Articles of category "Museums"

The entire story of the crucial moment in the development of the United States of America - American Civil War is vividly depicted in the American Museum War. To give a chance to all the American citizens and visitors to get to know the Civil War, the museum organizes a series of unique exhibitions, which are a logical continuation of each other, though it is absolutely possible to visit them separately. Anyway, the Museum War will give you the fullest and the most profound knowledge about the American Civil War.

When the Imperial War Museum was founded, one of its functions was to be a memorial to those who had died and suffered in the First World War. It is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present. The Imperial War Museum offers a series of wonderful exhibitions and displays, opening its visitors all the secrets about war procedures, war equipment and machinery.

National Railroad Museum offers you its collections and materials to get to know the history and the way of development of a railroad, which is so essential to our lives now, though it has become something absolutely usual and not surprising, something we constantly use, but never think of its history and meaning. The former President Dwight D. Eisenhower 'himself' will take you on a tour around the museum.

There are millions of various museums in the world. Those fond of various trains and locomotives, their history and mechanisms should visit the National Railway Museum. The famous railroading collection of this National Museum contains one hundred and three locomotives and one hundred and seventy-seven other items of rolling stock. The National Museum tells the railway story from Rocket to Eurostar, going under the English Channel.

Museums is something extremely vital to people's spiritual life. No one will doubt that the wax museum is the right place to go. And no matter what type it is, the wax museum will open you the road to learning about famous people from different countries, epochs, of different backgrounds and about the fields they became famous in. That is why wax museums enjoy popularity all over the world. And there exist a great many of wax museums. Let's have a brief look at some of them.

Having visited London's most famous museum, it is easy to understand why some people criticize parts of Madame Tussaud wax museum for its horror and sensationalism. It is even easier to understand why more people go there to be entertained. It often comes as a shock to Londoners that Madam Tussaud wax museum is one the capital's top tourist attractions. Many find this museum gruesome and frightening. Others maintain that its collection of wax statues has no artistic merit. So what is it all about?

You can open the door to a wonder-full world where our youngest explorers can make big discoveries! In this Childrens Discovery Museum's newest 3,000 square foot exhibit, you'll find the Woodland Puppet Forest, Giant Dragon, Sand Science Laboratory, Crawl-Through Tunnel, Child-Sized Kaleidoscope, and more.

The concept of a kids museum dates back more than a century. Several factors have been driving the trend. For starters, parents are seeking more informal learning environments for their kids as a break from the increasing structure at schools. Kids museums also want parents to learn how to play again, and to get down on their children's level.

The National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory and the Queen's House offer a wide range of exhibitions, events and activities. Here you can assist at one of the most spectacular recent events, having ralation to the Royal Observatory of the Greenwich Maritime Museum. 2 June 2005 saw the first results from the Millennium Simulation - the largest and most realistic simulation of cosmic structure ever developed, tracking how the first black holes formed and how today's universe came into being.

Today the Greenwich Museum maritime collection has the most important holdings in the world on the history of Britain at sea, including maritime art (both British and 17th-century Dutch), cartography, manuscripts including official public records, ship models and plans, scientific and navigational instruments, time-keeping and astronomy, based at the Observatory, and in many other categories.

Located in the heart of one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world, the LA County Museum of Art uses its collection and resources to provide a variety of educational and cultural experiences for the people who live in, work in, and visit Los Angeles. The LA County Museum has premiered recently the special exhibition Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art offers an outstanding schedule of special exhibitions, as well as lectures, classes, family activities, film programs, and world-class musical events. Here you can see its permanent collections and recent exhibition, such as Pioneering Modern Painting of Cezanne and Pissarro or Contemporary Projects 9, featuring Gajin Fujita and Pablo Vargas Lugo.

Over the period of spectacular scientific achievement, the Natural History Museum has played a leading role in exploration, discovery, and theoretical advances in the natural sciences. Today, science at the Historical Museum of Natural History thrives and expands on these earlier accomplishments. Anthropology, Paleontology, Invertebrate Zoology, Vertebrate Zoology, and Physical Sciences sections foster multidisciplinary research and strategic initiatives. .

Chicago Museum of Science and Industry is one of the preeminent museums in the U.S. Constantly improving, the museum seems to always have new hands-on exhibits that interest adults and children alike. The museum includes a free tour of a German U-Boat captured during World War II, a re-creation of a coal mine that visitors can tour, and a model train layout that encapsulates almost the entire country. Here you could have a small food court, which is somewhat expensive, but a good place to grab a quite bite to eat and rest a bit.

The "highest museum in the world" is always ready to share the story of Detroit with you. Detroit Historical Museums include the Detroit Historical Museum, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Historic Fort Wayne and Historic Moross House. These museums, devoted to the rich history of southeast Michigan and the Great Lakes waterways, comprise one of the largest urban historical museum systems in the U.S.