Mendenhall Glacier

 Mendenhall Glacier

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden was created in 1873 and formally opened in 1875, making it the sixth oldest zoo in the United States. It is situated in Cincinnati's Avondale district. It began with 64.5 acres (26.1 ha) in the city center, but has since expanded onto nearby blocks and many reserves in Cincinnati's outskirts. In 1987, it was designated as a National Historic Landmark.

The zoo is home to more than 500 animals and 3,000 plant kinds. Furthermore, the zoo has run various breeding initiatives throughout its history, and was the first to successfully produce California sea lions. The Lindner Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW) was established in 1986 to promote the zoo's conservation goals. The zoo is well-known for housing Martha, the last remaining passenger pigeon, as well as Incas, the last living Carolina parakeet. The zoo is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) (WAZA).

The Cincinnati Zoo was ranked among the greatest zoos in the country by USA Today in 2014, based on data given by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The Cincinnati Zoo was rated the finest zoo in North America in a 2019 reader's choice poll of the nation's best zoos by USA Today.

Andrew Erkenbrecher and many other Cincinnati citizens founded the Society for the Acclimatization of Birds in 1872, three years before the zoo's establishment, to obtain insect-eating birds to manage a serious caterpillar infestation. Burnet Woods hosted a collection of about 1,000 birds acquired from Europe in 1872 before they were released. The Zoological Society of Cincinnati was created in 1873 by members of the Society of Acclimatization who discussed the concept of establishing a zoo. One year later, the Zoological Society of Cincinnati obtained a 99-year lease on 65 acres (26 ha) of Blakely Woods cow pasture.

On September 18, 1875, the Cincinnati Zoological Gardens formally opened its doors. Architect James W. McLaughlin, who built the zoo's original structures, designed The zoo's initial population included eight monkeys, two grizzly bears, three white-tailed deer, six raccoons, two elk, a buffalo, a laughing hyena, a tiger, an American alligator, a circus elephant, and over 400 birds, including a talking crow. The original Cincinnati Zoo guidebook was produced in German in 1876. The zoo's founders, including the first general manager, were German immigrants, and the city had a sizable German-speaking community. The first illustrated English-language version was released in 1893.

The zoo had significant financial problems in its first 20 years, and after selling 22 acres (8.9 ha) to pay off debt in 1886, it fell into receivership in 1898. The investors voted to keep the zoo from being liquidated. To keep the zoo from being liquidated, the investors agreed to give up their stake in the $225,000 they had initially invested. The zoo was managed as a business for the following two years by the Cincinnati Zoological Company. The Cincinnati Traction Company bought the zoo in 1901, aiming to utilize it to sell itself to potential consumers. They ran the zoo until 1917, when the Cincinnati Zoological Park Association took over administration, aided by gifts from philanthropists Mary Emery and Anna Sinton Taft and a surge of public interest in purchasing the increasingly famous zoo. The city bought the zoo in 1932 and began running it through the Board of Park Commissioners. This signified the zoo's move from its previous location.

This transitioned the zoo from a period of financial uncertainty to its current level of sustained expansion and budgetary stability.

The zoo also has food booths, a dance hall, roadways, footpaths, and picnic spaces in addition to live animal exhibits. The Cincinnati Summer Opera played in an open-air pavilion and was carried on NBC radio from 1920 and 1972.

The Cincinnati Zoo Historic Structures were recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1987 owing to the noteworthy architecture shown in the Elephant House, Reptile House, and Passenger Pigeon Memorial. Beginning in 1880 with the first hatching of a trumpeter swan in a zoo, as well as four passenger pigeons, the Cincinnati Zoo has been engaged in breeding animals to help conserve species. This was followed in 1882 by the birth of the first American bison in captivity.

The Carl H. Lindner Jr. Zoo was created in 1986. The Family Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife exists to use science and technology to better understand, protect, and propagate endangered flora and fauna while also facilitating global biodiversity conservation. Its Frozen Zoo is quite important. It has nearly 2,500 specimens from roughly 60 animal and 65 plant species. CREW's director is Terri Roth.

The zoo developed an eight-acre (3.2 hectare) Africa exhibit in the 2010s, the largest animal display in its history. Phases I and II, completed in 2010, included a crane display and extended the Cheetah Encounter yard, giving the cheetahs 40% more running room. Phase III, which opened on June 29, 2013, contained a larger view with African lions (including white lions), servals, a bat-eared fox, African wild dogs, and a new cheetah exhibit. The 2013 season also saw the addition of a new Base Camp Café, which is believed to be the greenest restaurant in the United States.

