You only see what you know (Goethe)
The Diocesan Museum of Udine (Museo Diocesano e Gallerie del Tiepolo) is housed in the Patriarchal palace, the former residence of the Patriarch of Aquileia and current seat of the Bishop of Udine. Many rooms are decorated by works done by Giambattista Tiepolo.
An interesting detail seen at the Friulian farmer’s life museum Cjase Cocel in Fagagna: In earliert times the duvets were filled with wood chippings.
The museum located near Villa Manin houses 40+ coaches from the nineteenth and twentieth century.
The project “Windows for Peace” shows 150+ peace heroes in the lanes next to the Museum of Peace. To be more exact, the biographies of these heroes are shown in the windows of the houses. You find the Museum of Peace in the Blutgasse 3, 1. District.
While walking from the Salzburg Museum to the Panorama Museum through the Panorama Passage, I came across the remains of an ancient Roman mural. It was discovered during an excavation in 2003.
In the period before photos were invented, there was a different method of learning something new about the world. Landscapists created huge paintings of cities and sceneries. Inside the Panorama Museum, visitors find a depiction of Salzburg dating back to 1829.
German writer Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock was born in this building on July 2nd, 1724. Today, it houses a museum about his works. For example, visitors learn more about the epic poem ‘The Messiah’ (Der Messias).
The museum about timber framing (Fachwerkmuseum) is located in one of the oldest houses of Quedlinburg, a 14th-century building named Ständerbau. Inside, several models show the different styles of half-timbered buildings over time.
An impressive way to learn more about the history of Goslar: This pewter figure museum (Zinnfigurenmuseum) offers guided tours along the numerous showcases telling about the city’s history.
Walking through the museums of the visitor mine and world heritage site Rammelsberg near Goslar gives an educative insight into the miners’ lives. For example, you see this first aid room equipped with materials from the 1980s.
The Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim presents a compilation of Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Peruvian art. It also offers a collection of Chinese porcelain and some materials in Natural History.
This exhibition hall at the Karlsplatz in Vienna is an outpost of the Kunsthalle at the Museumsquartier. By the way, the bird-like sculpture at the right edge of this pic is an owl decorating the library of the Vienna University of Technology.