Museum Places - York Museum Gardens, Houston Museum District, Fifth Avenue, Capitoline Museums, Lainzer Tiergarten, Museum Planning Area (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: York Museum Gardens, Houston Museum District, Fifth Avenue, Capitoline Museums, Lainzer Tiergarten, Museum Planning Area, Broad Street, Oxford, Parnell Square, Museum Island, Kunstareal, The Quadrangle, Albertopolis, Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, Boothe Memorial Park and Museum, Museum Mile, New York City, One Museum Park, Exhibition Road, Cultural district, umarice Memorial Park, Prater, Parks Road, New Museums Site, Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District, Salisbury Road, Hong Kong, Museumsquartier, One Museum Park West, Museum Street, St. Regis Museum Tower, Lambeth Road, Museumsufer, Monumental Axis, Downing Street, Cambridge, Kolonaki, King Abdul Aziz Historical Centre, Castle Street, Cambridge, Museum Campus Chicago, Rosicrucian Park, Museum Road, Museumplein, Hackford Road, Kulturforum, Museum District, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cromwell Road, Museumpark, Pembroke Street, Oxford, Great Russell Street, Cromwell Gardens, Museum Lane, Museum Partnership School. Excerpt: The York Museum Gardens are botanic gardens in the centre of York, England, beside the River Ouse. They cover an area of 10 acres (4.0 ha) of the former grounds of St Mary's Abbey, and were created in the 1830s by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society along with the Yorkshire Museum which they contain. The gardens are held in trust by the City of York Council and are managed by the York Museums Trust. They were designed in a gardenesque style by landscape architect Sir John Murray Naysmith, and contain a variety of species of plants, trees and birds. Admission is free. A variety of events take place in the gardens, such as open-air theatre performances and festival activities. There are several historic buildings in the gardens. These include: The Yorkshire Philosophical Society constructed several buildings in the gardens during the ...