Africa
MALI MOROCCO SOUTH AFRICA TUNISIA
Mali
Great Mosque of Djenne.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN MALI - Wikipedia.
GREAT MOSQUE OF DJENNE - large banco or adobe building that is considered by many architects to be one of the greatest achievements of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style. The mosque is located in the city of Djenne. Along with the "Old Towns of Djenne" it was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988.
Morocco
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN MOROCCO - Wikipedia.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN MOROCCO BY LOCATION & BY SPECIALITY - Morocco Guide.
Koutoubia Mosque.
KOUTOUBIA MOSQUE - ocated in the southwest medina quarter of Marrakesh. The mosque is ornamented with curved windows, a band of ceramic inlay, pointed merlons, and decorative arches; it has a large plaza with gardens, and is floodlit at night. The minaret, 77 metres (253 ft) in height, includes a spire and orbs. It was completed under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184 to 1199).
Majorelle Garden, Marrakech.
MAJORELLE GARDEN - twelve-acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakech. Designed by the expatriate French artist Jacques Majorelle in the 1920s and 1930s. The garden has been open to the public since 1947. Since 1980 the garden has been owned by Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge. After Yves Saint Laurent died in 2008 his ashes were scattered in the Majorelle Garden.
South Africa
Robben Island.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN SOUTH AFRICA - Wikipedia.
IZIKO MUSEUMS OF SOUTH AFRICAN - the museum was founded in 1825, the first in the country. The museum houses important African zoology, palaeontology and archaeology collections.
MANDELA HOUSE - house on Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, where Nelson Mandela lived from 1946 to 1962.
ROBBEN ISLAND MUSEUM - Bloubergstrand, Cape Town. From the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Nobel Laureate and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island for 18 of the 27 years he served behind bars before the fall of apartheid. Kgalema Motlanthe, who also served as President of South Africa, spent 10 years on Robben Island as a political prisoner, as did current President Jacob Zuma.
Tunisia
Great Mosque of Kairouan.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN TUNISIA - Wikipedia.
BARDO NATIONAL MUSEUM - one of the most important museums of the Mediterranean basin and the second on the African continent after the Egyptian Museum.
GREAT MOSQUE OF KAIROUAN - one of the most important mosques in Tunisia, situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan.
Asia
CAMBODIA CHINA INDIA IRAN
JAPAN MYANMAR NEPAL THAILAND
THE PHILIPPINES TIBET VIETNAM
Cambodia
Angkor Wat.
ANGKOR WAT ALTERNATIVE - "Exploring Cambodia's forgotten ruins."
ANGKOR WAT - temple complex at Angkor built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CAMBODIA - Phnom Penh. Cambodia's largest museum of cultural history and is the country's leading historical and archaeological museum.
China
The Great Wall of China.
BEIJING'S MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN CHINA - Wikipedia.
OFFICIAL GUIDE OF 60+ MUSEUMS IN CHINA
RED TOURISM - definition & explanation.
CHENGDU RESEARCH BASE OF GIANT PANDA BREEDING - non-profit research and breeding facility for giant pandas and other rare animals. It is located in Chengdu, Sichuan.
GREAT WALL OF CHINA
HONGCUN - village in Yi County in the historical Huizhou region of southern Anhui Province, China, near the southwest slope of Mount Huangshan.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CHINA - Beijing. The museum's mission is to educate about the arts and history of China.
RAINBOW MOUNTAINS - Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park.
THE FORBIDDEN CITY - Beijing.
THE TERRACOTTA ARMY MUSEUM | MAUSOLEUM OF EMPEROR QINSHIHUANG - 30 kilometers east of Xi'an in Lintong District. Collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210-209 BC and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife. Discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province. The figures vary in height according to their roles, with the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Current estimates are that in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army there were over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits near by Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum.
WEST LAKE - freshwater lake in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in eastern China. It is divided into five sections by three causeways. There are numerous temples, pagodas, gardens, and artificial islands within the lake.
WUYUAN - county of Jiangxi province. Home to some of the best-preserved ancient architecture in China.[citation needed] Wuyuan's structures were built in 740 during the Tang Dynasty, its remoteness and inconvenient transportation protecting its villages from too many visitors.
