Rex

A seond suggestion I meant to make - - if you will allow a stretch of the term "art" - - to include some of the world's most beautiful automobiles: <BR> <BR>The National Car Museum - Schlumpf's collection <BR>192, avenue de Colmar, 68 100 Mulhouse <BR>Tel: +33 03.89.33.23.23 <BR>Fax: +33 03.89.32.08.09 <BR> <BR>See www.ot.ville-mulhouse.fr/auto_e.htm or other online resources for more info. <BR> <BR>

Lisa

I just wanted to Thank everyone for such great info. <BR>Although I didn't post the original question, I will be leaving for London and Paris tommorrow and now looking forward to certain museums I might have missed.

jdmiller

I second that.

Cecilia

One of my favorite museums in London is the Sir John Soane Museum (www.soane.org). Soane was a famous (and eccentric) British architect and designed this building as both a home and a museum of antiquities. The highlight of the museum is the house itself but in recent years it has also hosted contemporary art/architecture exhibits. I was given a guided tour by the curator which may have helped me appreciate the quirky nature of the house but I definitely recommend it to anyone who has the time. Also in London, the Wallace Collection is great for 17-18th century French and British paintings as well as porcelain.

kk

I enthusiastically second Cecilia's post, directly above. Both the Soanes house museum and the Wallace Collection are outstanding. I can hardly wait to go back to the latter because it has recently been refurbished and expanded, while it was already great.

Jackie again

Thanks all of you! these are great ideas and I'm getting excited about doing museums in Europe! The Tate Modern Art Gallery in London sounds great--thanks for the advice. The others sound wonderful too. Thank you!

Carol

Hi Jackie, <BR> <BR>In Paris, I love the Carnavalet and Rodin museums; in Florence, the Museo di San Marco (the Fra Angelico museum)will take your breath away; in Siena, the Piccolomini library in the Duomo is spectacularly painted by Pinturicchio; in Venice, the Scuolas and the Frari; in New York City, visit the Frick, the Morgan Library, the Cloisters, the Museum of the City of New York, the American Museum of Folk Art, the Guggenheim, the Whitney, and don't miss the rooftop sculpture garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

nemo

<BR>Some great, but little known, museums in London and Paris are: <BR> <BR>LONDON <BR>The Wallace Collection- a smaller museum with a beautiful collection assembled over nearly 200 years and shows one family's aesthetic vision and evolving taste. Very convenient to Oxford St. <BR> <BR>PARIS <BR>Orangerie-great colection of late 19 th and early 20 th. cen art assembled by two men married to the same woman at different times in her life. The pictures are beautifully hung in the small museum and alow easy comparison between one artists works or members of the same school. Also, the large scale Monets on the lower level are beyond compare. At nearly 7 feet tall and something like 25 feet long they are placed on curving walls and embrace you creating an enviroment that places you among the water lilies not just in front of them. <BR>Jaquemart-Andre- similar to the Wallace in London. Former private home-very grand-with an interesting assortment of pictures. Gives a good idea of the lavish lifestyle of 19 TH cen aristocrats. It's near Arc D'Triomphe <BR>Cognaq-Jay-very nice collection assembled by a married couple and hng i their former home It is an eclectic mix but enjoyable and can be absorbed in a few hours. <BR> <BR>In general I prefer the smaller museums that are more managable than larger "survey" museum i.e. the Louvre. Hope this is some help and reaches you in time. Enjoy your trip. <BR>Nemo

eva

Paris:Marmottan,Cluny,Cognac_jay,Jackmard_Andre, <BR>London:Courtauld, <BR>Florenceargello,San Marco <BR>Romeorghese