, of which over 1,200 are on view. Located at 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades. Open daily except Tuesdays 10 am to 5 pm.

Both museums closed January 1, July 4, Thanksgiving, December 25. Free admission

 

Los Angeles Performing Arts

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Website: http://www.laphil.com

 

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Madrid

 

Museo del Prado

Website: www.museodelprado.es

The Prado Museum houses a fine collection of European masterworks of art and sculpture. Located on Paseo del Prado, call: 011-34-91-330-28-00, fax: 011-34-91-330-28-56 or e-mail: museo.nacional@prado.mcu.es .  Open daily, except Mondays, from 9 am to 8 pm. Admisson

 

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

Website: www.museothyssen.org

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is located at Paseo del Prado, 8 and is open Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 AM to 7 PM and during July and August the temporary exhibitions will remain open until 11 PM Tuesdays to Saturdays.  (Closed Mondays.)  Admission to the temporary exhibition is about $5.14 and about $3.85 for students and seniors. Combined tickets for the temporary and context exhibitions and permanent collection range from $9 to $14.50 ($6.40 to $10.30 for students and seniors). 

 

 

Miami

 

Miami Art Museum (MAM)

Website: www.miamiartmuseum.org

Miami Art Museum is located at 101 West Flagler Street. Open daily except Mondays from 10 am to 5pm; until 9 pm Thursdays. Admission

 

Performing Arts

The Miami Symphony Orchestra

Website: http://themiso.org

 

 

Milan

 

Castello Sforzesco

Website: http://www.milanocastello.it   (Italian language) 

Castello Sforzesco is a restored castle located at Piazza Castello, 3. tel. (+39) 02/88463700. The Castle is open daily 7 am to 6 pm; to 7 pm in summer. The Castle’s Museums of ancient art are open Tuesdays to Sundays 9 am to 5:30 pm. Closed December 25, January 1, Easter Monday. Admission for the Museums.

 

International Center For Photography

Website: http://www.formfoto.it

International Center for Photography is located at Piazza Tito Lucrezio Caro 1. Tel: +39 (0)2 5811 8067. Open: Tues-Sun 11am-9pm (Thurs until 11pm). Admission: €6.50.

 

 

Minneapolis

 

Walker Art Center

Website: www.walkerart.org

The Walker Art Center is located is located in Minneapolis at 1750 Hennepin Avenue, where Lyndale and Hennepin avenues merge. Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm; Thursday and Friday, 11 am to 9 pm. Admission

 

 

 

Montreal

 

 Museum of Fine Arts (Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion)

Website: http://www.mbam.qc.ca

Founded in 1860, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts was one of the first museums in North America to amass an encyclopedic collection worthy of the name. Since then, its holdings have grown to almost 36,000 objects – paintings, sculptures, works on paper, prints and drawings, photographs and decorative art objects – from Antiquity to today.

The Museum is located at 1380 Sherbrooke Street West. Open daily except Mondays  Tuesdays through Sundays to 5 pm, except Wednesdays to Fridays to 9 pm. Free admission except for special exhibitions.

 

Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

Website:  www.macm.org

Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal is at 185 Sainte-Catherine Street West. Tel: 514 847-6226. Email: info@macm.org  Open Tuesdays to Sundays, 11 am to 6 pm; Wednesdays to 9 pm. Admission.

 

Biodôme de Montreal (Botanical Garden)

Website: http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biodome/site/site.php?langue=en

The Montréal Biodome complex includes the Botanical Gardens, the Insectarium, and the Planetarium. Check the website for exhibitions and events. It is located at 4101 Sherbrooke Street East. Tel: 514) 872-1400. Open: Tuesdays to Sundays 9 am to 5 pm. Closed on December 24 and 25.

 

Montreal Performing Arts

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal

Website: www.grandsballets.com

Located at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts at 175 Sainte-Catherine Street West.

Tickets: (CAN) $29 to $95; Group Rate available; telephone: (514) 842-2112 / 1 866 842-2112 (Toll Free)

 

Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Website: http://www.osm.ca/

Tickets are now on sale for the MSO’s 2010/2011 Season.

The OSM is located at 260 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest . Tickets are on sale at: 514-842-9951 (Toll free:1-888-842-9951).  During the summer, the MSO performs at the Orford Festival located in the Orford National Park in the Eastern Townships.

 

 

Moscow

 

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

Website: http://www.arts-museum.ru/museum/future/?lang=en

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts has one of the most representative collections in Russia of foreign art dated from ancient times to modern days. The exposition of the Museum includes today a vast collection of tinted plaster casts of famous ancient, medieval and Renaissance sculptures and a collection of original works of foreign artists, sculptors and graphics together with objects of decorative arts. Consisting of six buildings of which four are located on Volkhonka Street and two more in other parts of the city. The Museum Complex at Volkhonka includes the Main Building, Gallery, Museum of Private Collections and the Museion Educational Center. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10 am to 7 pm. Admission.

 

Pushkin Museum/Gallery of European & American Art of the 19th–20th Centuries

Website:   http://www.newpaintart.ru/?lang=en

The Gallery, a new section of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, opened its doors to the public in August 2006. The Gallery's twenty-six rooms contain a collection of works by masters of the 19th and 20th centuries. Whole rooms are devoted to a single movement in European art or the work of a single artist.

 

New Orleans

 

National World War II Museum

Website: www.nationalww2museum.org

The museum, designated by the US Congress as the country’s official museum on World War II, is located at 945 Magazine Street. Museum entrance is on Andrew Higgins Drive. Tel: (504) 528-1944; email: info@nationalww2museum.org. Open seven days a week, 9:00 am 5:00 pm. Admission, except for museum members.

