A break from the norm

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Among the world's least known attractions is a museum in Stavanger, Norway, which tells the story of the world's oil industry through exhibits and videos. The Norwegian Petroleum Museum also offers a shop and an award-winning restaurant. Meanwhile, Bergen's Vestlandske Kunstindustrie has one of the world's largest collections of Chinese art, donated by local philanthropist General Munthe. The museum is under-visited with just 20,000 guests a year. Separately, Cape Town's newly-opened Holocaust Centre has been designed as part memorial and part education resource, offering new interpretations of Nazi ideology.

South Africa, Portrayals, Norway

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Remembering Diana

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Some 152,000 people has visited the Diana, Princess of Wales exhibition at Althorp House, when it opened for just two months in the summer of 1998. Tickets were purchased for a particular day before the visit took place. The tour comprised of her island grave, Althorp House and an exhibition of her life. The museum had exhibits on Diana's work with charity, her clothes and a separate area about her life. The staff were very knowledgeable. There was a shop and cafe. The island where Diana is buried was not accessible but flowers can be left at a classic temple building.

United Kingdom, Evaluation, Exhibitions, Diana, Princess of Wales

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Space traveller

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The titanium-clad, sculptured architecture of the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain, has attracted much acclaim since the museum's opening in Oct 1997. However, attention to the splendour of the building has overshadowed the important collection inside it, which represents the art of the 20th century. Frank Gehry's versatile and unusual gallery spaces are able to display all art forms so there are video experiences in darkened rooms, small pictures in small rooms, and large three-dimensional exhibits in vast spaces.

Design and construction, Bilbao, Spain

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