Statues of Famous People in the UK, USA, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, HK, Australia, S Africa and more

Statues of favourite, famous people as well as religious figures and heroes and heroines of mythology are all around.  Let's start with where I am now, writing this in London, England.

London, England

You can sit next to comedian Spike Milligan in a pleasant park in Finchley, NW London, or pose beside author Oscar Wilde right in the city centre near Trafalgar Square.

For inspiration see the bust of Einstein in the sculpture section of the Victoria & Albert Museum. On a fine day, see the outdoor statues. On a dull day see Sherlock Holmes outside Baker Street station and the waxworks in Madame Tussaud's.

Statues In London

Nelson's column is a landmark in Trafalgar Square. You need to set your camera to multiply times three to get more detail. 

The world has many statues of Queen Victoria, royals, world famous figures, and local heroes. 

In London we have statues of Oscar Wilde in the centre, and  Amy Winehouse in Camden. I have a book just on statues of London.

Sigmund Freud sits in Hampstead near the Freud Museum, London, England.

Photo by Mike Peel and another in Wikipedia.

A temporary Freddy Mercury memorial picture is on the Spanish steps at Wembley, London, England, in the autumn of 2026. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4z8mzx7gwo

Shakespeare's bust is outside the free Guildhall Art Gallery in Guildhall Yard in London. 

Engineer Brunel sits on Paddington station. the other side of the station is a small statue of Paddington Bear.

A statue of Abraham Lincoln is in Parliament Square, London, England.

You can also see a bust of Mandela in London, outside the Festival Hall on the South Bank (of the river Thames).

 The Three Graces by Canova in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, UK

National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh (jointly owned, moving between these two museums), UK

Statues in England

Up north in Manchester, England, is a statue of Chopin at a piano, commemorating his visit to the city in the last year of his life.

A statue of Queen Elizabeth II with her corgi dogs is in Rutland, England.

Another is in Newcastle-under-Lyme in Queens Gardens, England.

Another is on York Minster, in York, England.

Manchester England, has a statue of Abraham Lincoln on Lincoln Square. Recalling the support Manchester gave Lincoln in the American Civil war.

The Beatles statue is in Liverpool.

And politician Margaret Thatcher's statue is in Grantham Lincolnshire, by the Grantham Museum, England.

The statue of playwright J B Priestley, who wrote An Inspector Calls, is on Princes Street outside the Museum of Science & Media in Bradford, England, UK. He was born in Bradford.

Scotland Statues

Statues of Robbie Burns who wrote Auld Lang Syne, sung by people all over the world on New Year's eve, are in Ayr, Edinburgh, Glasgow.

Wales Statues

A statue of Gandhi is in Cardiff, Wales, UK.

A statue of seated Dylan Thomas, poet who wrote Under Milk Wood and poem Do not go gentle into that goodnight, is by the Dylan Thomas theatre in Swansea, Wales, UK.

David Lloyd George, statue standing by Caernarfon Castle, Wales. Prime Minister, credited with introducing the National Health Service.

Statue of Aneurin Bevan in Cardiff, Wales, jointly credited with founding the National Health Service.

Australia's Statues

Questacon (Canberra, Australia): A prominent Albert Einstein statue marks the entrance to Australia's National Science and Technology Centre.

Statues In Canada

A statue of Queen Elizabeth II is in Toronto, Canada.

A statue of Queen Victoria is on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Statues of several Canadian Prime Ministers are on Parliament Path. 

Some statues may have been moved or removed. Check before taking a trip to see them.

Denmark Statues

The Little Mermaid, immortalised by Hans Christian Andersen.

A statue of the author Hans Christian Andersen is in Roseborg Gardens in Copenhagen.

Statues in France

The statue of the thinker is in the Rodin Gallery in Paris, France.

Dreyfus statue, Paris, France.

Burghers of Calais, group statues, in Calais France, by sculptor Rodin.

Statues In Greenland

Erik the Red and Leif Eriksson, explorers.

Australian Statues

Captain Cook statues are in Sydney and Melbourne.

Belarus

Statue of Marc Chagall, famous for his paintings, stained glass windows and sculptures. A statue of him is in

Bosnia Statues

Bruce Lee (Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina): A notable bronze statue of Bruce Lee stands in Zrinjevac Park, erected as a universal symbol of youth, solidarity, and pop culture neutrality across ethnic divides. [1]

Canada - Statues

See a statue of jazz pianist Oscar Peterson seated at his piano in Ottawa, Canada.

A-maze-ing Laughter statue is a popular photo spot in Vancouver.