The largest part of the Africa expansion, Phase IV, began on June 28, 2014. It added a large savanna with some trees. The largest part of the Africa expansion, Phase IV, began on June 28, 2014. It introduced a vast savanna with some of Africa's most spectacular hoofstock, including zebras, gazelles, lesser kudu, impala, and giant eland, as well as some of the world's largest birds, including ostriches, marabou storks, pink-backed pelicans, Ruppel's vultures, crested guineafowl, ruddy shelducks, lappet-

The final part of the development, Phase V, opened on July 23, 2016, and included an area for Nile hippos, Hippo Cove, with both above and below-water viewing. The zoo welcomed a 34-year-old male named Henry from the Dickerson Park Zoo and a 17-year-old female named Bibi from the St. Louis Zoo. 

Natural History Museum of the University of Colorado

Natural History Museum of the University of Colorado

Museum Of Comparative Zoology

The Royal Montreal Golf Club

 The Royal Montreal Golf Club

San Diego Museum of Art

On February 28, 1926, the San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) debuted as the Museum of Fine Arts. The building was given to the city of San Diego by the founders. Balboa Park is home to the museum. The architect William Templeton Johnson 1 created the museum, which was influenced by the Plateresque front of the University of Salamanca 2 in Spain.

The Museum's holdings are comprehensive, including pieces dating from 5000 B.C. C. to 2001 AD C. The museum's major draw is the Spanish paintings of Murillo, Zurbarán, Ribera, and El Greco. There's a tiny eclectic gallery of Asian art, a few of Impressionist-era paintings, some Georgia O'Keeffe (though they aren't constantly on display), and an exhibition of Japanese prints.

Another important collection is that of Latin American art, which includes works by Fernando Botero, Armando Reverón, and Diego Rivera. The museum also has paintings by Italian masters Giorgione, Giotto, Veronese, Luini, Pittoni, and Canaletto. The Northern European School is represented by works by Rubens, Hals, and Van Dyck.

The museum presents visiting exhibitions on a regular basis and has lately begun showing its usual collection of innovative approaches (including an upstairs gallery where information that can be gleaned by looking at the back of a canvas is discussed). The museum was created in a plateresque style by architects William Templeton Johnson and Robert W. Snyder to complement existing structures from the Panama-California Exposition of 1915. A richly ornate door inspired by an entryway at the University of Salamanca dominates the façade. The outside design of the museum was also influenced by the Cathedral of Valladolid, while the interior elements were inspired by the Santa Cruz Hospital in Toledo, Spain. The original building took two years to complete. When the building was finished, its sponsor, Appleton S. Bridges, donated it to the City of San Diego. The museum expanded its display area by adding a west wing and a sculpture court in 1966, and an east wing in 1974. The rotunda, sculpture garden, façade, auditorium, and other elements are being renovated.

The Museum's collections are encyclopaedic, with items dating from 5000 BC to 2012 AD. The museum's strength is in pieces by Murillo, Zurbarán, Cotán, Ribera, and El Greco from Spain. Sisters Anne, Amy, and Irene Putnam contributed much of the museum's old master collection. The museum's first big acquisition was Francisco Goya's El Marques de Sofraga, which had previously been in a private family collection and had never been on public display. The Putnam sisters contributed funds to the acquisition. The next year, director Reginald Poland purchased a Giovanni Bellini picture for the museum's collection. The museum then bought a Diego Velázquez picture of Spain's Infanta Margarita in 1941. The museum then bought a Diego Velázquez picture of Spain's Infanta Margarita in 1941, which was probably a sketch for a grander portrait of her in Vienna. Archer M. Huntington and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Timken, whose tiny art collection is housed at the neighbouring Timken Museum of Art, established in 1965, were also key supporters throughout the museum's first quarter century. Vance E. Kondon and his wife Elisabeth Giesberger donated 48 German Expressionist paintings, sketches, and prints by a variety of artists, including Otto Dix, Egon Schiele, Alexej von Jawlensky, Gabriele Münter, and Gustav Klimt, to the Museum of Art in 2012.

The museum holds travelling exhibits on a regular basis and has recently been attempting to showcase its conventional collection in novel ways, such as an upstairs gallery explaining information that can be gleaned by glancing on the back of the painting. The Summer Salon Series was launched in 2010 by the San Diego Museum of Art in collaboration with the Agitprop gallery. Alexander Jarman and David White organised the programme, which featured local emerging artists who exhibited and performed temporary art pieces and workshops in response to the Toulouse-Lautrec show. Each of the 10 shows included contemporary artists' reactions to the museum's collection of modern art.

