The Northern Lighthouse Board is the general lighthouse authority for Scotland and the Isle of Man. It is a non-departmental public body responsible for marine navigation aids around coastal areas.
Althorp is a Grade I listed stately home and estate in the civil parish of Althorp, in Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England of about 13,000 acres . By road it is about 6 miles northwest of the county town of Northampton and about 75 miles northwest of central London, situated between the villages of Great Brington and Harlestone. It has been held by the prominent aristocratic Spencer family for more than 500 years, and has been owned by Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer since 1992. It was also the home of Lady Diana Spencer from her parents' divorce until her marriage to Charles, Prince of Wales. Althorp is mentioned as a small hamlet in the Domesday Book as "Olletorp", and by 1377 it had become a village with a population of more than fifty people. By 1505 there were no longer any tenants living there, and in 1508, John Spencer purchased Althorp estate with the funds generated from his family's sheep-rearing business. Althorp became one of the prominent stately homes in England. The castle dates to 1688, replacing an earlier house that was once visited by Charles I. The Spencer family amassed an extensive art collection and other valuable household items. During the 18th century, the house became a major cultural hub in England, and parties were regularly held, attracting many prominent members of Great Britain's ruling class. George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, who owned Althorp between 1783 and his death in 1834, developed one of the largest private libraries in Europe at the castle, which grew to over 100,000 books by the 1830s. After falling on hard times, John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, known as the Red Earl, in 1892 sold much of the collection to Enriqueta Rylands, who was building the University of Manchester Library. Many of Althorp's furnishings were sold off during the twentieth century, and between 1975 and 1992 alone approximately 20% of the contents were auctioned. The house at Althorp was a "classically beautiful" red brick Tudor building, but its appearance was radically altered, starting in 1788, when the architect Henry Holland was commissioned to make extensive changes. Mathematical tiles were added to the exterior, encasing the brick, and four Corinthian pilasters were added to the front. The grand hall entrance to the house, Wootton Hall, was cited by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as "the noblest Georgian room in the county". The Great Dining Room in the east wing extension of the house was added in 1877 to designs by John Macvicar Anderson, its walls hung with faded, red damask silk. Despite its name, it is actually used as a ballroom. Numerous fireplaces and furnishings were brought to Althorp from Spencer House in London during the Blitz for safekeeping and still remain. The Picture Gallery stretches for 115 feet on the first floor of the west wing, and is one of the best remaining examples of the original Tudor oak woodwork and ambiance in the mansion. It has an extensive collection of portraits, including Anthony van Dyck's War and Peace, a John de Critz portrait of James I, a Mary Beale portrait of Charles II, and many others. Some £2 million was spent on redecorating the castle in the 1980s, during which time most of the religious paintings of Althorp were sold off. In total, the grounds of Althorp estate contain 28 listed buildings and structures, including nine planting stones. The former falconry, now a Grade I listed building, was built in 1613. Gardener's House is listed as a Grade II* listed building in its own right, as are the Grade II listed West and East Lodges. The mustard-yellow Grade II listed Stable Block, designed by architect Roger Morris with a Palladian influence, was ordered by Charles, Fifth Earl of Sutherland in the early 1730s. The French landscape architect André Le Nôtre was commissioned to lay out the park and grounds in the 1660s, and further alterations were made during the late 18th century under Henry Holland. Following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997, she was interred on a small island in the middle of the ornamental Round Oval lake. A Doric-style temple with Diana's name inscribed on top, situated across from the lake, is a tourist attraction during July and August when the house and estate are open to the public, although the exhibition centre, situated in the old stable block, closed permanently in 2013.
Het Noordbrabants Museum is an art museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Nivaagaard is a historic property in Nivå in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is now home to an art gallery and the park is open to the public.
La Nieuwe Kerk es una iglesia del siglo XV en Ámsterdam, situada en la Plaza Dam, junto al Palacio Real.
Frombork es un pueblo en el norte de Polonia, sobre la laguna del Vístula, provincia de Varmia y Masuria. En el año 2005 tenía una población de 2.528 habitantes. Frombork fue parte del Reino de Polonia y Mancomunidad de Polonia-Lituania hasta 1772 cuando fue anexado por Prusia en la primera partición de Polonia. Desde 1871 parte de Alemania, la ciudad regresó a Polonia después de la derrota de Alemania nazi en Segunda Guerra Mundial en 1945. Tras la guerra, Frombork fue meticulosamente reconstruido y es otra vez un destino turístico popular. En la ciudad hay: Catedral de la Asunción de la Santísima Virgen María y St. Andrés - construido entre 1329-1388, la antigua residencia del astrónomo Nicolás Copérnico y la Torre Radziejowski , que alberga el péndulo de Foucault. En el año 2005 un equipo de arqueólogos halló la tumba de Copérnico, en la catedral.
