Category: museums
Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany
While staying at Lindau, we went to see the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen. The industrial town is situated on the german shore of Lake Constance and west of Lindau. We saw a zepplin on the first day we arrived in Lindau. The museum presents on 4000 m2 of exhibition space its world’s largest collection on
Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
After a stroll through the 798 Art Zone with NKL (see previous post), he took me to the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (中央美術學院; CAFA) in Beijing. CAFA is an art academy managed by the Ministry of Education of China. It is considered one of the most selective schools in the country.
798 Art Zone, Beijing
While I was in Beijing, I met my high-school friend NKL who is in the art business there, and he took me to see the famous 798 Art Zone or 798 Art District (798艺术区). By the way, I am not sure if the pile of bicycles in front of the 798 sign is art or
Watching the Olympics at the Olympic Museum, Lausanne
Closer to home … Earlier this year while the 2018 Winter Olympics games were being held in South Korea, we went to visit our town’s most famous tourist attraction – the Olympics Museum (Le Museé Olympique). The museum is located on a slope facing Lac Leman, not far from downtown Lausanne. We took a city