Posts in Tag: art galleries
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Beaverbrook Art Gallery – Some Highlights
I recently had the opportunity to visit the newly expanded Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick and was blown away by what I saw and experienced. Here are just a few of the highlights from the works of art on display and my take on why they are worth seeing. History of the Beaverbrook […]
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Quito Highlights – TeleferiQo & Much More
In my first post from Quito I described a walking tour through the UNESCO World Heritage Site historic centre of this amazing city. It was led by Alfredo Meneses our Adventures Abroad guide and was the kickoff of a 14 day Experiential Ecuador Tour that will take us to the Galapagos Islands and the Amazon […]
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Kunstmuseum Basel – A Must Visit Gallery
In the last post Alison and I explored the city of Basel and found it to be a wonderful place to discover while walking along both banks of the Rhine River. It truly is a much under appreciated Swiss destination by tourists who think only of the alpine regions on their journeys here. In this […]
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Albuquerque Museum – Best in New Mexico
In a previous post I wrote about how Alison and were blown away by the El Paso Museum of Art during out stay in the city for the 2019 SATW conference. Frankly, we had not been prepared for such a fine display of art in what is an unfairly overlooked city by tourists. After the […]
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Scottish National Portrait Gallery – Outstanding
I was on a recent tour of Great Britain with Canadian military travel specialists Liberation Tours and we had arrived in Scotland after an exceptional and jam packed romp through England. It was time for a break and we had a free day to explore Edinburgh on our own. Most in the group opted for a visit […]
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Borghese Gallery – Visit Rome’s Best Kept Secret
Ok, the Borghese Gallery is not exactly a secret to most Romans, but it seldom makes the top 10 list for first time visitors to the Eternal City. That’s too bad, because IMHO it provides a much better experience than visiting the Vatican Museums or St. Peter’s. I’m certainly not advocating skipping those two in […]