museum's collections

The Imperial War Museum is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. The museum was founded during the First World War in 1917 and intended as a record of the war effort and sacrifice of Britain and her Empire. Today the museum gives its mission as 'to enable people to have an informed understanding of modern war and its impact on individuals and society'[6].

Originally housed in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham Hill, the museum opened to the public in 1920. In 1924 the museum moved to space in the Imperial Institute in South Kensington, and finally in 1936 the museum acquired a permanent home which was previously the Bethlem Royal Hospital in Southwark. The outbreak of the Second World War saw the museum expand both its collections and its terms of reference, but the post-war period saw the museum enter a period of decline. The 1960s saw the museum redevelop its Southwark building, now referred to as Imperial War Museum London, and which serves as the organisation's corporate headquarters. During the 1970s the museum began to expand onto other sites. The first, in 1976, was a historic airfield in Cambridgeshire now referred to as Imperial War Museum Duxford. In 1978 the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Belfast became a branch of the museum, having previously been preserved for the nation by a private trust. In 1984 the Cabinet War Rooms, an underground wartime command centre, was opened to the public. From the 1980s onwards the museum's Bethlem building underwent a series of multimillion-pound redevelopments, completed in 2000. Finally, 2002 saw the opening of Imperial War Museum North in Trafford, Greater Manchester, the fifth branch of the museum and the first in the north of England.

The museum's collections include archives of personal and official documents, photographs, film and video material, and oral history recordings; an extensive library, a large art collection, and examples of military vehicles and aircraft, equipment and other artefacts. The museum is funded by government grants, charitable donations and revenue generation through commercial activity such as retailing, licensing, and publishing. Admission is free to Imperial War Museum London and Imperial War Museum North, but an admission fee is levied at the other branches. The museum is an exempt charity under the Charities Act 1993 and a non-departmental public body under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The current Chairman of the Trustees is Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire. Since October 2008, the museum's Director General has been Diane Lees.

Quays in Trafford Park

The museum tells people's stories of war and its impact. Built by Daniel Libeskind to resemble three shards of a shattered globe, representing conflict on land, air and water.

Opened at The Quays in Trafford Park, Manchester in July 2002 and created to give northern audiences access to the national collections, IWM North focuses on how war shapes lives. Designed by world-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind.

Imperial War Museum North is located in Manchester, Lancashire - see map below for driving directions to Imperial War Museum North event. For more information about Imperial War Museum North, please contact 0161 836 4000

State Russian Museum

The State Russian Museum (formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III, while prior to that, as the Palace of the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna) is the largest depository of the Russian fine art in St Petersburg.
The Mikhailovsky Palace

The museum was established on April 13, 1895, upon enthronement of Nicholas II to commemorate his father, Alexander III. Its original collection was composed of artworks taken from the Hermitage Museum, Alexander Palace, and the Imperial Academy of Arts. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, many private collections were nationalized and relocated to the Russian Museum. These included Kazimir Malevich's Black Square.

The main building of the museum is the Mikhailovsky Palace, a splendid Neoclassical residence of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich, erected in 1819-25 to a design by Carlo Rossi on Square of Arts in St Petersburg. Upon the death of the Grand Duke the residence was named after his wife as the Palace of the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, and became famous for its many theatrical presentations and balls.

Some of the halls of the palace retain the Italianate opulent interiors of the former imperial residence. Other buildings assigned to the Russian museum include the Summer House of Peter I (1710-14), the Marble Palace of Count Orlov (1768-85), St Michael's Castle of Emperor Paul (1797-1801), and the Rastrelliesque Stroganov Palace on the Nevsky Prospekt (1752-54).

Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum

Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum is a program will be based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Tuesday March 7, 2007 in Paris, the Louvre announced that a new Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi will be completed by 2012. This is part of a 30-year agreement between the city of Abu Dhabi and the French Government. The museum complex will be located in Saadiyat Island, will be about 24,000 square meters (260,000 square feet) in size. The final construction cost is expected to be with € 8,300 million and € 1.08 

Works from around the world will be on display in the museum, particularly focusing on narrowing the gap, the Eastern and Western Art. However, the museum building has caused much controversy in the art world, because many objections, in order to enhance the motivation of the Louvre in this transaction. 

