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National Museum of Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. With free admission and open doors 364 days a year, it is the second most visited museum in the world, the most visited natural history museum in the world, and the most visited museum (of any type) in North America.Opened in 1910, the museum on the National Mall was one of the first Smithsonian buildings constructed exclusively to hold the national collections and research facilities.The main building has an overall area of 1,320,000 square feet (123,000 m2) with 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) of exhibition and public space and houses over 1,000 employees.
The museum's collections total over 126 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, and human cultural artifacts. With 8 million visitors in 2013, it is the most visited of all of the Smithsonian museums and is also home to about 185 professional natural history scientists — the largest group of scientists dedicated to the study of natural and cultural history in the world.
The United States National Museum was founded in 1846 as part of the Smithsonian Institution. The museum was initially housed in the Smithsonian Institution Building, which is better known today as the Smithsonian Castle. A formal exhibit hall opened in 1858.[5] The growing collection led to the construction of a new building, the National Museum Building (known today as the Arts and Industries Building). Covering a then-enormous 2.25 acres (9,100 m2), it was built in just 15 months at a cost of $310,000. It opened in March 1881.
Congress authorized construction of a new building on June 28, 1902. On January 29, 1903, a special committee composed of members of Congress and representatives from the Smithsonian's board of regents published a report asking Congress to fund a much larger structure than originally planned. The regents began considering sites for the new building in March, and by April 12 settled on a site on the north side of B Street NW between 9th and 12th Streets.[9][10] The D.C. architectural firm of Hornblower & Marshall was chosen to design the structure. Testing of the soil for the foundations was set for July 1903, with construction expected to take three years.
Ford Model T parked in front of the National Museum in 1926
The Natural History Building (as the National Museum of Natural History was originally known) opened its doors to the public on March 17, 1910, in order to provide the Smithsonian Institution with more space for collections and research. The building was not fully completed until June The structure cost $3.5 million (about $85 million in inflation-adjusted 2012 dollars). The Neoclassical style building was the first structure constructed on the north side of the National Mall as part of the 1901 McMillan Commission plan. In addition to the Smithsonian's natural history collection, it also housed the American history, art, and cultural collections.
Between 1981 and 2003, the National Museum of Natural History had 11 permanent and acting directors. There were six directors alone between 1990 and 2002. Turnover was high as the museum's directors were disenchanted by low levels of funding and the Smithsonian's inability to clearly define the museum's mission. Robert W. Fri was named the museum's director in 1996.[16] One of the largest donations in Smithsonian history was made during Fri's tenure. Kenneth E. Behring donated $20 million in 1997 to modernize the museum. Fri resigned in 2001 after disagreeing with Smithsonian leadership over the reorganization of the museum's scientific research programs.
J. Dennis O'Connor, Provost of the Smithsonian Institution (where he oversaw all science and research programs) was named acting director of the museum on July 25, 2001.[18] Eight months later, O'Conner resigned to become the vice president of research and dean of the graduate school at the University of Maryland.[19] Douglas Erwin, a paleontologist at the National Museum of Natural History, was appointed interim director in June 2002.
The museum as seen from the National Mall, the Old Post Office Building visible in the distance
In January 2003, the Smithsonian announced that Cristián Samper, a Costa Rican[17] with an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, would become the museum's permanent director on March 31, 2003. Samper (who holds dual citizenship with Colombia and the United States) founded the Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute and ran the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute after 2001. Smithsonian officials said Samper's administrative experience proved critical in his appointment. Under Samper's direction, the museum opened the $100 million Behring Hall of Mammals in November 2003, received $60 million in 2004 for the Sant Hall of Oceans,[23] and received a $1 million gift from Tiffany & Co. for the purchase of precious gems for the National Gem Collection.
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
On March 25, 2007, Lawrence M. Small, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the organization's highest-ranking appointed official, resigned abruptly after public reports of lavish spending. Samper was appointed Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian on March 27. Paul G. Risser, former chancellor of the University of Oklahoma, was named Acting Director of the Museum of Natural History on March 29.