China - Hong Kong

Bruce Lee Hong Kong: A famous life-sized statue honouring the martial artist stands in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong,

Czech Republic statues

See the statue of author Kafka in Prague. There are several statues associated with Kafka.

Germany's statues

Goethe Monument, Liepsig, Germany.

Walhalla Temple (Donaustauf, Germany): A bust sculpted by Ulrich Uhlig is displayed inside this hall of fame honoring distinguished Germans.

Israel

A replica of the Washington DC monument to Einstein is in the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem, Israel. 

Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel): A bronze sculpture of Einstein created by Georgy Frangulyan stands at the Edmond J. Safra Campus, honoring Einstein's role as one of the founders of the university.

Italy & The Vatican Statues

Outdoor statue of biblical David in Florence, Italy.

The Muses from Classical Antiquity (Roman) in The Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy.

Lithuanian Statues & Busts

The Three Muses statue, Vilnius, Lithuana. Situated above the main entrance to the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre on Gediminias Avenue.

Monument to John Lennon.

Monument to Frank Zappa.

Monument to Leonard Cohen.

Monument to the Vilna Gaon. (Child prodigy and later leader of Jewish community thinkers, who had memorised the entire bible at the age of 9.)

Mexico's Statues

Monument to Christopher Columbus in Mexico City.

Parque México (Mexico City, Mexico): A bronze bust of Einstein sculpted by Tosia Malamud stands in the Condesa neighborhood.

New Zealand Statues

A statue of Queen Victoria is in Auckland, on the North Island of New Zealand.

A statue of Captain James Cook is in Christchurch on the south island of New Zealand. I nearly got run over by a tram, as I was trying to photograph the statue, backing across the road to get it all in.

A statue of Burt Monroe, world motorcycle speed record holder, is shown on his motorbike in Invercargill, the southernmost city on the South Island of New Zealand.

Norway's Statues

Henrik Ibsen, playwright, has a statue in Oslo, outside the theatre.

Statues In Poland

A giant statue of composer Chopin in Warsaw is a landmark which you pass, or stop at, in guided tours of the city.

A statue of pianist Arthur Rubinstein at his piano, 

Portugal

Monument to the Discoveries, has Prince Henry the navigator and a series of statues of other famous explorers including Vasco da Gama. 

Christ the King.

Russia's Statues

Statue of Lenin in St Petersburg, Russia.

The Three Graces by Canova, neoclassical sculptor (1757-1822) in The Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia,

Singapore Statues

Singapore has a statue of Sir Stamford Raffles. 

Many more outdoors statues include a bird, a horse.

I love the children jumping into the water. 

The giant statue of the mythical Merlion spouts water. 

A plaque honours writer Joseph Conrad.

In Madame Tussauds on Sentosa Island you can see Lee Kuan Yew.

South African Statues

Statues of Mandela are everywhere, for example, in Cape Town, 

Nelson Mandela in Pretoria, 

Nelson Mandela in Durban.

Nelson Mandela, in Nelson Mandela Square, Johannesburg 

and more. 

Statues in Spain

A statue of seated Maimonides is in Maimonides Square in Cordoba, Spain.

The Three Muses are in The Prado, Madrid, Spain.

Statue of Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, in Madrid, Spain.

Statue of painter Velazquez in Madrid, Spain.

Monument to Columbus, Salamanca.

Monument to human towers, Tarragona, Spain.

Sweden's Statues

In Malmo, Sweden, you might want to see the jolly multi-person parade of statues in the Optimist Orchestra.

Switzerland's Statues

Freddie Mercury (Montreux, Switzerland): A famous 3-meter bronze sculpture by sculptor Irena Sedlecká stands overlooking Lake Geneva. It depicts Mercury in his iconic 1986 Wembley Stadium live pose. 

Rosengarten (Bern, Switzerland): A statue located in Bern's Rose Garden park commemorates the city where Einstein developed his Special Theory of Relativity while working at the Swiss Patent Office.

William Tell statue, Altdorf, Switzerland.

USA Statues

Visitors to New York are greeted by the giant Statue of Liberty. 

A statue of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point, was placed in Times Square, New York, on September 10th 2026, the first anniversary of his death.

A statue of Scottish poet Robbie Burns is in New York, USA.

Another popular place, memorable and recognizable is the Lincoln Memorial, a giant statue of Abraham Lincoln seated outdoors in Washington DC in the USA. 

