Architecture museums Architecture museums Meiji Mura (博物館明治村, lit: "Meiji village" museum) is an open-air architectural museum/theme park in Inuyama, near Nagoya in Aichi prefecture, Japan. It was opened on March 18th, 1965. The museum preserves historic buildings from Japan's Meiji (1867-1912), Taisho (1912-1926), and early Showa (1926-1989) periods. Over 60 historical buildings have been moved and reconstructed onto 1 km² (247 acres) of rolling hills alongside Lake Iruka. The most noteworthy building there is the reconstructed main entrance and lobby of Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Imperial Hotel, which originally stood in Tokyo from 1923 to 1967, when the main structure was demolished to make way for a new, larger version of the hotel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Meiji Mura"
The Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture (MoDA) is a museum in North London, England, housing one of the most comprehensive collections of 19th and 20th century decorative arts for the home. ...more on Wikipedia about "Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture"
The National Building Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C. dedicated to " architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning." It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit institution. The museum is located adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and the Judiciary Square Metro station. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Building Museum"
The National Heritage Museum (Openluchtmuseum in Dutch) is an open air museum and park located near Arnhem, The Netherlands with antique houses, farms and factories from different parts of the Netherlands. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Heritage Museum, Arnhem"
The Pergamon Museum (in German, Pergamonmuseum) is one of the museums on the Museum Island in Berlin. It was planned by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann and was built over a period from 1910 to 1930. It houses original-sized, reconstructed monumental buildings such as the Pergamon Altar, the Market Gate of Miletus, and the Ishtar Gate, all consisting of parts transported from the original excavation sites. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pergamon Museum"
Founded in 1997, the Skyscraper Museum, located in New York City in the United States, is currently the only museum of its kind in the world. As the name suggests, the museum focuses on high-rise buildings as "objects of design, products of technology, sites of construction, investments in real estate, and places of work and residence." ...more on Wikipedia about "Skyscraper Museum"
The Soane Museum is a museum of architecture, and was formerly the house and studio of the neo-classical architect Sir John Soane. It holds many drawings and models of his projects and the collections of paintings, drawings and antiquities that he assembled. The Museum is located in the Holborn district of central London, England, overlooking Lincoln's Inn Fields. ...more on Wikipedia about "Soane Museum" It's time to think about http://www.shortopedia.com.
The Lighthouse in Glasgow, is Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the City. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Lighthouse"
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