Newport Hospital is a private, not-for-profit hospital located in Newport, Rhode Island. Together with The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital, Newport Hospital is a member of the Lifespan health system.
Universidad de Newcastle upon Tyne
La Universidad de Newcastle es una universidad del Reino Unido situada en la localidad de Newcastle upon Tyne al norte de Inglaterra. Fue fundada por acuerdo del Parlamento británico en 1963. Sus antecedentes se encuentran en el Colegio de Medicina establecido en la ciudad en 1834 , formalmente convertido en College de la Universidad de Durham en 1851. En 1871 se fundó el Colegio de Ciencias Físicas y el Armstrong College . El Armstrong College y el Colegio de Medicina se unieron para formar el King's College de Durham en 1937. El progresivo crecimiento del campus de Newcastle llevó a la creación definitiva como centro independiente en 1963. En el curso 2005 - 2006 contaba con más de 17.700 estudiantes. Su Facultad de Medicina es una de las más importantes del Reino Unido y fue la primera institución europea y segunda del mundo que obtuvo autorización para trabajar con células madre procedentes de embriones humanos.
The Newarke Houses Museum is a public museum in Leicester, England. It incorporates the museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, and has a range of exhibits illustrating post-medieval and contemporary Leicester. The museum is close to the 15th century Magazine Gateway and within the precincts of the medieval 'Newarke', the 'New Work' of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. The museum stands in the middle of the De Montfort University campus.
New England Regional Art Museum
New England Regional Art Museum The New England Regional Art Museum, known as NERAM, is a museum of Australian art located in Armidale in the New England region of New South Wales. NERAM's art collections are the second largest and most valuable regional public collection in NSW after the Newcastle Art Gallery. NERAM's collections are valued in excess of A$25 million. The NERAM complex includes six gallery spaces, a Museum of Printing, an artist's studio, conference facilities, shop and café.
El Museo de Nuevo Brunswick[1] situado en Saint John,[2] provincia de Nuevo Brunswick,[3] al este de Canadá[4] es más antiguo museo en continua existencia en el país . El Museo de Nuevo Brunswick fue incorporado oficialmente como el " Museo Provincial " en 1929 y recibió su nombre actual en 1930 , pero su historia se remonta mucho más allá. Su linaje se puede encontrar otros ochenta y ocho años atrás en 1842 y gracias al trabajo del Dr. Abraham Gesner. El 5 de abril de 1842 Abraham Gesner lo abrió como el Museo de Historia Natural, fue Renombrado Museo Instituto de la Mecánica en 1846. Cuando el Instituto de Mecánica se cerró en 1890, la Sociedad de Historia Natural de Nueva Brunswick adquirió la colección y el museo se trasladó , primero al entonces nuevo edificio del mercado y luego, en 1906, al 72 de Union Street. En 1934 una nueva instalación para el museo Provincial en la avenida Douglas fue inaugurado oficialmente por el primer ministro RB Bennett.
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision is the cultural archive and a museum located in Hilversum. The Institute for Sound and Vision collects, looks after, and provides access to over 70% of the Dutch audio-visual heritage. In total, the collection of more than 750,000 hours of television, radio, music and film that began in 1898 and continues to grow daily, makes Sound and Vision one of the largest audiovisual archives in Europe. It was founded in 1997 as the Netherlands Audiovisual Archive ), and adopted its current name in 2002. Sound and Vision is the business archive of the national broadcasting corporations, a cultural heritage institute and also a museum for its visitors. The digital television production workflow and massive digitization efforts break grounds for new services. Sound and Vision is an experienced partner in European funded research projects. Currently, these include: P2P-Fusion, MultiMatch, PrestoSpace, VIDI-Video, LiWA Living Web Archives , Communia, Video Active and the streaming mobile app Radio Garden, which gives listeners access to radio stations worldwide, perhaps their best known research project.
The National Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The museum had 419,060 visitors in 2012. It ranked as 11th most visited museum in the Netherlands in 2013. The museum had 300,000 visitors in 2015. In 2017 the museum received 350,000 visitors.
