There were many reasons for the era to prosper like cheap resources, migration of intelligent and dedicated labors, birth of co-operate finance, fostered literary activities and art works. This era had seen amazing painters and thus their masterpiece are preserved carefully. You will be able to experience all this beautiful master piece in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Amsterdam, derived from Amstellerdam is the capital and largest city of Netherlands. The name itself depicts about the city, the dam on river amstel makes it known as Amsterdam.  At a time of 12th century it was settled as a small fishing village which turned out as a most important port during Dutch golden age.

The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in the world.

Amsterdam’s main attractions comprises of, historic canals, the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, Hermitage Amsterdam, Anne Frank House, and many cannabis coffee shops.

According to the records of 2009, this all attraction pulls over more than 3.66 million international visitors annually.

All this great art work is guarded by Rijksmuseum which stands on Museumplein, the Museumplein is a square in Amsterdam where all the four museum are located in square: : the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum, and the Diamond Museum.

Known as State Museum in English, is a Dutch national museum in Amsterdam. The museum is devoted to arts, crafts, and history which has fat collected works of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. It also comprises some exclusive work from Asian art.

It was by the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte’s brother King Louis Bonaparte the museum moved to Amsterdam in 1808 from Hague where it was established in 1800 to reveal the assortment of the Dutch stadtholders. It was inspired by French example. By then it was known as the National Art Gallery. The paintings possessed by the city, such as The Night Watch by Rembrandt are the main attraction of the collection.

The present building which is opened 1885 is a massive structure by master architect Peter Cuypers, appearing as a water fortress. The major alteration in the interiors of building was made between the 1920s and 1950s.  In the 1960s exhibition rooms and several floors were turned into the two patios. During the restoration and renovation process only about four hundred of the one-million pieces from permanent collection are on exhibited in an display called The Masterpieces which is already renovated “fragment building,” nowadays called the Philips wing.

The Rijksmuseum displays a famous late work by Rembrandt, The Jewish bride in which the man’s lascivious hand rests on the woman’s breast probably based on the biblical figures of Isaac and Rebecca. There is also Rembrandt’s Self Portrait as the Apostle Paul. The famous ‘landscape with a Stone bridge’ had inspired the great Dutch landscape artist, Salomon van Ruysdael and Jacob van Ruysdeal.

There are also more captivatingly beautiful paintings by Johannes Vermeer from Delft, ‘Woman in blue reading a letter’ and ‘ The Milkmaid’ a girl pouring milk from a jug into bowl. There is also Jan Steen’s ‘The Morning Toilet’ where a woman is sitting on bed putting her stockings and the other painting by Jan Steen are The Drunken Pair, Adolf en Catharina Croeser along with Arent Oostwaard and his wife.

Some of the famous Paintings in the collection by Frans Hals are Portrait of a Young Couple, The Company of Reynier Real, The Jolly Drinker, Portrait of Lucas De Clercq, Portrait of Nicolaes Hasselaer and  Portrait of a Man

You would love to travel here by tram which reaches to Museumplein, where you can visit anytime from 09.00 a.m to 06.00 p.m. The Museum is opened from Monday to Sunday. Due to wide use of internet the online ticketing has become very easy and hence we are providing you with the charges so that you can book it very easily.
Groups of 15 or more will have to pay 10 Euro.

Prices that are not including during admission to the museum

• 75 euro. – Per hour for a tour of Dutch painting from the Golden Age.
• 100 euro. – Per hour for a tour with another theme.

Different charges are applied to schools:

• 45 euro,- per hour for a tour of Dutch painting from the Golden Age
• 55 euro,- per hour for a tour with another theme

But at the same time there are many other attractions which will catch your attractions like Historical Museum, Jewish Historic Museum and Rembrandthuis.  This all places add as cheery upon icing.

Well this summer I had a decided to visit a land of majestic jewels and king of Arts, Metropolitan Museum which rules America from the edge of Central park in New York with bird’s eye view of the Manhattan Skyline. The local mass call it is as The MET. It is one of the largest art galleries in the world.

Two millions of exhibits from all over the world with ever kind of imaginable kind of mind enters this royal museum and the tour lead through the an Egyptian temple passing the suits of Armor and Dior dinner dresses to Pieter Brueghel’s Corn Harvest.