YELLOW MOUNTAIN - also known as Mount Huangshan, is located in the southern part of Anhui Province.
ZHANGJIAJIE NATIONAL FOREST PARK - unique national forest park located in Zhangjiajie City in northern Hunan Province.
India
Taj Mahal, Agra.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN INDIA - Wikipedia.
WHY INDIA HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SAVE THE TAJ MAHAL - Lonely Planet.
AGRA FORT - Uttar Pradesh.
AMER FORT - Jaipur, Rajasthan state.
CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ VASTU SANGRAHALAYA - Mumbai. Formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India is the main museum in Mumbai. The museum houses approximately 50,000 exhibits of ancient Indian history as well as objects from foreign lands, categorized primarily into three sections: Art, Archaeology and Natural History. The museum houses Indus Valley Civilization artefacts, and other relics from ancient India from the time of the Guptas, Mauryas, Chalukyas and Rashtrakuta.
NATIONAL GANDHI MUSEUM - New Delhi.
SALAR JUNG MUSEUM - Nayapul, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. One of the three National Museums of India. It has a collection of sculptures, paintings, carvings, textiles, manuscripts, ceramics, metallic artefacts, carpets, clocks, and furniture from Japan, China, Burma, Nepal, India, Persia, Egypt, Europe, and North America. The museum's collection was sourced from the property of the Salar Jung family.
TAJ MAHAL - Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan 1632-1653 in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
Iran
Shah Mosque, Isfahan.
IRAN'S SITES OF CULTURAL IMPORTANCE IN PICTURES - "Following the assassination of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, US President Donald Trump has threatened to respond to any Iranian retaliation by attacking Iranian cultural sites. There are hundreds of such sites with historical significance in Iran, more than 20 with Unesco World Heritage status. Here is a selection of some of the most important."
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN IRAN - Wikipedia.
SHAH MOSQUE - Isfahan. Formerly known as Imam Mosque.
Japan
Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN JAPAN - Wikipedia.
MUSEUMS IN JAPAN
GHIBLI MUSEUM - Mitaka, Tokyo. Featuring the Japanese anime work of Studio Ghibli. The museum is a fine arts museum, but does not take the concept of a usual fine arts museum. With many features that are child-oriented and a sprawling and occasionally mazelike interior, the museum is a playfully created place. Centered around the motto appearing on the museum's website "Let's become lost children together".
HIROSHIMA PEACE MEMORIAL MUSEUM - the museum exhibit presents the facts of the atomic bombing, with the aims of contributing to the abolition of nuclear weapons throughout the world, and of promoting world peace.
TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM - the museum collects, houses, and preserves a comprehensive collection of art works and archaeological objects of Asia, focusing on Japan. The museum holds over 110,000 objects, which includes 87 Japanese National Treasure holdings and 610 Important Cultural Property holdings (as of July 2005).
Myanmar
Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar.
SHWEDAGON PAGODA - officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw and also known in English as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded pagoda and stupa 99 metres (325 ft) in height that is located in Yangon, Burma.
Nepal
Narayanhity Palace Museum, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu, Nepal.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN NEPAL - Wikipedia.
NARAYANHITY PALACE MUSEUM - palace in Kathmandu, Nepal which long served as a primary residence for the country's monarchs. Among the 52 rooms, only 19 are open so far to the public. The rooms, named after the districts of Nepal, have their own tales to tell.
Thailand
Bangkok National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN BANGKOK - Wikipedia.
BANGKOK NATIONAL MUSEUM
The Philippines
National Museum of the Philippines, Manila, The Philippines.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN THE PHILIPPINES - Wikipedia.
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF MANILA
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES - Manila.
Tibet
Potala Palace, Lhasa.
POTALA PALACE - Lhasa.
TIBET MUSEUM - Lhasa.
Vietnam
Hanoi Museum.
HANOI MUSEUM - temple complex at Angkor built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century.
Australia & New Zealand
AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND
Australia
Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN AUSTRALIA - Wikipedia.
AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM - Sydney, New South Wales. The oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology. It features collections of vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as mineralogy, palaeontology, and anthropology.
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM - Sydney, New South Wales.
ULURU - large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia.
New Zealand
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN NEW ZEALAND - Wikipedia.
MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA - Wellington.
