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On this day in
1791 died Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, prolific and highly influential composer of Classical music.
1870 Alexandre Dumas, writer, died at 68
1906 Otto Preminger, American producer, director, and actor, was born
1911 Alfred Manessier French painter was born
1926 died Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter.
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Museums Luxembourg  MUDAM - Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean | | Mudam is the abbreviation for MUsée D’Art Moderne (Museum of Modern Art). The museum was inaugurated on 1 July 2006 by Grand Duke Jean, to whom the building is dedicated. The building was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect I. M. Pei. The Museum’s collections are set out on three floors and include works by many artists and designers such as Alvar Aalto, Marina Abramovic, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Pierre Bismuth, Sophie Calle, Hussein Chalayan, Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Mark Dean, Jan Fabre, Ian Hamilton Finlay, , Andreas Gursky, Thomas Hirschhorn, William Kentridge, Bruce Nauman, Julian Schnabel, Cindy Sherman, Cy Twombly and Kara Walker among many others.
http://www.mudam.lu
| 3, Park Dräi Eechelen L-1499 Luxembourg Hours: daily 11 am - 6 pm / Wednesday 11 am - 8 pm Closed on Tuesdays Admissions: full ticket: 5 € / concessions: 3 € |
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Musée d'Histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg | | Situated on the Rue du Saint-Esprit, right in the heart of the old part of the city, the Luxembourg City History Museum opened its doors in 1996. It displays permanent collections as well as temporary exhibitions that in a very innovative way illustrate the history, spanning more than a thousand years, of the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.The museum consists of two parts: the floors below the entrance level (Rue du Saint-Esprit) illustrate the city’s evolution from an economic, social, political, architectural and town planning point of view, whereas the upper levels are reserved for temporary exhibitions.
http://www.musee-hist.lu/
| 14, rue du Saint-Esprit L-2090 Luxembourg Hours: from Tuesday to Sunday 10 am to 6 pm; open until 8 pm on Thursday Closed on Monday Admission general 5 € / concessions 3,70 € |
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