Albert Einstein Memorial (Washington, D.C., USA): Created by sculptor Robert Berks and located at the National Academy of Sciences, this massive, 12-foot bronze statue depicts Einstein seated on a three-step granite bench with a paper displaying his equations ($E = mc^2$, the photoelectric effect, and general relativity).

University of South Alabama (Mobile, Alabama, USA): Features the "Einstein Bench," a bronze sculpture depicting Einstein sitting on an outdoor campus bench.

Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is well known. A more recent mountain carving is Crazy Horse.

In the USA another statue of Einstein which you can sit next to is in Los Angeles at the Griffith Observatory.

Bruce Lee in Los Angeles: Famous life-sized statue honouring the martial artist is along the Avenue of Stars.

More Statues Worldwide

Useful Websites About Famous People and Statues

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Hall_of_Fame

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2017/05/wheres-statue.html

https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/artist-sergio-furnari-reveals-his-statue-of-turning-point-founder-charlie-kirk-in-times-square-in-new-york/

https://www.stephenshouseandgardens.com/visit/spike-milligan-statue

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Statues_in_Spain

https://www.un.org/ungifts/pianist (About Arthur Rubinstein)

https://www.mayflowercruisesandtours.com/iceland-greenland-erik-and-leif/

See Tripadvisor for top ten monuments or sites in each country, and Wikipedia for statues in each country.

America has many statues, as well as carvings of presidents, not only Mount Rushmore.

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Amy Winehouse Film And The Mildmay Club

 

Laurence Fryer, Vice President of the Mildmay Club.

Laurence told us all about it. 

The ballroom also used for zumba classes, one of the events often open to the public, who are neither members nor guests of members.

Wine on tap in the ballroom of the Mildmay club, 33 to34 Newington Green, N16 9PR,  which has 3,600 members.

The Amy Winehouse film scene was in this snooker room

Lots of films have hired this venue.

The building was a radical club a working mens club. Outside London.

Also a smaller pool room.

View

Www.mildmay.club

For more history.

Four kinds of art: Street Art, National Gallery, Portrait Gallery, Private Gallery

 Every major country and city offers up to four kinds of art. The first is the street art. 

Banksy art, east End of London, England.

Street Art

Public statues, of people (London), horses (Singapore Stadium), monuments. Go onto Wikipedia and you will be astonished  at the number of statues for your home city and the one you are next visiting.

Official and unofficial murals

And graffiti. Banksy, worldwide (see my previous post). Some cities are known for it and you can do organized tours. Such as the East End of London, UK. Philadelphia in the USA. 

Even the railway stations have art. Brunel at Paddington station. Historical characters such as kings and queens and war memorials. Also the up to date, such as Amy Winehouse in Camden.

National Gallery

London, England, has the National Gallery, as well as the Tate Modern.  Scotland, Cyprus, anywhere, look for National Gallery.

Wales has free galleries. And the tapestry in Fishgaurd.

Portrait Gallery

London ,England has the portrait Gallery. So does Scotland. 

Private Galleries

Private galleries generally have works on sale. If you cannot afford a large work of art, and can't carry it home, you might find postcards, books, tee-shirts.

My latest discovery in London is the Red Eight Gallery. It aims at Asian customers, and in Asia red and the number eight are lucky.

Useful Websites

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/london-statues-and-monuments/

https://historiclondontours.com/gallery-%26-video

Statues of Emmeline Pankhurst, The Statue of Liberty and other famous women

Photos from Wikipedia
 

The statue of Emmeline Pankhurst is in Manchester, England, UK. Here are some others:

EUROPE

London, England

Florence Nightingale (London)

Mary Seacole (London, England)

Edith Cavell (London, England)

Amy Winehouse (Camden, London, England)

Noor Inayat Khan (Gordon Square, London, England)

Manchester

Emmeline Pankhurst (Suffragette)

France

Paris

Statue of Liberty replica (8)

Colmar, Alsace (and other cities in France: Germany: Norway: La Rioja, Spain; and worldwide including mini versions in model villages)

Americas

USA

New York

Statue of Liberty, New York (and replicas in Virginia; Colorado; Indiana)

Statue of Liberty

Useful Websites

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty

https://www.invisiblewomen.org.uk/visible-women

Tags of Holocaust Children at Sobibor and recalling Prince William and Kate meeting Holocaust Survivors on Holocaust Memorial Day

Books are still being published about recent discoveries of Holocaust vctims who were lost, items found buried, and descendants feeling compelled to try tracing those lost from their family tree. At Sobibor, the camp where a revolt took place, tags of children were discovered and a book has just been published about it.