Since 1981, the Museum has held its annual fundraiser, "Art Alive," every April. Floral designers interpret a piece of art from the Museum's permanent collection using flowers and other organic elements. The final artworks are shown alongside the art piece that inspired them for four days. The museum also conducts events like "Art after Dark."

San Antonio Zoo

 San Antonio Zoo

Long Island Game Farm

 Long Island Game Farm

Nelson-Atkins Art Museum

Nelson-Atkins Art Museum

Cirque du Soleil

 Cirque du Soleil

Studebaker National Museum

The Studebaker National Museum is a museum in South Bend, Indiana, that shows autos, waggons, carriages, and military vehicles associated with the Studebaker Corporation and other areas of American history.

As part of The Museums at Washington and Chapin, the Studebaker National Museum is linked to and shares an entrance with The History Museum. Visitors can buy tickets to either one or both museums.

The museum opened a new facility on Chapin Street, connected to The History Museum, in November 2005. The museum's new structure was inspired by the architectural style of many of the area's older Studebaker industrial buildings. Studebaker National Museum Hours:

Monday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Thursday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.

The Studebaker museum has three stories. The main floor of the museum features Studebaker history and automobiles from the 1800s through 1934. The top level houses automobiles from from 1934 to the present. The lowest level houses military vehicles and equipment, as well as other vehicles in "viewable storage" (stacked on lifts but still viewable). On the main floor, a separate room showcases the family histories of the Studebakers and the Olivers, South Bend manufacturers of the Oliver Chilled Plow and other farm equipment.

The majority of the museum's collection was part of the historic company's collection, while cars are still being added on a regular basis. It has over 70 automobiles, countless images and exhibits, and a massive library of photos and papers not on show. Although the collection concentrates on the Studebaker corporation's century-long history and the waggons, automobiles, trucks, and military vehicles it built, it also includes a range of other vehicles and artefacts.

Among the collection's highlights are:

1. A wide range of Studebaker production and concept vehicles
2. Some Packard production and concept vehicles, representing the Studebaker-Packard combination
3. President Abraham Lincoln's carriage, as well as the carriages of numerous other U.S. presidents and dignitaries
4. A Conestoga waggon like the ones pioneers used to cross the Great Plains.
5. A Studebaker Electric from 1902.
6. Studebaker military vehicles produced during World Wars I and II
7. Several Hummer vehicles, notably the Humvee, are made at AM General's facility in Mishawaka, Indiana, which is located near to South Bend.
8. A specially painted Studebaker Champion 2-door sedan was utilised in The Muppet Movie's production.

Ostrava Zoo

 Ostrava Zoo

 Jewish Museum Berlin

Curitiba Botanical Garden

 Curitiba Botanical Garden

United States Naval Academy

 United States Naval Academy

 Arboretum Zürich

Jean Paul Getty Museum

The Jean Paul Getty Museum (J. Paul Getty Museum), often known as the Getty, has two sites in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, the Getty Center and the Getty Villa. Jean Paul Getty is the company's founder. In 2016, the Getty Museum received two million visitors. The museum displays textiles, clocks, and other items dating from the Middle Ages to the present. This museum's Getty Villa complex houses two thousand year old sculptures from Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and Ancient Eritrea.

History

J. Paul Getty constructed a museum in a replica of the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum on his Malibu, California, property in 1974. When it inherited US$1.2 billion in 1982, the museum became the richest in the world. Following an economic downturn in what was then West Germany, the Getty Museum acquired 144 illuminated mediaeval manuscripts from the financially struggling Ludwig Collection in Aachen in 1983; The New York Times' John Russell described the collection as "one of the finest holdings of its kind ever assembled, it is quite certainly the most important that was in private hands." The museum relocated to its current location in Los Angeles' Brentwood area in 1997; the Malibu museum, called the "Getty Villa," remained open.

Visitors may learn about exhibitions using the GettyGuide array of interactive multimedia resources. The GettyGuide multimedia player within the museum includes comments from curators and conservators on numerous pieces of art. In the 1970s and 1980s, the curator, Ji Frel, devised a tax evasion plan to grow the museum's antiquities collection, basically purchasing objects of dubious origin as well as a number of artefacts widely regarded fakes, such as the Getty kouros. Frel was demoted in 1984 and resigned in 1986. The Getty is embroiled in a dispute about the legitimate title to some of the artwork in its collection. Marion True, the museum's former antiquities curator (hired by Frel), was charged in Italy in 2005 (together with legendary dealer Robert E. Hecht).