 

 

New York

 

American Museum of Natural History

Website: www.amnh.org

Founded in 1869, the museum encompasses 45 permanent exhibition halls and galleries for temporary exhibitions, the Rose Center for Earth and Space with the Hayden Planetarium, state-of-the-art research laboratories and five active research divisions that support more than 200 scientists in addition to a natural history libraries and a permanent collection of more than 32 million specimens and cultural artifacts. Through its Richard Gilder Graduate School, it is the first American museum authorized to grant the Ph.D. degree. In 2012, the Museum will begin offering a pilot Master of Arts in Teaching with a specialization in earth science. The American Museum of Natural History is located at Central Park West and between West 77 and 79 Streets. Open daily, 10:00 am to 5:45 pm. Admission.

 

 

Asia Society Museum

Website: http://asiasociety.org/arts-culture/asia-society-museum 

The Asia Society and Museum Asia Society Museum organizes groundbreaking exhibitions of both traditional and contemporary Asian and Asian American art.

The Museum, located on Park Avenue and 70th Street in New York City, is known for its Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Collection of masterpiece-quality traditional Asian works and for its cutting-edge Contemporary Art Collection of videos and new media art by Asian and Asian American artists. Located at 725 Park Avenue at 68th Street. Open Tuesday - Sunday, 11:00 am - 6:00 pm, with extended evening hours Fridays until 9:00 pm. Closed on Mondays and major holidays.  Admission.

 

Brooklyn Museum of Art

Website: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/

Housed in a 560,000-square-foot, Beaux-Arts building, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country. Its permanent collections range from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, and represent a wide range of cultures. The Brooklyn Museum of Art is located on Eastern Parkway at Washington Street in the borough of Brooklyn. Accessible by public transportation. Open Thursdays to Sundays 11 am to 6 pm; Wednesdays 10 am to 6pm. Admission.

 

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum

Website: www.cooperhewitt.org

Founded in 1897, Cooper-Hewitt is the only museum in the US devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The Museum, presenting compelling perspectives on the impact of design on daily life through active educational and curatorial programming,  is located at 2 East 91 Street. It is currently closed for renovations and will reopen in fall 2013.

 

Frick Museum

Website: www.frick.org 

The Frick Collection opened its doors to the public in 1935, thereby fulfilling the intention of Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) to present to New York City his extraordinary art collection and magnificent home. In 2011 a new gallery opened— the first major addition to the museum's display spaces in nearly thirty-five years. The inspiration for this initiative, which involves the enclosure of the portico in the Fifth Avenue Garden, comes from the intention of museum founder Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) to build an addition to his 1914 mansion for his growing collection of sculpture. Located at 70^th Street and Fifth Avenue.

 

 

Guggenheim Museum of Art

Website: www.guggenheim.org

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the museum offers cutting edge shows of art and performance art. Visitors can experience special exhibitions of modern and contemporary art, lectures by artists and critics, performances and film screenings, classes for teens and adults, and daily tours of the galleries led by experienced docents. The Guggenheim is located at 1071 Fifth Ave. at 89th St.; telephone: 212-423-3500.

Admission.

 

Japan Society

Website: www.japansociety.org

The Society offers innovative programs in arts and culture, public policy, business, language and education. Japan Society is located at 333 East 47 Street between Second and First Avenues. Tel: (212) 832-1155. Gallery hours (during exhibition dates) are Tuesday through Thursday, 11 am - 6 pm; Friday, 11 am to 9 pm; Saturday and Sundays from 11 am to 5 pm. Admission.

 

 

The Jewish Museum

Website: www.jewishmuseum.org/

The Jewish Museum is dedicated to the understanding and preservation of the artistic and cultural heritage of the Jewish people through its collections, special exhibitions, and related education programs. The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue and 92 Street. Open Saturday - Wednesday 11:00 am - 5:45 pm; Thursday 11:00 am - 8:00 pm’ closed Fridays. Admission

 

Metropolitan Museum Of Art

Website: www.metmuseum.org

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's earliest roots date back to 1866 in Paris, France, when a group of Americans agreed to create a "national institution and gallery of art" to bring art and art education to the American people. Today the three-block-long building is the cultural hub of the city’s robust art scene, offering major art exhibitions, educational courses, and musical concerts. Located at 1000 Fifth Avenue at East 82 Street, the museum is open daily except Mondays from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm; Fridays and Saturdays it remains open to 9 pm. Parking facilities available.

 

The Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park (An extension of the Met Museum)

Website: http://www.metmuseum.org/cloisters/events  

The Cloisters, the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe, was assembled from architectural elements, both domestic and religious, that date from the twelfth through the fifteenth century. The building and its cloistered gardens located on four acres overlooking the Hudson River in northern Manhattan's Fort Tryon Park, incorporates elements from five medieval French cloisters’ quadrangles enclosed by a roofed or vaulted passageway, or arcade and from other monastic sites in southern France. Three of the cloisters reconstructed at the branch museum feature gardens planted according to horticultural information found in medieval treatises and poetry, garden documents and herbals, and medieval works of art, such as tapestries, stained-glass windows, and column capitals. Approximately five thousand works of art from medieval Europe, dating from about A.D. 800 with particular emphasis on the twelfth through fifteenth century, are exhibited in this unique and sympathetic context.

Recorded Information: 212-923-3700. Open Tuesday–Sunday 9:30 a.m.–4:45 p.m. (November–February) or 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. (March–October) To get to the Cloisters, take the M4 public bus a block east from the Met Museum at Madison Avenue and 93rd Street, or anywhere along Madison Avenue to the bus’s last stop (Fort Tryon Park–The Cloisters) .Or take the Independent subway line’s A train to 190th Street and exit the station by elevator. Walk north along Margaret Corbin Drive for approximately ten minutes or take the northbound M4 bus for one stop.

 

The Morgan Library

Website: www.themorgan.org 

In 1924 powerful financier J. P. Morgan, Jr. gave his father's extraordinary library to the public. Pierpont Morgan was also a voracious collector. He bought on an astonishing scale, collecting art objects in virtually every medium, including the rare books, manuscripts, drawings, prints, and ancient artifacts that now are the core of The Morgan Library & Museum's holdings. The Morgan Library is located on 225 Madison Avenue at East 36th Street. Open Tuesdays through Thursdays 10:30 am to 5 pm; Friday to 9 pm; Saturdays and Sundays to 6 pm. Admission.

