Museum

Pergamon Museum

A spectacular museum full of looted artifacts from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia-Minor, and Persia, the first museum you visit in Berlin should be Pergamon.

Deutsches Historisches Museum

Deutsches Historisches Museum is an newer museum, conceived in 1987 in West Germany shortly before reunification, but of course its ultimate location is in the former East Berlin.

Stasi Remand Prison

When political prisoners were disappeared in DDR, they would first be incarcerated in Stasi Remand Prison.

DDR Museum

We continued our adventure in East Berlin with a visit to DDR Museum and looked at graffiti on the Berlin Wall.

Checkpoint Charlie

Upon arriving in Berlin, we visited Tempelhof Airport, Checkpoint Charlie, and Reichsluftfahrtministerium.

Green Vault

Grünes Gewölbe should be the first museum you visit in Dresden. Then we explored Neustadt.

Wenceslas and Mucha

We began our exploration of Prague in Nové Město (New Town), surrounding Wenceslas Square.

Bamberg Altes Rathaus

We visited the Altes Rathaus in Bamberg.

Fascism in Nuremberg

Nazi Party Rally Grounds Documentation Center is a short train ride outside Nuremberg.

Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum

Deutsches Museum of Transportation is a delightful collection of trains, trucks, planes, automobiles, and racecars.

Palazzo Nuovo

We concluded our visit to Capitoline Museums by touring the Halls of Palazzo Nuovo, as well as the ruins of the Temple of Jupiter, and the Tabularium.

Palazzo dei Conservatori

The primary wing of Capitoline Museums is Palazzo dei Conservatory, where you can see pieces of a giant statue of Emperor Constantine, and the Capitoline She-Wolf.

National Museum of Rome

Palazzo Massimo also contains ancient mosaic and fresco.

Palazzo Massimo

The best Museum for Ancient Roman Statuary is National Museum of Rome.

Vatican Museums

We continued our tour of Vatican Museums in the Renaissance Wing.

Palazzo Apostolico

Vatican Museums is full of art and we began with sculpture.

Galleria Doria Pamphilj

Rome's Greatest Palace still under private ownership is a Gallery of the family's private art collection with a tour narrated by the Prince himself.

Borghese

Borghese Gallery nestled in the vast Villa Borghese Gardens, high atop a bluff overlooking the entrance to Rome, is a Palace Museum displaying the private art collection of Cardinal Borghese.

Boboli Gardens

We marinated in the stunning views of Boboli Gardens behind Palazzo Pitti.

Accademia

On Thursday we visited the Accademia in order to see David, the greatest sculpture in the World, carved in Marble by the World's Greatest Sculptor.

Salone dei Cinquecento

We continued our tour of Palazzo Vecchio, viewing the Grand Hall, touring Pope Leo X's Apartments, and then visited the Christmas Market at Piazza Santa Croce.

Palazzo Vecchio Apartments and Terrace

At Palazzo Vecchio we were delighted by the Bust of Macchiavelli, enjoyed the view from the terrace, and were awed by the Hall of Justice.

Bargello First Floor

We continued our tour of Bargello viewing Verrocchio's David, Donatello's David (bronze), Donatello's St George, and the famous Baptistry Doors Contest submission.

Bargello Ground Floor

At the Bargello, we began by viewing the Courtyard, Michelangelo's Bacchus, Giambologna's Flying Mercury, and Donatello's Marble David.

Uffizi Lower Floor

The lower floor in Uffizi contains High Renaissance Paintings by artists such as Titian, Raphael, Da Vinci, and Parmigianino.

Uffizi Top Floor

Chronologically, Uffizi begins on the top floor, starting with Medievel and Early-Renaissance Art.

Opera del Duomo Museum

Many of the original works of art from the Cathedral, Baptistry, and Bell Tower in Florence reside now in Duomo Museum for preservation.

Galileo Science Museum

The Galileo Science Museum in Florence Italy is full of historic scientific equipment and curiosities!

Pitti Palace

Too much Palazzo Pitti for one post, so we continue.

Palazzo Pitti

Palazzo Pitti is the Grandest Palace in Florence, primary residence of de' Medici family, and second-most prestigious art gallery in Florence.

Hofburg and Museums

On Friday we visited Hofburg Imperial Palace and Museums.

Deutsches Museum

On Saturday we made a day-trip from Salzburg to Munich and saw Deutsches Museum and a Soccer game.