Derby DAR-bee) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, of which it was traditionally the county town. Derby gained city status in 1977, and by the 2011 census its population was 248,700.
Derby was settled by Romans – who established the town of Derventio – Saxons and Vikings, who made Derby one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. Initially a market town, Derby grew rapidly in the industrial era. Home to Lombe's Mill, an early British factory, Derby has a claim to be one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. It contains the southern part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. With the arrival of the railways in the 19th century, Derby became a centre of the British rail industry.
Derby is a centre for advanced transport manufacturing, being home to the world's second largest aero-engine manufacturer: Rolls-Royce. Bombardier Transportation are based at the Derby Litchurch Lane Works and were for many years the UK's only train manufacturers. Toyota Manufacturing UK's automobile headquarters is southwest of the city at Burnaston. To the east lies Nottingham, separated by the M1 motorway.
La collection Hirschsprung est la collection personnelle d'œuvres d'art de l'industriel danois Heinrich Hirschsprung. Propriétaire au XIXe siècle de la fabrique de tabac, A.M. Hirschsprung & Sønner, située à Copenhague, Hirschsprung lègue en 1902 sa collection privée au gouvernement du Danemark. Celle-ci comprend de nombreux tableaux de l'art danois du XIXe siècle, notamment des peintures de l'âge d'or danois mais également des peintres de Skagen.
Charlecote Park is a grand 16th-century country house, surrounded by its own deer park, on the banks of the River Avon in Charlecote near Wellesbourne, about 4 miles east of Stratford-upon-Avon and 5.5 miles south of Warwick, Warwickshire, England. It has been administered by the National Trust since 1946 and is open to the public. It is a Grade I listed building.
Le château des Sforza , situé dans le centre-ville de Milan en Italie, est une forteresse construite au XVe siècle par Francesco Sforza, duc de Milan, sur les ruines d'une citadelle édifiée au même endroit par Galéas II Visconti. Il est aujourd'hui transformé en musée.
Wycombe Museum is a free local museum located in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is run by Wycombe Heritage and Arts Trust, as of 1 December 2016. It was previously run by Wycombe District Council.
The museum is located in Castle Hill House on Priory Avenue. It is situated in an 18th-century house on a medieval site, and surrounding the museum are Victorian gardens. The museum presents exhibitions the history of the local area, including the furniture industry, especially chair-making. There are also displays of Windsor chairs, lace, art and natural history.
The Pier Arts Centre is an art gallery and museum in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland. It was established in 1979 to provide a home for an important collection of fine art donated to "be held in trust for Orkney" by the author, peace activist and philanthropist Margaret Gardiner . Alongside the permanent collection the Centre curates a year-round programme of changing exhibitions and events for the education and enjoyment of the general public. Admission is free.
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Withington, Manchester, manages the Christie Hospital, one of the largest cancer treatment centres of its type in Europe. The Christie became a NHS Foundation Trust in 2007 and is also an international leader in cancer research and development, home to the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research.
Le musée de Capodimonte est l'un des musées les plus importants de Naples. Il se situe au 1, via Miano, à l'intérieur du parc homonyme, dans un édifice nommé Reggia di Capodimonte, édifié pour Charles de Bourbon, roi de Naples par l'architecte romain Antonio Canevari .
Il abrite des galeries d'art ancien, une d'art contemporain et un appartement historique. C'est d'abord une pinacothèque qui conserve et expose des œuvres, entre autres, de Giovanni Bellini, Sandro Botticelli, Le Caravage, Parmiggiano, Luca Giordano, Annibale Carracci, Artemisia Gentileschi, Francisco Goya, Simone Martini, Masaccio, Titien, Le Greco…
On y trouve également une grande collection de céramiques et de majoliques, et, à l'extérieur, un jardin botanique et le pavillon de chasse originel. Il compte une centaine de salles et est l'un des plus grands musées d'Italie.
Le Spedale degli Innocenti est un monument de la ville de Florence. Un des premiers orphelinats d'Europe, il possède une longue loggia qui donne sur le côté est de la piazza della Santissima Annunziata.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec est un peintre, dessinateur, lithographe, affichiste et illustrateur français, né le 24 novembre 1864 à Albi et mort le 9 septembre 1901, au château Malromé, à Saint-André-du-Bois.
Les Hospices de Beaune ou Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune est un Hôtel-Dieu / Hospices de style gothique flamboyant avec toiture en tuile vernissée de Bourgogne, fondé au XVe siècle par le chancelier des ducs de Bourgogne Nicolas Rolin et son épouse Guigone de Salins, à Beaune en Bourgogne. Il est un des plus célèbres du monde, tant par sa fastueuse et remarquable architecture traditionnelle bourguignonne que par son prestigieux domaine viticole bourguignon dont la production est historiquement vendue aux enchères pour financer son fonctionnement, sous le nom de vente des hospices de Beaune. Actif jusque dans les années 1960, classé aux monuments historiques depuis 1862, il est à ce jour un musée d'histoire de la médecine et expose entre autres le polyptyque Le Jugement dernier de Rogier van der Weyden.
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College features works by American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Randolph College has been collecting American art since 1907 and the Maier Museum of Art now houses its collection of several thousand American paintings, prints, drawings, and photographs from the 19th and 21st centuries.
The Maier hosts an active schedule of special exhibitions and education programs throughout the year. Through its programs, internships, museum studies practicums, and class visits, the Maier Museum of Art provides valuable learning opportunities for Randolph students and the community at large.
Le musée des Beaux-Arts de Berne, appelé en allemand Kunstmuseum Bern fut fondé en 1879.
La collection recouvre une période de huit siècles, du Moyen Âge à l'art contemporain. Le musée abrite des œuvres de Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Ferdinand Hodler, Meret Oppenheim, Louise Catherine Breslau ou de Ricco Wassmer. La collection comporte plus de 3 000 tableaux et sculptures ainsi qu'environ 48 000 dessins, gravures, photographies, vidéos et films.
The Quadrangle is the common name for a cluster of museums and cultural institutions in Metro Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, on Chestnut Street between State and Edwards Streets.
The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden, in the center of the Quadrangle, is surrounded by a park, a library, five museums, and a cathedral. A second cathedral is just on the Quadrangle's periphery.
Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura, located in Dumfries in Dumfries & Galloway, is the largest museum in the region. The museum has extensive collections relating to local and history from the pre-historic era. The museum also has the world's oldest working Camera Obscura. Admission is free, however a small fee applies for the Camera Obscura.
The Delaware Art Museum is an art museum located on the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware, which holds a collection of more than 12,000 objects. The museum was founded in 1912 as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts in honor of the artist Howard Pyle. The collection focuses on American art and illustration from the 19th to the 21st century, and on the English Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood movement of the mid-19th century.
The museum building was expanded and renovated in 2005 and includes a 9-acre Sculpture Park, the Helen Farr Sloan Library and Archives, studio art classes, a children's learning area, as well as a cafe and museum store.
L’Institut Courtauld est une organisation affiliée à l'Université de Londres et spécialisée dans l'étude de l'histoire de l'art. Il compte parmi les institutions les plus prestigieuses au monde dans cette discipline et est reconnu pour le nombre très élevé de directeurs de grands musées issus de son petit corps d'anciens élèves.