 

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Website: www.moma.org

Founded in 1929, he Museum of Modern Art constitutes one of the most comprehensive and panoramic views into modern art. From an initial gift of eight prints and one drawing, The Museum of Modern Art's collection has grown to include over 150,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, architectural models and drawings, and design objects. MoMA also owns approximately 22,000 films and four million film stills, and MoMA's Library and Archives, the premier research facilities of their kind in the world, hold over 300,000 books, artist books, and periodicals, and extensive individual files on more than 70,000 artists. MoMA is located at 11 West 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Open Wednesdays to Mondays 10:30 am to 5: 30 pm; Fridays to 8 pm. Admission

 

Museum of Arts And Design (MAD)

Website: http://madmuseum.org 

The Museum of Arts and Design (“MAD”) explores the blur zone between art, design, and craft today. MAD focuses on contemporary creativity and the ways in which artists and designers from around the world transform materials through processes ranging from the artisanal to the digital. Located at 2 Columbus Circle. Open Tuesdays to Sundays 11:00 am to 6:00 pm except for Thursdays which closes at 9 pm. Admission

 

Museum of City of New York

Website: http://www.mcny.org

Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York

Ongoing

This engrossing 22-minute multimedia experience, traces the growth of New York City from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans to its present status as one of the world’s great cities. Narrated by actor Stanley Tucci, the film features animated maps and archival photographs, prints, and paintings from the Museum’s collections.

The Museum of City of New York is dedicated to the city’s history and is located at 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd St. Open Tuesday - Sunday: 10 am to 5 pm. Admission.

 

National Museum of American Indian/The George Gustav Heye Center

Website: http://americanindian.si.edu/subpage.cfm?subpage=visitor&second=ny

Part of the Smithsonian group of museums in Washington DC, it serves as the National Museum of the American Indian's exhibition and education facility in New York City. Permanent and temporary exhibitions, as well as a range of public programs—including music and dance performances, films, and symposia—explore the diversity of the Native people of the Americas. Located in the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at 1 Bowling Green at the Battery, it is open daily 10 am to 5 pm, Thursdays to 8 pm. Closed December 25. Free admission

 

Neue Galerie

Website: www.neuegalerie.org

Neue Galerie is a museum devoted to early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design, displayed on two exhibition floors in a landmark mansion that is located at 1048 Fifth Avenue & East 86 Street. Open Thursday to Monday 11 am to 6 pm; and Friday 11 am to 9 pm. Admission is $15 (students and seniors, $10), which includes the use of the audio-tour. Children under 12 are not admitted and those under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

 

New Museum

Website: www.newmuseum.org

A leading destination for new art and new ideas, it is Manhattan's only dedicated contemporary art museum. New Museum is located at 235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002. Tel: 212-219-1222.

Open Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays 12 to 6 pm; Thursdays and Fridays until 9 pm. Admission

 

The New York Botanical Garden

Website www.nybg.org 

NYBG serves as a museum of living plant collections arranged in gardens and landscapes across its National Historic Landmark site; through its comprehensive education programs in horticulture and plant science; and through the wide-ranging research programs of the International Plant Science Center. It is located in the Bronx and easily accessible from Manhattan via Metro-North train service from Grand Central Station. Open Tuesdays to Sundays year round. Admission.

 

New York Historical Society

Website:  www.nyhistory.org

The oldest museum in Manhattan, the New York History Society offers historical lectures, art exhibits, musical explorations and much more centering on both the city and the state’s rich heritage. Its art holdings comprise more than 1.6 million works, including a world-class collection of Hudson River School paintings. Located at 170 Central Park West at77 Street. Open Tuesdays to Sundays 10 am to 6pm.

 

The Whitney Museum of American Art

Website: www.whitney.org

The Whitney Museum of American Art presents the full range of twentieth-century and contemporary American art, with a special focus on works by living artists and is dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting, and exhibiting American art. The Museum’s signature exhibition, the Biennial, is the country’s leading survey of the most recent developments in American art. Located on Madison Avenue and 75th Street. Admission. Open Wednesday–Thursday 11 am–6 pm; Friday 1–9 pm (6–9 pm pay-what-you-wish admission) and Saturday and Sunday 11 am–6 pm.

 

New York Performing Arts Websites

 

Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts

Website: www.lincolncenter.org

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

www.chambermusicsociety.org

The Film Society of Lincoln Center

www.filmlinc.com

Jazz at Lincoln Center

www.jalc.org

The Juilliard School

www.juilliard.edu

Lincoln Center Theater

www.lct.org 

The Metropolitan Opera

Website: www.metopera.org

New York City Ballet

Website: www.nycballet.com

New York Philharmonic

Website: www.nyphil.org 

 

Other Performing Arts Venues:

Carnegie Hall

Website: www.carnegiehall.org

Broadway/Off Broadway Theater Offerings:

http://www.broadway.com /

http://www.newyorkcitytheatre.com/

59e59 Theaters

http://59e59.org

The three-stage complex presents Off Broadway productions by not-for-profit companies from the United States and around the world, including Brits Off Broadway and a preview of shows going to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

New York City Opera

Website: www.nycopera.com

Formerly ensconced at Lincoln Center, NYCG  now performs at different venues across the city.

Public Theater

Website: www.publictheater.org

Off-Broadway theater presenting Shakespearean and modern plays. Presents Theater in the Park in July and August.

