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Vienna: A Tale of Two Couches
The waiting room in Vienna; photos by Ramona Zacharias You may not have to delve into your subconscious to fully appreciate the significance of the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna, but you will have to...
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Roanoke: Modern Masterpiece
The Taubman's dramatic facade; photos by Nicole Pensiero Looming large amid the many Beaux Arts and Federal-style buildings in downtown Roanoke, Va., the striking Taubman Museum of Art really stands...
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Washington, D.C.: Sophisticated Science
The Smithsonian deserves its reputation as Washington, D.C.’s mecca of museums. But a recent visit reminded me that the city hosts many alternatives to the crowds and sensory overload. A few blocks...
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Oslo: Museums to Keep You Warm
Photo courtesy of Norwegian Folk Museum In winter, all half a million of Oslo’s citizens seem to don boiled wool hats bedecked with parts that make them look rather like Scandinavian octopi. This...
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Holon: Designs on Stardom
Photo by Ron Bernthal Six miles from Tel Aviv’s beach-front hotels, Holon is a nondescript working-class city of 185,000, a congested bedroom community that seems far-removed from the bigger city’s...
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Las Vegas: Mob Museum Tells Story of America’s Underworld
Courtroom exhibit; images by Jeff Green Dancing fountains, pyramids, iconic European landmarks, and hourly erupting volcanoes all have their place in Las Vegas. But to understand Sin City’a place in...
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Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin Parkway Comes to Life
A gallery at the Barnes Foundation; photos by Robert DiGiacomo Philadelphia’s nearly century-old Benjamin Franklin Parkway is something of a late bloomer. Modeled on Paris’ Champs-Elysees, the wide,...
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Toronto: The Bata Shoe Museum Offers Just the Right Fit
Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum offers just the right fit for anyone who thinks of Manolo Blahnik as a modern master or always wondered about the origins of go-go boots. As a Toronto native, I had always...
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Nashville: Honoring Johnny Cash
In the weeks leading up to a recent Nashville music pilgrimage, I would excitedly announce to anyone within earshot that I would have the chance to visit the new Johnny Cash Museum. To which I...
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Philly Getaway: Seeing Grace Kelly, the “Icon,” in New Light
Grace Kelly image from Life magazine; courtesy of James A. Michener Museum Grace Kelly would have approved. That thought kept running through my mind as I surveyed the tasteful retrospective of this...
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