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TOKYO Metropolitan Museum of Photography is the only museum in Japan devoted to the photography world. Museum building consists of four floors and is located in Ebisu Garden Place, Tokyo. The Museum has a diverse collection of photographs and drawings ever in Japan. In addition about 20 programs ever held in this place, including an exhibition organized to put pictures snapped by the photographers are amazing.
In 1990 the museum was officially opened to the public. This is a photo gallery of the first in Japan that are not only dedicated to displaying the images from only a single photographer. Museum exhibiting a collection of photographs from many photographers and it is becoming enlightened in the world of photography to organize a show photos periodically.
A total of three exhibition rooms are available at the museum, located on floors B1, 2, and 3, and there is screening at the 1F hall. Museum has a collection of photographs from world renowned photographers around 25.000 photos, and 60,000 books on photography.
MUSEUM of Louvre is home to famous paintings including the Mona Lisa. This museum is the oldest museum in Europe. About 6 million tourists visit this museum every year because of the historical background of the museum and arts elements. Not surprisingly, the Louvre became the most visited museum in Paris. In 1204 the Louvre was built as a castle. Then, the place was rebuilt in the 19th century. From the palace for kings and queens, now turned into a palace of art. Mentioned that the Louvre is the world’s richest museum with a collection of arts.
Not only paintings but also antiques, sculpture and graphic arts design the main attraction of this place. There is also a varied collection of antique civilization of Egypt. Upon entering the museum, you will be greeted with a glass pyramid similar to the building of the museum. At the bottom there is the main entrance to the room of Napoleon.
It would be easy for you to explore the museum because each side is marked with a color code. Each floor also has its own color code and is divided into 10 sections. Each room is numbered. So, if you want to see a particular collection will be very easy to find. In the southern part of the museum there is a gallery lined with large glass so that visitors can see more closely the work of a revival of Italian society in the 19th century.
You can see a gallery in which there were several collections of the Spanish nation. In addition you can also enjoy the creations of art from artists such as Leornado Da Vinci, Michelangelo and Milo, Donatello, Berlin and Maillol.
Mummy Museum (Museo de las momias) is a successful tourist spot attracts many tourists in Guanajuata, Mexico. The attraction of this museum is the presence of human bodies naturally mummified due to the outbreak of cholera in Guanajuata in 1833. Between the years 1865 to 1958 these mummies excavated from the tomb. At that time the relatives are asked to pay taxes so that families can remain buried corpse. Because many families can not afford the taxes, as much as 90% of the corpses exhumed. Only about 2% of them are mummified.
Mummified bodies are placed in a building. The officers of the building wearing a sum of money to those who are curious to see the form of mummies. Over time, this place has grown and become a tourist attraction that is large enough. Through the then government’s potential to turn this place into a museum. When outbreaks korela rampant in society, those who died from the disease soon be buried as quickly as possible to prevent the spread of cholera. In the experiment, several bodies buried alive by accident. That’s why some mummies have horrible expressions on their faces.
If you want to visit this museum, you mentally prepare as they may be feeling nauseated when looking at the shape of the mummy.
IF you look at the outside, this building looks like a castle with a roof slanted. Then, you try to look into, what is more unique than ever before? It seems there are many many stone and bronze sculptures are strange here. With flows of U.S. $ 58 million, all artists from various arts organizations in the UK this year had the opportunity to work in West Yorkshire geleri Hepworth Wakefield (hepworthwakefield.org).
Wakefield named because in 1968, a sculptor Barbara Hepworth opened its largest art gallery in the City of London, England, Hayward Gallery. This proves that there are many places in the UK exhibition of modern sculptures. There are about 44 types of sculpture in plaster and encased in aluminum. There are also pieces of Hepworth’s work that has been completed and exhibited in the old Wakefield Art Gallery
Near Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park is also there (ysp.co.uk) which offers a variety of local and foreign works of art. One of the very fine statue was made ??by sculptor Jaume Plensa Spaniard.
IN Asia, you can vacation in the art of China, Japan or even India. But in mainland Eurasia (between Asia and Europe), the choice is Turkey. The places that become its flagship is the largest city of Istanbul, Sotheby’s and Christie’s.
For example, the International Istanbul Biennial (iksv.org) the most spectacular in Istanbul. Since 1987, contemporary art exhibition held here until finally frozen to be opened every two years.Visitors can see the various creations of artists, curators or critics who had a role in the famous exhibition of local and international art at the International Istanbul Biennial.
But there are also dozens of other small galleries tucked in some nearby roads. Maybe this is one proof that no job was more interesting than art, and develop creativity.