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Kobe City Museum: Louvre Exhibit
2008-05-10 05:01:00 ????????????????The Kobe City Museum currently is exhibiting items from the Louvre until July 6th.140 items from the French court of the 18th century are on display.They include gold and silver works, elaborate furniture, and luggage.This period was known for its excesses, and the items reflect that.The Kobe City Museum also has a solid collection of artifacts and other historical items related mainly to the port city of Kobe.Kobe City Museum24, Kyo-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0034Tel: 078 391 00351,400 yen for adults. Closed Mondays.AccessIt is a ten-minute walk from the south exit of JR Sannomiya Station.Yahoo Japan Auction ServiceBook a hotel in Japan with BookingsTokyo Serviced ApartmentsBudget accommodation in JapanHappi CoatsJapanese For Busy PeopleTagsJapan Tokyo Kyoto Kobe Louvre
Salvaged Surrealism: City Museum of St. Louis
2008-01-30 16:20:00 ?A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.? ? Willy Wonka City Museum is not a traditional museum, it is a surrealistic wonderland meticulously handcrafted from salvaged objects by sculptor Bob Cassilly and his cabal of artisans. Located in downtown St. Louis, in a former shoe factory, all the materials used in ...
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Kobe City Museum
2007-05-02 16:06:00 ???????On a glorious spring day, we ride the express train from Kyoto down to Kobe's Sannomiya Station in order to take in the "Mummy: The Inside Story" exhibit at the Kobe City Museum.The exhibit was co-sponsored by the British Museum, and featured some of the best works from its collection. The experience, though, represented the best and worst of Japanese museum-going.From a block away we could already see tell-tale signs of trouble. First were the young guys in suits yelling out instructions to people lined up in front of and snaking around the corner of the entrance. Also, a prominent sign tells us that the current waiting time to get in is 45 minutes.And so we wait under a beating sun.35 minutes later, we are inside buying tickets. It is cool and spacious. The Meiji Era building has both gravitas and style.After presenting our tickets, we are herded up to the second floor and into a room with television monitors. Young women pass out 3D glasses. After a short video presentati...
Istanbul City Museum
2007-02-27 19:20:00 First opened in 1939 in the Beyazit Medrese, this museum was moved in 1988 to its present site in the Fine Arts Hall of Yıldız Palace. The museum portrays the life of Istanbul through a collection of 18th and 19th century paintings, as well as historical and ethnographic objects such as glassware, china, textiles and metalwork.Şehir MüzesiBarbaras Bulvan, 80690 Yildiz (212) 258 53 44Open daily 9.00-16.30 except Thursday
Risqué Roman cup goes on display in city museum
2006-11-21 17:15:03 THIS piece of Roman art, which was considered too risqué to be put on public display until it was bought by the British Museum in 1999, is to be exhibited in York.The Warren Cup, a first century AD silver vessel, which depicts two male couples in sexual acts, will be at the Yorkshire Museum from December 1 until January 21.It will form the centrepiece of a new display, The Classical Ideal, exploring the debate around Greek and Roman attitudes to the development of the ideal male, which often involved sex between men.The Warren Cup stands four inches high and is a drinking vessel that would been used by the Roman social elite just as the Roman city of Eboracum (York) was being founded. It is the first time it has been loaned by the British Museum.Read the rest of this article... |
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