MUSEUM OF WELLINGTON CITY & SEA - Wellington. Celebrates the city's maritime history.
Caribbean
CUBA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JAMAICA
Cuba
Finca La Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN CUBA - Wikipedia.
FINCA LA VIGIA - San Francisco de Paula. Ernest Hemingway's home in Cuba.
Dominican Republic
Alcazar de Colon, Santo Domingo.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Wikipedia.
ALCAZAR DE COLON - or Columbus Alcazar, located in Santo Domingo, is the oldest Viceregal residence in America, and forms part of the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo World Heritage Site.
Jamaica
Bob Marley Museum, 56 Hope Road, Kingston 6, Jamaica.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN JAMAICA - Wikipedia.
BOB MARLEY MUSEUM - Kingston. Dedicated to the reggae musician Bob Marley. The museum is located at 56 Hope Road, Kingston 6, and is Bob Marley's former place of residence. It was home to the Tuff Gong record label which was founded by The Wailers in 1970.
The late Ian Fleming's estate Goldeneye in Oracabessa, Jamaica.
GOLDENEYE - the late Ian Fleming's estate in Oracabessa, Jamaica. Rents for US$6,600 per night.
Central America
BELIZE COSTA RICA NICARAGUA PANAMA
Belize
Cahal Pech.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN BELIZE - Wikipedia.
CAHAL PECH - Maya site located near the Town of San Ignacio in the Cayo District of Belize.
MUSEUM OF BELIZE - art and history museum in Belize City.
Costa Rica
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, Calle 17, between Central and Second Avenue, San Jose, Costa Rica.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN COSTA RICA - Wikipedia.
MUSEO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA - since 1887. The museum is organized thematically in a counter clockwise direction from the entrance with artifacts related to Costa Rica's geological, colonial, archaeological, religious and modern history.
PRE-COLUMBIAN GOLD MUSEUM - the museum has a substantial collection of over 1600 artifacts of Pre-Columbian gold dating back to AD 500.
Nicaragua
Ruins of Leon Viejo, Puerto Momotombo, La Paz Centro.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN NICARAGUA - Wikipedia.
LEON VIEJO - World Heritage Site. One of the oldest Spanish colonial settlements in the Americas. Founded on June 15, 1524 by the Spanish conquistador, Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba.
Panama
Calzada de Amador, Biomuseo, 0843-02931 Panama, Panama.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN PANAMA - Wikipedia.
BIOMUSEO - designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry. "Eight galleries tell us about the origin of the Panamanian isthmus and its gigantic impact on the planet's biodiversity."
PANAMA CANAL MUSEUM - since 1997. Devoted to the history of the construction of the Panama Canal in its various stages.
Europe
AUSTRIA BELGIUM CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK
ENGLAND, U.K. FRANCE GERMANY GREECE
ICELAND IRELAND ITALY MONACO
NETHERLANDS NORTHERN IRELAND NORWAY POLAND
PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIA SCOTLAND, U.K.
SERBIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND
TURKEY UKRAINE VATICAN CITY
Austria
Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria.
AUSTRIA IS GIVING HITLER'S BIRTHPLACE A $5.6M FACELIFT - "Austrian architects will transform Hitler's birthplace into a police station."
HISTORICAL HITLER SITES: VIENNA (46) - The Hitler Pages.
LIST OF HISTORICAL SITES ASSOCIATED WITH LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN - Wikipedia.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN AUSTRIA - Wikipedia.
MUSEUMS IN AUSTRIA BY CATEGORY
007 Elements Cinematic Installation, Bergbahnen Solden, Dorfstra?e 115, 6450 Solden, Austria.
007 ELEMENTS CINEMATIC INSTALLATION - since July 12, 2018. "The brand new James Bond Installation in Solden, Austria stands for a cinematic peak experience. Where Daniel Craig was in front of the camera for the Spectre movie shooting, visitors will experience an unprecedented highlight for film enthusiasts from 12 July 2018 onwards. It will lead deep into the cinematic universe of the planet's most famous Secret Agent." Bergbahnen Solden, Dorfstra?e 115, 6450 Solden, Austria.
AMBRAS CASTLE - renaissance castle and palace located in the hills above Innsbruck.
