Museums (1)

Some shots from the Finnish National Museum:

1. Centre Hall Ceiling with Kalevala themed frescos by Akseli Gallen-Kallela

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2. Centre Hall

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3. Stained glass on stairwell

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The current seasonal exhibition is Mäccmoš, maccâm, máhccan - The Homecoming, an exhibition of Sami culture (and its relation with Finnish culture) as the National Museum has repatriated over 2000 Sami artifacts in its collections to the Sami museum Siida.

4. Various designs of horned caps

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The Sami women used to wear this sort of caps until Laestadian movement became popular in Lapland and the strict Christian interpretation found the horned design pagan and thus it fell out of fashion, although recently there has been some revival...

5. Wooden sled

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6. Jewelry

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7. One of the exhibition halls

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8. Knives

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JFK Library and Museum, Boston


There are more images of this site in this thread.

I love that despite being a long time member I occasionally find threads such as this that I hadn't seen before.
Museums are some of my favourite places from when I was a kid, and ever since I've visited some fine ones around the world.

Some of these images may have been posted elsewhere over time, but I feel they belong here too.
I'll make a start with the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart, Tasmania

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MONA from the Derwent River, Hobart by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

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Entry, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

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MONA exterior stepped terraces, Hobart by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

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Excavated rock wall, MONA, Hobart by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

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Water words, MONA, Hobart by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

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   Fat car, MONA, Hobart by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

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Gallery space, MONA, Hobart by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

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Kinetic sculptures by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

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Gallery display, MONA, Hobart by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

The Ara Pacis Museum opened 2006 in Rome was designed by Richard Meier & Partners and built especially to house the famous Roman Ara Pacis monument, regarded as one of the finest examples of sculpture from antiquity.

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Ara Pacis museum, Rome by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

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Ara Pacis, Rome by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

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Ara Pacis frieze, Rome by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

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Ara Pacis detail, Rome by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

Some pictures from the Arnhem War Museum, a private collection that became a museum in 1994:

T34 and 88mm FLAK

Sony A7r4 | Sony 20/1.8G | f/8 | 1/60s | 250iso

Lots of stuff

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Number 8: anti-tank

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Halt, Winterhulp

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Germany surrenders

Sony A7r4 | Sony 20/1.8G | f/1.8 | 1/60s | 1250iso

Bernie's plane?

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The "Museum Aan de Stroom" or MAS in Antwerp.

Nice architecture with a combination of Indian limestone and waving glass facades


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If you look closely you'll see two white puppets standing near the edge on the 8th floor. This is what they look like from the inside. Given the absence of safety railing it's not possible to get closer to them


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