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Edinburgh City Art Centre ArtSpace
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{Edinburgh} ArtSpace at the City Art Centre

Today we went to visit the City Art Centre, part of Museums & Galleries Edinburgh. The City Art Centre exhibits historic and contemporary Scottish visual and applied arts, including drawings, paintings, prints, photography, and sculpture. Art works are rotated in

14 January 2023
Von der Heydt Museum Wuppertal Entrance
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{Germany} The Von der Heydt Museum

We did it! We finally managed to make it across to Wuppertal in Germany, where most of my family live, for the first time in over two years. While we of course spent much time catching up with loved ones,

25 April 2022
Audubon's Birds of America National Museums Scotland
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Audubon’s Birds of America

Last week, schools in Edinburgh were off for half term so I made some time to take the boys on a couple of outings. One such outing was to the National Museum of Scotland, which we visit frequently year round

21 February 2022
John Muir's Birthplace Museum
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{Scotland} John Muir’s Birthplace Museum

Last week we were on holiday in Dunbar and of course, wherever we go on holiday we always scout out the local museums. Dunbar is a small town on the East Coast of Scotland, and home to the John Muir

19 July 2021
Deutsches Röntgen Museum - German X-ray Museum
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{Germany} X Marks the Spot – The Röntgen Museum

Happy Museum Monday! Many museums around the world are closed right now, due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, which means no new museum visits for a while. BUT I still have a few in my archives to share with you

30 March 2020
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{USA} The National Museum of the U.S. Navy

Happy Museum Monday! Today we have a hidden gem in Washington, D.C. to share with you, which we discovered during one of our visits there a couple of years ago. The National Museum of the U.S. Navy is located on

2 March 2020
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{Edinburgh} The Scottish Portrait Gallery with Kids

Happy Museum Monday! We are blessed with having some great family-friendly museums and galleries here in Edinburgh, and most of them offer free entry too. During our recent half-term break, we attended a great art workshop at the Scottish National

24 February 2020
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{Berlin} Plane Spotting at Gatow’s Historic Airfield

Happy Museum Monday! Today we have a great recommendation for all the plane spotters among you. I have a little bit of a soft spot for aviation museums, ever since one of my first projects working for National Museums of

3 February 2020
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{Edinburgh} Tyrannosaurs at the National Museum of Scotland

Happy Museum Monday! We've got a great treat to share with you today. This past weekend, Mr Fox and I visited the new TYRANNOSAURS exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. It was created by the Australian Museum, and has

27 January 2020
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{Berlin} Game On at the Computer Games Museum

Happy Museum Monday! Today I have a fun museum to share with you, that we visited during our time living in Berlin: the Computerspielemuseum (or Computer Games Museum in English). The museum claims to be Europe’s first museum for video and

20 January 2020
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{Berlin} ‘Die Mauer’ – The Berlin Wall Panorama

This past weekend, Saturday 9th November, marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I don't think it's an historical event that needs much introduction. It’s one of those ‘where were you?’ moments. On 9th November 1989, I

11 November 2019
Travel

{Scotland} Local History at Linlithgow Museum

Happy Museum Monday! We've got another Scottish recommendation for you today. Over the October half term break, we had a little mini break in Linlithgow which is just one train stop away from Edinburgh. It's famous for being the birthplace

28 October 2019
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