The Hall of Venus of Tauride

Source:Wikipedia

The State Hermitage is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest and oldest museums in the world, it was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been open to the public since 1852. Its collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display, comprise over three million items (the numismatic collection accounts for ca one third of them) including the largest collection of paintings in the world. The collections occupy a large complex of six historic buildings along Palace Embankment, including the Winter Palace, a former residence of Russian emperors. Apart from them, the Menshikov Palace, Museum of Porcelain, Storage Facility at Staraya Derevnya and the eastern wing of the General Staff Building are also part of the museum. The museum has several exhibition centers abroad. The Hermitage is a federal state property. Since 1990, the director of the museum has been Mikhail Piotrovsky.

Source:Wikipedia

Thank you Valeria for this interior of The Hermitage

Sent: 10 November 2015   Received: 11 January 2016   Travelled: 62 days

Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar

 

 

The Museum of Islamic Art is a museum located in the Qatari capital Doha and designed by architect I. M. Pei.

The museum houses a collection of works gathered since the late 1980s, including manuscripts, textiles and ceramics. It is one of the world’s most complete collections of Islamic artifacts, with items originating in Spain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, India, and Central Asia. At the age of 91, Pei had to be coaxed out of retirement to undertake this enterprise. He traveled throughout the Muslim world on a six month quest to learn about Muslim architecture and history and read Muslim texts to draw inspiration for his design.

 

Thank you Ahmed for this beautiful architecture card!

Was a grand surprise in my mailbox to see this card travelled since March,seems like it really fought

its way here by the looks of it :D 

It was missent to Indonesia (Middle Eastern cards have a tendency to be

sent to neighbouring countries haha)

Sent: 24 March 2014   Received: 19 June 2014   Travelled: 87 days

Ciudad de Mexico

 

 The castle was built in 1785 and became the imperial Palace of Emperor Maximillian of Habsburg. Later it became the residence of the Mexican President and now houses the National Museum of History.

 Big thank you to Laura Ramos!

 Sent: 27 March 2013   Arrived: 25 April 2013   Travelled: 29 days