This week’s photo challenge is Heritage. To me, heritage is much about history and much about culture, – two things that growing up in St Petersburg, home of one of the world’s largest museums and a scene of many, well, interesting historical events, has deeply ingrained into my character. That made me put work aside for a moment and go through the pictures of my recent travels.
As you might have noticed, I like learning new things. A few weeks ago I discovered a new country for me – Tunisia. It’s capital, Tunis, has the world’s largest mosaics collection, Le Bardo. And that’s just breathtaking: hundreds and hundreds of square meters of history laid out in gorgeous rainbow colored tiles, floor to ceiling.
Which museum have you recently discovered?
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Nice post and photo, Natasha, a worthy entry! Have a great Friday! Marcus
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Thank you Marcus! No museums recos from you?! I have been to the key ones in Nurnberg 🙂
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Not yet, but we are about to!
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I just found Shanghai’s Folk Art Museum, which was fairly good. The best part is that they have craftspeople working on the sort of craft that’s in the room on display.
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This is great, exactly the off-the-charts, authentic kind of museums I like! Adding it to my list in Shanghai 🙂
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My latest discovery is only a small museum, but quite fascinating. The Nidderdale Museum (http://www.nidderdalemuseum.com/) records bygone life in rural Yorkshire. It’s well presented and I learnt a lot.
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That’s just great, love the setup, the tea cups, feels like a time trip. Thanks for sharing!
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Ooh I love those tiles – they remind me of my trip to the Alhambra! I’ve recently been working my way round the municipal museums in Lyon – the Musée de l’Imprimerie et de la Communication Graphique had a great temporary exhibition on the bande dessinée 🙂 It covered the theory behind the bande dessinée through a variety of examples (graphic novels, magazine comic strips etc.), which I found really interesting.
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I just love my readers – I could probably have a discussion on museums with 3-4 of my friends in real life, and there you go ❤
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I think the level of enthusiasm for museums is about the same amongst my close friends! Equally, I’m aware that some museums are fantastic while others can be distinctly sub-par. I tend to stick to museums related to my own field of interest, though when I’m abroad I usually visit a museum or two related to the place I’m in (e.g. the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum).
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My favourite museum is the open air museums in Aarhus, Denmark called Den Gamle By. One gets a feel for how life was lived in Denmark, all those years ago. Realistic and authentic, staff dress up in period dress and cook period meals. Always interactive and fun!
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