UK

In the UK Holocaust memorial day's events included Prince William and Kate meeting survivors who they had met previously. 

I had not heard of these survivors before. 

Anne Frank's Family

I had heard of Anne Frank's father living in Edgware, north west London, postwar, WW2. Edgware was where I lived as a child and teenager.

If you are intersted in Jews and Jewish history in the UK, look at the websites for the Jewish Museums in London and Manchester. Also Jewish people such as Anne Frank's posthumous sister (daughter of Mr Frank's second wife,) who lived with her mother and step-father, in London.

Jews Of Postwar Eras

You might also be interested in the websites for concentration camps, cemeteries, and Jewish entertainers around the world such as Amy Winehouse.

Sites To Visit When We Can Travel - and now on the internet

I have visited Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam, Jewish museums in the UK, the Netherlands, Prague, Poland and the USA.

Interesting Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp

https://holocaustlearning.org.uk/learning/untold-stories-for-key-stage-2/

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9192831/Survivors-Britain-escaped-Nazi-Germany-mark-Holocaust-Memorial-Day.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9189127/ID-tags-children-aged-6-12-murdered-discovered-Sobibor-Nazi-death-camp.html

See next travel post on Auschwitz.

About the Author

Angela Lansbury teacher of English (advanced and English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language, French and other languages, aspiring polyglot.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Member of many toastmasters  speaker training clubs and speaking contest judge.

Angela Lansbury, the author of 20 books including Wedding Speeches & Toasts, and Quick Quotations, has lived in the USA, Spain and Singapore. 

She  has several blogs and writes daily on at least two of the following:

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Where to see statues of famous ladies: Anne Frank, Margaret Thatcher, Amy Winehouse and more famous ladies

Margaret Thatcher statue in Palace of Westminster, London SW1, England, UK

Statue of Margaret Thatcher, P.M. Guildhall, London, England, UK. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

As  a tourist, I love statues. They honour famous people. They are easy to find in public places. They make good photos. You can usually see them for free. Any time, day or night. No need to worry about opening times.

 Debate is ongoing regarding a proposed statue of Margaret Thatcher in Grantham, her birthplace in England. The UK already has a statue of her in the palace of Westminster (houses of parliament). The USA has another one.

Who else has been honoured by a statue? Here's a list, alphabetically by name:

Anne Frank.

Outside Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Helen Keller.

USA

Margaret Thatcher

Hillsdale College, USA.

Florence Nightingale.

London, UK

Amy Winehouse

Camden, London, UK

Here they are by country:

UK

Florence Nightingale

Mary Seacole

Margaret Thatcher

Amy Winehouse

USA

Margaret Thatcher

Hillsdale College, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA

Netherlands

Anne Frank, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Margaret_Thatcher_(Palace_of_Westminster)

es.co.uk/edition/comment/protests-against-a-thatcher-statue-are-prejudiced-and-petty-

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Update in October 2026. In May 2022 the statue was placed on St Peter's Hill Green, in Granham, Lincolnshire near the Grantham Museum, and a statue of Sir Isaac Newton.)

About the Author

Angela Lansbury is a travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, fashionista. Please share links to your favourite posts or one or more of the blogs

travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com

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MUSIC MUSEUMS & MUSICIANS: from Amy Winehouse and the Albert Hall to Elvis, to Country, Classical, Handel and Pucchini

 Thomas R Machnitzki (thomas@machnitzki.com) - Own work

Graceland covered with snow. Memphis, Tennessee.

Music themed gate showing guitarist and musical notes. It is often worth going to a home to photograph it, even if you don't have the time and money to visit, or the location is closed. You might be impressed by the location, read and photograph a plaque outside about the famous person who lived there, or talk to other tourists about your mutual hero, or other places to visit in the vicinity connected with the famous person.

If you do get inside, however much you know about your favourite famous person, there is always more to learn.


The Jungle Room, Graceland, USA. Photo from Wik'pedia.

Here's a list of music museums for you and your family to visit. I have made it alphabetical and by country ro help you compile a bucket list for your travels.

The list is compiled by categories, including composers, singers, country, auditoriums and statues of singers and musicians. Some singers and songs are associated with landmarks (Blue skies over the white cliffs of Dover), or statues or graves or monuments of people best known as film stars or other categories. For example, Marilyn Monroe was known for much else besides singing Happy Birthday to President Kennedy in New York, and may be featured in waxworks museums, at Niagara and the Hollywood Heritage Museum.

The long, obscure word auditorium comes from the root words for ear and listening. Aural - related to the ear. (Oral is speaking as in oratory.) Audible means can be heard.

