The Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes) is a municipal museum of fine arts in the French city of Rennes, the capital of Brittany. Its collections range from ancient Egypt antiquities to the Modern art period and make the museum one of the most important in France outside Paris, notably for its paintings and drawings holdings.
Moorfields Eye Hospital is a specialist NHS eye hospital in St Luke's in London, England run by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Together with the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, which is adjacent to the hospital, it is the oldest and largest centre for ophthalmic treatment, teaching and research in Europe.
Medway Maritime Hospital is a general hospital in Gillingham, England within the NHS South East Coast. It is run by Medway NHS Foundation Trust. It is Kent's largest and busiest hospital, dealing with around 400,000 patients annually. It was founded as the Royal Naval Hospital in 1902 for the Naval personnel at the Chatham Dockyard. The hospital was where the Piano Man was taken after being found wandering in a soaking wet suit and tie.
Maggie's centres are a network of drop-in centres across the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, which aim to help anyone who has been affected by cancer. They are not intended as a replacement for conventional cancer therapy, but as a caring environment that can provide support, information and practical advice. They are located near, but are detached from, existing NHS hospitals. The Scottish registered charity which promotes, builds and runs the centres is formally named the Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Trust, but refers to itself simply as Maggie's. It was founded by and named after the late Maggie Keswick Jencks, who died of cancer in 1995. Like her husband, architectural writer and critic Charles Jencks, she believed in the ability of buildings to uplift people. The buildings that house the centres have been designed by leading architects, including Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Richard Rogers.Patrons of the charity include Frank Gehry, Jon Snow, Kirsty Wark, and Sarah Brown, wife of former British prime minister Gordon Brown. The charity's chief executive officer is Laura Lee, who was Maggie's cancer nurse. The President of the charity is Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Maggie's centres are a network of drop-in centres across the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, which aim to help anyone who has been affected by cancer. They are not intended as a replacement for conventional cancer therapy, but as a caring environment that can provide support, information and practical advice. They are located near, but are detached from, existing NHS hospitals. The Scottish registered charity which promotes, builds and runs the centres is formally named the Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Trust, but refers to itself simply as Maggie's. It was founded by and named after the late Maggie Keswick Jencks, who died of cancer in 1995. Like her husband, architectural writer and critic Charles Jencks, she believed in the ability of buildings to uplift people. The buildings that house the centres have been designed by leading architects, including Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Richard Rogers.Patrons of the charity include Frank Gehry, Jon Snow, Kirsty Wark, and Sarah Brown, wife of former British prime minister Gordon Brown. The charity's chief executive officer is Laura Lee, who was Maggie's cancer nurse. The President of the charity is Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Maggie's centres are a network of drop-in centres across the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, which aim to help anyone who has been affected by cancer. They are not intended as a replacement for conventional cancer therapy, but as a caring environment that can provide support, information and practical advice. They are located near, but are detached from, existing NHS hospitals. The Scottish registered charity which promotes, builds and runs the centres is formally named the Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Trust, but refers to itself simply as Maggie's. It was founded by and named after the late Maggie Keswick Jencks, who died of cancer in 1995. Like her husband, architectural writer and critic Charles Jencks, she believed in the ability of buildings to uplift people. The buildings that house the centres have been designed by leading architects, including Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Richard Rogers.Patrons of the charity include Frank Gehry, Jon Snow, Kirsty Wark, and Sarah Brown, wife of former British prime minister Gordon Brown. The charity's chief executive officer is Laura Lee, who was Maggie's cancer nurse. The President of the charity is Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Maggie's centres are a network of drop-in centres across the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, which aim to help anyone who has been affected by cancer. They are not intended as a replacement for conventional cancer therapy, but as a caring environment that can provide support, information and practical advice. They are located near, but are detached from, existing NHS hospitals. The Scottish registered charity which promotes, builds and runs the centres is formally named the Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Trust, but refers to itself simply as Maggie's. It was founded by and named after the late Maggie Keswick Jencks, who died of cancer in 1995. Like her husband, architectural writer and critic Charles Jencks, she believed in the ability of buildings to uplift people. The buildings that house the centres have been designed by leading architects, including Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Richard Rogers.Patrons of the charity include Frank Gehry, Jon Snow, Kirsty Wark, and Sarah Brown, wife of former British prime minister Gordon Brown. The charity's chief executive officer is Laura Lee, who was Maggie's cancer nurse. The President of the charity is Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
O London Transport Museum, ou LT Museum, está localizado em Covent Garden, distrito de Londres, capital da Inglaterra e procura conservar e explicar a histórica herança patrimonial do transporte londrino, desde o século XIX até o presente, incluindo ônibus, trens e táxis. São mais de 450.000 itens relacionados aos últimos 200 anos de história. Desde 1980, a maioria das exposições do museu tinham como origem e foco a coleção da empresa London Regional Transport , que cuidava do transporte da Grande Londres até 2000. Porém, na virada do século, desde a criação da organização governamental Transport for London , a experiência do museu foi ampliada para contemplar todos os aspectos e vertentes do transporte na capital inglesa. O museu funciona em dois locais dentro de Londres. O principal, em Covent Garden, utiliza o nome da sua instituição-mãe, por vezes chamado de Covent Garden, e é aberto todos os dias ao público. Em 2005, passou por uma restauração e modernização que durou dois anos. O outro ambiente, situado em Acton, no oeste de Londres, é conhecido como London Transport Museum Depot, e funciona como um estoque, uma espécie de local de armazenamento aberto para visitas regulares durante todos os dias do ano. O museu foi brevemente renomeado como London's Transport Museum, a fim de enfatizar a cobertura de temas para além do período entre 1984 e 2000, cujo transporte londrino foi gerido apenas pela London Regional Transport. Porém, em 2007, o museu voltou a ser chamado pelo nome anterior, para coincidir com a reabertura do ambiente de exposição em Covent Garden.O London Transport Museum é uma instituição de caridade protegida e registada pela Lei, abrigada pelo Direito da Inglaterra.
