Paris What's on
25 June-8 Nov 2009. Tonnes of toys of the vintage and musical variety abound in this eclectic exhibition suited to children and nostalgic adults. The Toy Gallery is festooned with flutes, trumpets, wo...
Copenhagen What's on
Divine Madness: Charlotte Bergman Johanssen and Mille Rude
15 August -18 October 2009. Nikolaj is Copenhagen's contemporary art centre and is situated in the former Nikolaj Church in the middle of Copenhagen. This exhibition focuses on the notions of dreams a...
Barcelona What's on
Maurice de Vlaminck: A Fauve Instinct
2 July-18 October 2009. Born in Paris in 1876, de Vlaminck started his career as a musician and later gave violin lessons by night while painting by day. A chance meeting on a train with another young...
Madrid What's on
Louis Braille: Points for Education and Integration
2 June -1 Nov 2009. As well as being an essential centre for research into Spanish culture, the Biblioteca Nacional offers its visitors a comprehensive programme of cultural events throughout the year...
Dublin What's on
Titled 'Blaze Away' after the phrase used to start a duel, this exhibition examines the history of duelling in Ireland and the work of two Dublin families who made guns and swords in the 19th century....
Brussels What's on
18 June 2009 - 10 January 2010. Born in Antwerp in 1913, Willy Vandersteen was a celebrated comic artist and a prominent figure in the founding of Flemish comic books. His career was long and his outp...
Berlin What's on
A Different Approach to the World: The Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace
9 July 2009 - 17 January 2010. This exhibition explores key ideas involving the future sharing of the Humboldt Forum by The National Museums in Berlin, the Humboldt Universit
Amsterdam What's on
At the Russian Court: Palace and Protocol in the 19th Century
20 June 2009 - 31 Jan 2010. An exhibition of more than 1,800 artifacts on loan from the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg is currently on show in the newly restored Amstelhof Hermitage museum bu...
London What's on
23 May-15 August 2009. Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes is back in London
London What's on
12 June-20 Sept 2009. Another of the many exhibitions throughout Europe to celebrate the centenary of the publication of the Marietti
Berlin What's on
22 July - 04 October 2009. The 90th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus movement is celebrated with an exhibition of work by the Bauhaus masters and their students. The comprehensive display is...
Jersey What's on
23-25 July. Acrobats, gymnasts and high wire artists from 15 countries, including China, Russia, Mongolia and Europe give performances of breath-taking skill.
Amsterdam What's on
'The Colours of Water' by Marco van Middelkoop
9 July - 30 August 2009. Marco van Middelkoop, a celebrated Dutch photographer, presents his latest exhibition: 'The Colours of Water' at The Melweg.
What makes van Middelkop's images of water uniqu...
Oxford What's on
Buscot Park & The Faringdon Collection
Until 30 September 2009. Buscot Park is home to the Faringdon Collection, which consists of a wealth of antiques and furniture and numbers amongst its paintings Burne-Jones's "The Legend of the Briar...
Copenhagen What's on
Each weekend over the summer, historian Christian Holm Donatzky makes the past come alive for visitors to Copenhagen with his historic city walks. Donatzky first examines the period known as King's Co...
Brussels What's on
10 July - 13 Sept 2009. This installation of sculpture and photography by Jan De Cock pays tribute to photographer Jean-Pierre Beauviala who pioneered the development of the 16mm A
Barcelona What's on
Retallables de la Guerra Civil (1936-1939)
16 June - 24 Sept 2009. The Museo d'Historia de Catalunya presents a quirky but serious exhibition of cartoon cut-outs used during the Spanish Civil War. An effective yet subtle form of propaganda, th...
Vienna What's on
18 May - 1 Nov 2009. Vienna's Schatzkammer, or Treasury, is located in the grounds of the Hofburg palace and is home to a collection of one thousand years of treasures, the highlights of which are the...
Paris What's on
La Toison d'Art is a choir specialising in sacred music. Over the years they have collaborated with many soloists and other choirs from France and around the world. This summer sees the church walls o...