A group of American citizens who founded The Met could not have imagined such an encyclopedic collection will take their place in this museum. It was back in 1870 when this folks thought that America needed an institution for the collection of Arts. The originator consisted of many businessmen and moneymen. The listed also included leading artists and creative thinkers. The very prime motive behind foundation of MET was to bring all art and art education under one roof for the people of America. The excess to museum started from February 20, 1872, and was formerly situated at 681 Fifth Avenue.

In 2007, the Met measured a quarter mile long and absorbs more than two million square feet.

Metropolitan Museum stands with pride in 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd street of New York. Many buses reach from East Manhattan and West Manhattan to the Museum. The buses are also available from The Cloister and The Penn station. Well let me tell you that the museum remains closed on the first day of week apart from Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. They are open from Tuesday to Thursday by 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday -9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m and on Sunday’s it starts from 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Well there are no fees on special exhibitions conducted by the museum but there are certainly fees for entrance in the main building. The adults are charged with Adults $20, seniors are liable to pay $15, Students can enjoy in $10 and Members excess in museum  free Children who are under 12 accompanied by any adult enjoy the sight in free.

The Collection of Metropolitan Museum grew quickly when they accredited the task to Architect Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould to build a Neo-gothic brick in 1874. At present, the original building is surrounded by many adaptations and extensions.

We can actually say that the history of Metropolitan is tantamount with the history of donors. It was genuinely due to generosity of every individual that metropolitan matured to be the finest museum in United States.

Well to recall the particular luck of stroke in 1901 when Jacob.S.Rogers donated seven million dollars to the museums which was then followed by many masterpiece

The Met’s permanent collection is divided in almost

A huge encyclopedic collection of musical instruments dwells in the museum and also the costumes, accessories, antique weapons and armor from around the world resides in museum.

In accumulation to its permanent exhibitions, the Met organizes and hosts large traveling shows throughout the year.

The museum collections are categorized under 22 curators:

• American decorative arts
• American paintings and sculpture
• Ancient Near Eastern art
• Arms and armor
• Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
• Asian art
• The Costume Institute
• Drawings and prints
• Egyptian art
• European paintings
• European sculpture and decorative arts
• Greek and Roman art
• Islamic art
• Robert Lehman Collection
• Libraries
• Medieval art-Main building and The Cloisters
• Modern art
• Musical instruments
• Photographs
• Antonio Ratti Textile Centre
• Provenance Research Project

Have a in- depth look on the curators of Metropolitan Museum in the next segment.

The construction of the building started in the year 1560 under the supervision of Giorgio Vasari. The palace was originally designed for Cosimo I de Medici as the office for the various Florentine magistrates. Thus the palace is named Uffizi which means office. The Palazza degli Uffizi brought together the State achieve as well as the administrative offices and the tribunal under one single room.

The construction of the palace was completed by the end of the year 1581 and after Vasari it was been supervised by Bernardo Buontalenti and Alfonso Parigi. The internal courtyard was very long but was quite narrow it had an opening at a far end to the Arno River.

Vasari was a well known architect as well as a world famous painter. He highlighted the long narrow courtyard with the help of the matching facades as well as continuous roof cornices. The various columns in the palace were filled with the various paintings and sculptures of the various artists of the 19th century.

Over various passing years’ different sections of the palace was opened and was added to the display in the museum. There is a huge display of the collection of Sculptures as well as the paintings which were mostly collected by the Medici family or even commissioned by them. Michelangelo as well as Leonardo da Vinci with many other artists gathered at the Uffizi in 1550 and 1568.

Uffizi was one of the most modern museums. In the sixteenth century the museum was opened to the visitors only by previous request. Later in the year 1765 the museum was officially opened for the public to visit.

The collection of the museum had increased a lot thus later some of the work was been transferred to the various other museums in Florence. To state few examples the famous statues of the museums were transferred t o the Bargello. There is a project that has been planned to expand the museum.

A car bomb exploded near the museum in year 1993 which severely damaged many parts of the museum also five people were killed in this attack. The neo-classical interior, the classical sculptures as well as the Niobe room was severely damaged in the attack but was later restored.

Today Uffizi is one of the most famous tourist destinations in the city of Florence. There is always a huge crowd at the museum hence you are advised to reserve a ticket else you mite require to stand in a queue for minimum five hours.

The nearest airport to the museum is the Regional Florence airport from where you can use train, bus or car to reach Uffizi. If you are using the train option you are required to get down at Santa Maria Novella station you can precede further by bus or foot. If you are walking down the road you will require approximately 20 minutes from the Santa Maria Novella station to reach Uffizi.

