Collections of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance around the world.
List of sights
Andersen Museum8 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 41° 54′ 51″ N, 12° 28′ 22″ E
Andersen was born in Bergen, Norway in 1872, and immigrated as an infant with his family to Newport, Rhode Island the following year. As a young man in Newport, Andersen began his work as a sculptor and learned to mingle among the city’s wealthy… [See more]
Aula Ottagona48 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 41° 54′ 14″ N, 12° 29′ 45″ E
The Aula Ottagona is part of Diocletian’s Baths and used to be called the Hall of Minerva. Probably designed originally to provide a concourse area, it is octagonal in shape with four semi-circular niches in the corners. [See more]
Aviation Museum Schleißheim109 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 48° 14′ 46″ N, 11° 33′ 26″ E
The Flugwerft Schleißheim is an aviation museum located in the German town of Oberschleißheim near Munich, it forms part of the Deutsches Museum collection and complements the aviation exhibits on display at the main site. The museum was opened on… [See more]
BMW Welt8 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 48° 10′ 36″ N, 11° 33′ 25″ E
The BMW Welt (BMW World) is a combined exhibition, museum and delivery site, located near the Olympic Park in the immediate vicinity of the BMW Tour (BMW four-cylinder). It was built from August 2003 to summer 2007. The laying of the cornerstone… [See more]
Canova Tadolini Workshop59 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 41° 54′ 28″ N, 12° 28′ 47″ E
In January 1818, at the height of his European fame, Antonio Canova signed a contract for a property destined for the practice of sculpture. This was to favour his favourite pupil, the promising Adamo Tadolini. The housings, located on the corner… [See more]
Capitoline Museums77 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 41° 53′ 36″ N, 12° 28′ 59″ E
The Capitoline Museums (Italian Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The museums are contained in three palazzi surrounding a central trapezoidal… [See more]
City of Automobile (Mulhouse)182 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 45′ 40″ N, 7° 19′ 45″ E
The Cité de l’Automobile, Musée National de l’Automobile, Collection Schlumpf contains the largest and most comprehensive collection of Bugatti motor vehicles in the world. Brothers Hans Schlumpf and Fritz Schlumpf were Swiss citizens born in Italy… [See more]
City of Train (Mulhouse)98 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 44′ 59″ N, 7° 17′ 39″ E
The Cité du Train (Musée Français du Chemin de Fer), the French National Railway Museum is the biggest railway museum in the world. In 1961, Mulhouse City Council offered land in Dornach to allow the SNCF to present their historical rolling stock,… [See more]
Glyptothek (Munich)93 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 48° 8′ 46″ N, 11° 33′ 56″ E
The Glyptothek is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures. It was designed by Leo von Klenze in the neoclassical style, and built from 1816 to 1830.… [See more]
Groningen134 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 53° 12′ 44″ N, 6° 33′ 56″ E
Groningen is the capital city of the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. With a population of around 188,000, it is by far the largest city in the north of the Netherlands. Groningen is a university city, inhabited on average by about 50,000… [See more]
Haarlem51 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 52° 23′ 1″ N, 4° 38′ 31″ E
Haarlem, in the past usually Harlem in English, is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Netherlands. Haarlem lies in the northern part of… [See more]
Italian Air Force Museum Vigna di Valle131 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 42° 5′ 7″ N, 12° 13′ 6″ E
The Italian Air Force Museum is an aircraft museum at Vigna di Valle, on Lake Bracciano (Lazio), in central Italy. It is operated by the Aeronautica Militare. The museum’s collection has an emphasis on Italian machines and seaplanes. [See more]
Scheveningen123 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 52° 6′ 39″ N, 4° 16′ 43″ E
Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse. The beach is popular for water sports like windsurfing and kiteboarding. The Beelden aan Zee (“Pictures to the sea”) museum in the Scheveningen… [See more]
Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst (Munich)110 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 48° 8′ 50″ N, 11° 34′ 7″ E
The State Museum of Egyptian Art (Staatliche Museum Ägyptischer Kunst) in Munich is the most important in Germany after the collections in Berlin (Egyptian Museum) and in Hildesheim (Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum). It displays exhibits from all eras… [See more]