Museum
Barcelona - MNAC (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya)
The Catalan National Art Museum offers a complete history of native art from the Romanesque period through the 1940s. In between are hundreds of samples of the finest art Barcelona has to offer.
Museums
Montreal has a selection of interesting museums to visit. From fine arts and architecture to science, there is something for everyone.
Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas
Sponsored in large part by the Smithsonian, and run by the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation, it offers displays and videos documenting the almost 50-year history of nuclear weapons testing in Nevada.
Though the major original site for atomic bomb tests during WWII was near Alamogordo, New Mexico, by the time the hydrogen bomb came along testing had shifted to Nevada.
The Hermitage and Winter Palace
Completed in 1762, it was the home of Russia's monarchs for 150 years, starting with Catherine the Great. Her love for art created a vast collection that formed the largest part of the works for decades. The initial collection grew out of 255 paintings the Empress purchased from Berlin, and has grown to over 2.7 million objects.
Helsinki National Museum
Helsinki is a relatively young city by European standards. Founded in 1550, it became the capital just about 200 years ago. Yet Finland itself is ancient.
Finland's Capital is Capital
Capital: Excellent or first-rate, American Heritage Dictionary. Yes, that undoubtedly describes Helsinki.
The Art Experience at The Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Re-opened in 1995 after a two-year, $35 million renovation, even the building itself is a work of art. Inside there are over 4,000 years of art, including paintings, sculptures and ceramics mostly of European style.
Explore some of Rembrandt's lesser known works or see Rubens, El Greco or David. Along with the masters, there are impressionists and post-impressionists - Renoir, Degas, Pissaro, Seurat and many others.
The Science and Nature Experience at San Francisco
Exploratorium
Founded by Frank Oppenheimer, the brother of J. Robert Oppenheimer and himself a physicist, the Exploratorium contains over 650 exhibits that can't be properly described - they have to be experienced.
Almost all are interactive and hands-on. There's the Tactile Dome, where you make your way along a dark maze entirely by feeling the walls made of various textures. There's a small 'experiment' in which you can find out what a tornado is like by feeling it. But far from focusing only on touch, this unusual 'museum' excites all the senses and the mind.
More Art in Madrid
After having toured around the major museums and the Royal Palace, one would think we are done with art in Madrid, not so, Madrid, Spain, is considered the city of art and life, and . There is still more art to see: some interesting buildings and ohter minor art venues to visit.
Queen Sofia Art Center
Located at Calle Santa Isabel 52, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia is just the ticket for fans of Picasso, Miro, Solana and other notable Spanish artists.