Unusual Paris Museums and Galleries: Catacombes In spite of the somewhat forbidding sign over a stone portal to the ossuary which warns: “Arrête! C’est ici l’empire de la mort” (“Stop! This is the empire of death”), the Catacombes is one of the very popular attractions in Paris. Each year … [Read more...]
Musée Grévin: waxworks that live!
Unusual Paris Museums and Galleries - Musée Grévin Before I visited the Musée Grévin in Paris, I was doubtful about enjoying a wax museum visit. But the Musée Grévin's 450 or so wax figures soon changed my misconception of wax museums being just rooms full of emotionless wax models of … [Read more...]
Unusual London Museums
Quirky London: Unusual London Museums: For anyone on the hunt for knowledge, London is full of wonderful museums that will keep any visitor busy for many lifetimes. The British Museum alone has a hoard of treasures which include some 1.5 million objects, spanning two million years of … [Read more...]
Schweine Museum – The Largest Pig Museum in the World
Stuttgart's Unique Pig Museum Tells All About Pigs: Stuttgart's Schweine Museum it seems is the largest pig museum in the world, with more than 50,000 sculptures, prints, paintings and documents from all around the globe covering all manner of pig facts. Schweine Museum In an exhibition space … [Read more...]