BEETHOVEN PASQUALATIHAUS - altogether Ludwig van Beethoven worked in Vienna for thirty-five years. Thereof he spent eight years living in this apartment on the fourth floor. Molker Bastei 8, Vienna.
BEETHOVEN WOHNUNG HEILIGENSTADT - this house in the Vienna suburb of Heiligenstadt is dedicated to a crucial and devastating event in the life of Ludwig van Beethoven. It recalls the "Heiligenstadter Testament" he wrote in 1802 - the letter to his two brothers which he never sent and in which he expressed his despair over his advancing deafness. Probusgasse 6, Vienna.
BELVEDERE - historic building complex in Vienna, Austria, consisting of two Baroque palaces (the Upper and Lower Belvedere), the Orangery, and the Palace Stables. The buildings are set in a Baroque park landscape in the third district of the city, on the south-eastern edge of its centre. It houses the Belvedere museum.
BURG HOCHOSTERWITZ - outstanding example of a medieval fortress and stronghold. Launsdorf.
EGGENBERG PALACE - in Graz is the most significant Baroque palace complex in Styria. With its preserved accouterments, the extensive scenic gardens as well as some additional collections from the Universalmuseum Joanneum housed in the palace and park, Schloss Eggenberg counts among the most valuable cultural assets of Austria.
ESTERHAZY PALACE - one of the most beautiful baroque palaces in Austria. Eisenstadt.
HAYDNHAUS - Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) spent the last twelve years of his life in Gumpendorf, at that time an outlying village of Vienna. Having bought his house between two periods of stay in England, he extended it by one floor, moving in aged 65 in 1797. Haydngasse 19.
HOFBURG PALACE - palace located in Vienna, Austria, that has housed some of the most powerful people in European and Austrian history, including the Habsburg dynasty, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria. It was the Habsburgs' principal winter residence, as the Schonbrunn Palace was their preferred summer residence.
JEWISH MUSEUM VIENNA - museum of Jewish history, life and religion in Austria.
JOHANN STRAUSS WOHNUNG - in 1867 in this apartment, Johann Strauss composed the world-famous waltz "The Blue Danube", Austria's "unofficial national anthem"! Strauss lived seven years on Praterstrasse, then a fashionable and elegant Viennese suburban street. Praterstra?e 54 .
KAISERVILLA - the little town of Bad Ischl in Upper Austria, the former summer capital of the great Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, has been associated with the Habsburg imperial dynasty for at least 700 years. The Imperial Villa in Ischl, the Emperor's summer residence, was described by Franz Josef I as "heaven on earth" for himself and his family.
MOZARTHAUS VIENNA - Mozart's residence from 1784 to 1787. This building in Vienna's Old Town, not far from St. Stephen's Cathedral, is his only surviving Viennese residence and is now a museum. Domgasse 5.
MUSEUM OF MILITARY HISTORY - (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum), Vienna.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY OF VIENNA - one of the important museums of the world, and the earliest collections of artifacts were begun over 250 years ago. The museum houses approximately 30 million objects.
SCHLOSS ESTERHAZY - palace in Eisenstadt, the capital of the Burgenland state. It was constructed in the late 13th century, and came under ownership of the Hungarian Esterhazy family in 1622.
SCHONBRUNN PALACE - former imperial 1,441-room Rococo summer residence in modern Vienna, Austria. One of the most important cultural monuments in the country. The palace and gardens illustrate the tastes, interests, and aspirations of successive Habsburg monarchs.
SCHUBERT GEBURTSHAUS - this is the house where the great composer Franz Schubert was born on 31 January 1797. Nu?dorfer Stra?e 54.
SCHUBERT STERBEWOHNUNG - perhaps the most poignant of all the Wien Museum's composer memorials is the house where Schubert died near Naschmarkt. Franz Schubert lived here for several weeks as his brother's guest in an apartment consisting of two rooms and a cabinet study on the second floor of the Biedermeier house, until his death on 19 November 1828. Here he composed his last works, among them the song "The Shepherd on the Rock". Kettenbruckengasse 6.
SIGMUND FREUD MUSEUM - Since 1971, the Sigmund Freud Museum has been welcoming visitors in Sigmund Freud's former office and apartment. Berggasse 19.
