Category: museums

  • BMW Museum, Munich

    The BMW Musuem is located across the street from and connected via a footbridge to BMW World. Go to our earlier post to see a bird’s eye view of the whole complex which includes the main manufacturing plant behind the HQ. The silver bowl-shaped building was built in 1973 by the architect who built the tall

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  • Österreicher im MAK, Wien

    Österreicher im MAK, Wien

    Österreicher is a restaurant in the Museum of Applied Arts (Museum der Angewanten Kunst, MAK, see previous post).  We arrived at the restaurant towards the end of lunchtime on a weekday – and the dining room is empty? It turned out every one was seated outside in the garden enjoying a bit of sunshine. There

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  • La Cour Chagall at Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny

    After visiting the St. Benrard dog’s home and museum at Martigny, we went to the Fondation Pierre Gianadda – the main reason to go to Martigny. More will be written about the small but active museum in this corner of Switzerland. The Fondation has a beautiful sculpture garden and one of the more remarkable pieces is

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  • Henri et Tournée du Chat Noir

    My friend Karen from NY reposted this youtube video on Facebook – Henri – le chat noir – the french existential cat. It is hilarious. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34z5dCmC4M&w=510&h=289] This video is getting viral now – at least according to Forbes’ “mon-dieux-save-us-from-the-existential-cat-video“. Notice the graphic at the beginning of the video.  It is inspired by this 1896 poster

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