Museums: ‘A Different Sort of Inspiration’

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  07.19.10 | 5:42 PM ET

World Hum contributor Julia Ross ponders the connections between museums and their cities. On her favorites, she writes:

They’re an intrinsic part of travel for me, and the ones I love most distill the mood or aesthetic of a city in a way I can’t grasp walking the streets. It’s about more than art. It can be in the light, the design, or how the viewing public behaves. Something about the culture is captured.