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Warsaw’s Best Museums: History, Struggle, Tragedy, and Freedom
One of the best things to do when living or studying abroad, is to visit museums and historical institutes to try and learn about that particular place. For me, visiting museums is a no-brainer since...
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Russian Icons in Detail from The Museum of Russian Icons
Russian icons are religious paintings that have been created and used in the Orthodox Christian tradition for centuries. They are an important part of Russian art and culture, and are recognized for...
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The National Historical Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic
The National Historical Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic is a great place to get started when visiting Kyrgyzstan. The museum’s extensive collection of more than 90,000 exhibits includes artifacts from...
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The Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts in Bishkek
The Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts in Bishkek showcases native art forms as well as painting, sculpture, and other works, highlighting those created by Kyrgyz artists. The museum is centrally...
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Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw: “What We’ve Been Unable To Shout To...
The Jewish Historical Institute’s mission is to promote awareness of the thousand-year Jewish presence in Poland. They achieve this through exhibitions, artistic events, conferences, education...
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The Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia (The National Museum of Georgia)
The Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia is a great first stop in Georgia for an essential overview of the country’s place not only as a small country that has long lived at the crossroads of great empires...
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The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, located in Warsaw, Poland, is a renowned cultural institution dedicated to preserving and presenting the 1,000-year history of Jewish presence in Poland...
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Latvian National Museum of Art
The Latvian National Museum of Art is one of Riga’s oldest and best known art museums. Its permanent collections focus specifically on Latvia’s own national artists and on telling the story of the...
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The Uzbekistan State Museum of Applied Art
The State Museum of Applied Arts of Uzbekistan provides an excellent introduction to Uzbek history and culture. Centrally located in Tashkent, it displays more than 7,000 examples of traditional folk...
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Pauls Stradiņš Museum of the History of Medicine
The Pauls Stradiņš Museum of the History of Medicine, located in Riga, Latvia, is one of the world’s largest museums devoted to healthcare and medicine. It covers the history of medicine from ancient...
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SRAS Visit to Erebuni Museum Complex and Archeological Ruins
The fortress of Erebuni, once the great capital of the mighty Uratu Kingdom, is located on the outskirts of Yerevan. The ruins of the citadel are flanked on one side by quiet mountains – their rocky...
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The Dadiani Palaces Historical and Architectural Museum
The Dadiani Palaces Historical and Architectural Museum is the preserved former home and museum of the House of Dadiani. The Dadianis once ruled the Georgian region of Mingrelia and their noble family...
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Tbilisi’s Museums: History, Art, and Science in the Georgian Capital
Welcome to Tbilisi, a city of amazing history, breathtaking creativity, and constant innovation. Showcasing this are an astonishing number of great museums. This guide will take you through some of the...
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Yerevan Museums: The Best in History and Art
The following is a brief introduction to some of the best Yerevan museums for history and art. As SRAS has recently launched study programming in Armenia, MuseumStudiesAbroad.org is also now opening a...
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The Amir Timur Museum in Tashkent
The Amir Timur Museum, also known as The State Museum of Timurids History, stands proud at the heart of Tashkent. Built in 1996 to mark the 660th anniversary of Amir Timur’s birth, the museum...
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Memorial Route of Jewish Martyrdom and Struggle in Warsaw
All around Warsaw, there are reminders of the historic Jewish presence. Though Warsaw has experienced incredible change and development since WWII, the city has taken special care to ensure that the...
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History and Art in Warsaw’s Bródno District
Most foreigners in Warsaw tend to the stick to the center of the city and Old Town, with some maybe venturing as far as the Praga district. Being that these areas are mostly discovered and easy to tour...
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Chopin Museum and Rememberance, Warsaw
In Warsaw, large, elegant, and beautiful willow trees grace many of the parks within the city. These are the same willow trees that inspired many of the outstanding musical pieces of prodigy composer...
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Fortress of Gonio: Georgia’s Roman Heritage
The Fortress of Gonio, located in Adjara, Georgia, is an ancient Roman fortification dating back to the 1st century AD. A strategic point along the Black Sea coast, over the centuries, it was expanded...
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The Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia (The National Museum of Georgia)
The Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia is a great first stop in Georgia for an essential overview of the country’s place not only as a small country that has long lived at the crossroads of great empires...
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