Roundabout Theatre Company

www.roundabouttheatre.org

Off-Broadway contemporary theatre at different venues

Symphony Space

www.symphonyspace.org

A performing arts center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan offering programs in theatre, film, literature, music, dance and family fare

The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College for Performing Arts

http://kayeplayhouse.hunter.cuny.edu/calendar.shtml

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Paris

 

Centre Georges Pompidou (Beauborg)

Website: http://www.centrepompidou.fr

Centre Georges Pompidou is located on Place Georges Pompidou. Tel: +33 (0)1 44 78 12 33. Museums open daily 11 am to 9 pm; Atelier Brancusi: daily except Tuesdays, 2-6 p.m. Admission.

 

Galeries Nationales Du Grand Palais

Website: http://www.grandpalais.fr/en/Homepage/p-617-Homepage.htm

The Grand Palais hosts fine-arts exhibitions at the National Galeries, while the adjoining Palais de la Découverte (Palace of Discovery) focuses on science and natural history. It is located at 3, Avenue du Général Eisenhower and avenue de Selvres, just off the Champs Elysees. Accessible by Metro/Champs Elysées Clemenceau. Open daily during exhibitions from10am to 8pm except Tuesdays (last tickets sold at 7.15pm; till 10 pm Wednesdays.

 

Louvre

Website:  http://www.louvre.fr

The Louvre located off the Place de la Concorde on the Right Bank is open daily from 9 am to 6 pm, except Tuesdays and December 25, January 1, and May 1. Closes at 9:45 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays. Admission.

 

Musée Carnavalet

Website: www.carnavalet.paris.fr /

The museum is dedicated to the history of Paris. The museum occupies two neighboring mansions: the Hôtel Carnavalet and the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau. On the advice of Baron Haussmann, the civil servant who transformed Paris in the latter half of the 19th century, the Hôtel Carnavalet was purchased by the Municipal Council of Paris in 1866; it was opened to the public in 1880. By the latter part of the 20th century, the museum was bursting at the seams. The Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau was annexed to the Canavalet and opened to the public in 1989.

The Museum is located in the Marais Quarter at 23, rue de Sévigné (3rd Arrondissement). Tel. 42 72 41 13 (Fax: 42 72 01 61; Métro stop: Saint-Paul, Chemin Vert. Open to the public Tuesdays to Sundays from 10 am to 5 pm. Admission except for school groups and seniors over 60.

 

Musée Jeu de Paume

Website: http://www.jeudepaume.org

Jeu de Paume produces, coproduces and hosts exhibitions as well as film programs, symposiums, and public activities. Access through the Tuileries gardens, steps up from Rue de Rivoli.Disabled access by the main garden entrance on Place de la Concorde, then up ramp on left. Building equipped for disabled visitors. Open daily except Mondays: Tuesday: 12 to 9 pm; Wednesday - Friday: 12 to 7 pm; Saturday and Sunday: 10 to 7 pm. Admission.

 

Musée du Luxembourg

Website: http://www.museeduluxembourg.fr/

Initially housed in the Palais du Luxembourg that Marie de Medici had built between 1615 and 1630, the Musée du Luxembourg was the first French museum to be opened to the public, in 1750. It has since become established as one of the leading museum spaces in Paris, with its the masterpieces of Botticelli, Raphaël, Titian, Arcimboldo, Veronese, Gauguin, Matisse, Vlaminck and Modigliani and  presenting temporary exhibitions.

Musée du Luxembourg, 19 rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris. Metro: Saint-Sulpice or Mabillon. Open daily Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays from 10:30 am to 10:00 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 10:30 am to 7 pm; Sundays from 9 am to 7 pm. Admission Closed December 225 and May 1.

 

Musée Maillol

Website: http://www.museemaillol.com

Named after the sculptor Maillol, the museum offers a wide selection of contemporary art from Maillol to Kandinsky. The Musée Maillol is located at 61 rue de Grenelle in the 7th arrondissement. Metro stop: Rue du bac. Open daily from 10:30 am to 7:30 pm, Friday nights open to 9.30 pm. Closed December 25 and January 1. Admission.

 

 

Musée de l’Orangerie

Website: http://www.musee-orangerie.fr

Claude Monet’s Les Nymphéas

Claude Monet’s water lilies artworks (les Nymphéas)  languished for decades in a gloomy netherworld in the Orangerie after a botched museum renovation in the 1960s. However, a recent major revamp of the museum has changed all that. The eight works, painted between 1914 and 1926, were donated by Monet and hung at the Orangerie in 1927, a year after his death. The museum also houses the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist works by Cézanne, Renoir, Soutine, Picasso, Modigliani and others.

Musée de l’Orangerie, Jardin des Tuileries,75001 Paris. Tel: +33 (0)1 44 77 80 07. Métro: Concorde. Open everyday, except on Tuesdays, May 1 and December 25 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (premises start to be vacated at 5.45 pm)

 

Musée D’Orsay

Website: http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html

Located in a former railroad station, built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900, the Musée d’Orsay displays art from the Impression and post-Impression periods. It is located at rue de Bellechasse on the Left Bank in the 7^th arrondisement, across from the Tuileries garden (Entrance 1, rue de la Légion d'Honneur). Accessible by public transportation. Open daily from 9:30 am to 6 pm; till 9:45 pm on Thursdays. Closed January 1, May 1, December 25. Admission.

 

 Musée de Quai Branly

Website: http://www.quaibranly.fr 

The museum’s permanent collections area presents the great geographical regions in which the Musée de Quai Branly’s remarkable collections originated: Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas. The 3,500 artifacts are presented so as to highlight the historical depth of the cultures that produced them, and the many different meanings that the works themselves possess.

The museum is located at 27, 37, 51 quai Branly 206, 218 rue de l'Université 75007 Paris. Phone: 01 56 61 70 00. Open Tuesda, Wednesday, Sunday, from 11 am to 7pm; Thursday, Friday, Saturday to 9 pm. Closed December 25 and May 1. Admission.

