Etar Ethnographic Outdoor Museum

Etar Ethnographic Outdoor Museum

As we arrive at Etar Ethnographic Outdoor Museum, it seems like just a few old huts along a small, albeit picturesque stream. However, as we enter this busy little slice of history, it is clear that it is much more than it seems.… Read the rest

Tsarevets Fortress

Tsarevets Fortress – the Gate at sunset

Arriving through the cobbled streets of Veliko Tărnovo the first site we behold as we check into our accommodation at the Yantra Grand Hotel is Tsarevets Fortress. Tsarevets, the hillside fortress of this medieval capital, spans the horizon, across the river and over the green gorge, laid out before our eyes.… Read the rest

Highlights From The Wallace Collection: The East Gallery II

Fruit and Flowers, Jan van Huysum

Ah, The Wallace Collection! Even as I contemplate only tackling the highlights, the vastness of this collection overwhelms me and I know that it is a practically impossible task.

Still, today I am in London and, after a long, long time, have returned to my favorite museum.… Read the rest

Highlights From The Wallace Collection: The Back Stateroom

Flowers on a Fountain with a Peacock, c.1700 – 1710, Jan Weenix (1642 – 1719)

Ah, The Wallace Collection! Even as I contemplate only tackling the highlights, the vastness of this collection overwhelms me and I know that it is a practically impossible task.… Read the rest

Highlights From The Wallace Collection: The Dining Room

Mademoiselle de Chateau-Renaud, 1755, by Jean-Marc Nattier (1685 – 1766)

Ah, The Wallace Collection! Even as I contemplate only tackling the highlights, the vastness of this collection overwhelms me and I know that it is a practically impossible task.

Still, today I am in London and, after a long, long time, have returned to my favorite museum.… Read the rest

Highlights From The Wallace Collection: Oriental Armoury

Khula Khud, 19th century helmet, Persia, steel, iron, gold, brass, textile

Ah, The Wallace Collection! Even as I contemplate only tackling the highlights, the vastness of this collection overwhelms me and I know that it is a practically impossible task.

Still, today I am in London and, after a long, long time, have returned to my favorite museum.… Read the rest

Highlights From The Wallace Collection: European Armoury I

Display of Medieval and Renaissance swords

Ah, The Wallace Collection! Even as I contemplate only tackling the highlights, the vastness of this collection overwhelms me and I know that it is a practically impossible task.

Still, today I am in London and, after too long, I finally return to my favorite museum.… Read the rest

Highlights From The Wallace Collection: European Armoury II

Field Armour of Otto Heinrich, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1502 – 59), steel, gold, leather and paint c1530-40

Ah, The Wallace Collection! Even as I contemplate only tackling the highlights, including the European Armoury II, the vastness of this collection overwhelms me and I know that it is a practically impossible task.… Read the rest