The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The permanent collection has over 15,000 objects. Admission is free and open to the general public.The Smart Museum and the adjacent Cochrane-Woods Art Center were designed by the architect Edward Larrabee Barnes.
Il giardino del Castello di Sissinghurst nel Kent , nei pressi delle cittadine di Cranbrook, Goudhurst e Tenterden, è gestito e curato dal National Trust.
The Sioux City Art Center began as a Works Progress Administration project in 1937 when the Art Center Association of Sioux City, the Sioux City Junior League, as well as other community supporters, received a grant of $3,000 to create the first art center. After the Federal Assistance Program ended in 1940, the Sioux City City Council voted to fund the Art Center and established the Board of Trustees, the City's fiscal governing board for the Art Center in 1941. It is located in Sioux City, Iowa.
La cattedrale di San Salvatore è la chiesa principale della città di Bruges in Belgio. Divenne la cattedrale della diocesi di Bruges, dedicata a Cristo Salvatore e a san Donaziano di Reims, solo nel XIX secolo, in seguito all'abbattimento dell'antica cattedrale cittadina che sorgeva di fronte al municipio.
Nel 1921 è stata elevata a basilica minore.
The National Museum of Singapore is the oldest museum in Singapore. Its history dates back to 1849, when it was started as a section of a library at Singapore Institution and called the Raffles Library and Museum. After several relocations, in 1887 it moved to its permanent site at Stamford Road in the Museum Planning Area.
The museum focuses on exhibits related to the history of Singapore. It is one of four national museums in the country, the other three being the two Asian Civilisations Museums at Empress Place Building and Old Tao Nan School, and the Singapore Art Museum. It was named the National Museum of Singapore in 1965; between 1993 and March 2006, it was known as the Singapore History Museum.
The National Museum of Singapore underwent a three-and-a-half-year restoration and reopened on 2 December 2006, with the official reopening by former President of Singapore S. R. Nathan and the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts taking place on 7 December 2006. The Singapore History Gallery opened on 8 December of the same year.
Il Museo d'Arte Sinebrychoff, che i Finlandesi chiamano colloquialmente "Siffi", è un museo d'arti visive che espone vecchie collezioni di artisti finlandesi e di tutta Europa che fa parte della Galleria Nazionale Finlandese. Si trova ad Helsinki, capitale della Finlandia. Nel 2015, il direttore è Kirsi Eskelinen.
See also: New Shute House
Old Shute House , located at Shute, near Colyton, Axminster, Devon, is the remnant of a mediaeval manor house with Tudor additions, today in the ownership of the National Trust. It was given a Grade I listing on 14 December 1955. It is one of the most important non-fortified manor houses of the Middle Ages still in existence. It was built about 1380 as a hall house and was greatly expanded in the late 16th century and partly demolished in 1785. The original 14th-century house survives, although much altered. This article is based on the work of Bridie , which has however been superseded as the standard work of reference on the architectural history of the building by the unpublished Exeter Archaeology Report of 2008 produced for the National Trust. This report draws on new evidence gained from the recently discovered survey of 1559 made by Sir William Petre, which lists each main room of the then existing house together with its contents. From this evidence a conjectural ground plan of the house pre-1785 was recently produced by Roger Waterhouse.
Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of 7,777.42 km² . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northeast, Nagano Prefecture to the north, and Aichi Prefecture to the west.
Shizuoka is the capital and Hamamatsu is the largest city in Shizuoka Prefecture, with other major cities including Fuji, Numazu, and Iwata. Shizuoka Prefecture is located on Japan's Pacific Ocean coast and features Suruga Bay formed by the Izu Peninsula, and Lake Hamana which is considered to be one of Japan's largest lakes. Mount Fuji, the tallest volcano in Japan and cultural icon of the country, is partially located in Shizuoka Prefecture on the border with Yamanashi Prefecture. Shizuoka Prefecture has a significant motoring heritage as the founding location of Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha, and is home to the Fuji International Speedway.
The Shimane Art Museum opened in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan in 1999. Designed by Kiyonori Kikutake and with a total floor area of 12,500 square metres, it houses a collection of Japanese and Western art, including Momoyama folding screens and paintings by Corot, Sisley, Monet, and Gauguin.