Statue of Stephen Foster removed because of objections to the banjo playing slave. Photo from Wikipedia. What a pity. I thought the happy banjo player was charming and the best part of the statue.

MUSIC CATEGORIES
1 Country and Western
2 Blues
3 Opera
4 Classical music
5 Folk
6 National
7 Ethnic

ETHNIC
National anthem and patriotic and classic composers.
National anthem lyricists.
Jewish
Amy Winehouse, Gershwin, Marilyn Monroe (converted for husband playwright Miller). See videos on Youtube of: Amy Winehouse and Yiddish songs such as Roumania.

Greece
Composer of the national anthem on a Greek island.



Sydney Opera House, Australia

AUSTRALIA
Sydney Opera House

FRANCE
Opera House, Paris

ITALY
Venona, open air opera
La Scala Opera House
Torre Del Lago, home of Puccini, statue outside.

Torre Del Lago, Italy, former home of Puccini, now a museum.

POLAND
Huge Chopin statue, landmark shown on tours of Warsaw.
Chopin House museum.

ROMANIA
See Youtube video of Yiddish drinking song Roumania by Aaron Lebedeff.

SWITZERLAND
Statue of Freddie Mercury in Montreux, and Museum devoted to him and his band, Queen.

Bernd Brägelmann - Bernd Brägelmann

Freddie Mercury Statue in Montreux, Switzerland. 

Amy Winehouse waxwork in Madame Tussaud's, London, England.

UK
Amy Winehouse in Madame Tussauds, Baker Street, London.
Amy Winehouse statue and trail and Jewish museum in Camden, London.
Handel museum in London.
Hendrix museum beside Handel Museum in London.
Handel's organ in Whitchurch Lane, Edgware, NW London, England.
Elgar Museum.

Handel and Hendrix museums on the upper floors of these two adjacent houses in London.

USA
Elvis, Graceland. Cars and guitars in many museums in the USA.
Hollywood Heritage Museum, Los Angeles.
Nashville (country music).
Dollywood.
Opryland.

FESTIVALS & MUSIC VENUES

UK
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sadlers Well
Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London, England
Royal Albert Hall
Elgar Birthplace Museum

Elgar Birthplace Museum.

Elgar composed the music for Land of Hope and Glory which is played at Last night of the proms, in the Albert Hall in London, England.

EVENTS
New Year's Day concert broadcast from Vienna, Austria, on TV and radio in the UK.

Useful Websites
https://www.facebook.com/ScottishOpera
https://www.viennaconcerts.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini
https://handelhendrix.org/
https://www.dollywood.com/
Roumania Music only:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0agi_Gj2IEc

About the Author
Angela Lansbury is a travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, trainer specialising in public speaking and business English..

Musicians' statues and Murals: Black Sabbath; Hendrix; Winehouse - More Listings

The world has many museums, murals and statues honouring musicians. Here are some of my favourites:

Statue of Ronnie James Dio of band Black Sabbath, at Kavarna in Bulgaria. Photo author unknown, from Wikipedia.

BULGARIA
At Kavarna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, in the central park, see the statue of Ronnie James Dio, the frontman (singer) of the band Black Sabbath, replacing Ozzy Osborne. His songs included Love Potion Number 9. He performed here at Kavarna and campaigned for the release of imprisoned Bulgarian nurses.
This statue is the first of a planned Alley of Rock in the park.

Statue of Philip Lynott in Dublin, Ireland. Photo author type17 in Wikipedia. 

IRELAND
Dublin
Statue of Phil Lynott, frontman of Thin Lizzie rock band. Statue outside Bruxelles Metal Club, on Harry Street, Dublin, Ireland.


Statue of Chopin in Warsaw. Photo by Tomasz Gozdziewicz in Wikipedia.

POLAND
Chopin, giant statue in park, passed by tour buses.
Hard to photograph. You have to be at a distance to get in the whole thing, but you need to run close up to photograph the plaque. Tour bus guides and drivers don't want to stop because it is half an hour, by the time everybody has spent ten minutes racing up to the statue, ten minutes lining up for selfies, then ten minutes running back.

Amy Winehouse mural in Barcelona, Spain. Photo author Borinot bcr in Wikipedia.

SPAIN
Barcelona, Amy Winehouse mural.

SWITZERLAND
Freddie Mercury statue, Montreux, Switzerland.
Near the studios where the band Queen recorded many songs.

UK
London is full of statues. I have a book devoted to statue of London.
London:

Amy Winehouse statue in London. Photo author Neil Crump, in Wikipedia.