Natural History Museum in DC
Samper's tenure at the museum was not without controversy. In May 2007, Robert Sullivan, the former associate director in charge of exhibitions at the National Museum of Natural History, charged that Samper and Smithsonian Undersecretary for Science David Evans (Samper's supervisor) ordered "last minute"[28] changes in the exhibit "Arctic: A Friend Acting Strangely" to tone down the role of human beings in the discussion of global warming, and to make global warming seem more uncertain than originally depicted. Samper denied that he knew of any scientific objections to the changes, and said that no political pressure had been applied to the Smithsonian to make the changes. In November 2007, The Washington Post reported that an interagency group of scientists from the Department of the Interior, NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and National Science Foundation believed that, despite Samper's denial, the museum "acted to avoid criticism from congressional appropriators and global-warming skeptics in the Bush administration". The changes were discussed as early as mid-August 2005, and Dr. Waleed Abdalati, manager of NASA's Cryospheric Sciences Program, noted at the time that "There was some discussion of the political sensitivities of the exhibit." Although the exhibit was due to open in October 2005, the Post reported that Samper ordered a six-month delay to allow for even further changes. The newspaper also reported that it had obtained a memo drafted by Samper shortly after October 15, 2005, in which Samper said the museum should not "replicate" work by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. A few weeks later, a NOAA climate researcher advised a superior that the delay was due to "the debate within the administration and the science community over the existence and cause of global warming". During the delay, Samper asked high-level officials in other government agencies and departments to review the script for the exhibit, ordered his museum staff to make additionals changes, and rearranged the sequence of the exhibit panels so that the discussion of climate change was not immediately encountered by museum visitors.[28] Shortly before the exhibit opened in April 2006, officials at NOAA and the United States Department of Commerce expressed to their superiors their opinion that the exhibit had been changed to accommodate political concerns.[28] In an interview with The Washington Post in November 2007, Samper said he felt the exhibit displayed a scientific certainty that did not exist, and expressed his belief that the museum should present evidence on both sides and let the public make up its own mind.[28]
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
The controversy became more heated after the press reported that Samper gave permission for the museum to accept a $5 million donation from American Petroleum Institute that would support the museum's soon-to-be-opened Hall of Oceans. Two members of the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents (which had final say on accepting the donation) questioned whether the donation was a conflict of interest.[28] Before the board could consider the donation, the donor withdrew the offer.[30]
Risser resigned as acting director of the museum on January 22, 2008, in order to return to his position at the University of Oklahoma.[31] No new acting director was named at that time. Six weeks later, the Smithsonian regents chose Georgia Tech president G. Wayne Clough as the new Secretary. Samper stepped down to return to his position as Director of the National Museum of Natural History.[32]
The remainder of Samper's tenure at the museum proved less controversial. In June 2008, the Victoria and Roger Sant family donated $15 million to endow the new Ocean Hall at the museum.[33] The museum celebrated the 50th anniversary of its acquisition of the Hope Diamond in August 2009 by giving the gemstone its own exhibit and a new setting.[34] In March 2010, the museum opened its $21 million human evolution hall.[35]
In January 2012, Samper said he was stepping down from the National Museum of Natural History to become president and chief executive officer of the Wildlife Conservation Society.[36] Two months later, the museum announced it had received a $35 million gift to renovate its dinosaur hall, and a month later the Sant family donated another $10 million to endow the director's position.[38] On July 25, Kirk Johnson, vice president of research and collections at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, was named Samper's successor effective October 29, 2012. Johnson oversees a museum with 460 employees and a $68 million budget.
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koh lanta
Ko Lanta is an island located off the Andaman coast in southern Thailand in Krabi Province. It is an island famous for its diving areas and long white beaches. Ko Lanta archipelago consists of 15 island located off the southwest coast of Thailand in the Andaman Sea. The largest of these islands are Ko Lanta Yai, which is also called Ko Lanta name. Overlooking the entire archipelago on the part of the National Park Mu Ko Lanta's, which is located on the park offices at the southern tip of Ko Lanta Yai, where the basic paved roads turn the island into a dirt road.
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Legoland Parks
Legoland Parks
is a Legoland park is located in the Bavarian town of Günzburg, Germany. It occupies an area of 43.5 hectares in size, and is one of the areas most popular tourist attractions in Bavaria. Opened its doors to the public on May 17, 2002, Legoland Deutschland is the first of its kind in Germany, and only in fourth place in the entire world.
And other public gardens located Legoland in Billund (Denmark), Windsor (England) and California (United States).