 

Musée de Rodin/Paris

Website: www.musee-rodin.fr 

The museum contains the largest collection of the sculptor’s works at two sites, in Paris, at the Hôtel Biron, and in Meudon, site of his former home, atelier, and reserve collection. The Paris museum with its park covering nearly six acres is located at

79, rue de Varenne - 75007 Paris; tel: +33 (0)1 44 18 61 10. Metro : Varenne (line 13) or Invalides (line 13, line 8) Place Hôtel Biron.  Open daily except Mondays from 9.30 am to 5.45 .pm (April 1-Sept.30) and from 9.30 am to 4.45 pm (Oct.1- March 31. The Paris museum is currently closed for renovations until April 1, 2012.

 

National Museum of Natural History

Website: http://www.mnhn.fr

Created in 1635 as the Paris Royal Botanical Garden, the Natural History Museum is located in Jardin des Plantes (Plant Gardens). Over 60 million specimens are on display Its main attractions are the Hall of Evolution, the gallery of paleontology (dinosaurs, giant birds and insects) and the gallery of mineralogy (600 000 minerals, giant crystals and royal precious stones). Muséum Nationale de l’Histoire Naturelle, Grande Galerie de l’Evolution, 36, rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ,fifth arrondissement. Métro: Gare d’Austerlitz; bus: Line 5 or 10 to station : Gare d'Austerlitz Open daily,, except Tuesdays,  Sunday to Friday from 10 am to 6 pm; to  8 pm on Saturdays. Tel: 01 40 79 54 79 / 56 01. Admission

 

Performing Arts

National Opera of Paris

Website: http://www.operadeparis.fr

Paris Opera Ballet

Website: http://www.operadeparis.fr/en/L_Opera/le_Ballet/index.php

 

 

Philadelphia

 

Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art

Website: http://www.philamuseum.org

The main museum is complimented by the new Perelman Building.

The main museum is located at 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Perelman Building is at Fairmount and Pennsylvania Avenues. Main Building is open Tuesday through Sunday 10 am to 5 pm; to 8:45 pm Friday (Main building only). Closed on Mondays and Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and the 4th of July. Admission

Perelman Building

 

 

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology

Website: http://www.museum.upenn.edu 

Founded in 1887, The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has conducted more than 400 archaeological and anthropological expeditions around the world. Three gallery floors feature materials from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Canaan and Israel, Mesoamerica, Asia and the ancient Mediterranean World, as well as artifacts from native peoples of the Americas and Africa., Penn Museum is located at 3260 South Street at the intersection of Spruce Street and 33rd Street. Tel: (215) 898-4000. Museum hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5.m; Wednesdays to 8 p.m. Closed Mondays, holidays and summer Sundays, Memorial Day through Labor Day weekends. Admission

 

Barnes Foundation

Website: www.barnesfoundation.org

The Barnes Foundation's art collection includes works by some of the greatest European and American masters of impressionism, post-impressionist, and early modern art, as well as African sculpture, Pennsylvania German decorative arts, Native American textiles, and metalwork. Located at 300 North Latch's Lane in the city suburb of Merion; tel: 610.667.0290. It is currently closed until late summer 2012. A new branch of the Barnes will open May 2012 in Philadelphia at 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Tel: 866.849.7056. Open daily except Tuesdays 9:30 am to 6 pm, Fridays to 10 pm. Advance reservations are highly recommended.

 

Franklin Institute

Website: www.fi.edu/

The Franklin Institute is dedicated to science and technology. It also contains the IMAX Theater.  Located at 222 North 20th Street in Center City Philadelphia, at the intersection of 20th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Open daily 9:30 am to 5 pm with special holiday closings. Different times for IMAX. Admission.

 

Rodin Museum

Website: www.rodinmuseum.org

The Rodin Museum, located just a few blocks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 22^nd Street, houses the largest public collection of works outside of Paris by French sculptor Auguste Rodin. Closed for renovations through late spring 2012. The Philadelphia Museum of Art administers the Rodin Museum and cares for the works of art placed there. Open Tuesdays to Sundays 10 am to 5 pm. Closed Mondays and holidays. Admission

 

Performing Arts

Kimmel Center for Performing Arts

Website: http://www.kimmelcenter.org

The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra

Website: http://www.philorch.org

 Pennsylvania Ballet

Website: http://www.paballet.org

 

 

Rome

 

Borghese Museum and Gallery

Website: http://www.galleriaborghese.it  

The Borghese Museum and Gallery is a leading museum, serving as the epitome of culture and art. The small palace, erected in 1613, holds Cardinal Scipione Borghese's vast ensembles of art, with the Museum located on the ground floor and the Gallery occupying the first floor. The site displays some of the best known sculptures by Bernini,. The museum also boasts the famous 'Danae' by Correggio, as well as the 'Deposition' by Raphael, and some classic examples of Caravaggio's work, Titian's 'Sacred and Profane Love'. Located at Piazzale del Museo Borghese 5; Tel. 0039 06 8413979  or info@ticketeria.it  for required ticket reservation. Open daily except Mondays from 8:30 am to 7:30 pm Tuesdays to Sundays. Closed January 1, December 25. Admission

 

Scuderie del Quirinale

Website: www.scuderiequirinale.it

The 18^th century  building, (also known as the Papal Stables) covers approximately 3000 square meters , over several floors. Wide-open spaces on the second and third floors house the exhibitions. It is located at Via XXIV Maggio 16. Tel. +39 06 39967500.

Open Sunday to Thursday 10 am to 8 pm; Friday and Saturday 10:30 pm. Admission.

Scuderie del Quirinale

 

National Gallery of Modern & ContemporaryArt/ The Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea,

Website: www.gnam.beniculturali.it

The National Gallery is located at Viale delle Belle Arti, 131. Entrance for special needs at Via Gramsci 71Accessible via public transportation. Info and ticket office:  06 322 98 221. Open Tuesdays to Sundays 8.30 am to 7:30 pm.. Closed January 1, May 1 and December 25. Admission.