Amy Winehouse statue, Stables, Camden, London, England.
Liverpool:
John Lennon statue.
The four Beatles.

Isle of Wight
Jimi Hendrix statue outside Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater, Isle of Wight.

USA
Curt Cobain statue, Aberdeen Museum of History, Aberdeen, Washington.
Janis Joplin statue, Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, Texas.
Jimi Hendrix statue, Seattle (see Broadway Avenue).

Useful Websites
https://www.altpress.com/features/statues_dedicated_to_musicians_around_the_world/2/
http://heavymetalpower.com/2010/10/ronnie-james-dio-statue-unveiled/

bulgariantouristboard.com
visitlondon.com
visitengland.com
visitbritain.com
visitbritainshop.com
visitdublin.com
www.poland.travel/en-gb
www.spain.info
myswitzerland.com
visittheusa.co.uk

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. See my previous posts on musicians including Amy Winehouse and Freddie Mercury. Please share links to your favourite posts.

Amy Winehouse Exhibition In London, England

Jewish Museum, London, England. Picture from Wikipedia.

Jewish Museum, London, England
A new Amy Winehouse exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Camden features Amy's music CDs and other items. The exhibits are linked by comments from her brother Alex.

The Jewish museum has a shop and cafe.

Also look for her statue in Stables Market, Camden, London, England.

Photo author from Wikipedia.

A model of Amy is in Madame Tussauds. Madame Tussauds is beside Baker Street train station. Often long queues (line ups). Must book. Look for combined tickets featuring two or more attractions.

At least three London destinations for an Amy Winehouse tour.
Also look for her favourite pubs, the Good Mixer and the Hawley Arms.

More Musicians
Many other musicians are featured in London. Handel. Jimi Hendrix. I also have posts mentioning Aretha Franklin and Detroit, USA, Elvis, Country Music, Waltzing Matilda.

Amy performed at several concert in the USA and married Blake in Florida.
Overseas, murals featuring Amy Winehouse are in
Barcelona, Spain, and
Tel Aviv, Israel.

Useful Websites
Amy Winehouse singing Back to Black with her backing group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebf171vP74k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Amy_Winehouse
https://mashable.com/2015/07/03/amy-winehouse-london-street-art/#0wqtI4qIgaqI
https://jewishmuseum.org.uk/
visitlondon.com
visitengland.com
Flight comparison website:
opodo.com
Review of exhibition at The Jewish Museum, London, England
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/02/amy-winehouse-jewish-museum-exhibition
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/01/music-museums-to-visit-worldwide.html

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.

Eurovision In Israel 14-18 May 2019 - what else to see in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Israel

The 2018 Eurovision winner was Netta, singing Toy.

English: Press conference after the first Semi-Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. For copyright information see Wikipedia.
Date	8 May 2018, 23:14:00
Source	https://www.eurovisionary.com/?attachment_id=162070
Author	Wouter van Vliet, EuroVisionary

What to see in Israel?

People & Places
Amy Winehouse on a graffiti mural in Tel Aviv. Rothschild wines.

Bauhaus Architecture in the White City, a Unesco heritage site.
Bauhaus Museum.



Bauhaus Museum photo by Talmoryair; in Wikivoyage; see their copyright notices.

Walking tour of Jaffa, the old hillside fishing village.
Time on the beach bordered by modern skyscraper hotels.
Bialik Museum in a historic house to learn about the creation of modern Hebrew by Bialik as well as Yiddish theatre theatre and the life of this great character.
Yad Vashem - memorial museum to those lost in the Holocaust of WWII.

Trips to:
Haifa and the golden dome of the Bahia Temple
Caesarea Roman remains

Jerusalem's old quarters: the underground tunnel from biblical (Old Testament) times and Royal David's city; Christian Way of the Cross; and Armenian quarter, Jewish Wailing Wall - all that is left of the two destroyed old temples from the time of Jesus, and Dome of the Rock; Arab shops and markets; and Jewish jewellery and shops.

Seaside Eilat in the south.
Camel rides.
Ein Gedi oasis with biblical tales.
A kibbutz or two and maybe a Moshav to learn about the collective farming.
The dead sea scrolls. The Israel Museum.

A trip over to Jordan to see Petra.

When to go to Israel?
Passover. Get invited to a Seder night meal or book one at a hotel. Each year the dates are different because Passover follows the Jewish lunar calendar.
May - Eurovision.
Gay Pride Parade.

