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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, October 29, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Review by Linda White travel editor it s us ii a i a Isil ii i i ii i a nil it new  makes  , says lilt1 preface to Marti Tynni let Rani in . 1 his excellent is Niilo was Kimii jail Mil in 1972 by Hilary Sunilei Nyrl and John freely thei h7edition in i i Ely us Ali Sil Wilh   Haw in Turret sine i1 simmer Ali id ski Iii. The Book i wins in ,i1.i Bridge llu1 most logical pint i1 u r the1 Irav Elc to j Al his in Arims. From then Ninny monuments ate visible and the authors advise the visitor to is him e As hit locals do "5ealedaliili1ahi u1oria t Onrie Inwer level of the bridal. Looking out along the Golden Horn to where it meets the Bostl usand the sea of  thl y then Lake the Reader step by slip Monu Manl Bynium Numen through the City. Eich Section has , looking like Quick sketches drip in in i he backs of envelopes but Wilh enough detail in make the it spinal ions quite c Lear. The authors also Arelt l t lauded for heir use of turkish  Nihro Ghoul. Ii gives the visitor .1 particular familiarity Wilh the City thai one misses when ill things Are Anglicised. Strutting Fth Iauch kit Unhul costs 7.95 pounds about $1. Cunt jul associated Book publishers 11 now Feller Lane London fc-1p 4ee, England. Cyclist s  is subtitled a Complete Tui thu in tin mrs off Highway route and ii  is. Afler Short discussions of  Louring to Oles and equipment and the Lii Cycle itself this Book jumps Rifle he in Lom Ipp cd hours of the entire country. The ordnance Survey naps con l be  Tor , ind Ilio proct civil inform ajes".,a axils a b Lviv Rcv  a j a.  jtls4s photo by l Emi another a in publication is France an Bac roads and Nunin the maps Are excellent. Anyone who likes mean i rink through the French Countryside and Villi Ign Wilt Wannu copy of this Book. In contains Sui tested Tours of fanned from he.1 North of  Ille Iouli. As the introduction warns be prelim Dlo creep through terrifying  hands. Be it moly for Blind Corners slow farm vehicles and poor  Bui the delights Ohhet French Countryside Piru will Worth in from la Chapelle where one m. Emmel  makes tradition Billy Tiivi d furniture to Aven Armand an immense tavern Wilh an extraordinary Forest of stalagmites to the chateau males Herbes j kind of  the Book costs 6.is pounds about $11.65. Michael  Jiff l on Vej Typl to comp Lemon his reissue do , for scr sat , this Lime covering the entire country. Corwe to tuyt a full of insights ind sidelights Well Rillon inkwell indexed. , which rips Are Best don11 y hike ind which by . Again the  ire exit Talent. For i Firsl-lime1  traveler this is i/it1 Book to take Iilona the Jook Cost 1,95 pounds Abdul $fi.70. Ii it published by Michael  Lini led and  by Bibliog cd Zsidi  . Star , Parl Rise Green , w. Sussex rh1 . Surf lower books has two new titles and ,1 new edition in ils 1  series is Well As hit1 Tiff a i in Guidebook la the end Lii krisurt1 Park Alton towers. The new  s Bonks ire Corfu and misfit i Currle find  is out in ils second Ettilio. These Brroks Are for travellers who like to gel away from the tourist routes Bolh by car and on foot. They describe a few car Louo Many Wilks both Long and Short and special places for picnics. Timetables for Public transportation Are included id help those who Wilt explore without n car. The Auto routes Are detailed and include such useful information As when traffic is heavy and where Chw ire Lonj stretches Wil hour gasoline stations they arc Biko Cros referenced to picnics Antl walks so Tiu can make your own combinations. Times and distances As Weil As maps Are a great help. Other Nikiks in this series Are i sift Mcrell Cyprus of in Canaria mate Ira. Mfr offs incl Jennife. They sell  pounds about s9.25the Alum a towers experience is a practical guide to the amusement Park located about five mites from Huttox Tmur in Staffordshire ii includes everything from parking and lodging la what to tin if in Rains almost one third of the attractions Are under cover. Since in is impossible to do the entire Park in one Day visitors would be Well advised to gel the Book in Advance and map out their Pri Orilie. The Alton towers guide costs 3,50 pounds about $5.90. The publisher is Sunflower books 12 Kendrick mews. A Mcclun sw7 3hg, England. Author focuses on world s museums of influence associated press More than 1 billion people tramp through the world s 15,000 in Owumi every year and new collections of irl ind artefacts Are opening their doors to visitors every Day. But the most Nilu Enlil museums arc ii 1 giant store houses stuffed Wilh priceless treasures like the louvre in Paris for , or the Getty museum in California according to ,1 British expert on the booming museum Industry. Museums should in l be Chilly temples for connoisseurs  frighten people away or places  simply buy up the by kist and Best of everything contends Kenneth Hudson. Museums should get t lose to people he . As examples he cites Pines like Anacostia neighbourhood museum in .  which once featured a dead rat As ihecenlerpieu1 of an exhibit on slum life ind the  Mui Euni Al Mwanza in the East african nation til i . Which includes a tribal dance troupe and  Schimil. I Ludson w Lio c oni used my Sugut irly Unali-4 a directory of the world unus Eunis reign Fly product  j bilk called Mii find of Ini Lul Jue puh Hilmi in Inland by cd inbred a Niver Sily press. Lull Hei musses 17 i a Lori turns in 1 i Munni s  Helm lives ,  in museum develop men Over the past 200 years. At but five Are located in Western Europe or the United slates. It s not an arbitrary or in eccentric Choice but one based on consultation Wilh hundreds of museum professionals Hudson says. These Are museums  broke ground in such an original  that others Felt compelled to imitate  the idea of putting exotic Obj Els on Public View los Back to 17lh-Lenlury England Hudson says where the ashmolean museum in Oxford grew Oul of a close of curiosities been Niina to merchant venture John Trade scan. Now Mure than .100 years later it s Slit on display. In the United Stales museums Gol going in the Lale 18th Century and specialized in oddities i Ike the trigger Finger of a convicted murderer or on by Pound turnip Hudson says. Soon afterwards in , Napoleon hurried the i ouvre into a show ise for plundered Art from his campaigns inspiring other nations to build their own collections of paintings Inri sculpture american museums weren t systematic Al first hut by the 1 u70s the  museum in new York was Bealing the europeans Al their own Garni buying up enough Art to  Atrip abroad quite unnecessary Hudson says. Two thirds of the world s museums now Are in North Amenta and the United mates Lui Alt 15,000. Inri than any other country. France West Germany Britain and Italy have around 2,000 each and most other european countries average about 1,000 each. More than 700 new museums open every year Antl the Best of them stimulate curiosity through  
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