Tales of a Technogypsie

Jeannie Johnson Tall Sailing Ship & Museum Dublin, Ireland Sitting in the Harbour of the River Liffey, just outside the CHQ Building is the replica of the infamous “Jeanie Johnston” ~ the three masted barque built in 1847 by John Munn that brought settlers over to the New World during the great Irish Famine. This [...]

Wax Museum Plus – Dublin, Ireland, a set on Flickr. Wax Museum Plus, Dublin, Ireland. Visit April 22, 2012.

Captain Cook Memorial Museum* Grape Lane Whitby North Yorkshire, YO22 4BA, United Kingdom 01947 601900 * After having followed Captain Cook’s life from his place of death in Hawaii, and embarking on part of the 2012 circumnavigation of Australia this summer aboard the HMB Endeavour, I could think nothing better than to finish my summer [...]

Canberra Gallery of Art* http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/cmag/ * Cnr. London Circuit and Civic Square, * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia Right around the corner from the YHA Hostel, in the heart of the City Center, is the Canberra Museum and Gallery located on the London Circuit. It was first opened early 1998 containing a permanent collection called [...]

National Gallery of Art* http://nga.gov.au/ * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia One of Canberra’s largest attractions is the National Gallery where over 120,000 works of art is housed celebrating Australian and world art. It was established in 1967 by the government as a National Public Art Gallery after alot of the lobbying by the famous [...]

National Museum of Australia * Lawson Crescent * Acton Peninsula, Canberra ACT 2601 * (02) 6208 5000 * One of Australia’s most brilliant and diverse museums is the National Museum of Australia in Canberra within the heart of the Australian Capital Territory. It was established in 1980 by the National Museum of Australia Act to [...]

Travels Down Under: Learning about the Aborigine and Canberra Tuesday, April 12, 2011 * Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia * Early to rise, a quick breakfast, soon enough Sir Thomas Leaf and Sir Bluey Bee were off on another grand adventure – this time to learn a bit about Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory [...]

Museum of Archaeology * Kildare Street * Dublin 2, Co. Dublin, Ireland * +353 1 6777444 * http://www.museum.ie/ * Opening Hours: Tuesday – Saturday: 10am – 5pm; Sunday: 2pm – 5pm ; Closed Mondays, Christmas Day and Good Friday * The National Museum of Ireland has several museums throughout Dublin. One of its famous is [...]

[ Home ]   [ Yesterday ]   [ Tomorrow ... ]   [ The Chronicles of Sir Thomas Rymour Leaf ]   [ Technogypsie.com ] From Witches at the Blarney Castle to the Irish Potato Famine Memorial, it has been an interesting last few days for our travellers. Much of Sir Thomas Leaf’s Quest [...]

National Museum of Ireland * Collins Barracks, Kildare Street, Dublin, Ireland * – hosts decorative arts, scientific instruments, military history, and revolutionary history of Ireland. While the focus is Ireland, it also covers other cultures. The museum does not permit photography. It has a pretty interesting collection. There is also a collection of Samurai armor [...]

Dublina Viking & Medieval History Museum * http://www.dublinia.ie/ * St Michaels Hill * Christchurch, Dublin 8, Co. Dublin, Ireland * 01 679 4611 *Located within and connected to the infamous Christ Church Cathedral of Dublin (a.k.a. “The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity”) is now one of Dublin’s most spectacular and interactive museums/tourist attractions. Christ Church [...]

National Leprechaun Museum – Dublin Twilfit House, Jervis Street, Dublin 1, Ireland *leprechaunmuseum.ieMy very first time in Ireland and only a few hours in Dublin, I get off the bus, wander off O’Connell and lo’ and behold there is the National Leprechaun Museum. I was of course in awe since I’m a faerie fanatic and [...]

Pacific Tsunami Museum 130 Kamehameha Ave * Hilo, HI 96720-2833 * (808) 935-0926 * http://www.tsunami.org/ * The Pacific Tsunami Museum is a non-profit run organization spreading the awareness and preparedness for the natural disaster of the tsunami. They believe through education and awareness no one ever should die again in Hawaii from a tsunami. They [...]

Sex MuseumDamrak 18 * 1012 LH Amsterdam, Netherlands * +31 20 6228376 * http://www.sexmuseumamsterdam.nl/A fabulous little two house two-story museum dedicated to sex, erotica, and the history of the arts through the ages. From prehistoric application, to the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians to modern day Amsterdam, one can walk through the history of copulation and [...]

ROMAN-GERMANIC MUSEUMwww.museenkoeln.de – 0221 22124438 – 32 Bewertungen * Cologne, Germany In the heart of the city center right to the side of the Cologne Cathedral, lies Cologne’s German/Roman Museum. The Roman-Germanic Museum (RGM, in German: Römisch-Germanisches Museum) is one of the better archaeological museums in the region. This museum houses and protects a humongous [...]

K21 Museum of Modern Art K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Museum * Phone: Tel. 49 (0)211.8381-600 * Address: Standehausstr. 1, 40217 Dusseldorf * (city centre close to Graf-Adolf-Platz) * www.kunstsammlung.de * Dusseldorf, Germany * Tuesdays – Fridays 10 am – 6 pm, saturdays and sundays 11 am to 6 pm, closed on mondays. K21 Kunstsammlung in Standehaus [...]

Madame Tussaud’s Madame Tussaud’s * http://www.madametussauds.com/washington/ * 1025 F Street, corner of 10th and F street * Washington D.C. 20004 * Just like the rest, with specialties on the city’s attractions, D.C. being politics and history, the World Famous Madame Tussaud’s House of Waxes have that exquisite tourist charm around the world with the great [...]

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. 2/17/09 Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum * National Mall, Washington, D.C.The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States holding many of the worlds collections of aircraft and spacecraft. It is also a vital center for [...]

National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. 2/17/09 National Museum of the American Indian, National Mall, Washington, D.C. * http://www.nmai.si.edu/The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is a museum dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere. It was established in 1989 through an [...]

United States Botanical Gardens, Washington, D.C. 2/17/09 United States Botanical Gardens: (A HREF=”http://www.usbg.gov/”>http://www.usbg.gov/) is one of the Nation’s most important botanical gardens. It is located on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., near Garfield Circle, at the east end of the National Mall. The facility is supervised by the Congress through [...]

Pride of Place Exhibit, Museum of Art, D.C. 2/17/09 Smithsonian National Museum of Art * 4th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20565 * (202) 737-4215 * http://www.nga.gov/.One of the Smithsonian’s most fabulous of art galleries and museums. Always a fascinating gallery on exhibit from ancient or historic world to the modern era. One of [...]

Exhibits in the Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Museum of Natural History (Washington, D.C.) intersection of 10th Street and Constitution Ave., NW in Washington, D.C. 20560. http://www.mnh.si.edu/visit/ The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is part of the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s preeminent museum and research complex. The Museum is dedicated to inspiring curiosity, discovery, [...]