Category: museums
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The Subterranean Chichu Art Museum in Naoshima
This is the last of a series of posts about the museums on Naoshima 直島, the Japanese island where we spent a full day. Chichu Art Museum 地中美術館 was last on the itinerary, and it was the pièce de résistance. Enjoy a modern rendition of Debussy’s Bruyères by Víkingur Ólafsson, while browsing. Chichu Art Museum 地中美術館…
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The Unique Benesse House Museum, Naoshima
Continuing with our journey on Naoshima 直島 in the Inland Sea of Japan … our next stop was the Benesse House Musuem (ベネッセハウス ミュージアム, 倍樂生之家 美術館), designed by Tadao Ando as a museum and a hotel. Built on a hilltop in 1992 in the southern end of Naoshima, the focus of the museum is the…
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Ando Museum by Tadao Ando on Naoshima
Ando Museum was our first stop on this day trip to the island of Naoshima 直島. See the first post in this series for more about this wonderful Japanese island. The museum is located in Honmura, a charmingly tiny town where food options were very limited. We were lucky to find Ishii Shouten 石井商店 that…
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A Day at SFMOMA, Part 2
This is the second post of a two-part series on what we saw at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) many months ago. We think this piece by John Cage goes well with touring a museum. SFMOMA In our previous post (click here), three European artists were featured. Here we share our photos…
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A Day at SFMOMA, Part 1
Since we moved to the Bay Area, we really enjoyed our last visit to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). If we do this regularly, perhaps we should become a member of the museum. SFMOMA The 7-floor museum is located in the downtown area. It was expanded in 2016 by Snøhetta whose design…
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Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart – Part 2
The Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart chronicles the automobile’s development, from its 1886 invention to future technologies. 160 vehicles and more than 1,500 exhibits can be seen on nine exhibition levels, showcasing the motor vehicle’s impact on society and innovation. We shared photos of the various levels of the museum in Part 1. In this second…