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Tag: museum

Preserving the new as well as the old

I am always a little bit amused by the definition of ‘old’ in the US when compared to European architecture. … More

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Chagall in Chicago

When I lived in Zürich, I visited the Fraumünster and was awed by the stained glass windows there created by … More

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TJ’s place on the hill

One of the most popular tourist attractions in the Charlottesville area is the house that Thomas Jefferson lived in, which … More

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Magical Mosaic

South Street is another part of the City of Philadelphia which was designated for re-development and managed to escape it.  The … More

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Steaming Mohawk

The main reason I chose to stop in Elkhart, IN is the National New York Central Railroad Museum.  It is … More

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International representation at Pima Air & Space Museum

There are lots of non-US planes in storage and on display in the conducive weather conditions and space at the Pima … More

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Outside collection

At the Pima Air and Space Museum there is a very large outdoor display of a wide variety of planes. … More

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Early designs only one of which endured

One of the shortest lived designs on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum has to be the paper … More

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Eclectic collection

As alluded to in the posts about the aeroplane boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, I also visited the Pima Air and … More

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Inside the Biosphere 2

There are five separate biomes in the biosphere – Rainforest, Ocean, Mangroves, Savannah and Desert.  We walked through each and … More

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