In the 30-year agreement, signed by French Culture Minister De Vabres and chief Sultan Tahnoon Al Nahyan, will prompt the construction of a Louvre museum Saadiyat Island, close to central Abu Dhabi, in exchange for 1.3 billion U.S. dollars. The contract prohibits the establishment of any such action and the Louvre's name and any other emirates in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, Iran or Iraq. [3] French President Jacques Chirac praised the museum deal with Abu Dhabi, said it reflected "a world of thought", in which each side of the agreement, "the root of pride and its identity, is conscious of the equal dignity of all cultures . "


The establishment of the museum has passed the French Parliament on October 9, 2007. The building will be the architect Jean Nouvel and the engineers are Buro Happold. for Nouvel also designed the Arab World Institute in Paris. 

Part of the museum, unit 1 270 million tourism and cultural development will be built on Saadiyat Island, the building also includes three other museums, including the Guggenheim Museum. According to the United Arab Emirates interaction: "The French Museums agency co-operation in tourism development and investment company (TDIC), which is the transformation of Saadiyat Island behind. It will be chaired by French financier and Member States of the Academy of Fine Arts, Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere , publishers of the two World Series Opera. " Bruno Maquart, former Executive Director of the Pompidou Centre, the position of executive director to be taken. "

By choosing the Louvre, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi not only sealed the partnership with the world's most visited and well-known museum, but select one, from the beginning, there was a job, access to the world, the essence of humanity through thought works of art.

Dubai Museum

Dubai Museum (Arabic: متحف دبي) is the most important museum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is located in the Al Fahidi Fort, built in 1787 and is the oldest surviving building in Dubai.

The museum was opened by the ruler of Dubai in 1971, with the aim of presenting the traditional way of life in the Emirate of Dubai. It includes local antiquities and artifacts from African and Asian countries that trade with Dubai. It also includes a number of dioramas showing life in the emirate before the arrival of the oil. Alongside objects from the recent discoveries as old as 3000 BC

History

Al Fahidi Fort was built in several phases. The oldest tower was built around 1787 and probably the oldest building in Dubai, which still exists today. The fort was used to determine the landward approaches to the city from the incursions of neighboring tribes. It has also, at various times throughout history as the palace of the monarch, a garrison and a prison. 

The fort was renovated in 1970 and opened as the Dubai Museum on May 12, 1971 by Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, then ruler of Dubai. Additional galleries were added in 1995

National Museum of Saudi Arabia

The National Museum of Saudi Arabia is a major national museum in Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1999. It is part of the King Abdul Aziz Historical Centre in Riyadh. 
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The National Museum is part of the "Murabba 'Development Plan for the area in and around the old Murabba' Palace district for the centenary in Saudi Arabia to renovate. Thus, the deadline to early 1999, with only 26 months [3] for the planning and construction of the museum from scratch, but ideas for such a museum had been discussed since the eighties. For the design of the lead architect Raymond Moriyama was inspired by the shape and color of the sand dunes of the 'Red Sands' just outside Riyadh. [4] The west facade along Murabba 'Square, similar to the soft contours of a sandune with the layout, a crescent points to Mecca. [3] The west facade opens into a large lobby, which also opens onto a small square in the east that separates the main organs of the museum to the north and south, each organized around a small courtyard. The north wing is devoted to the pre-Islamic and galleries linked by a bridge to the south wing of the Islamic galleries of the history of the Arabian Peninsula hosts. For the final galleries the visitor enters the "Unification Drum" that shows the current Saudi State. The last room illustrates the two holy mosques and the hajj. There are also two galleries for special exhibitions. 

The concept for the didactic design of the exhibition is different from the traditional approach of traditional museums. There is less emphasis on individual exhibits displayed in their cultural context as objects of great value. There are many replicas and life-size displays dioramic, illustrate and teach about certain issues and problems. As such, it is sometimes difficult to identify certain specific documents and even replicas indistinguishable from originals. The idea is not to focus on individual pieces in their own right but rather to use them as models for the general ideas or concepts they represent. [4] shows that 
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The exhibitions are organized into eight "Exhibition Halls" or "Galleries
* Man and the Universe 

The first exhibition in the museum is a large fragment of a meteorite found in the Wabar craters in the desert of Rub 'al Khali'. Further exhibitions and interactive displays explain the solar system, plate tectonics, geology and geography from the Arabian Peninsula and development of the fauna and flora of Arabia. Major exhibitions are the skeleton of a Platybelodon and Ichthyosaur. The gallery ends with Stone Age man. 

* Arab Kingdoms 

This gallery shows the early kingdoms, focusing on Dilmon, Madian, and Gariah Tima'a. The exhibition continues with the Arab kingdoms intermediary by presenting the city Al-Hamra, Al-Jandal Dawmat, and Tima'a Tarout. The late Arab kingdoms are represented by the civilizations that flourished in Al-Aflaj, Najran and Ain Zubaida. 