Shetland Library is a Scottish public library service, with its main branch based in Lerwick and membership open to both residents of and visitors to the islands. The library has a range of digital, online and physical material and collections that support the literary traditions of the northern isles.Aside from the main branch, the service also provides seven school libraries, two of which are community libraries open to the public, and a mobile library. The Shetland Library service is provided by the Shetland Islands Council .
Sheffield Archives collects, preserves and lists records relating to Sheffield and South Yorkshire and makes them available for reference and research.
Sheffield Archives is a joint service with Sheffield Local Studies Library. They are part of the Sheffield Libraries Archives and Information Service delivered by Sheffield City Council
Shandy Hall is a writer's house museum in the former home of the Rev. Laurence Sterne in Coxwold, North Yorkshire, England. Sterne lived there from 1760 to 1768 as perpetual curate of Coxwold. He is remembered for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.
Il Senato del Belgio è una delle due camere del Parlamento Federale bicamerale del Belgio. È considerata la camera alta del Parlamento, mentre la camera bassa è la Camera dei Rappresentanti. Istituito nel 1831 come Camera con pari poteri della Camera dei Rappresentanti, ha subìto diverse riforme tra le quali le più significative nel 1993 e nel 2014.
Le elezioni del 2014 sono state le prime in cui i senatori non sono stati eletti direttamente dai cittadini. Con l'approvazione della riforma costituzionale del 2014, il Senato belga è completamente composto dai membri dei parlamenti regionali e dai cooptati da alcuni di questi membri. La stessa riforma inoltre ha abbassato il numero di senatori da 71 a 60, prevede che il Senato non possa essere composto da più di due terzi di senatori appartenenti allo stesso genere, ed ha abolito il diritto per i figli del re di diventare senatori al compimento del diciottesimo anno di età.
Seaton Delaval Hall is a Grade I listed country house in Northumberland, England. It is near the coast just north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Located between Seaton Sluice and Seaton Delaval, it was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1718 for Admiral George Delaval; it is now owned by the National Trust.Seaton Delaval Hall in its entirety was closed to visitors in 2018 on account of building work. It re-opened on Saturday 16 February 2019, from Thursdays to Sundays only. However, the west wing has been emptied of its furniture and paintings, and remains closed to visitors as it is being completely re-roofed.In 2020 the Hall closed again to visitors on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. The gardens re-opened in late July to visitors who have pre-booked their tickets.Since completion of the house in 1728, it has had an unfortunate history. Neither architect nor patron lived to see its completion; it then passed through a succession of heirs, being lived in only intermittently. Most damaging of all, in 1822 the central block was gutted by fire, and has remained an empty shell ever since.
The 18th-century gardens of the hall are Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
Scripps College is a private liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California. Founded in 1926, it had an enrollment of 1,109 students as of 2019. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges and is known for its extensive interdisciplinary core curriculum and historic campus.
Scripps is an undergraduate institution with an emphasis in the humanities and in interdisciplinary education. It is widely regarded as the most prestigious women's college in the Western United States, and is consistently ranked the top such college by U.S. News and the other major rankings. The college is a top producer of Fulbright students.
Il Palazzo di Schönbrunn , famosa reggia imperiale di Vienna, è stata la sede della casa imperiale d'Asburgo dal 1730 al 1918. Una volta si trovava in campagna, ma ormai è stato inglobato dalla città. È ubicato a Hietzing, nella periferia ovest di Vienna.
Il nome di Schönbrunn gli venne dato dall'imperatore Mattia che, durante una battuta di caccia in quest'area, vi scoprì una fonte di acqua limpidissima che chiamò schön Brunn, ossia "bella fonte", da cui il nome, ed è attorno a questa fonte, secondo la tradizione, che si sarebbe costituito poi il castello intero. Oltre alla bellezza dei luoghi, il complesso del palazzo è noto per ospitare il Tiergarten Schönbrunn, uno degli zoo più antichi al mondo.
Esso fu preso a modello dall'architetto veneziano Matteo Alberti per la progettazione del palazzo di caccia di Bensberg, eretto nel 1711 per il principe elettore del Palatinato, Giovanni Guglielmo, detto Jan Wellem. Dal 1992 il castello è amministrato dall'azienda Schloss Schönbrunn Kultur- und BetriebsgesmbH. Dal 1996 il palazzo e il giardino sono stati dichiarati patrimonio dell'umanità dall'UNESCO.