Where can you stay?
In addition to hotels, and kibbutzim, there will be Tel Aviv camping, glamping and caravans a tent city to cope with the influx of tourists.

Getting There
Book early because both Easter and Passover cause lots of travelling and you need to get in early to book a place even on the extra flights.

El Al
Start your holiday experience early and get familiar with kosher food (no shellfish, no milk with a meat meal).

At the airport, or on the plane you will probably and see the entrancing sight of Orthodox Jews in their distinctive dress. These including the Chassids whose long coats and large furry hats were well suited to the cold winters of Poland. Their sidelocks, and fringed prayer shawls are following the rules of the Hebrew Torah (translated into Greek as Leviticus meaning laws and then translated again into the English Bible renamed the Old Testament when the Christians selected writings for the New Testament).

Eurovision Contest and Israel
If you want to know why or how Israel got into Eurovision contest, or the name of somebody who won, or the name of their song, here are the answers. You can also check out your Hebrew because some of the simple song titles are translated into Hebrew, such as the word Shalom. sh-l-m spelled right to left. One of the song titles contains the word shalom which is peace but also hello and goodbye and is part of the word Jerusalem, city of peace.

The letter that looks like a W is either S or SH, depending on whether the dot is placed to the left above, S, or to the right above, SH. Frequently the vowels are left out, like texting in English. Sh-l-m or m-l-sh in Hebrew, is obviously shalom.

More Information on Eurovision and Israel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshav
www.elal.com
https://www.elal.com/magazine/en/portfolio-items/travel/jerusalem/jerusalem-attractions/

Travel and Tourism Information
Israel Government Tourist office
https://new.goisrael.com/
Also see Wikivoyage from the founders who have kept it advertisement free,
Wikitravel which contains advertising which you might find handy.
Tripadvisor

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. See my later post on learning Hebrew and Arabic.
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Amy Winehouse and others on the 27 club graffiti in Israel

The club of 27 is those who died at the age of 27. This mural showing Amy Winehouse is in Tel Aviv.



https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graffiti_Tel_Aviv,_Khayim_Ben_Atar_St_-_front.jpg


Travel and Tourism Information
https://new.goisrael.com/

https://www.elal.com/magazine/en/portfolio-items/travel/jerusalem/jerusalem-attractions/

Author
Angela Lansbury
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Music Museums, Murals And Statues To Visit Worldwide:Where to learn about Instruments, Automata, Singers , Composers

I am an enthusiastic collector of musical instruments to play on stage as a comic speaker and entertainer. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

I was watching a YouTube video of a marble music machine and went off to do some research on the Swedish Wintergatan band. The creator is part of a four-person music ensemble. He was inspired by seeing automata at a museum - many clock and musical instrument museums combine clocks and automata and musical instruments. If you are interested in any of these three when you visit a museum you are likely to come across and will be interested in the others.


Wintergatan band, of Sweden with one of their music making contraptions. Photo from Wikipedia.

I traced back to a music museum in the Netherlands and then looked at Wikipedia's entire list. The place with the largest number to visit is the USA.

In addition to Collections of guitars, country music, classical musicians, pop singers, country and western music singers, jazz, blues and folk music are also featured.

Favourite Music Museums
The places I have already seen and enjoyed and remember well are music instruments museums such as the one in London, UK.  Museums honouring composers in Germany, and Italy, the composers. I liked learning about several singers in the USA (lots of Elvis museums) as well as Dolly Parton.  Romania introduced me to Enescu. In Australia I was attracted by the huge statue of a guitar. In Austria I visited the graves of famous classical musicians in Vienna cemetery.

From the extremely long list, I have selected those I have visited, those of wide interest, and those I would like to visit.

Online Searching
You might also like to check out a style of music such as Country Music, blues or jazz. You may find many more which you love or hate, such as Portuguese fado, and Latin American tango.

Musicians Hall of Fame, Nashville, USA.

Halls Of Fame
Halls of Fame are another source. Or search for your favourite singers. For the writers of music, the word is composers. For the writers of the words, try librettist for classical music, lyricist, or simply songwriter.

Travellers' Souvenirs
In Romania I searched everywhere for Romanian music. the Enesco museum was closed when I first visited it. Eventually I found a recording of the national anthem and another tune on tiny wind up music boxes on sale at tourist sites.

On the longhaul flights of Singapore Airlines between London, UK, and Singapore, I like to listen to country and western singers, film scores, videos of performances (I saw Amy Winehouse for the first time on an airline).