 

The Vatican Museums

Website: http://mv.vatican.va / 

The Vatican Museums originated as a group of sculptures collected by Pope Julius II (1503-1513) and placed in what today is the “Cortile Ottagono”within the museum complex. The popes were among the first sovereigns who opened the art collections of their palaces to the public thus promoting knowledge of art history and culture. As seen today, the Vatican Museums are a complex of different pontifical museums and galleries that began under the patronage of the popes Clement XIV (1769-1774) and Pius VI (1775-1799) with the Pio-Clementine Museum . Through the centuries successive popes added museums such as the Etruscan Museum, Egyptian Museum Lateran Profane Museum, Pio Christian Museum , the Gallery of Tapestries, Gallery of Maps, Vatican Historical Museum which includes the Carriage and Automobile Museum, the Borgia Apartment. Within the complex of museums is the Sistine Chapel with the restored ceiling fresco of Michelangelo's Last Judgement. Outside the complex is beautiful sculptured Vatican Gardens.

The museum complex is located at Viale Vaticano; tel: +39 06 69884947. Open Mondays to Saturdays from 9 to 6 pm. Closed on most Sundays and certain holidays. Admission The admission ticket gives the right to visit the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel.

 

 

San Francisco

 

De Young Museum

Website: http://www.famsf.osrg/deyoung

The museum is devoted to American art, international textile arts and costumes, and art of the ancient Americas, Oceania and Africa. The de Young museum is located at 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive in the heart of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Open Tuesdays through Sundays 9:30 .m. to 5:15 pm, Fridays until 8:45 pm (March 30 through November 30 only). Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Days. Admission.

 

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Website:  http://www.sfmoma.org/

Devoted to modern and contemporary art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, is located at 151 Third St, San Francisco. Tel: +1 (415) 357-4000. Open daily 11 am to 5:45 pm; Thursday to 8:45 pm. (Opens at 10 am from Memorial day through Labor Day except Wednesdays.)

 

San Francisco Performing Arts

San Francisco Symphony

Website: http://www.sfsymphony.org

San Francisco Symphony under the Musical Directorship of Michael Tilson Thomas performs at Davies Symphony Hall. Located at 201 Van Ness Ave. Tel: +1 (415) 864-6000.

 

San Francisco Ballet

Website: http://www.sfballet.org

A lively, vital ensemble, San Francisco Ballet is one of the three largest ballet companies in the United States and its oldest, performing in season at the War Memorial Opera House is located at 301 Van Ness Avenue in the Civic Center and is easily accessible via public transportation. The SF Ballet Box Office is open in season only on performance dates: Tuesday through Friday, 12 pm to the first intermission; and Saturday and Sunday, 10 am until the first intermission. Admission

 

 

Singapore

 

National Museum of Singapore

Website: http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/

The National Museum of Singapore is the nation’s oldest museum custodian of the 11 National Treasures, and its Singapore History and Living Galleries adopt cutting-edge and multi-perspective ways of presenting history and culture to redefine conventional museum experience. Located at 93 Stamford Road. Public transport: MRT/Raffles Place. Singapore History Gallery open daily 10 am to 6 pm; Living Galleries 10 am to 8 pm daily (free admission 6 to 8 pm daily). Admission

 

 

Stuttgart

 

Art Museum Stuttgart

Website: http://www.kunstmuseumstuttgart.com

The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart contains over 15,000 pieces of artwork representing the old and the new. Located at Kleiner Schlossplatz 1. Phone: +49 (0) 711 - 216 21 88; email: info@kunstmuseum-stuttgart.de. Reachable by Bus 42 or 44 to Schlossplatz; Underground lines U5, U6, U7and 15 to Schlossplatz; and S-Bahn transit to Stadtmitte station Open daily except Mondays: Tuesdays to Sundays 10 am to 6 pm; Wednesdays and Fridays until 9 pm. Closed  Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve. Admission

 

Le Corbusier House/The Weissenhof Museum

Website: www.weissenhof.de   

The Weissenhof Settlement has opened its museum in the Le Corbusier House. When it was founded in 1927, the Weissenhof Settlement was considered the most progressive architectural initiative of its time. In 33 houses with 63 apartments, a total of 17 architects from Germany, France, Holland, Belgium and Austria implemented their ideas of "functionalism." Among the architects, all of whom were under 45 years of age, were Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, Hans Scharoun and others.

Weissenhofmuseum im Haus Le Corbusier. Located at Rathenaustrasse 1- 3; tel: +49 - (0)711-2579187; email: info@weissenhofmuseum.de. Open Tuesday to Friday 11 am to 6 pm; Saturday, Sunday 10 am to 6 pm. Closed Monday except holiday Mondays; and December 24 to January 1. Admission.

 

Stuttgart Auto Museums

Mercedes Benz Museum

Website: http://www.museum-mercedes-benz.com/ 

A prominent local landmark for car lovers of all ages since its opening earlier this year.  Nearby is the Gottlieb Daimler Memorial Sight, where one can visit Daimler’s former workshop in his garden house where he and Wilhelm Maybach secretly invented the world’s first sprinting motor in 1883.

The museum is located at Mercedesstrafe 100. Open Tuesdays to Sundays and some public holidays from 9 am to 6 pm. Admission

 

Porsche Museum

Website: http://www.porsche.com/international/faq/museum/ 

The Porsche Museum is also housed in Stuttgart/Zuffenhausen. About 80 vehicles and many small exhibits will be on display at the new Porsche Museum in a unique ambience. In addition to world-famous, iconic vehicles such as the 356, 550, 911, and 917, the exhibits include some of the outstanding technical achievements of Professor Ferdinand Porsche from the early 20th century.

Porsche Museum is located at Porscheplatz 1 ,D – 70435 Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. E-Mail: info.museum@porsche.de Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 9 am to 6 pm. (Special opening hours for holidays.) Closed Christmas and New Year’s. Admission.