La isla de Brownsea está situada en el puerto de Poole, Dorset, Inglaterra. La isla pertenece al National Trust. La mayor parte de la isla es accesible al público. La isla tiene zonas de bosque y páramo y es hábitat de gran cantidad de aves y fauna autóctona. Actualmente, constituye una reserva natural. Desde las alturas de la isla hay vistas del puerto de Poole y la región denominada Isla de Purbeck . En cuanto a extensión, es la más grande de un archipiélago de ocho islas. Se mantiene preservada puesto que fue el emplazamiento donde tuvo lugar el primer campamento Scout en 1907, dirigido por Robert Baden-Powell con veinte muchachos de entre 10 y 16 años, lo cual daría pie al Escultismo. Para llegar a la isla hay que usar el ferry público o navío particular; en 2002 el número de visitantes a la isla fue de 105,938.
East Riddlesden Hall is a 17th-century manor house in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England, now owned by the National Trust. The hall was built in 1642 by a wealthy Halifax clothier, James Murgatroyd. The hall is a Grade I listed building. There is a medieval tithebarn in the grounds. East Riddlesden Hall perches on a small plateau overlooking a bend in the River Aire on its way downstream from the town of Keighley. Interesting features include well-restored living accommodation on two floors, two Yorkshire Rose windows, walled garden, the ruined Starkie wing and several ghosts . A hiding place for Catholic priests was installed during the 16th century.The property was extended and re-built by James Murgatroyd and his wife Hannah, using local Yorkshire stone, in 1648. He also built other stone manor houses throughout the West Riding of Yorkshire. In the great hall, a small fireplace can be seen above the main fireplace, where the floor for the first floor accommodation was not built. James Murgatroyd was a Royalist and this can be seen in royalist symbols and graffiti on and in the building. For example, the Bothy has the heads of Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France carved in the topmost stone work. According to a NODA National News feature in 2007, the Murgatroyd family are reputed to be the inspiration for the Murgatroyd Baronets in the comic opera Ruddigore by Gilbert and Sullivan, and the opera has been performed at the Hall. W. S. Gilbert is supposed to have often stayed at the Hall. The feature comments that the Murgatroyds became notorious "for their profanity and debauchery". A legend arose that the River Aire changed its course in shame, in order to flow further away from the hall and its occupants . The feature continues "Members of the family were fined, imprisoned and excommunicated". It asserts that the character of Sir Despard Murgatroyd in Ruddigore is based on James Murgatroyd.
Dyrham Park is a baroque country house in an ancient deer park near the village of Dyrham in South Gloucestershire, England. The house, attached orangery, stable block and accompanying parish church are Grade I listed buildings, while the park is Grade II* listed on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The current house was built for William Blathwayt in stages during the 17th and early 18th centuries on the site of a previous manor house, with the final facade being designed by William Talman. It contains art works and furniture from around the world, particularly Holland, and includes a collection of Dutch Masters. The house is linked to the 13th-century church of St Peter, where many of the Blathwayt family are buried. The house is surrounded by 274 acres of formal gardens, and parkland which supports a herd of fallow deer. The grounds, which were originally laid out by George London and later developed by Charles Harcourt Masters, include water features and statuary. The house and estate are now owned by the National Trust and underwent extensive renovation in 2014 and 2015. They are open to the public on some days and host events and attractions, including open-air concerts. They have also been used as a location for film and television productions.
National Museums Liverpool, formerly National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, comprises several museums and art galleries in and around Liverpool, England. All the museums and galleries in the group have free admission. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and an exempt charity under English law.In the 1980s, local politics in Liverpool was under the control of the Militant group of the Labour Party. In 1986, Liverpool's Militant councillors discussed closing down the city's museums and selling off their contents, in particular their art collections. To prevent this from happening the Conservative government nationalised all of Liverpool's museums under the Merseyside Museums and Galleries Order 1986 which created a new national trustee body National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside. It changed its name to National Museums Liverpool in 2003. It holds in trust multi-disciplinary collections of worldwide origin made up of more than one million objects and works of art. The organisation holds courses, lectures, activities and events and provides educational workshops and activities for school children, young people and adults. Its venues are open to the public seven days a week 361 days a year and all exhibitions are free. National Museums Liverpool has charitable status and is England’s only national museums group based entirely outside London. It currently comprises eight different venues, one of which is outside Liverpool itself — the Lady Lever Art Gallery, located in Port Sunlight.
