Nuffield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is a graduate college and specialises in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. Nuffield is one of Oxford's newer colleges, having been founded in 1937, as well as one of the smallest, with around 75 postgraduate students and 60 academic fellows. It was also the first Oxford college to accept both men and women, having been coeducational since its foundation.Its architecture is designed to conform to the traditional college layout and its modernist spire is a landmark for those approaching Oxford from the west.
As of 2018, the college had an estimated financial endowment of £233.6m. Due to its small intake, it was the wealthiest educational institution per student in the world as of 2013. Since 2017, Nuffield has committed to underwriting funding for all new students accepted to the college.
Musgrove Park Hospital is a large NHS hospital located in Taunton, Somerset, England, run by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. Originally a US Army General Hospital during the Second World War, it became an NHS hospital in 1951.
El Museo de la Ciudad de Nueva York es un museo de historia y arte ubicado en Manhattan, Nueva York, el cual fue fundado por Henry Collins Brown,[1][2] en 1923 para preservar y presentar la historia de la ciudad de Nueva York y su gente. Está ubicado en el número 1220-1227 de la Quinta Avenida, entre las calles East 103rd y 104th, frente a Central Park en el Upper East Side de Manhattan, en el extremo norte de la sección Milla de los Museos de la Quinta Avenida.
El museo es una construcción de ladrillo rojo con molduras de mármol, la cual fue construida entre 1929 y 1930 y el diseño le corresponde a Joseph H. Freedlander. El edificio es de estilo neogeorgiano, con estatuas de Alexander Hamilton y DeWitt Clinton del escultor Adolph Alexander Weinman mirando hacia Central Park.
El museo es una organización privada sin fines de lucro que recibe apoyo del gobierno como miembro del Grupo de Instituciones Culturales de la ciudad de Nueva York, comúnmente conocido como "CIG".[3] Sus otras fuentes de ingresos son ayudas, boletas de entrada y contribuciones.
El museo acoge la exposición permanente «Nueva York en su núcleo», la primera presentación del museo que jamás se haya hecho de la historia completa de la ciudad de Nueva York.
The Museum of English Rural Life, also known as the MERL, is a museum, library and archive dedicated to recording the changing face of farming and the countryside in England. It houses designated collections of national importance that span the full range of objects, archives, photographs, film and books. It is also the location of the University of Reading's special collections archive, housing hundreds of collections of rare books, manuscripts, typescripts and other objects of importance.
The museum is run by the University of Reading, and is situated in Redlands Road to the rear of the institution's London Road Campus near to the centre of Reading in southern England. The location was formerly known as East Thorpe House and then St. Andrews Hall. It is an accredited museum and accredited archive as recognised by Arts Council England and the National Archives.
The Civic Museum of Palazzo Mosca is the main civic museum of Pesaro, displaying art and decorative works, located in Piazza Mosca in this town of the region of the Marche, Italy.
El Petit Palais es un antiguo palacio actualmente convertido en museo que se encuentra en la ciudad de Aviñón . Alberga una rica colección de arte de la Edad Media y del Renacimiento temprano, con unos 390 cuadros y 600 esculturas.
Forma parte del Patrimonio de la Humanidad desde el año 1995, junto con el palacio de los papas, la catedral y puente sobre el Ródano, además del antiguo recinto amurallado.
Está situado en el lado occidental de la plaza del palacio de los papas.
El Museo de Bellas Artes de Arrás, creado en 1795 a partir de las incautaciones revolucionarias, se encuentra desde 1825 en la antigua Abadía de San Vedasto en Arrás, en el Paso de Calais en la región de Alta Francia .
The Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame is the city of Strasbourg's museum for Upper Rhenish fine arts and decorative arts, dating from the early Middle Ages until 1681. The museum is famous for its collection of original sculptures, glass windows, architectural fragments, as well as the building plans of Strasbourg Cathedral. It has a considerable collection of works by Peter Hemmel von Andlau, Niclas Gerhaert van Leyden, Nikolaus Hagenauer, Ivo Strigel, Konrad Witz, Hans Baldung and Sebastian Stoskopff.
The Musée Courbet or Courbet Museum is a museum dedicated to the French painter Gustave Courbet. It is located in Ornans in the Doubs-Franche-Comté area of France.
The Mint Museum is a cultural institution in Charlotte, North Carolina, that comprises Mint Museum Randolph and Mint Museum Uptown. Together these two locations have hundreds of collections showcasing art and design from around the globe.
In 2018, The Mint Museum announced Todd A. Herman, PhD, former Executive Director at The Arkansas Arts Center, as the new president and CEO. Bruce LaRowe, former Executive Director of Children's Theatre of Charlotte, was the Interim CEO on June 21, 2017. He assumed the role after the end of Dr. Kathleen V. Jameson's presidency in 2017.
The Mercer Museum is a museum located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States. The Bucks County Historical Society operates the Mercer Museum, as well as the Research Library, and Fonthill Castle, former home of the museum's founder, archeologist Henry Chapman Mercer. The museum was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and was later included in a National Historic Landmark District along with the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works and Fonthill. These three structures are the only poured-in-place concrete structures built by Mercer.
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is located in New London, Connecticut and was founded in 1926 by Lyman Allyn's daughter Harriet Upson Allyn. Its collection includes European and non-Western art as well as American fine and decorative art, 17th-century European works on paper, 19th-century American paintings, and contemporary art. The museum also conducts educational programs.The Deshon-Allyn House on the museum's campus is a Federal style house built in 1829 by Daniel Deshon, sold to Lyman Allyn, and occupied by various members of his family. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
