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Old Operating Theatre Museum, London

Submitted by Irene Brown on Fri, 12/05/2014 - 22:09

A wonderful hidden gem is the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret at the top of the church tower of St.
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Natural History Museum, London

Submitted by Irene Brown on Fri, 12/05/2014 - 17:31

I had a couple of hours to kill in London recently so I thought I would visit the Natural History Museum for the first time in about 15 years. I’m not sure if everything conspired against me but it was not a good experience. After pa
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The Magic Circle Museum, London.

Submitted by Irene Brown on Sun, 11/09/2014 - 17:28

My resent research has focused on exploring connections between electricity, the supernatural and magic.
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Missions Museum der Erzabtei St. Ottilien, Oberbayern, Germany.

Submitted by Irene Brown on Sun, 11/09/2014 - 17:16

This is a relatively small museum in the heart of a working monastery 40 km west of Munich. It houses zoological and ethnological artifacts brought back by the brothers from their missionaries in Africa and Asia.
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Natural History Museum, Berlin

Submitted by Irene Brown on Mon, 11/03/2014 - 09:20

Easter 2014 I revisited the Natural History Museum in Berlin and it is clear that they are continuing to ‘re-shape the concept of a modern research museum’. Their website actually states that this work will focus on the ‘sympathetic restoration and modernisation of collection rooms’ and from wha
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ME Collectors Room, Berlin

Submitted by Irene Brown on Sun, 11/02/2014 - 23:37

The ME Collectors Room in Berlin (May 2014), next door to the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, houses the marvelous Wunderkammer Olbricht.
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The Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin.

Submitted by Irene Brown on Sun, 11/02/2014 - 23:33

The Ethnological Museum in Berlin, is one of the largest ethnological museums in the world.
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The Falstad Centre, Levanger, Norway

Submitted by Irene Brown on Sat, 10/11/2014 - 00:36

The Falstad Centre is the Norwegian Memorial and Human Rights Centre housing a large collection of photographs and artifacts from WWII and the initial period after the liberation.
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Altötting, Bavaria, Germany.

Submitted by Irene Brown on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 18:02

Another personal fascination is for religious, particularly catholic ephemera and kitsch. I have been visiting cathedrals, shines, collections and museums across the world for over 30 years and have built a collection of statues, prints, paintings and votives.
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Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam

Submitted by Irene Brown on Tue, 10/07/2014 - 10:20

Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam is a beautiful ethnographic museum, opened to the public in 1871. One of the largest museums in Amsterdam, it has an extensive collection. When I visited in 2012 it had a wonderful exhibition ba
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