Retrospective Exhibition of Madeleine Vionnet in Paris

Retrospective Exhibition of Madeleine Vionnet in Paris Video Clips. Duration : 1.75 Mins.

The first large retrospective exhibition of Madeleine Vionnet at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, with thoughts from designers such as Jean-Paul Gaultier, Yohji Yamamoto and Hubert de Givenchy.

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A Quick Stroll on the Rue de Rivoli

A Quick Stroll on the Rue de Rivoli Video Clips. Duration : 11.43 Mins.

A ten-minute stroll down part of the rue de Rivoli in Paris, France. The street is actually quite long, but this stroll involves only a portion of it, mainly the part that runs along the north side of the Tuileries Gardens and the Louvre Museum. This is the part where many of the touristy stores are. I may try to do the entire street sometime, if it seems interesting enough.

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Paris Museum and City Passes: Do They Really Save You Money?

These passes will usually get you into many of the Paris museums or attractions.

They are available for different lengths of time like 1, 3, 5 or even 7 days. Sometimes they are actually offered by the city or the city's museums or the city's transit authority. Sometimes they are offered by a private company that has an agreement with the city or the attractions that are included.

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The Carte Muses et Monuments or Paris Pass in Paris gets you into 63 museums and monuments in Paris and the surrounding area. Yes that's a lot of sightseeing to do. You get an unlimited number of visits and get to go in a special entrance so you can skip the lines. This is a great deal if you're into museums... you can pop in and out of the Louvre and others and have time in between for a head clearing walk in the park.

Paris Museum and City Passes: Do They Really Save You Money?

Whenever you consider city passes or transit cards or museum cards... just consider if they really save you money. We've evaluated others and chosen not to get them. If you're only seeing one museum or taking one metro ride, just pay for the one, the "pass" will cost you too much.

So when you're planning a trip to visit Paris with it's many museums and attractions, check into a city pass. You can find out about these on the internet. You can buy these ahead online too.

You can almost always wait and buy them at one of the museums included or at a tourist information office. One way or the other, it's good idea to have the information ahead and have time to think about it so you don't have to waste time deciding when you are standing in front of the museum. These passes will be validated at the first attraction you visit, and your time will be calculated from that.

Look at the price of the Paris Pass and which museums and attractions are included. Are you even interested in museums? Do you want to go to many of the attractions included, or are there many that just don't interest you?

Will you have time to see them during the 1, 3, or 7 days that the city pass is valid? Will seeing that many places have you running around more than you would like? You have to travel the way you want.

Or maybe you want to just sit in a sidewalk cafe with your camera and snap the world going by!

You don't want to pay for more than you will use, but for many people the Paris Pass is well worth the investment.

Paris Museum and City Passes: Do They Really Save You Money? TateShots: Dorothy Bohm Video Clips. Duration : 3.70 Mins.

Prussian-born photographer Dorothy Bohm invites us into her London home as she discusses her life and work. After fleeing to England as a child at the outset of the Second World War, photographer Dorothy Bohm studied photography at a Manchester college before moving to Hampstead in 1956. Over the next three decades she built a reputation as one of Britain's leading photographic artists, earning particular acclaim for her images of street culture in London and Paris. TateShots met her at her home to find out what photography has meant in her life. Bohm is one of the photographers featured in an exhibition at Tate Britain this summer, that explores how some of the biggest names in international photography have portrayed London and its communities over the years. Another London, Tate Britain 27 July -- 16 September 2011

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The Most Terrible Museum In The World

After several months of reconstruction the Catacombs of Paris are opened again. From the 29th of February tourists can visit one of the most terrible sights of the city. A pile of bones, covering the area of 11 000 square meters, consists of more than 6 million human bodies. However, a part not much longer than 1.5 kilometers is opened for tourists. About 160 thousand people visit the Catacombs of Paris annually. This scary labyrinth is situated in the very center of the capital of France. The entrance to the underground is called "Gates of the Hell", but the narrow winding stairs lead deep in the ground. 90 footsteps cut off in the stone lead to the tunnels. Paris was built of this kind of stone too.

In the XIII century the city began to develop quickly and new materials were needed for the building of houses, palaces and churches. This is why the quarries, which cut off a part of the city, appeared. Because of the population upsurge in Paris in the middle of the century the need in graves increased too. During very cold winters and epidemics, lack of places on cemeteries was especially problematic. In order to find an unoccupied place for burring new dead bodies, the remains of the deceased initially were put in special "skeleton houses". A terrible smell from there was spreading over the city until the day when Louis XVI ordered to bring all the remains to the undergrounds of Paris and to write on their door, leading to the tunnels, the inscription "Stop! It is a Kingdom of the Deceased".

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When in Paris in XVIII old cemeteries were liquidated, it was decided to bring all the remains from there to the catacombs which during the ancient times were dug in the district of Montparnass. During the XVIII-XIX centuries the remains from the closed cemeteries were brought to the underground. The galleries in the catacombs were intentionally appointed for a big amount of skeletons, some of which even made formations of skulls. A part of the underground cemetery was equipped for excursions and has become the most terrible museum in the world. The catacombs are opened for visitors from Tuesday till Sunday, from 9:30 till 17:00. A ticket for adults costs 5 euro.

The Most Terrible Museum In The World

There are also other unusual museums in the world that have funny, horrible or unusual expositions.

The Most Terrible Museum In The World Berlin: Die Museumsinsel ist eine wahre Schatzinsel und der größte Museumskomplex der Welt Tube. Duration : 4.83 Mins.

Berlin: Die Museumsinsel ist eine wahre Schatzinsel. The largest museum complex in the world! Museum Island. Die Museumsinsel in Berlin ist eine wahre Schatzinsel und der größte Museumskomplex der Welt. Sie liegt in der Spree in der Mitte der Stadt. Die Museumsinsel in Berlin ist der größte zusammenhängende Museumskomplex der Welt und vom Stellenwert vergleichbar mit dem Louvre in Paris und dem britischen Museum in London. In ihren Räumen verbergen sich unschätzbare Kunstwerte. Zu dem Komplex gehören das Bodemuseum, das Pergamon-Museum, das Neue Museum, das Alte Museum, die alte Nationalgalerie und der Berliner Dom. Wo früher der Palast der Republik stand ist ein weiteres Gebäude geplant -- das Humboldt-Forum -- ein Nachbau des Berliner Stadtschlosses, das unter anderem einen Großteil der bisher an anderen Standorten ausgelagerten Schätze aufnehmen soll. In direkter Nachbarschaft liegt das Deutsche Historisches Museum. Das Deutsche Historisches Museum, das im ehemaligen Zeughaus seinen Sitz hat, dient der "Aufklärung und Verständigung über die gemeinsame Geschichte von Deutschen und Europäern". Im Bode-Museum sind die Skulpturensammlung, die Sammlung für Byzantinische Kunst, das Münzkabinett und rund 150 Bilder der Gemäldegalerie ausgestellt. Das Pergamon-Museum beherbergt drei Sammlungen: die Antiksammlung, das Museum für Islamische Kunst und das Vorderasiatische Museum. Hauptanziehungspunkt ist der Pergamonaltar. Das Neue Museum wurde im zweiten Weltkrieg schwer ...

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Architecture & Design, pt.2 | IM Pei

Architecture & Design, pt.2 | IM Pei Video Clips. Duration : 1.82 Mins.

Learn design with Doug Patt at his live virtual webcam studio. howtoarchitect.com

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