This Philadelphia museum is the oldest in the United States, and home to a prestigious art school for gifted, aspiring artists eager to hone their craft.
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Gone for centuries, a family returned back to its ancestral home.
Twenty-four centuries later, one precious item is the premier item in the Musée d’Angoulême. But is it the real relic or just a replica?
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This art museum is located in the former vacation home of billionaire tobacco heiress Doris Duke.
This palace was built by Peter the Great as a gift for his second wife Catherine.
A modern castle full of Swiss treasures, including an ancient statue discovered amongst a pile of bones.
This museum holds the last piece of a legendary Venetian ship, that coud soon be reborn.
The biology section exhibits life at all its stages, from embryo formation to a roughly 800-year-old woman’s skeleton.
This regal estate contained an Egyptian obelisk that helped decipher the Rosetta stone.
Dating from 1656, the building is a wonder of the waters, planted on a man-made island that was created by sinking 1,800 piles of wood into the silty sea floor below.
The power of public resistance remains its most profound exhibit.
A grand organ's renovated concert space is housed in an unexpected institution.
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Despite the sci-fi sounding name, this lightship is a rare homage to how ships are protected in deep or onerous terrain where it is difficult to construct lighthouses.
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Passed down through generations of watchmakers, this Chateau now houses a clock museum.
A mansion that hosted a cast of characters that were the envy of all Ft. Myers.
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That spirit of exploration is shared by museum goers, as they’re invited to observe 45 permanent exhibition halls—including one dedicated to the extraordinary achievements of intrepid polar explorer.
AWA visted hereDavid Webb found his muse by frequenting the Met.
AWA visted hereIntellectual debates and lively parties were enjoyed at this residence for Harvard research fellows.
This assembly hall has played host to a slew of visitors from rebellious revolutionaries to notorious bank robbers.
A cutting edge contemporary art museum that once was centuries deep in Danish riches and royalty.
He not only invented roll film, his coined slogan told the success story simply and pointedly, ‘You push the button, we do the rest.’
AWA visted hereThis "moving museum" offers tours of the ancient city of Turin by historic tram car.
Jules Chéret was painter and lithographer who had a widespread impact on the city and French culture and some may say he was the father of the modern poster.
Home to the Spoonmaker's Diamond, the fourth largest diamond in the world.
A mid-1950s Estate belonging to the heir of an American cereal empire showcases a lifestyle of 18th century European décor while also providing a space for the occasional philanthropic party…or two.
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Became the first museum intentionally designed for art to "encourage American genius," and so was dubbed the "American Louvre" to establish Washington as the cultural center of the nation.
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Once described as a “Florentine villa in the midst of American independence,” this turn-of-the-20th century aristocratic mansion was built in a European state of mind with its dominating English and Italian influences.
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This museum was originally built as a summer palace for King George IV.
Originally built in 1888, the Rideau Street Chapel is now housed in the National Gallery of Canada.
The Museu Art Nova celebrates the history and prominence Art Nouveau style of architecture in Aveiro.
The Getty Center is the namesake of J. Paul Getty, an American oil tycoon and at one time the world's wealthiest man.
Built on the site of a burned down convent, the Palacio da Bolsa building was built to provide Porto with a site for its stock exchange.
Built as the summer home of Count Jan Branicki, the second highest military comamander of the Kingdom of Poland.
A prestigious Moroccan museum becomes not only a stunning display of Islamic architecture, but also houses a world renowned coffee shop within.
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