Museums

There are 354 items in Museums:

Willemstad, Kurá Hulanda

Museum dedicated to the past of Curaçao's "black" population. There's a nice department of African art, a department to slavery, and a department that tries to document the rise of civilization, called "lands of Abraham". This last department has some…

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Worms, Nibelungenmuseum

According to the Gallic writer Prosper Tiro, the Burgundian leader Gundihar was overthrown in 435: At about this time, Aetius defeated Gundihar, the king of those Burgundians who live in the Gallic provinces, and when he sued for peace, it was…

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Xanten, Museum

One of the most beautiful experiences I ever had in a museum was in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj in Rome, when I saw Velasquez’ painting of pope Innocent X. There was a window in the roof, with a sheet to…

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