Marion True, the museum's previous antiquities curator (hired by Frel), was charged with trafficking in stolen antiquities in Italy in 2005 (together with noted dealer Robert E. Hecht). The Greek authorities have handled similar allegations. The key evidence in the case came from a 1995 raid on a warehouse in Geneva, Switzerland, which held a wealth in stolen antiquities. Giacomo Medici, an Italian art dealer, was arrested in 1997; his operation was described as "one of the world's largest and most sophisticated antiquities networks, responsible for illegally digging up and spiriting away thousands of top-drawer pieces and passing them on to the most elite end of the international art market." True was compelled to resign in 2005.

True asserted in a letter to the J. Paul Getty Trust on December 18, 2006, that she was being compelled to "bear the load" for actions that the Getty's board of directors knew about, approved of, and endorsed. True is presently being investigated by Greek police for unlawfully excavating and smuggling a 2,500-year-old burial wreath out of the country. The wreath and a 6th-century BC kore figure have been repatriated to Greece and are now on display at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. A 2,400-year-old black limestone stele as well as a marble votive relief from around 490 BC were also retrieved. Michael Brand, the museum's director, declared on November 20, 2006, that 26 disputed items had been returned.

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles was obliged to return 40 antiquities in 2007, including a 5th-century BC statue of the goddess Aphrodite taken from Morgantina, an ancient Greek village in Sicily. For over two decades, the Getty Museum opposed the Italian government's pleas, only to subsequently accept that "there could be 'issues'" with the acquisition. "The discussions haven't made a single step forward," remarked Italian senior cultural official Giuseppe Proietti in 2006. The J. Paul Getty Museum returned the antiques only after he urged that the Italian government "apply cultural penalties on the Getty, stopping all cultural cooperation."

In another separate instance, the Getty Museum was forced to return three antiques to Italy in 1999 after concluding. The objects included a Greek red-figure kylix from the 5th-century BC, signed by the painter Onesimos and the potter Euphronios as potter, looted from the Etruscan site of Cerveteri; a torso of the god Mithra from the 2nd-century AD, and the head of a youth by the Greek sculptor Polykleitos.

In 2016, the terracotta head of the Greek god Hades was returned to Sicily (Italy). The archaeological artifact was looted from Morgantina in the 1970s. The Getty museum purchased the terracotta head of Hades in 1985 from the New York collector Maurice Tempelsman, who had purchased it from the London dealer Robin Symes. Getty records show the museum paid $530,000 for it.[19][20] On December 21, 2016, the head of Hades was added to the collection of the archaeological museum of Aidone, where it joined the statue of Demeter, the mother of his consort Persephone. Sicilian archaeologists found a blue curl that was missing from Hades' beard, and so it proved the origin of the terracotta head.

Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Science Museum Oklahoma

 Science Museum Oklahoma

 Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House

 Finnish Folk Art Museum

 Central Park Zoo

Museum of Indigenous People

 Houston Zoo

Nanjing Underwater World

Nanjing Underwater World

Sydney Olympic Park

Sydney Olympic Park

Sydney Olympic Park is a neighbourhood in Greater Western Sydney, 13 kilometres west of Sydney's central business district, in the City of Parramatta Council's local government area. It is generally known as Olympic Park, although it is officially recognised as Sydney Olympic Park.[2] The region was once part of the Lidcombe neighbourhood and known as "North Lidcombe," but it was renamed "Homebush Bay" from 1989 and 2009. (part of which is now the separate suburb of Wentworth Point). The terms "Homebush Bay" and, occasionally, "Homebush" are still used colloquially to refer to Stadium Australia and the Olympic Park area as a whole, but Homebush is an older, independent suburb to the southeast in the Municipality of Strathfield.

Sydney Olympic Park is a vast sports and entertainment facility that was initially built for the Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2000. The stadiums, arenas, and venues are still utilised for sports, musical, and cultural events, such as the Sydney Royal Easter Show, the Sydney Festival, and a variety of world-class sporting events. Phil Abraham, a local specialist, created and commissioned the electrical and audiovisual engineer in charge of supply and demand of electricity, lighting, sound, and electronic visuals to Sydney Olympic Park. There are also business projects, residential structures, and huge parklands in the area.