San Giorgio Farina Sal é uma das ilhas de Veneza, que fica a leste da ilha Giudecca e a sul do principal grupo de ilhas. Está rodeada pelo Canale della Grazia, Canale della Giudecca, Canale di San Marco e pela Laguna de Veneza meridional. Faz parte do sestiere de San Marco. A ilha foi provavelmente ocupada no período romano; depois da fundação de Veneza foi chamada Insula Memmia pela família Memmo que era sua proprietária. No ano 829 tinha uma igreja consagrada a São Jorge, daí que fosse chamada San Giorgio Farina Sal para a distinguir de San Giorgio in Alga. O mosteiro beneditino de San Giorgio foi fundado em 982, quando o Doge Tribuno Memmo doou toda a ilha a um monge, Giovanni Morosini. Os monges secaram os pântanos da ilha próximos da igreja para conseguir terreno sobre o qual edificar. San Giorgio é actualmente conhecida sobretudo pela sua Basílica de San Giorgio Farina Sal, desenhada por Andrea Palladio e começada em 1566. Na ilha realizou-se o último conclave fora de Roma, o conclave de 1799-1800. No início do século XIX, depois da queda da República, o mosteiro foi quase suprimido e a ilha converteu-se num porto livre com uma nova baía construída em 1812. Converteu-se na sede da artilharia de Veneza. Actualmente tem o quartel geral de um centro de arte da Fundação Cini, conhecida pela sua biblioteca e também a sede do teatro ao ar livre chamado Teatro Verde. Na série de anime Negima!, o desenho da Ilha Biblioteca é baseado em San Giorgio Farina Sal, e a ilha é praticamente idêntica à real.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens é uma instituição cultural localizada em San Marino, no estado da Califórnia, nos Estados Unidos.
Hatchlands Park is a red-brick country house with surrounding gardens in East Clandon, Surrey, England, covering 170 hectares . It is located near Guildford along the A246 between East Clandon and West Horsley. Hatchlands Park has been a Grade I listed property since 1967. The gardens were Grade II listed in 2007.
O Getty Center é um complexo cultural localizado em Brentwood, um bairro da cidade de Los Angeles nos Estados Unidos. No complexo encontram-se uma série de órgãos ligados ao bilionário Jean Paul Getty: o empreendimento cultural J. Paul Getty Trusts, o museu J. Paul Getty Museum e outras instituições associadas, como o instituto de pesquisas Getty Research Institute, o instituto de conservação Getty Conservation Institute e o instituto de lideranças Getty Leadership Institute, o qual está empenhado em educar museólogos e museólogas principiantes bem como propiciar o aperfeiçoamento a profissionais já experientes nesta área. O complexo arquitetônico foi concebido pelo arquiteto estado-unidense Richard Meier. Já em meados da década de 1980 o arquiteto estava envolvido no projeto, embora as obras só tenham sido iniciadas em 1991 e se estenderam até 1997. O projeto paisagístico das imediações foi concebido e realizado pela empresa Olin Partnership. O bilionário Jean Paul Getty reuniu cerca de cinquenta mil obras de arte em seu museu J. Paul Getty Museum, sendo que o seu acesso, logo de início, foi oferecido gratuitamente ao grande público. As coleções concentram peças de arte do período clássico ocidental, como esculturas, pinturas, desenhos, manuscritos e fotografias.
The David Owsley Museum of Art is a university art museum located in the Fine Arts building on the campus of Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, the United States of America. The museum's name was changed on October 6, 2011 from the Ball State Museum of Art to the David Owsley Museum of Art in honor of David T. Owsley, grandson of Frank C. Ball , to recognize his donation of over 2,300 works of art and planned gift of $5 million. Since departments within the Fine Arts Building relocated to other areas on Ball State's campus, the museum has expanded its galleries, beginning in early-mid-2012 and ending in 2013.The museum is home to approximately 11,000 works of art . It is one of only four Indiana art museums with an encyclopedic, world art collection.
Cyfarthfa Castle is a castellated mansion that was the home of the Crawshay family, ironmasters of Cyfarthfa Ironworks in Park, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The house commanded a view of the valley and the works, which ‘at night, offer a truly magnificent scene, resembling the fabled Pandemonium, but on which the eye may gaze with pleasure’. Cyfarthfa loosely translates from the Welsh for place of barking. The reason is hunting dogs were regularly heard in this area of the town, hunting polecats and weasels among others. Despite appearing to be a fortified building, it is a house built in the style of a large mansion with a large kitchen, bake house and dairy, billiard room, library, and a range of reception rooms. In addition, there is a brew house, icehouse and extensive storage cellars that used to contain over 15,000 individual bottles of wines and spirits such as Sherry, Champagne, Whiskey, Brandy, Madeira Wine, and over 7,500 bottles of port. Adjoining the building were also stable blocks and coach houses. The castle stands in 158-acre of parkland, now called Cyfarthfa Park and maintained by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.