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Venezia - Venedig - Republic Of Venice
The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century BC. The city historically was the capital of the Republic of Venice. Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Masks", "City of Bridges", "The Floating City", and "City of Canals". Luigi Barzini described it in The New York Times as "undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man". Venice has also been described by the Times Online as being one of Europe's most romantic cities.[
The Republic of Venice was a major maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain, and spice) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century. This made Venice a wealthy city throughout most of its history.[8] It is also known for its several important artistic movements, especially the Renaissance period. Venice has played an important role in the history of symphonic and operatic music, and it is the birthplace of Antonio VivaldiHello us your You can spend happy times always
The Americas
North America is one of the seven continents of the world and is located west of Greenwich line in the northern half of the world. Its most important north-south Canada, the USA and Mexico. Bordered to the north of the Arctic Ocean, and from the west and south-west Pacific, and from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, and from the south-eastern Caribbean Sea.
An area of about 25 million square kilometers, or 4.8% of the total floor space of the ball, and is the third largest continent in the world. In 2002, a population of almost 514 million people, placing fourth in the standings after the Asian continent and the African and European in terms of population census.
Historians are likely to name the two continents of the Americas due to the Italian merchant Americo Vespucci, and is the first European to propose that the two continents are not the Indian sub-continent as it was thought the Europeans in that period (including explorer Christopher Columbus), but rather a whole new world.
South America site
South America is one of the continents of the New World is located in the western section of Greenwich line, mostly in the southern hemisphere. Going through the equator in the northern parts of Tbyryraa. Named after Amerigo Vespucci's first explorer suggested that the new world's land is not the East India. Its most important Argentina and Brazil. It is bordered to the east of the Atlantic Ocean to the west of the Pacific North Fathdha North America and the Caribbean, is bounded on the south, the confluence of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as well as Antarctica.
The total area of the continent 17,818,508 km 2 (3.5% of the Earth's surface). In 2005, its population is estimated at 371 million people. Be ranked fourth in the continent in terms of area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in terms of population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America).
Venice
Is located in northern Italy is also the capital of the Veneto region and the capital of the Province of Venice.
You might ask what distinguishes this city from other cities and makes it a tourist destination? Surprisingly, that city is several islands up numbers above the 100-island !! The shell, including nearly 150 channel, it is difficult to move between those parts of the islands and cities to the lack of transportation that we know the only transportation Phusilh known Is there boats classic!
Anyway Although regarded as the classic boats are the only means of transportation, called Gondola or Ganadel has been successfully building a main street is connected to the city and public attitudes, but in any case limited.
You may ask how you can link to Venice? Despite the difficulty of the presence of the transport, Fx old became the focal them now so easy and flown through the airport has recently been built to serve Venice and the surrounding suburbs, which International Airport '' Marco Polo ''
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hanging gardens of babylon
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one whose location has not been definitely established.
Traditionally they were said to have been built in the ancient city of Babylon, near present-day Hillah, Babil province, in Iraq. The Babylonian priest Berossus, writing in about 290 BC and quoted later by Josephus, attributed the gardens to the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II, who ruled between 605 and 562 BC. There are no extant Babylonian texts which mention the gardens, and no definitive archaeological evidence has been found in Babylon.
According to one legend, Nebuchadnezzar II built the Hanging Gardens for his Median wife, Queen Amytis, because she missed the green hills and valleys of her homeland. He also built a grand palace that came to be known as 'The Marvel of the Mankind'.
Because of the lack of evidence it has been suggested that the Hanging Gardens are purely mythical, and the descriptions found in ancient Greek and Roman writers including Strabo, Diodorus Siculus and Quintus Curtius Rufus represent a romantic ideal of an eastern garden. If it did indeed exist, it was destroyed sometime after the first century AD.
Alternatively, the original garden may have been a well-documented one that the Assyrian king Sennacherib (704–681 BC) built in his capital city of Nineveh on the River Tigris near the modern city of Mosul.
Musée Condé = Conde Museum
The Château de Chantilly and Conde Museum stand in the centre of a vast estate covering 7,800 hectares; the château and estate have been built up by the owners of Chantilly since the Middle Ages.
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Paris Attractions Guide
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There are countless interesting places to visit in Paris. The city is famous for its tourist attractions with top museums, countless historic buildings and monuments as well as some of the finest art galleries in the world it is a fantastic city for sightseeing.
