Posted on 27 May 2010. Tags: Museo Municipal De Belles Artes, Museum of fine art, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
Is it the sign of a good gallery if the security guard’s eyes follow you around the room? In the case of the Museo Municipal De Belles Artes in Santa Cruz it was sadly more down to loneliness, as I was the only visitor for much of my midweek trip.
You don’t know what you’re missing; [...]
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Posted on 12 May 2010. Tags: attractions, Casa Mendez-Fonseca, family activities, History Museum Granadilla, Masca Museum, Military Museum, Museum of Anthropology, Museum of man & nature, museum of science and the cosmos, Museums on Tenerife, Portillo Visitor Centre, Pyramids of Guimar, things to do, what to see, wine museum
When you decide to do a feature on Tenerife’s top ten museums, you have to ask yourself two questions: Firstly, are there actually 10 museums in Tenerife and secondly, who cares?
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Posted on 16 April 2010. Tags: La Laguna, museum of science and the cosmos, Tenerife
What were they thinking of, over 100 complex scientific exhibits and school children were clambering on them, twiddling buttons, playing at astronauts and generally wreaking havoc. Was it the end of the universe as we know it? Well not quite, just another lively hands on, interactive introduction to science at the Museum of Science and [...]
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Posted on 13 March 2010. Tags: guanches, museum of nature and man, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
You would think that nature would show some respect to a building that celebrates its history in Tenerife, but the half repaired paths, fencing and busy workman show that’s not the case. The Museo de la Naturaleza Y El Hombre (Nature and Man) has just reopened after floods coursed down Barranco Santos through Santa Cruz, [...]
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Posted on 19 November 2009. Tags: Casa del Patio, Chinyero eruption, restaurant, rural hotel, Santiago del Teide, Tasca, wine museum
I was finally able to explore the tantalisingly lovely building that has been under restoration and off-limits for many years and that yesterday was finally opened to the public. Including a permanent exhibition to Chinyero’s eruption, it was a tardy but timely finish to the project[...]
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Posted on 28 October 2009. Tags: Güímar pyramids, Guanche in Tenerife, Pirámides de Gűímar, pyramids on Tenerife, Thor Heyerdahl and Tenerife
In looks terms, the Egyptian pyramids are George Clooney, whereas Güímar’s are Woody Allen – not particularly stunning to look at but fascinating nonetheless [...]
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Posted on 14 October 2009. Tags: Bernard Romain, fibre glass figures, Fisherman's Museum, Puerto Santiago, west coast
Three resin based fibre glass figures perch on a roof unloading half of a real fishing boat embedded in the wall. Fish heads and tails enter [...]
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