The museum was started in 1891. The same time the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, named Franz Joseph I had opened the Naturhistorishes museum. The two museums stand opposite to each other on the Maria-Theresien Platz also they have quite similar exteriors. The plans for both the museum buildings were drawn up by the famous architects Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer and Gottfried Semper. Both the museum buildings were built during 1872 and 1891.

The Emperor ordered all the important artworks to be kept to display in these two museums as the places were easily accessible to the general public.  The facades of both the museums was been made in the sandstone. The buildings have a rectangular shape. The octagonal dome was located at a height of nearly 60 meters. The interiors of the buildings were beautifully designed and decorated with the gold-leaf, marble, paintings, stucco ornamentations it was a work of itself.

The primary collections of the museum include the art works of Habsburgs and his major creations in armour as well as portraits. The largest part of the museum includes the collections of Emperor Rudolf II but this section is very much scattered. Also you will find huge collection of the paintings of a famous artist of the era Archduke Leopold.

Vienna International Airport – VIE is the airport which is located very near to the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Later you can have a metro or a car also you can use an option of call a taxi or just rent a cab on the way outside the airport.

The permanent collections of the art works has the various collection of the Ancient Egypt, Classical Antiquity also Sculptures and Paintings of mostly all the European masters. It also has a huge collection of the modern art as well as the American art. The Met also has a wide collection of Islamic arts, Asian, Byzantine, African as well as Oceanic arts. The museum has a huge collection of the armor, accessories, musical instruments, costumes as well as antique weapons from all around the world. The prominent interiors from the 1st century Rome to the Modern American design are placed in the permanent display section of the museum.

A group of American people came together in the year 1870 and founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Originally located at 681, Fifth Avenue, the museum was first opened in the year 1872 on 20, February. The founders of the museum included various artists, businessman, thinkers as well as financiers. Today the museum has grown much more than before. It stretches at almost a quarter mile whereas the total surface area of the museum is about two million square feet.

The American Decorative Arts Departments has a collection of about 12,000 arts works which are the perfect examples of the American decorative arts. The collection ranges from the late 17th century to the early 20th century. The museum has the major collection of the American decorative arts. The section is totally dedicated to the American works where not started until 1934. During the early eighteenth century the Met started collecting the age-old artifacts and arts from the Near East. The collection of the American Stained glass is one of the most impressive collections of the American Decorative arts department. The collection of the museum of the art work from the Near East increased and had crossed 7,000 numbers. The collections include the seals and the cuneiform tablets. The collection of the Neolithic period, Sassanian Empire and the Late Antiquity includes the various works of Hittite, Elamite, Sumeria, Babylonian, Assyrian as well as Sassanian cultures. There is a huge collection of the exclusive Bronze Age objects.

John F. Kennedy International Airport is the nearest airport if you want to visit metropolitan museum of Art. John F. Kennedy International Airport is very well connected with the important national and international cities of the world. From the airport you can take a taxi, car, metro or bus to reach the metropolitan museum of Art.

The Sydney International Exhibition of 1879 gave birth to the Powerhouse Museum. Few of the exhibits that were placed in this event were held back to make a new and original collection for the Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum of New South Wales. The museum was expected to have an exhibition of these items in a new building and was to be known as Garden Palace. Garden Palace was later damaged by the fire which took place in the year 1882 and in the month of September. Unfortunately the museum required to share the place of its exhibition with the Sydney Hospital’s morgue. The museum moved in the year 1893 in the month of August on its new location on the Harris Street. It was named as Technological museum. The museum also included the Sydney Observatory in the year 1982. The museum moved to Old Ultimo Powerhouse, 500 Harris Street which is its current location in the year 1988. The museum got its new name from its location.

One of the most unique items kept in the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney is the world’s the oldest operational rotative steam engine. Few items which dated 1785 which were made by Watt and Boulton are found in the exhibit. Also there are handful items of London Brewery that belong to 1888. The unique engine is declared by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as the Mechanical Engineering Landmark in the year 1986. Another important item was the Locomotive No 1 which was made in Robert Stephenson in the year 1854. Locomotive No 1 was the first steam locomotive that was used in the New South Wales. The Strasburg Clock Model is the most debatable as well as the most popular among all the exhibits in the museum. The model was made by Richard Smith, a 25 year old watchmaker from Sydney. The model is been inspired from the Strasbourg astronomical clock in Strasbourg Cathedral which is located in Strasbourg. Smith had never got a chance to visit the original model but he made the model based of the picture and the information he got through a pamphlet. The Powerhouse Discovery Centre which is located at Castle Hill was opened for the general public to visit on 10 March 2006.