 

 

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

 

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Website: http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au 

Established in 1874, the Art Gallery of NSW Collection displays Modern and contemporary works while its Grand Courts present a distinguished collection of colonial and 19th-century Australian works and European old masters. There are also dedicated galleries celebrating the arts of Asia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art.

Art Gallery of New South Wales is located on Art Gallery Rd, The Domain, Sydney. Tel: +61 (0)2 9225 1744. Admission: A$10. Open: daily, 10 am to 5 pm; later on Wednesdays. Closed Christmas and New Year’s Days. Admission only to special exhibits; otherwise free.

 

 

 Tokyo

 

 Mori Art Museum

Website: http://www.mori.art.museum/eng/index.html

Dedicated to 21^st century art and architecture, Mori Art Museum is located at Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 53F, Roppongi 6-10-1, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 106-6150. Tel +81-3-5777-8600:. Subway: Hibiya Line to Roppongi station; followed by a four minute walk. Open daily 10 am to 10 pm (Tuesdays 10 am-5 pm). Admission

 

Suntory Museum of Art

Website:  http://www.suntory.com/culture-sports/sma/

March 19 to May 22, 2011

"Art revisited, beauty revealed" is the mission of the Suntory Museum of Art--linking ancient art to modern art, eastern art to western art, across the boundaries of time, place and culture. The new museum is located between the Roppongi Intersection and Nogizaka, along the Gaienhigashi-dori at Tokyo Midtown Gardenside

9-7-4 Akasaka, Minato-ku. Tel: +81-3-3479-8600 FAX: +81-3-3479-8643

Open daily 10 am to 6 pm; to 8 pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Close some Tuesdays and January 1. Admission.

 

 

Toronto

 

Art Gallery of Ontario

Website: www.ago.net

The AGO holds more than 80,000 works in its collection, which spans from 100 A.D. to the present. It also houses the larges public collection of Henry Moore’s work. Located at 317 Dundas Street West at the corner of Dundas and McCaul streets. Open daily except Mondays on Wednesdays to Fridays from10 am to 5: 50 pm; to 8:30 pm Wednesdays. Admission.

 

Ontario Science Centre

Website: http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca

The Ontario Science Centre is located at 770 Don Mills Road (at the corner of Eglinton Avenue East) in Toronto. Tel: 416-696-1000. Open daily: weekdays 10 to 4 pm; weekends and holidays to 5 pm. Admission

 

 

Vancouver, BC

 

Vancouver Art Gallery

Website: http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca

The Vancouver Art Gallery at 750 Hornby Street offers a mix of contemporary and historical exhibitions with 10,000 works in its permanent collection. Open daily 10 to 5 pm; Tuesdays to 9 pm. Accessible by public transportation. Admission

 

 

Venice

 

Gallerie dell’Accademia

Website: http://www.gallerieaccademia.org/

The monumental estate of the Accademia Galleries is located in the prestigious centre of the Scuola Grande of Santa Maria della Carità, one of the most ancient lay fraternal orders of the city. The church of Santa Maria and the monastery of the Canonici Lateranensi, built by Andrea Palladio, are integral parts of the Accademia. A very rich collection of Venetian paintings from Veneto as well, from the Bizantine and Gothic fourteenth century to the artists of the Renaissance, Bellini, Carpaccio, Giorgione, Veronese, Tintoretto and Tiziano until Gianbattista Tiepolo and the Vedutisti of the eighteenth century, Canaletto, Guardi, Bellotto, Longhi.   

The Academia Galleries are located at Campo della Carità Dorsoduro 1050 in Venice. Open daily from 8:15 am to 7:15 pm except Mondays when the museum closes at 2 pm. Closed on January 1, May 1, December 25. Admission

 

Museums of St Marks Square

Website: http://www.museiciviciveneziani.it/frame.asp?sezione=mostre

 

Museo Fortuny

Website: http://www.museiciviciveneziani.it/frame.asp?musid=2&sezione=musei

The Museo Fortuny is located at San Marco 3958 - Campo San Beneto. Tel. ++39041 5200995

 

Museo Correr

Museo Correr is located at San Marco 52. Entrance for the public: St. Mark’s Square, Napoleonic Wing, Monumental Staircase. Tel. ++39041 2405211

 

Ca Pessaro

http://www.museiciviciveneziani.it/frame.asp?musid=10&sezione=musei

Ca’Pesaro, formerly a palace, is now the  Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna that is located at Santa Croce 2070. Open daily except Mondays from November 1 to March 31 from 10 am – 5 pm; from April 1st to October 31 from 10 am to 6 pm. Closed December 25, January 1 and May 1. Admission

 

 

 

Vienna

 

Belvedere Palace

Website: http://www.belvedere.at/

The Belvedere’ consists of two magnificent palaces, the Upper and the Lower Belvedere, built in the 18th century as the summer residence for the important general Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736).It also features the Orangery, Palace Stables and the new Augarten Temporary display place for contemporary art. And the  The Upper Belvedere is located at Prinz Eugen-Strasse 27, the Lower Belvedere and Orangery are located at Rennweg 6. Tel: +43 1 795 56-0. Both are open daily from 10 am to 6 pm. except Wednesdays to 9 pm at the Lower Belvedere. The 21er Haus is located at Schweizergarten, Arsenalstrasse 1.The new Augarten Contemporary is at

Scherzergasse 1a. Admission

 

Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

Website: http://www.khm.at  

The Kunsthistorisches Museum’s rich holdings are comprised of artworks from seven millennia - from Ancient Egypt to the late 18th century, notably the collections of Renaissance and Baroque art. The main building is located at Maria Theresien-Platz and houses the Picture Gallery, the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, the Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection, the Coin Collection, and the Kunstkammer that will reopen in December 2012.. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10 am to 6 pm except Thursdays when it closes at 9 pm. Admission. Note: The Lipizzaner Museum in the Stallburg as well as Ambras Castle in Innsbruck, although operated as independent museums, are also part of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Since January 2001, the Museum of Ethnology and the Austrian Theatre Museum have also been part of the group. Other collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum are housed in the Neue Burg (i.e. the Collection of Historical Musical Instruments, the Collection of Arms and Armour, and the Ephesus Museum), in Hofburg Palace (the Treasury), and in Schönbrunn Palace (the Collection of Historical Carriages)

 

Performing Arts

Vienna Philharmonic

Website: http://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/index.php?set_language=en&cccpage=Home

The 160-year-old orchestra is located at Kärntner Ring 12; Tel: +43/1/505 65 25.

