Torekällberget Outdoor Museum

Sender: Laila
Torekällberget friluftsmuseum. Södertälje.

(I think it means outdoor museum called Torekällberget in Södertälje)

Seattle Art Museum Entry Door

Sender: GabiGabs

Seattle Art Museum Entry Door

Museu da Inconfidência

Sender: Lucia

Museu da Inconfidência - Ouro Preto - Minas Gerais

The Conspiracy Museum is dedicated to the Inconfidência Mineira or Minas Conspiracy, an important event in the Brazilian independence movement. Ouro Preto is a designated World Heritage Site because of its Baroque architecture.

A Carousel Museum

Sender: Cari
The New England Carousel Museum, 95 Riverside Ave., Bristol, CT 06010

I love carousels or (as I actually call it), "Merry-Go-Rounds". I don't think I ever outgrew my love for a ride on big Merry-Go-Rounds. The real thing of course, with wooden painted horses that move up and down to the accompaniment of circus type of music. It makes me feel happy and free! I never knew carousel museums exist. TQ to Cari for sending this card. Cari writes that there is even a working carousel in this museum for visitors to ride. Perfect!

National Museum of Australia

Sender: Alex
The National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia

Alex writes that the museum looks as if it has a roller-coaster on its top!

Antwerp Diamond Museum

Sender: Bobsinblack

Text on card: A visit to the Diamond Museum in Antwerp, a brilliant idea.

Bonjour Udo! Yes, diamonds are my best friends too (!!!) and if I do visit this museum, can I get them for free? :D

Marilyn Monroe: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend 

"The French are glad to die for love.

They delight in fighting duels.

But I prefer a man who lives

And gives expensive jewels.

A kiss on the hand

May be quite continental,

But diamonds are a girl's best friend.

A kiss may be grand

But it won't pay the rental

On your humble flat

Or help you at the automat.

Men grow cold 

As girls grow old,

And we all lose our charms in the end.

But square-cut or pear-shaped,

These rocks don't lose their shape.

Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

Tiffany's!

Cartier!

Black Starr!

Frost Gorham!

Talk to me Harry Winston.

Tell me all about it!

There may come a time 

When a lass needs a lawyer,

But diamonds are a girl's best friend.

There may come a time

When a hard-boiled employer

Thinks you're awful nice,

But get that ice or else no dice.

He's your guy 

When stocks are high,

But beware when they start to descend.

It's then that those louses

Go back to their spouses.

Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

I've heard of affairs

That are strictly platonic,

But diamonds are a girl's best friend.

And I think affairs 

That you must keep liaisonic

Are better bets 

If little pets get big baguettes.

Time rolls on,

And youth is gone,

And you can't straighten up when you bend.

But stiff back 

Or stiff knees,

You stand straight at Tiffany's.

Diamonds! Diamonds!

I don't mean rhinestones!

But diamonds are a girl's best friend!"

Kazan Cathedral

Sender: Alessandra

The Kazan Cathedral, the Historical Museum and the Nikolskaya Tower

I like the food stamp a lot!

The Ironbridge Gorge Museum

Sender: Duplevista

Duplevista sent this card for the Alphabet RR, 'I' is for 'Ironbrige' and the Museum of 'Iron'. 

The bridge, the adjacent settlement and the natural gorge together form a popular tourist destination, and form part of the UNESCO Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site. One of Shropshire's top attractions, the Ironbridge Gorge is known throughout the world as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. The Iron Bridge crosses the River Severn at the Ironbridge Gorge, by the village of Ironbridge, in Shropshire, England. It was the first Arch bridge in the world to be made out of cast iron.

I have been to Ironbridge Gorge and seen the Ironbridge many many years ago, but have never visited the museum. It was a fun trip, in a rented Peugeot full of wacky friends, camera whoring all around the area...I really miss those crazy times..Lucky I still have my Ironbridge photos and cherished memories. Thank you to Duplevista for this card :-)

Tallinn, Estonia

Sender: Ella

Ella lives in Tallinn and writes that this is a view of Tallinn Old Town, showing the Fat Margaret's Tower and Oleviste Church.

Fat Margaret's Tower (Paks Margareeta) was built in the early 16th century to defend the city from the seaward side of town. The origins of Fat Margaret's name are a mystery. Some theories insist it was named for one of its larger cannons, while others hint at a cook called Margaret who once worked here. Now it's home to the Estonian Maritime Museum.

St. Olaf’s Church or St. Olav's Church (Oleviste) was built sometime in the 13th Century. Although the Church is widely acknowledged to be named after the Norwegian King Olav II Haraldsson, another legend has it that it was named after an architect who promised to build it for free - if only the townspeople could guess his name. The architect was just fixing the cross on the steeple, when someone shouted out that it was Olev. The architect realised that he had forfeited his fee, slipped and fell to his death. Subsequently the Church took its Estonian name 'Oleviste'. 

Tallinn's Old Town is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Eiteljorg Museum

Sender: Fowlowl

Text on card: The EITELJORG MUSEUM of American Indian and Western Art located in White River State Park is a "must see" experience when you visit Indianapolis. Beautiful landscaping features this fountain and bronze sculpture of five deer running through the water by Kenneth Bunn.

The Eiteljorg Museum has collections of Western, Native American art and holds cultural objects exhibitions, performances, hands-on workshops with artists and events in order to provide educational service to visitors, to enhance their understanding and appreciation of Native American and Western art. It also houses one of the finest collections of Native contemporary art in the World.

I wish to visit this museum and also to see the amazing Running Deer Sculpture outside.

Mystic Seaport

Sender: Tumblecat
Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut

Tumblecat writes that Mystic Seaport is a living history museum where people who work there act like it is the 1850's (no cars!). 

I read further that Mystic Seaport is an authentic 19th-century seafaring village featuring more than 30 old trade shops and businesses, which are not replicas but actual historic buildings. There is also a shipyard, where real ships are being built or antique ones being restored and a preserved whaling ship.

I wish I can visit this indoor/outdoor museum to feel what it's like stepping back in time in America!

I love Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch!

Quote: "If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."

And Tito Puente..the King of Latin Music..

The Village Museum

Sender: daniela_bmp


Some items shown in The Village Museum, Bucharest, Romania.

Painted eggs:- 

Based on an Easter folklore legend, painted with motifs of tree of life, sun, star, cross, rooster, snake, oak leaves, waves, spirals etc. In old times the painted eggs were believed to bring luck and provide protection from evil demons and spirits. In some parts of Romania, newly wedded couples keep painted eggs in their homes as charms to protect their home, bring equilibrium and secure happiness in marriage.

Painted plates:-

Decorated in delicate geometric and vegetal patterns, painted using natural colors and ancient age old tools. The most popular motif is the rooster, but there are other symbolic drawings: the fish, circles, spirals, stars, peacock tails and grain spikes.

Folk masks:-

Three basic types: animal (goat/bear), human (old), and demonic (devil). Masks are made of fur and animal skin, cloth, ceramic, carved wood, lime, fir or birch bark, metal rings or pieces, thick colored rope, bird feathers, hemp tow, horse or pig hair, beans and corn, straw, colored paper, beads, buttons, glass pieces, horns or pieces of objects. They are used in rituals concerned with fertility, rainfall, hunting, and for initiations in ancient times. Today they are still used to represent characters from folk mythology at special holidays such as Christmas and New Year, or for an important life events like a wedding or funeral.

Museo do Ipiranga

Sender: savissivik
Museo do Ipiranga, Sao Paolo