* The pre-Islamic era (Jahiliyyah) 

This gallery is devoted to the period from about 400 BC to the dawn of Islam. Cities of today are portrayed Mecca, Jarash, Yathrib, Khaibar, Najran, and Khadrama Dawmat Aljandal and the markets Okaz, the Al-Majaz, Najran and Habasha. The evolution of writing and calligraphy will be displayed and illustrated by numerous examples [6]. 

* The Prophet Mission 

Here the life and mission of the Prophet Muhammad is depicted. On one wall hangs a large family tree explaining the Prophet's family and relationships in great detail. This gallery is a bridge that a symbolic cross-over forms from the time of ignorance for the time after the revelation of Islam to the prophet. 

* Islam and the Arabian Peninsula 

Time in this gallery are the Islamic beginning in Medina and the history of the rise and fall of the caliphate. It also illustrates the time of the Mamluks and the Ottomans to the first Saudi state. 

* First and Second Saudi States 

Shown here is the culture and history of the two early Saudi State. A large model of Diriyah is displayed under a glass floor, so it can be considered a commodity in great detail. 

* The unification 

This gallery is dedicated to King Abdul Aziz and how he returned to Riyadh and established his Kingdom. 

* The Hajj and the Two Holy Mosques 

A major exhibition at this gallery is a large model of Mecca and its surroundings.

Museum of Irish Industry

The Museum of Irish Industry, founded in 1854, originally an extension of the Museum of Economic Geology, was a museum dedicated to the exhibition of the various, display-worthy materials from, and donated by, the industries of mining and manufacturing established in Ireland. In addition, the museum gave lectures on the subject, and related subject matters, to the general public.

Overseen by the Board of Trade, Department of Science and Art, the museum grew to challenge (in its areas of expertise) the previous monopolisers of scientific study and instruction in Ireland, the Trinity College Dublin and the Royal Dublin Society. The museum had an education faculty of sorts which was divided into two separate institutions, and they were both largely dissimilar in their areas of academic focus.

The abolition of the museum was recommended in 1862, with several parties claiming that it should be ultimately reorganised to be broader in scope, to encompass all reas of science related to agriculture and industry, rather than simply relating to the mining subject matter. As a result of this recommendation, the museum was abolished to make way for the Royal College of Science of Ireland, which was wider in sight. The document detailing and authenticating the abolishment of the museum was appointed in February 1866, and was signed in July of the same year.

Museum of American Finance

The Museum of American Finance, founded in 1988 as the Museum of American Financial History, located in New York City, is the nation's only independent public museum dedicated to celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship and the democratic free market tradition which has made New York the financial capital of the world. The Museum was chartered as an educational institution. Today, financial education is at the core of the Museum’s mission and its public programs and services.

Until December 2006, the museum was located in the Standard Oil Building at 26 Broadway. It opened in a new location at 48 Wall Street on Friday, January 11, 2008, in the former headquarters of the Bank of New York.[1]

The museum is an active national-level advocate on behalf of the growing financial literacy movement, the Museum is committed to helping people look to the lessons of American financial history, while taking charge of their own financial lives.

London Art Museums

London Art Museums: From Royal to a radical

Those Äôre housed in buildings that range from being among the ugliest in the world (the Barbican) to the neoclassical splendor of the National Gallery to enter. But the most striking aspects of London, aos art museums is not in their exteriors, but what lies within: vast collections of priceless works of art of any age. If your trip to London, the time on some of the city, aos great art museums, these are our four top recommendations.



The Royal Academy of Arts



Dates from 1786 and the reign of King George III, the Royal Academy in Burlington House, was the first British institution to the internal promotion of the arts and architecture. It is a time for eighty artists, all artists should be active and governors who resign as active at the age of 75. Each of these, ÄòRoyal academics, AU is expected to give an original work of art at the Academy, and gifts are the foundation of its permanent collection. They include paintings by Gainsborough, Constable, Reynolds and Turner.



The Royal Academy presents noteworthy visits to exhibitions, one of which was 2007, The Unknown Monet aos: Pastels and drawings. This exhibition was the first to show that contrary to popular belief, Monet spent much time doing studies drawn from his work before he ever set his brush on the canvas. Although he often claimed defect is drawing, the exhibition emphatically proved otherwise.

