Tag: “De Young Museum”

54 places found.

  1. Jewish Museum of Greece

    the greek jews were almost entirely wiped out during the holocaust, so the objects, clothing, and photographs in this museum represent a culture that has been all but lost to world outside the museum walls. these sephardic jews have a culture very heavily influenced by the ottomans.

  2. Joint Security Area, Korean Demilitarized Zone

    The Joint Security Area (JSA) or Panmunjom, often called the "Truce Village" in both the media and various military accounts, is the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where South and North Korean forces stand face-to-face. The section is reserved between the two Koreas for diplomatic engagements, and until March 1991 was also the site of military negotiations between North Korea and the United Nations Command (UNC).

  3. Agbar Tower

    Jean Nouvel's Agbar Tower in Barcelona, Spain

  4. La Casa Grande

    La Casa Grande — as dull as the name sounds — is anything but a mundane B&B. In fact, it has a flare for the dramatic.

  5. Place de la Cité internationale

    La Cité International... a district in Montreal located in the southeast region in the downtown core.

  6. Vieux Quebec (Basse-Ville)

    Haute-Ville is the lower section of Old Quebec, the area of the city fortified between the St. Lawrence River and the fortification wall.

  7. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

    Gehry's building saved the city of Bilbao. To most of us, the Guggenheim Museum is located in Spain, in Bilbao, a shipping city fallen on hard times.

  8. Legion Of Honor

    A great place to veiw art in San Fransisco.

  9. Guggenheim Museum, NY

    This 'small from the outside-big from the inside Museum', designed by Frank Lloyd Wright contains beautiful art from as well contemporary artists as the old masters.

    Due to the circular architecture the exhibited art is seen in a continuous flow walking down or up the 'spiral'.

  10. Hermitage Museum

    Located in the former Winter Palace of the Tsars, the State Hermitage Museum (Государственный Эрмитаж) contains over three-million works of art from across the globe. In addition to the fabulous selection of artwork housed in the Hermitage, one can take in the opulent architecture of Tsarist Russia.