In Paris art galleries such as The Louvre and Orsay you can see works from the likes of Monet and Van Gogh as well as some the best modern art in Europe. Interested in the history of Paris? Then take a trip to the Conde Museum or The Paris Story, a unique and interactive exploration into the history of the city.
Tourist attractions in Paris are amongst the best in the world with countless museums, historic buildings and monuments as well as some of the finest art galleries around. You'll never be short of places to visit in Paris
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The Louvre or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre
The Louvre or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre
The Louvre or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre, pronounced: [myze dy luvʁ]) is one of the world's largest museums and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet). The Louvre is the world's most visited museum, and received more than 9.7 million visitors in 2012.[1]
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as a fortress in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture.[2] In 1692, the building was occupied by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Académie remained at the Louvre for 100 years.[3] During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces.
The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. The collection was increased under Napoleon and the museum renamed the Musée Napoléon, but after Napoleon's abdication many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and gifts since the Third Republic. The collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings
Deutsches Museum (German: Deutsches Museum)
Deutsches Museum (German: Deutsches Museum)
Deutsches Museum (German: Deutsches Museum) is a science and technology museum in Munich, Germany. Has been initiated founded in the summer of 1903 by the Federation of German engineers in the era of the second Kaiser Wilhelm was opened in November 1906. It is not only the first technical museums in his time, but also of the most visit now and the largest area since located on more than 50,000 square meters.
German Museum
The museum displays life-size models, ships, atomic generators, wind mills, industrial pumps and engines giant has so many planes. The museum restoration after the end of World War II until the 60 years the museum is located on Museum Island (Museumsinsel), one of the largest city of Munich landmarks.
One can get a nice view of the city of Munich through the museum tower.
Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta /dʒəˈkɑrtə/,[note 1] officially known as the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (Indonesian: Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia, and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.
Located on the northwest coast of Java, Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre, and with a population of 9,761,407 as of December 2012, it is the most populous city in Indonesia and in Southeast Asia. The official metropolitan area, known as Jabodetabek (a name formed by combining the initial syllables of Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi), is the second largest in the world, yet the metropolis's suburbs still continue beyond it.
Established in the fourth century, the city became an important trading port for the Kingdom of Sunda. It was the de facto capital of the Dutch East Indies (known as Batavia at that time). Today, the city has continued as the capital of Indonesia since the country's independence was declared in 1945. The city is currently the seat of the ASEAN Secretariat.
Jakarta is listed as a global city in the 2008 Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC) research. Based on survey by Brooking Institute, in 2011 economic growth in Jakarta ranked 17th among the world's 200 largest cities, a jump from its 2007 ranking of 171. Jakarta has grown more rapidly than Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Bangkok.
In 2014 global consultant A.T. Kearney released the Emerging Cities Outlook 2014 which ranked Jakarta first among 35 emerging world cities in terms of potential to improve their global standing in the next few decades.
Tourism in Turkey
Tourism in Turkey
Tourism in Turkey has experienced rapid growth in the last twenty years, and constitutes an important part of the economy. In 2013, 37.8 million foreign visitors arrived in Turkey, which ranked as the 6th most popular tourism destination in the world; they contributed $27.9 billion to Turkey's revenues. In 2012, 15 percent of the tourists were from Germany, 11 percent from Russia, 8 percent from the United Kingdom, 5 percent from Bulgaria, 4 percent each from Georgia, the Netherlands and Iran, 3 percent from France, 2 percent each from the USA and Syria, and 40 percent from other countries. Turkey has 13 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, such as the "Historic Areas of Istanbul", the "Rock Sites of Cappadocia", the "Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük", "Hattusa: the Hittite Capital", the "Archaeological Site of Troy", "Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape", "Hierapolis – Pamukkale", and "Mount Nemrut"; and 51 World Heritage Sites in tentative list, such as the archaeological sites or historic urban centers of Göbekli Tepe, Gordion, Ephesus, Aphrodisias, Perga, Lycia, Sagalassos, Aizanoi, Zeugma, Ani, Harran, Mardin, Konya and Alanya. Turkey hosts two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which are the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the Temple of Artemis.