Established in the 17th century the British museum is mostly based on the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. Sir Hans Sloane is a well know scientist as well as physician. The museum was first opened for the public to visit was on January 15, 1759. The museum was located in the Montagu house in Bloomsbury. The expansion of the museum nearly required two and a half centuries. A Branch of British museum was established in 1887 in South Kensington and was named as British Museum of Natural History. British Museum London Reading Room which was opened 1997 was unique in its own way as it was a national museum of antiquities as well as the national library at the same time in the same building.

Being a non-departmental public body the museum is a sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Like any other museums in United Kingdom the British Museum London does not charge entry fee, may be you might be required to pay a small amount for the temporary extraordinary exhibitions. The director of the museum since year 2001 is Neil Mac Gregor.

For the last few years of the nineteenth century the number of the items in the collections increased drastically. The collection increased to such a number that the building of the museum was not sufficient for the items to be kept for the display. In year 1895 the trustees decided and purchased the nearby area surrounding the Museum. The surrounding area of the museum had 69 well constructed houses, it was than decided that to expand the museum the house were needed to be demolished. The initial stage of expansion started in year 1906 with the construction of the northern wing of the museum.

The Museum celebrated its bicentenary in the year 1953. It was first time that the publication and in house designer was appointed for the full-time.

They were appointed in the year 1964. Later a friends organization, an education service and publication house was introduced in year 1968, 1970 and 1973 respectively. New administrative reforms were introduced in year 1963 with a new act of Parliament. According to this act it became much easy to lend any item from the museum moreover the board of trustees was changed which made the Natural History Museum much independent. In the year the display of the medals and coin which was destroyed during the war-time was constructed again and was opened for the public display.

Few of the most attractive items in the British Museum London are: The Rosetta Stone, List of the kings of Egypt from the Temple of Ramesses II, Limestone statue of a husband and wife, Granite statue of Senwosret III, Colossal bust of Ramesses II, the “Younger Memnon”, Mummy of Cleopatra from Thebes, Colossal granite head of Amenhotep III, Obelisk of Pharaoh Nectanebo II, Colossal head from a statue of Amenhotep III, Colossal limestone bust of Amenhotep III, Amarna tablets, Fragment of the beard of the Great Sphinx, Mummy of ‘Ginger’ which dates to about 3300 BC, Limestone false door of Ptahshepses.

Out of the total 6 buildings in the museums complex only 4 buildings are open for the public visit. Those four buildings are Winter Palace, Old Hermitage, New Hermitage and the Small Hermitage; the remaining buildings are the Reserve House and the Hermitage Theatre. The entrance ticket rate is much higher to a foreign tourist than that of the local visitors. The entrance is free everyday for the children and Students. First Thursday of every month gives you a chance to visit the museum with out any entry fees. On Monday the museum is kept closed. The entrance to the State Hermitage museum is from the winter palace or the courtyard.

In nearby 120 rooms located on the first as well as the second floor of the four buildings you will come across the collection of Western European Art which includes European paintings, applied art from the 13th to the 20th century, sculptures, prints and drawing which are kept for display in the temporary exhibitions.

The Egyptian collection which also includes the former Castiglione Collection, has occupied the whole large hall situated on the ground floor located in the eastern part of the Winter Palace is kept for public display since 1852.

The western wing of the Winter Palace’s ground floor you will find huge collection of the prehistoric artifacts. The culture and art of Caucasus is kept on display and is located in the second treasure gallery. Here you will come across the pre-historical artifacts that belong to the Iron Age and also the Paleolithic age which were found in various parts of Russia.

Western jewellery from the 4th millennium BC to the early 20th century AD is displayed in few rooms in the ground floors. Beside the jewllery is the exhibition of the Classical Antiquities on the same floor. The second treasure gallery, which is situated on the ground floor of the Winter Palace exhibits jewellery from the Pontic steppes, Asia and Caucasus. The jewellerys are particularly made up of Scythian and Sarmatian gold. You are supposed to have a guided visit if you are expecting to visit the treasure galleries.

You can witness the rich Russian culture on the first floor of winter palace. The northern, western and eastern sides of the winter place have richly decorated interiors. Russian arts from 11th to 19th century are displayed here moreover temporary exhibitions are organized in the Nicholas Hall.