You can also follow ethnic and religious music such as:
Arabic music,
Jewish musicians such as modern Amy Winehouse or classical Mendelssohn who wrote the Wedding March used at many weddings,
Christian hymn writers and gospel music (methodist Wesley has a museum in London, UK, more Methodists and Wesleys in the USA ).

ARGENTINA
Beatles Museum (Museo Beatle)
Tango Museum

ARMENIA
Charles Aznavour Museum

AUSTRALIA
Australian Country Music Hall of Fame, Tamworth.
You see the huge guitar

BELGIUM
Mr Sax's House.
Saxophones in street.
photo by Ymnes in Wikipedia.


CANADA
Elvis at Niagara.

CZECH REPUBLIC
Lennon wall in Prague.
Jewish trail includes cemetery.

FRANCE
Chopin's Piano is in the Museum of Music, part of the Philharmonic museum in Paris which displays musical instruments and holds exhibitions.:
https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/en/musee-de-la-musique

GERMANY
Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn Museum, Hamburg.

Fanny and Felix Museum, Hamburg, Germany. Photo from Wikipedia by author Ymnes.

Indonesia
In Indonesia you might use the word gamelan which means the music, repertoire, the orchestra or the instruments of the orchestra. Dangdut is a type of music in Jakarta, originally classical but now gone pop - plative and tuneful and rhythmic love songs. We have an album called Nostalgia Dangdut, very tuneful music.

ISRAEL
Amy Winehouse and others in a mural.

ITALY
Opera season in Verona.
Puccini House.

JAPAN
Lennon.

MALAYSIA

NETHERLANDS

POLAND
Chopin statue in Warsaw and Chopin in several museums in Poland and other countries.

ROMANIA

Rhapsody Romaine music box. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.


George Enescu. Photo from Wikipedia. Public domain.
Enescu house. (George Enescu, 1881-1955, composer, conductor, pianist, violinist.)

RUSSIA

SPAIN

UK
Amy Winehouse statue and trail, and Jewish museum, Camden, N W London, England.
Handel and Hendrix museums, central London, England.
Wesley statue in Marylebone and museum in London, England.
Elgar museum.
Beatles Museum, statues, trail, Liverpool.
Handel statue in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

USA
Al Jolson statue in cemetery.
Elvis, Graceland and many more.


Graceland. Memphis, Tennessee. Photo by Joseph Novak, Flickr, Wikipedia.

Stephen Foster - known as the father of American music, composed many of your favourite classic songs including Oh Susana and Beautiful Dreamer.

Composers and songwriters include: prolific Dolly Parton who created Dollywood and wrote Love is like a Butterfly and many more), and Stephen Foster.
Featured singers include:  Elvis
Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee.
Opryland, Nashville, Tennessee.
Murals include Whitney Houston.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g58704-d531960-i172136913-Jimi_Hendrix_Grave_Site-Renton_Washington.html
Many tour companies specialise in music tours.

USEFUL WEBSITES
Post constantly updated. Come back later for more.
wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintergatan (The Marble Music Machine) Sweden.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_museums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_%26_Felix_Mendelssohn_Museum hamburg, Germany.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whitney_Houston_Memorial_Mural.JPG USA.
https://www.rockhall.com/ (Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/h/roubiliacs-handel/ (Victoria and Albert Museum Handel statue.)
Travel Information

Travel Tips

travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com

australia.com

visitbritain.com

visitbritain.shop.com

visitbritain.org

visittheusa.co.uk

visitsingapore.com

Singapore Airlines: 

singaporeair.com

Author

Angela Lansbury, BA Hons, ACG, ALB. Travel writer and photographer, author, speaker, trainer specialising in the English language, etiquette and communication.

I have several more posts on singers and composers and music.
See next post and other posts on Amy Winehouse.

The Jewish Museum's Amy Winehouse Street Trail And Jewish Lives

Problem
I don't have time to go to the Jewish museum.

Answer
Online they have so much of interest. The people project, Jewish Lives kept me busy for over an hour, reading about: Arts people including actors, singers movie stars and managers: Amy Winehouse; Liz Taylor; Epstein, the Beatles' Manager; Disraeli; Zangwill and a US President; sections on science, then in business, the founders of Marks and Spencers and Tesco and the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

I went onto their Facebook page and found more. A video showed the street art trail featuring Amy Winehouse, using well-known worldwide street artists.

Useful Websites
visitbritain.org
visitlondon.com
https://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/london-areas/camden-town/things-to-do-camden-town
www.facebook.com/JewishMuseumLDN
www.facebook.com/public/Amy-Winehouse-Love

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.