Travels, Trips & Tours

The Volunteer Travel Committee to Museum London presents the following tours:

Artistic & Architectural Wonders: Buffalo
Wednesday, September 22
Cost: Members/Seniors $115; non-members $125

Back by popular demand! Join us for a full day of art and architecture in this remarkable city which houses such wonders as the Albright Knox Gallery and architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan. For further information contact Gloria Hinton 519.645-6864 or Julie Doran 519.661.4047

New York City
October 21 to October 24
Cost: $1,599

Enjoy the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick and MOMA as well as walking tours of Greenwich Village, Soho and the High Line, a train track 30 feet in the air that has been transformed into a public park. Fly from Toronto Island and stay at the centrally located Warwick Hotel. For further information call Gloria Hinton 519. 645.6864 gloria.hinton@sympatico.ca or Wilda Thomas 519.660.1065 wthomas@odyssey.on.ca or Heather Wilkinson, Uniglobe Instant Travel 519. 473. 8591 hwilkinson@uniglobeinstant.com

Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love
May 12 to 15, 2011

As the most important city in colonial America, Philadelphia has a rich history. It also boasts a number of fine museums, including one of the largest in the country, the Philadelphia Museum of Art. For further information contact Lore Brown 519. 473.3691 lorebrown@start.ca or Shelagh Martin 519.672.3294 smartin260@hotmail.com or Sharon Doubt, Travel By Design, 519.476.5667 or sdoubt@skynet.ca

Venice - Biennale 2011
June 3 to 12, 2011
Cost: $3,399

An opportunity to visit old-world Venice while the best of the world’s contemporary art is on exhibition; this trip is ideal for the art and travel lover. Join Melanie Townsend, Head of Exhibitions and Collections at Museum London, as she leads a guided tour through the National Pavilions in the Gardini, home of the Biennale. Visit Venice’s many important cultural venues including the Ca Pesara Museum of Modern Art, Accademia and QueriniStampalia Palace, as well as the Basilica of San Marco and Doge's Palace. The tour is rounded out by your choice of a cruise up the Brenta Canal or a walking tour of Venice's churches and art collections cruise. For further information call Wilda Thomas 519.660.1065 wthomas@odyssey.on.ca or Sharon Doubt, Travel By Design, 519.476.5667 or sdoubt@skynet.ca

All information subject to change.