Fax: +43/1/505 65 25 – 270.

Vienna State Opera

Website: http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/Startseite-Content.en.php

Located at Opernring 2, 1010 Wien. Performances throughout the year, except July, August. Home to the Vienna State Ballet.

Volksoper Vienna

Website: http://www.volksoper.at/Content.Node2/home/index.en.php

Located at Währinger Strasse 78, ten minutes from the city’s center, and accessible by public transportation. Tel: +43/1/514 44-3670;; email: tickets@volksoper.at. Operettas are presented from September to July, consisting of some 300 performances divided among some 35 different productions and revivals from previous years.

 

 

Washington, D.C.

 

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Website: http://www.corcoran.org

 Founded in 1869 as the private holdings of William Wilson Corcoran, the historic beaux arts building is home to significant collections including 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, photography, and decorative art, encompassing over 16,000 works. Located at 500 17^th Street NW. Open Wednesdays to Sundays 10 am to 5 pm, Thursdays to 9 pm. Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25 and January 1. Admission.

 

National Gallery of Art

Website: www.nga.gov 

The National Gallery of Art was created in 1937 for the people of the United States of America by a joint resolution of Congress, accepting the gift of financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon. It is located on the National Mall between 3rd and 7th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW. Open: Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  Free admission.

 

The Phillips Collection

Website:  http://www.phillipscollection.org

America's first museum of modern art, it is a private institution that is not a part of the federal government. The Phillips Collection is located at 1600 21st Street, NW. Open daily except Mondays  10 am to 5 pm with extended hours on Thursday to 8:30 pm, and Sundays 11 am to 6 pm. Closed New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Admission

 

Smithsonian Museum

Website: www.smithsonian.org

Smithsonian is a museum complex and research organization composed of 19 museums and galleries, nine research centers, and the National Zoological Park.

The Smithsonian Information Center in the institution's first building, popularly known as the Castle, which is open daily 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. The Center serves as the focal point for information about the Institution's 17 museums and National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and two museums in New York City. This distinctive red, sandstone building is centrally located on the National Mall, and may be entered from either Jefferson Drive on the north or through the Enid A. Haupt Garden on the south. Admission free at most of the museums.

 

Performing Arts

The Kennedy Center

Website: http://www.kennedy-center.org

National Symphony Orchestra

Website: http://www.kennedy-center.org/nso

Washington National Opera

Website: http://www.kennedy-center.org/wno

The Susanne Farrell Ballet

Website: http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/ballet/farrell

 

Williamstown (Massachusetts)

 

The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute

Website: www.clarkart.edu

The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute is an art museum and a center for research and higher education, with a collection of old masterpieces and impressionist paintings. Stone Hill Center, designed by Tadao Ando, on June 22, 2008. Nearby is a new extension of the museum, Stone Hill Center, which houses two new exhibition galleries. The Institute is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown,.  Tel. +1 413-458-2303. Open daily except Mondays from  Tuesday to Sunday 10 am to 5 pm September through June; open daily July and August. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day. Admission

 

 

Zagreb (Croatia)

 

Archeological Museum

Website: http://www.amz.hr/  

The ancient and valuable items held by the museum are systematically organized into several collections. The Prehistoric, Classical (Greek and Roman), and Medieval Collections follow the usual chronological system of all European museum departments. The museum also contains an Egyptian Collection, the only one in this region, as well as a Numismatic Collection that is one of the largest in Europe and beyond. As a whole, most of the material is from regions historically belonging to Croatia and also contains rich collections and individual monuments of foreign origin. These include an important collection of Grecian painted vases from southern Italy and Greece, a valuable collection of stone monuments of Italic provenance—sculptures, reliefs, inscriptions; and in particular the famed wrapping of the Zagreb mummy, the Etruscan "linen book" of Zagreb.

The Archeological Museum is located at 19 Nikola Subic Zrinski Square. Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday from10 am to 5 pm; Thursday 10 am to 8 pm; Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 1 pm. Admission.

 

Museum of Contemporary Art

Website: www1.msu.hr

The Contemporary Art Museum was established on December 21, 1954, with the purpose of following, documenting, and promoting contemporary art events, styles, and phenomena. The largest part of the museum's c collection consists of the works by both Croatian and foreign artists created after 1950, although there is a small representation of art dating back to the first half of the 20th century.

The Museum of Contemporary Art is located at Avenue Dubrovnik 17; email: msu@msu.hr. Open daily except Mondays  Tuesday to Sunday 11 am to 6 pm; Saturday to 8 pm. Closed holidays. Admission.

 

 

 

Zurich

 

Beyeler Foundation

Website: http://www.beyeler.com

Named after art collector/dealer Ernst Beyeler, the museum presents contemporary works. Located at Baselstrasse 101, CH 4125 Riehen/Basel. Tel: +41 (0)61 645 97 00. Tram number 6 from Basel SBB main train station (around an hour’s ride from Zurich). Open: daily 10 am to 6pm; Wednesdays until 8pm. Admission.

 

Kunsthaus Zurich

http://www.kunsthaus daily e.ch 

Kunsthaus Zurich is located at Heimplatz 1, 8001 Zurich. Open daily except Mondays: Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday 10 am to 6 pm; Wednesday to Friday to 8 pm;. Tel: +41 (0)44 253 8484. Admission.

 

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