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Greece’s Museums Visitors Increased 4.3% in August of 2019

2019-12-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Acropolis Museum

According the ELSTAT statistical authority, there was a 4.3 percent increase in the number of visitors to Greece’s museums in August 2019.

Tags: Athens museums, ELSTAT, Greece tourists, Greece visits, Greek museums, museum tourists, museum visits, museums

MİT Museum of Espionage Opens its Doors. Sort Of

2013-10-25 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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I am sure many people would like to be able to get in some of the worlds most famous national intelligence agencies museums. But, of course, looking at confidential content is forbidden, and only the curiosity and mystery remains. In Turkey however, the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) museum – MİT Casusluk Müzesi – opened its […]

Tags: MIT Museum, museums, Turkey’s MIT Museum, Turkish National Intelligence Organization

Koktebel & Maximilian Voloshin House & 2013’s Night at the Museum

2013-05-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Book signing at the museum

This Saturday evening in Koktebel the Museum of Maximilian Voloshin will host an international event, “Night at the Museum”, which will commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the poet’s house. Each year in this part of the Crimea, museums all celebrate International Museum Day, a festive program with readings, exhibits and special programs for visitors.

Tags: Koktobel, museums, Ukraine, Ukraine events, Ukraine poets, Ukraine travel

Last Chance at Love: Sleeping Beauty Ukraine Style

2012-09-07 by Phil Butler

Is he the one? Sleeping Beauty courtesy Taras Polataiko's Facebook

Visitors to Kiev may have an opportunity like no other visitor to any city. The National Art Museum of Ukraine has a special guest on exhibition, Sleeping Beauty. You read that correctly, an art project by the same name sets Ukrainian beauty to the test, “will true love awaken Sleeping Beauty?”

Tags: Kiev exhibit, Kiev travel, museums, Prince Charming, Sleeping Beauty, Taras Polataiko, Ukraine art, Ukraine events, Ukraine museum, Ukraine tourism, Ukraine travel, Viktor Yanukovych

New Reason to Visit San Francisco: The Space Station Museum

2012-05-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

San Francisco museum

The Space Station is a new type of museum in San Francisco, containing various space artifacts and astronauts’ testimonies from their space adventures.

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