TABULA PEUTINGERIANA - (Latin for "The Peutinger Map"), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated itinerarium (an ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of cursus publicus, the road network in the Roman Empire. The map is today kept at the Austrian National Library in Vienna.
Belgium
The Rubens House, Antwerp, Belgium.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN BELGIUM - Wikipedia.
MUSEUMS IN BELGIUM BY CATEGORY
Church of Our Lady, Bruges. Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, https://www.flickr.com/photos/53074617@N00/2607884905.
CHURCH OF OUR LADY, BRUGES - dates mainly from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. This church is essentially "...a monument to the wealth, sophistication, taste, and devotion of this most Catholic city, whose history and faith stand today celebrated in this wonderful building." Its tower, at 115.6 metres (379 ft) in height, remains the tallest structure in the city and the second tallest brickwork tower in the world (after St. Martin's Church in Landshut, Germany).
MUSEE HERGE - Louvain-la-Neuve.
MAS | MUSEUM AAN DE STROOM - Antwerp. The main themes of the MAS are Metropolis, Power, Life and Death, and Antwerp's long history as a major international port.
ROYAL ARMY AND MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM - Jubelpark 3, Brussels.
ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA - since 1898. Colloquially known as the Africa Museum, is an ethnography and natural history museum situated in Tervuren in Flemish Brabant, just outside Brussels. It was built to showcase King Leopold II's Congo Free State in the 1897 World Exhibition.
THE RUBENS HOUSE - Antwerp.
Czech Republic
Charles Bridge, Prague.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN PRAGUE - Wikipedia.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC - Wikipedia.
MUSEUMS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC BY CATEGORY
APPLE MUSEUM - since 2015. Husova 21, 11000 Praha 1. Near the Charles Bridge.
NATIONAL MUSEUM - since 1818. Prague.
Denmark
Kronborg Castle, Elsinore.
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN DENMARK - Wikipedia.
MUSEUMS IN DEMARK BY CATEGORY - Wikipedia.
AMALIENBORG - THE ROYAL DANISH COLLECTION - Amalienborg Palace, Christian VIII's Pala.
BISHOP ABSALON'S CASTLE & COPENHAGEN CASTLE - the ruins beneath the present Christiansborg Palace.
CHRISTIANSBORG PALACE - in the centre of Copenhagen has more than 800 years of history as the power base of the kingdom. Today the palace is home to the Parliament. Many parts of the palace are open to the public.
DANISH WAR MUSEUM - museum of military history & arms on SLOTSHOLMEN (next to Christiansborg Palace) in central Copenhagen. The collections of weapons are some of the most extensive in the world. More than 8000 swords, pistols, armours, machine guns and other weapons and military attributes are displayed in the museum's Great Gallery and the Canon Galley boasts more than 300 canons dating from the 16th century to present days.
DESIGNMUSEUM DENMARK - since 1890. Denmark's largest museum for Danish and international design and a central exhibition forum for industrial design and applied arts in Scandinavia. Bredgade 68, Copenhagen.
EGESKOV CASTLE - 5772 Kvarndrup, Funen. The castle is Europe's best preserved Renaissance water castle.
FINN JUHL'S HOUSE - from 1941 to 1942 furniture designer Finn Juhl designed and furnished his own house next door to Ordrupgaard Art Museum. The house is one of the first functionalistic one-family houses in Denmark. Here Finn Juhl lived until his death in 1989. Finn Juhl's widow left the house and its interior unchanged. On April 3, 2008 the house opened as a separate, additional part of Ordrupgaard Art Museum.
Frederiksborg Palace.
FREDERIKSBORG PALACE - the museum of national history. 3400 Hillerod, North Zealand.
GLYPTOTEK - museum of ancient & modern art.
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN MUSEUM - Odense, Funen.
KAREN BLIXEN MUSEUM - Rungstedlund, 2960 Rungsted Kyst, North Zealand. Karen Blixen lived there for most of her life. She was born on the estate in 1885, and returned there after her years in Kenya, chronicled in her book Out of Africa, to do most of her writings.
KRONBORG CASTLE - 3000 Helsingor (Elsinore), North Zealand. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe-
MARITIME MUSEUM OF DENMARK - 3000 Helsingor (Elsinore), North Zealand.