Sydney 2000 Olympics venues

Australia's Stadium - (capacity: 110,000 at time of Olympics, now 83,500)

• Qudos Bank Arena, previously the Sydney Superdome, Acer Arena, and Allphones Arena are among the venues (capacity: Concert 21,032; Basketball 18,200; Gymnastics 15,000)
• The Sydney Showgrounds Formerly known as Sydney Baseball Stadium, it is the site of Sydney's Royal Easter Show. Sydney Showground Stadium is included (capacity: 21,500 from 1998 to 2011, 24,000 from 2012).
• Athletic Centre at Sydney Olympic Park (capacity: Grandstand 5,000; Grass 10,000)
• Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre - Previously known as the Sydney International Aquatic Centre (capacity: 17,500 at time of Olympics, now 10,000)
• Tennis Centre at Sydney Olympic Park (capacity: 10,000)
• Hockey Centre at Sydney Olympic Park (capacity: 15,000 at time of Olympics, now 8,000)
• Sports Centre at Sydney Olympic Park (capacity: 5,006)
• International Archery Park in Sydney (capacity: 4,500)
• Sports Halls at Sydney Olympic Park

Non-Olympic facilities

• Monster Mountain X - Mountain Biking
• Monster BMX
• Monster Skate Park
• Newington Armory Gallery and Theatre
• Netball Central, Sydney Olympic Park

Accommodation

• Novotel and Ibis Hotel, Sydney Olympic Park
• Pullman, Sydney Olympic Park
• Ibis Budget, Sydney Olympic Park
• Sydney Olympic Park Lodge - Newington Armory
• Former Olympic Village - now suburb of Newington

Culture

The suburb is home to a significant arts and cultural program, including regular events, Australia's largest single precinct public art collection, the Armoury Gallery, the Southern Hemisphere's largest single room permanent art exhibition space, a new theatre, an artist studio facility at Newington Armoury, and a BMX track. The suburb is completely devoted to ecologically and socially sustainable practices and has committed to the 'Master Plan 2030': a chance to set a best practice example of sustainable urban development for the Park's expansion over the next 20 years. The Master Plan 2030 envisions the Park having a daily population of 50,000 residents, students, and employees, as well as 10 million visitors each year, by 2030.

Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center

 BEGINNINGS OF THE SCHULZ MUSEUM

For many years, thousands of people travelled to displays throughout the United States and around the world to view Charles Schulz's work, but his original comic strips never had a permanent home in Sonoma County, where Schulz lived for over 40 years.

When the idea of constructing a museum was originally brought up with Schulz, he was uninterested. After all, he was working on his comic strip on a regular basis and did not consider himself a "museum piece." Fortunately, this did not deter the dynamic three of cartoon historian Mark Cohen, the cartoonist's wife, Jean, and Schulz's lifelong friend and attorney, Edwin Anderson, from realising their ambition of creating a location where everyone could partake in Schulz's work and his distinctive perspective of the world.

The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center is a museum dedicated to the works of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. The museum, located in Santa Rosa, California, opened on August 17, 2002, two years after Schulz's death.

Many of the original Peanuts strips, as well as other artwork by Schulz, may be found at the museum. The Great Hall is dominated by two masterpieces by Japanese artist Yoshiteru Otani: 3.5-ton wood sculpture showing Snoopy's growth and a 22-foot-high ceramic mosaic comprised of 3,588 Peanuts strips that combine to produce the picture of Lucy van Pelt holding the football for Charlie Brown to kick. Among the permanent displays of the museum is a painting by Christo depicting

Growing Enthusiasm

After viewing artist and designer Yoshiteru Otani's imaginative and amusing ideas for the Snoopy Town stores in Japan in 1997, Schulz's passion for a museum grew. Otani, according to Charles and Jean Schulz, might contribute an aspect of aesthetic whimsy to a museum that would balance and compliment the comic artwork. As a result, plans were developed to construct a museum on the same site where Schulz spent his days working at his studio, resting at the Warm Puppy Café, which is located within the Redwood Empire Ice Arena (Snoopy's Home Ice), or playing tennis or softball.

The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center was created to represent the globally acclaimed cartoonist's humble, low-key, and comfortable demeanour and style. Charles "Sparky" Schulz was engaged in every design step until his death in 2000. Following his death, his widow, Jean, along with close friends, family members, museum and design experts, carried on his goal to build this beautiful and meaningful environment as a memorial to an incredible man.

Museum and Shop Hours

Autumn, Winter, and Spring (Closed Tuesdays)

From Labor Day to Memorial Day, the Museum is open Wednesday through Monday:

11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on weekdays (Tuesdays closed)* Weekends 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

*Please keep the following exceptions in mind:

Tuesdays, April 12, November 22, and December 27 are open.

Summer (Open Every Day)

From Memorial Day through Labor Day, the Museum is open daily:

11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on weekdays

Weekends, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Discounts for Groups

Discounts are available for parties of 15 or more visiting the Schulz Museum on weekdays between Noon and 4:00 p.m. Groups are welcome to tour the Museum on their own and participate in any special events that are organised during their stay.

ADDRESS

Hardies Lane, 2301

95403 Santa Rosa, California

(707) 579-4452

inquiries@schulzmuseum.org

https://schulzmuseum.org/visit/directions