Statue of Leshan Giant Buddha
Statue of Leshan Giant Buddha
Statue of Leshan Giant Buddha is located at the confluence of three rivers point in the southern part of the province of Sichuan , near the city of Leshan in China . This statue built during the reign of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 m). The statue is the largest statue of Buddha carved into the rock in the world. Indeed, the area where the giant statue listed as a World Heritage Site since 1990 by UNESCO . The statue was not damaged by the earthquake that hit
China in 2008 .
The statue carving began in 713 under the supervision of a Buddhist monk called "Tong are"; in the hope that calms the Buddha powerful to hit the river cargo ships passing through the waters of the river. After the death of the monk, the statue building stopped due to lack of funding. After almost 70 years, he decided to military governor of the region to adopt the project and its financing. He has followers of Buddhist monk "is Tong" to complete the process of sculpture in 803. It seems that the large number of stones placed in the river by the process of carving the statue led to calm the waters of the river. Allowing ships to pass through.
The statue carving began in 713 under the supervision of a Buddhist monk called "Tong are"; in the hope that calms the Buddha powerful to hit the river cargo ships passing through the waters of the river. After the death of the monk, the statue building stopped due to lack of funding. After almost 70 years, he decided to military governor of the region to adopt the project and its financing. He has followers of Buddhist monk "is Tong" to complete the process of sculpture in 803. It seems that the large number of stones placed in the river by the process of carving the statue led to calm the waters of the river. Allowing ships to pass through.
Sanaa
Sanaa
Sanaa is the political capital (officially) and historical Yemen , one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities with a history of the fifth century BC, at least . Located in the center of the country in the high mountainous area on the Sarwat Mountains , rising from the sea 2300 meters. In the past the city was not only occupies a small area of the bottom of Sanaa spacious, which extends from Mount Let's east and west of Mount Ayban, but increased in the Islamic covenants and widened the wall circle. In recent centuries it has been developed in the west of Bir Al-Azab contiguity and space superiority, and it was the Ottoman presence gained the upper hand in its creation, and in the west of Bir Al-Azab held at the bottom of the seventeenth century Jewish neighborhood of Sanaa. Since the revolution of September 26, 1962 Sana'a began experiencing enormous changes and spread the old Sana'a and (Bir Al-Azab) outside its walls and intensify crept Urban in all directions. called the Capital Secretariat in official circles, which is the administrative center of the province of Sanaa , and has a population of about 2.229 million , the capital secretariat is divided administratively into nine districts , are gaining importance as the capital of political and historical the Republic of Yemen, where he concentrated ministries , institutions and government departments, as well as the activity of trade and industry wide, characterized by the city of Sanaa character architect Fred qualifying to be among the cities historic World , one of the world's most beautiful cities and is characterized by the capital climate moderation in separate winter and in the separation of summer . Old Sanaa from UNESCO World Heritage sites and have distinctive character because of the unique architectural characteristics, in particular multi-storey buildings decorated with geometric patterns.
In February 2015, it closed embassies of the United States and the UK المتحدة وألمانيا وفرنسا وإيطاليا وتركيا وهولندا واليابان وسفارات Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and other countries embassies in Sanaa because of the deteriorating security situation, after the control of rebels on صنعاء، وأعادت السعودية والإمارات والكويت والبحرين وقطر فتح Their embassies in the city of Aden in which the President began Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, after his release from Sanaa. And it announced a temporary capital of Yemen in the March 7, 2015 , instead of Sanaa, which he described Bamahtlh of the Houthis .
Religious tourism
Religious tourism
Religious tourism of the oldest types of tourism and the aim is to carry out religious rites as is the case when Muslims from the pilgrimage and Umrah or visit the shrines of saints and prophets and the righteous, as well as recreation and expansion of the family members as stated in the teachings of Islam .
In the Muslim part of religious tourism, it has called many Islamic figures to the need for the development of tourist programs Islamic standards. In this regard pointed Habib Ali Jafri to the dilemmas faced by the Islamic Tourism today, as the actions of peoples and governments do not proceed from in-depth studies with respect to this topic which he described Balbalg importance, calling at the same time to consolidate the link between the Islamic discourse and the reality of tourism, as pointed Safwat Hijazi to the Islamic religion which a lot of capacity and leeway and love, so it was considered the issue of Islamic Tourism significance
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