MOESGARD MUSEUM - 8270 Hojbjerg, Jutland. Both a regional museum and a dedicated museum for archaeology and ethnography.
MUSEUM OF COPENHAGEN - "The Museum of Copenhagen wishes to kindle a desire for knowledge of the city, its past, present and future." Stormgade 18.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK - Copenhagen. Denmark's largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. It contains exhibits from around the world, from Greenland to South America. The museum covers 14,000 years of Danish history, from the reindeer-hunters of the Ice Age, Vikings and works of art created in praise of God in the Middle Ages, when the church played a huge role in Danish life.
Rosenborg Castle.
ROSENBORG CASTLE - renaissance castle located in Copenhagen.
Roskilde Cathedral.
ROSKILDE CATHEDRAL - 3000, Roskilde. The main burial site for Danish monarchs since the 15th century. Known as the church with the largest number of kings (20) and queens (17) buried in the world.
THE CROWN JEWELS - Rosenborg Castle.
THE DAVID COLLECTION - Copenhagen. Particularly noted for its collection of Islamic art from the 8th to the 19th century, which is one of the largest in Northern Europe.
THE MUSEUM OF NATIONAL HISTORY - Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerod north of Copenhagen.
THE THEATRE MUSEUM AT THE COURT THEATRE - behind the Danish Parliament Christiansborg.
THORVALDSENS MUSEUM - Copenhagen. Single-artist museum dedicated to the art of Danish neoclassicistic sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844).
England, U.K.
20 GREAT BRITISH WONDERS THAT AREN'T WORLD HERITAGE SITES - The Telegraph.
22 OF OUR FAVOURITE SECRET BRITISH INTERIORS - The Telegraph.
BLUE PLAQUE - since 1866. Permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker. The oldest of its kind in the world.
BRITAIN'S 14 MOST BEAUTIFUL CHURCHES - The Telegraph.
BRITAIN'S 15 BEST STATELY HOMES - The Telegraph.
DRAMATIC DISCOVERY LINKS STONEHENGE TO ITS ORIGINAL SITE - IN WALES - "Find backs theory that monument was dismantled and dragged over 140 miles to Wiltshire."
ENGLISH HERITAGE
HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES
LIST OF MUSEUMS IN ENGLAND - Wikipedia.
LONDON'S BEST HISTORICAL PUBS: THE ULTIMATE TOUR - The Telegraph.
LONDON'S BLUE PLAQUES - since 1866. "Across the capital over 950 plaques, on buildings humble and grand, honour the notable men and women who have lived or worked in them." Permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.
MAKE THE MOST OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM - The New York Times.
MUSEUMS AROUND THE U.K. ON THE WEB
MUSEUMS IN UNITED KINGDOM
SECRET LONDON: 14 ODD ATTRACTIONS YOU NEVER KNEW WERE THERE - The Telegraph.
THE ROYAL PARKS
THE SECRETS OF LONDON'S MOST FAMOUS BRIDGES - CNN travel.
ARCELORMITTAL ORBIT - 114.5 metre (376 feet) tall sculpture and observation tower in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. It is Britain's largest piece of public art, and is intended to be a permanent lasting legacy of London's hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM - Oxford. The world's first university museum.
BANQUETING HOUSE - Whitehall, London.
BATTLE OF WATERLOO - exhibition at National Army Museum, Chelsea, London.
BLENHEIM PALACE - Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Residence of the dukes of Marlborough. It is the only non-royal non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace.
BLETCHLEY PARK - Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. During the Second World War, Bletchley Park was the site of the United Kingdom's main decryption establishment, the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), where ciphers and codes of several Axis countries were decrypted, most importantly the ciphers generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz machines.
BRITISH MUSEUM - London. Dedicated to human history and culture. Its permanent collection, numbering some eight million works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
BROOKLANDS MUSEUM - "The Birthplace of British Motorsport and Aviation, Home of Concorde." Weybridge, Surrey.
Canterbury Cathedral, Cathedral House, 11 The Precincts, Canterbury CT1 2EH, U.K.
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL - one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England. Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt from 1070 to 1077. The east end was greatly enlarged at the beginning of the twelfth century, and largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174, with significant eastward extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of THOMAS BECKET, the archbishop who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170.