The Tate Modern



If ever an art museum and captured the spirit of a certain age, it would be the Tate Modern Museum to capture the spirit of the 20th century. The upheaval of two world wars, together with the full flowering of post-industrial revolution technology has created a liberty among the artists who dared to work in a brand new styles and media



The Tate Modern Museum in London, aos southern bank in full view of St. Paul Cathedral aos directly on the Thames and also a new approach to display his treasures. They are not grouped by artist or chronology, but in concept, with each of the two wings of the 3rd and 5th floor with exhibits of paintings arranged by theme.



You, Äôll the works of finding, among others, Rothko, Monet, Dali and Miro represented on the third floor, while the fifth floor houses modern conceptual art and sculpture, including pieces from the cubist, minimalist and futuristic schools. The Tate Museum, aos visit exhibitions on the fourth floor. Works with all major postwar modernists such as Pollock, Matisse, Bacon and Twombly are shown in the Tate, and see the permanent collection is free.



There are special activities for children whose artistic value is not fully developed, where a visit to the Tate Modern as a family-friendly way to spend the day.



The Hayward



Also located on the South Bank as part of the arts complex known as the South Bank Centre, Hayward, aos massive concrete facade houses an art gallery that no permanent collection of her own. The Hayward is instead the place for between three and four major traveling exhibitions per year, for which it charges admission fees. Exhibitions at the Hayward are works of art from all periods, and some of her most memorable shows have included works by da Vinci, the French impressionists, and Edward Munch.

In more recent years, however, the exhibitions at the Hayward by artists like Flavin and Gormley, whose work is more in harmony with the cavities and concrete structure.

The Courtauld Gallery is a relatively small art gallery located at the Courtauld Institute of Art at Somerset House. Although the collection contains pieces from every period of Art, the Courtauld Gallery is best known for its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. Perhaps the most famous of these is Vincent Van Gogh, aos self portrait, painted after he had broken his right ear with a knife. All collections donated at the Courtauld Gallery exhibited intact.

Bank of England Museum

Bank of England Museum
Having been in existence for more than 300 years the Bank of England has, unsurprisingly, accumulated a considerable number of items associated with its history. These items are grouped into 'Collections'. Some of them, such as banknotes and furniture, represent the survival of tools used in the everyday working of the Bank whilst others, such as the cartoons, have been acquired over the years either by purchase or presentation. Items from the Bank's collections are displayed in its Museum where they are used to illustrate the history of the institution and its role today at the centre of the UK.

Currency museum of Japan

The Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan is formally known as the Currency Museum, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan is a museum about Japanese currency located in front of the Bank of Japan building in Chūō, Tokyo

Ancient Architecture Museum

Ancient Architecture Museum
21 Dongjing Lu, Guanfu (6301 7620)

Ancient Coin Museum
Deshengmen Jianlou, North Second Ring Road, Xicheng District (6201 8073).

Ancient Observatory
The observatory was built in 1442 has eight astronomy made by the Jesuits and the imperial court. Jianguomen Subway, Dong Cheng (6524 2202).

Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art & Archaeology
Archaeological finds from China, bronze, jade and bone objects. Peking University complex.

Beijing Art Museum
Calligraphy, painting, embroidery, porcelain, furniture, coins dating from the Neolithic period. Wanshou Temple, Suzhou Jie, Haidian District (6841 3380).

Beijing Aviation Museum Designs
Models of airplanes and air shows. Dashanzi Huantie, Nangao, Chaoyang District (6437 3015).

Beijing Ancient Numismatic Museum
A collection of coins made of jade, stone, metal and bone. Arrow Tower, Deshengmen, Xicheng District (8073 6201).

Beijing Art Museum of Stone Carving
Located in the Temple of the Five Pagoda stone sculptures from different dynasties. 24 Wutasicun Village, Zhongguancun Nan Dajie, Haidian District (6218 6081).

Beijing Museum of cultural relics
Zhi - Hua Temple on May Lumicang, Dongcheng District (6528 6691)

Beijing Red Sandalwood Museum
A private museum with exhibits of red sandalwood. 9 Xinglong Xijie, Chaoyang District (8575 2818).

Beijing Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of the Chinese revolution are both located in the National Museum of China. Everything that we associate with China on the display side of the old old machines. It is the history of the country and is a great place to begin a tour of China. 16 East Chang'an Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing Telephone 8447 4914.

Beijing Police Museum
China's first police museum with four rooms. On the ground floor is the security history exhibition on the second floor is the criminal investigation exhibition space, on the third floor of the police functions exhibit on the fourth floor of the police culture exhibition. 36 Dongjiaomin Lane, Dongcheng, Beijing. (8522 5018).

