Category: museums
Meeting the original David in Florence
Seeing the David is compulsory for anyone visiting Florence. The original David, one of the most famous and beautiful sculpture ever created is displayed in the Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze a few streets away from our hotel. To potential visitors, reserving a ticket online beforehand is essential to avoid lines; but entrance is free on…
National Automobile Museum (MAUTO), Turin
Italy’s National Automobile Museum (MAUTO) is situated a few blocks from the historic FIAT car factory in Turin (Torino), see our previous post. To be near to this museum, we moved from our original hotel in Centro to the NH Collection Lingotto Congress which is housed within a converted section of the old FIAT car…
National Cinema Museum at Mole Antonelliana, Turin
Turin (Torino) was the first stop of our journey from Lausanne to Tuscany. One of the two National museums we visited in Torino was the National Cinema Museum (Museo Nazionale del Cinema) housed in the Mole Antonelliana, an iconic landmark that we had not heard of before our visit. Since the work started in 1863,…
Bauhaus-Museum Weimar
After Dessau, our next stop was Weimar, 100 or so kilometers southwest, two plus hours by DB. The central German city is well known because of its rich cultural heritage and its importance in German history. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the literary figure, lived most of his creative life here since 1775. Together with Friedrich…