Phewsh did we go to museums while we were in Europe. I keep telling people that we went to a lot, and I have wanted to create a chronological list, so here it is, for posterity.
1. Horta Museum (architecture), Brussels, 12 July 2011
2. Automium (history, world expo), Brussels, 13 July 2011
3. Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate (chocolate), Brussels, 19 July 2011
4. Museum of the National Bank of Belgium (history, currency), Brussels, 19 July 2011
5. Pompidou modern art museum (art), Paris, 22 July 2011
6. Musee Carnavalet (history), Paris, 22 July 2011
7. Louvre (art), Paris, 23 July 2011
8. Autoworld (cars), Brussels, 26 July 2011
9. European Parliment (government), Brussels, 28 July 2011
10. windmill museum (history), Brugge, 30 July 2011
11. Cinquantenaire Museum (art), Brussels, 3 August 2011
12. Magritte Museum (art), Brussels, 3 August 2011
13. Belgian Museum of Ancient Art (art), Brussels, 3 August 2011
14. African Art Museum (art), Brussels, 4 August 2011
15. Royal Palace (art), Brussels, 5 August 2011
16. Belgian Comic Strip Center (comics/art), Brussels, 5 August 2011
17. City Museum of Brussels (art, history), Brussels, 6 August 2011
18. Beer Museum in Schaerbeek (beer), Brussels, 6 August 2011
19. Tram Museum (transportation), Brussels, 6 August 2011
20. Curtius Museum of Liege (art, history), Liege, 7 August 2011
21. Museum of Wallonian Life (folklife), Liege, 7 August 2011
22. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (art), Liege, 7 August 2011
23. Van Gogh Museum (art), Amsterdam, 9 August 2011
24. Purse Museum (purses), Amsterdam, 9 August 2011
25. Rijksmuseum (art), Amsterdam, 9 August 2011
MONUMENTS- not really museums but sort of close, so I decided to make a separate list.
1. Arc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels
2. Braunfels Castle, Braunfels, Germany
3. Eiffel Tower, Paris
4. Arc de Triomphe, Paris
5. Congres Column, Brussels
6. Mannaken Pis, Brussels
7. Porte de Hal, Brussels
CHURCHES - some have a museum-like quality and feel, and most contain important (and really old) art, so another list of the major ones we saw (there were many others we passed along the way as well).
1. Dom in Wetzlar, Germany
2. Cathedral, Brussels
3. Notre Dame, Paris
4. Sacre Coeur, Paris
5. St. Catherine's Church, Brussels
6. numerous churches in Brugge
7. Cathedral in Antwerp
8. St. Bartholomew, Liege
Well I had estimated we'd seen 30 museums and there are only 25 listed, although if you count the monuments.... Regardless, we experienced a lot of variety and culture in Europe, no doubt.