Beijing Tap Water Museum
See how Beijing's water supply system works and learn about the water flow and purification. Dongzhimenwai beidajie (6465 0787)

Capital Museum
The Capital Museum is located in the Confucius Temple and Beijing traces history and has a good collection of documents. 13, Guozijian Street, Doncheng District (6401 2118)

Central Academy of Fine Arts
A collection made by students over the years. Xiaowei Hutong, Dongcheng District (6528 2022)

China Aviation Museum
More than 200 aircraft visible from the air and many weapons. Xiaotangshan Town, Chan Ping District (6178 4882).

China Currency Museum
A museum is affiliated with the People's Bank of China, the China Currency Museum collects, exhibits and studies foreign exchange. With more than one quarter of one million objects in its collection, these are the old currencies, minorities currency or foreign currency, gold and silver coins, modern coins, banknotes and cultural relics related to currency. 32 Chengfang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing. 6608 1385.

China Honey Bee Museum
On the west side of the botanical gardens in the Fragrant Hills a museum where you can learn all about bees and sample different kinds of honey. Fragrant Hills Botanical Gardens, Haidian District 8259 0094.

China Military Museum
Occupying 60,000 square meters, the Military Museum of Chinese People's Revolution is a must-see. It houses more than 500 photographs and over 1,000 artifacts from the Chinese Revolution, which spanned half a century and was led by Chairman Mao Zedong. Located south of Yuyuantan Park on the north side of the middle of Fuxing Road. 9 Fuxingmenwai Dajie, Beijing. Phone 6851 4441.

China Millennium Monument
Celebrating the new millennium with a series of exhibitions in which the traditional Chinese culture with modern architecture and sculpture. 9A Fuxing Lu, Haidian District (6851 3322).

China Museum of Post & Telecommunications
Committed to the story of the Chinese post and telecommunications system. 42 Xueyuan Lu, Haidian District (3627 6230).

China National Museum of Waxworks
Wax sculptures of celebrities on the east side of Tian'anmen Square (6513 8095).

China National Museum
The China National Museum merges the Chinese History Museum and the Museum of Revolutionary China, and runs along the eastern side of Tiananmen Square with 24 columns at the west gate portico. Eastern side of Tiananmen Square (6512 2801).

China Science and Technology Museum
With hands on exhibits, I-Max films and science exhibits. 1 Beisanhuan Zhonglu, Xicheng District (6237 1177).

Chinese Ethnic Museum
National villages of the Qiang, Oroqen Hezhe and ethnic groups, iron sculptures in an atmospheric setting. National Olympic Sports Center of the Asian Games. (6206 3647).

China Sports Museum
With an area of 7100 square meters, with an exhibition of 2510 square meters, is China 's sports. It consists of a central hall and four exhibition halls, the museum contains dragon boats, photos, rub, football cards, documents and memorabilia from various events such as the 1939 Berlin Olympics. It traces the history of polo in the Tang Dynasty, and covers sports psychology and sports arena design in the modern world. Beijing City, Anding Men Wai, Anding Road, # 3A. Phone 2167 6491.

Capital Museum
Located at the site of the Temple of Confucius contains antiques of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. 13 Guozijian Jie, Dong Cheng (6401 2118).

Guanfu Classical Art Museum
Chinese antique furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties. Huazhi Business Plaza, Nanzhugan Hutong, Chaoneinan Xiaojie, Dongcheng (6526 3208).

China National Arts & Crafts Museum
A collection of art and crafts. 101 Fuxingmennei Dajie, Xicheng District (6601 2255).

Jin Tai Art Museum
Located at the north gate of the Chaoyang Park, Chaoyang District (6501 9441).

Military Museum of Chinese People's Revolution
The museum displays artifacts and weapons from the military history. 9 Fuxing Lu, Haidian District (6686 6114).

National Art Museum of China
A collection of modern and contemporary art, spread over a large area and opened in 1962. There are three floors and 13 halls. 1 Wusi Dajie, Dongcheng District (6401 7076)

National Palace Museum
See the Forbidden City, Dongcheng District (6513 2255)

Sony Explora Science
A museum with high-tech robotic dogs, musical sculptures, light distortion machines and much more. First floor of the shopping malls at Oriental Plaza, 1 Dongchang'an Jie, Dongcheng District (8518 2255).

Tongzhou Museum
Tongzhou is the eastern gate of Beijing shows the history of Tongzhou from the Neolithic era. 9, West Street, Tongzhou District. (6954 6442).