CHANGING OF THE GUARD - the pomp and ceremony involved in the Changing of the Guard is a popular London tourist attraction.
CHARRING CROSS - ince the second half of the 18th century Charing Cross has been seen as the centre of London. It is the primary of the central datum points for measuring distances from London along with the London Stone, Hicks Hall and the doors of St Mary-le-Bow church.
CHURCHILL WAR ROOMS - museum in London and one of the five branches of the Imperial War Museum. The museum comprises the Cabinet War Rooms, a historic underground complex that housed a British government command centre throughout the Second World War, and the Churchill Museum, a biographical museum exploring the life of British statesman Winston Churchill.
COLERIDGE COTTAGE - Nether Stowey, Somerset. Constructed in the 17th century as a building containing a parlour, kitchen and service room on the ground floor and three corresponding bed chambers above. The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge lived here for three years from 1797. It was here that he wrote This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, part of Christabel, and Frost at Midnight.
CRYSTAL PALACE MUSEUM - London.
DESIGN MUSEUM - London. The museum covers product, industrial, graphic, fashion &architectural design.
DR. JOHNSON'S HOUSE - London. Home and workplace for Samuel Johnson 1748-1759.
ELEANOR CROSSES - were a series of twelve lavishly decorated stone monuments topped with tall crosses of which three survive nearly intact in a line down part of the east of England. King Edward I had the crosses erected between 1291 and 1294 in memory of his wife Eleanor of Castile, marking the nightly resting-places along the route taken when her body was transported to London.
FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM - Cambridge.
FLEET AIR ARM MUSEUM - "Europe's Largest Naval Aviation Collection." RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovil, Somerset, England, U.K.
FOUNDLING MUSEUM - London.
GLASTONBURY ABBEY - monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction. From at least the 12th century the Glastonbury area has been associated with the legend of King Arthur.
GREAT BRITISH GARDENS - England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
HAMPSTEAD COURT PALACE - south west of London. It was originally built for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a favourite of King Henry VIII, circa 1514; in 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the palace was passed to the King, who enlarged it. The following century, King William III's massive rebuilding and expansion project intended to rival Versailles was begun. Work halted in 1694, leaving the palace in two distinct contrasting architectural styles, domestic Tudor and Baroque. While the palace's styles are an accident of fate, a unity exists due to the use of pink bricks and a symmetrical, if vague, balancing of successive low wings.
HANDEL & HENDRIX IN LONDON - 25 Brook St. "Separated by a wall & 200 years are the homes of two musicians who chose London & changed music."
HIGHCLERE CASTLE - Highclere Park, Newbury, Hampshire. Highclere Castle is the main filming location for the British television period drama DOWNTON ABBEY.
HUNTERIAN MUSEUM, ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS - London. In 1799 the government purchased the collection of John Hunter which they presented to the College. This formed the basis of the Hunterian Collection, which has since been supplemented by others including an Odontological Collection and the natural history collections of Richard Owen. The museum displays thousands of anatomical specimens, including the Evelyn tables and the skeleton of the "Irish giant" Charles Byrne (231 cm tall), and many surgical instruments.
HYDE PARK - one of London's finest landscapes and covers over 350 acres.
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM - London. British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, the museum was intended to record the civil and military war effort and sacrifice of Britain and its Empire during the First World War. The museum's remit has since expanded to include all conflicts in which British or Commonwealth forces have been involved since 1914. As of 2012, the museum aims 'to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and "wartime experience"'.
KENWOOD HOUSE - Hampstead, London.
KING RICHARD III VISITOR CENTRE - "Discover an incredible story at the King Richard III Visitor Centre." 4A St Martins, Leicester.
KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL - "As well as being the most instantly recognizable and iconic building in Cambridge, King's College Chapel plays a central role in College life. It is the place where new students matriculate and where fellows are admitted and welcomed. We use the Ante-chapel for concerts on a regular basis, and very occasionally for lectures. The Chapel is the place where the choir records music for CDs and digital release on our own Recording Label." Cambridge.
Leicester Cathedral, 7 Peacock Lane, Leicester, U.K. Photo: DeFacto.
LEICESTER CATHEDRAL - the Cathedral Church of Sai
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