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Milos

Milos Museums Milos is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea and is the most southwestern island in the Cyclades group. The island is famous for t...
10:51 27 August 2019

“Newton after Blake” by Eduardo Paolozzi

Newton after Blake by Eduardo Paolozzi Newton by Eduardo Paolozzi is a large bronze sculpture displayed on a high plinth in the piazza outside the Bri...
3:53 27 August 2019

Städel Museum

Städel Museum Virtual Tour The Städel Museum, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum with a collection of ...
13:08 26 August 2019

“Saint Jerome as Scholar” by El Greco

Saint Jerome as Scholar by El Greco This Saint Jerome by El Greco is one of five known paintings of Saint Jerome by El Greco. Saint Jerome is shown in...
13:05 26 August 2019

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Theatre of the Orb of the World First Atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, which is Latin for Theatre of the Orb of the World, is considered to be the firs...
10:23 26 August 2019

“The Large Bathers” by Paul Cézanne (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

The Large Bathers by Paul Cezanne The Large Bathers by Paul Cézanne is a reinterpreting of a historical tradition of painting nude figures in the land...
8:47 26 August 2019

Hadith Bayad wa Riyad

The Love Story of Bayad and Riyad The Story of Bayad and Riyad is a 13th-century Arabic love story. The Hadith Bayad wa Riyad manuscript is one of thr...
5:23 26 August 2019

Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst

Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst The Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst is the State Museum of Egyptian Art and contains the Bavarian state ...
4:07 26 August 2019

Madrid Museums

Museums in Madrid Madrid is the capital of Spain, the largest city in Spain, and the third-largest city in the European Union (EU). Madrid has success...
13:29 25 August 2019

Akrotiri Archaeological Site

Akrotiri Archaeological Site Santorini -Thera Akrotiri was a Minoan Bronze Age settlement on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini (Thera). The civi...
12:27 25 August 2019

Acropolis Museum

Acropolis Museum Virtual Tour The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of...
12:21 25 August 2019

Jean Béraud’s Art

A Windy Day on the Pont des Arts A Windy Day on the Pont des Arts by Jean Béraud depicts the pedestrian bridge spanning the Seine between the Institut...
11:42 24 August 2019

Archaeological Museum of Delos

Archaeological Museum of Delos The Archaeological Museum of Delos is a museum on the island of Delos, near Mykonos, Greece. It contains an extensive c...
10:53 24 August 2019

New-York Historical Society

New-York Historical Society  Virtual Tour The New-York Historical Society presents exhibitions, public programs, and research that explore the ri...
12:33 23 August 2019

“The Chocolate Girl” by Jean-Étienne Liotard

The Chocolate Girl by Jean-Étienne Liotard The Chocolate Girl by Jean-Étienne Liotard is a portrait of a neatly dressed serving maid as she carries a ...
11:53 23 August 2019

Seated Buddha from Gandhara

Seated Buddha from Gandhara The Seated Buddha from Gandhara is a statue of the Buddha discovered at the site of ancient Gandhara in modern-day Pakista...
11:06 23 August 2019

Narmer Palette

Narmer Palette The Narmer Palette is a significant Egyptian archaeological find, dating from about the 31st century BC. It contains some of the earlie...
4:11 23 August 2019

Archaeological Museum of Olympia

Archaeological Museum of Olympia The Archaeological Museum of Olympia, in Olympia, first opened in 1882, making it was the first modern museum in Gree...
1:17 23 August 2019

Ostraka for Ostracism

Ostraka for Ostracism These Ostraka were used in the processes of Ostracism over 2,500 years ago as part of the Athenian Democratic model. They are pi...
0:35 23 August 2019

“Self-portrait in a Straw Hat” by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Self-portrait in a Straw Hat by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Self-portrait in a Straw Hat by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun portrays the prominent French p...
12:52 22 August 2019

“Miono-Matsubara” by Charles W Bartlett

Miono-Matsubara by Charles W Bartlett Miono-Matsubara by Charles W Bartlett depicts Miho no Matsubara, which was renowned as a seashore with beau...
12:17 22 August 2019

Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet

Impression, Sunrise Impression Soleil Levant by Claude Monet Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet, was first shown at what would become known as the E...
12:02 21 August 2019

Kave, Goddess Figure

Kave, Goddess Figure Kave De Hine Aligi was a powerful female spirit and goddess that presided over the Polynesian people of Nukuoro, a small atoll in...
1:57 21 August 2019

The Beowulf Manuscript

The Only Surviving Manuscript of Beowulf Beowulf is an Old English epic poem that survives in a single copy in the manuscript known as the Nowell Code...
22:16 20 August 2019

Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace

Queens Gallery, Buckingham Palace Virtual Tour The Queens Gallery is an art gallery at Buckingham Palace, home of the British monarch, in London. It ...
10:14 20 August 2019

Diogenes by John William Waterhouse

Diogenes by John William Waterhouse Diogenes by John William Waterhouse depicts Diogenes the Cynic (412 323 BC), who was a Greek philosopher. Diogene...
9:02 20 August 2019

“Jewish Wedding in Morocco” by Eugène Delacroix

Jewish Wedding in Morocco by Eugène Delacroix Jewish Wedding in Morocco by Eugène Delacroix depicts a scene the artist had experienced as part of a di...
6:41 20 August 2019

Athens Museums

Museums in Athens Virtual Tour Athens is the capital of Greece. Today a modern European city, but in ancient times it was the capital of one of the l...
12:35 19 August 2019

Delaware Museum of Natural History

Delaware Museum of Natural History Virtual Tour The Delaware Museum of Natural History, which was founded in 1957, has extensive collections of seash...
11:17 19 August 2019

Egyptian Collection

Stela of Pepi, Chief of the Potters Egyptian Collection Hermitage Museum The civilization of ancient Egypt produced ancient Egyptian art in the Nile ...
7:44 19 August 2019