Category: museums
Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Furtwangen – part 2
Continuing with the Deutsches Uhrenmuseum at Furtwangen … from ancient time keeping devices to clocks and watches … This museum is not to be confused with the Deutsches Uhrenmuseum Glashütte which was opened in 2008 at Glashütte near Dresden. Glashütte is the watchmaking capital of the former East Germany while Furtwangen is in the traditional clockmaking area of
Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Furtwangen – part 1
During Easter, we drove up to the Black Forest area of Germany. We visited the German Clock Museum (Deutsches Uhrenmuseum) on our way back from Baden-Baden. The museum is in Furtwangen, a small town just off the Black Forest high road (Schwarzwaldhochstraße, see our post here). The museum is housed in a very humble-looking modern building.
The Sculpture Park at Fondation Pierre Gianadda
After a long dreary winter, our wait for a warm and sunny weekend is over. Spring has finally arrived, late but most welcomed. I made this trip to the Fondation Pieere Gianadda last year at about the same time. Fondation Pierre Gianadda is a museum located in Martigny – which is about an hour by
Wat Pho, Bangkok
Wat Pho is a temple located adjacent to the Grand Palace in Bangkok, and is very popular with tourists. See our earlier post about the Grand Palace complex here. We visited the temple after our tour of the Grand Palace. It is famous for its gigantic reclining gold buddha. The temple, being a historic place