Sunday, May 18, 2008

Rejoice!

Today is International Museums Day. Fun fact: "museum" derives from the idea of a temple set aside or devoted to the muses in Ancient Greece.

> LOCAL MUSEA
> IMD on WIKI
> ICOM


In other news, it is architect Walter Gropius' 125th birthday.
He doesn't seemed to have designed an museums or have a museum of his work though. However, he is definitely represented in many museum collections.

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