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Thorvaldsen Museum: 4. Denmark's Artistic Heritage Danish painting has never developed a "school" to command wide attention, but the nation's ablest artists, a dozen or more of whom are well represented in the State Art Gallery on S01vgade, are respected. In sculpture, the heritage is much greater. The works of Bertel Thorvaldsen, who, incidentally, chiseled the famous "Lion of Lucerne" from the face of a cliff in that Swiss town, have been mentioned (Thorvaldsen Museum; Vor Frue Kirke), but there are many other striking statues and fountains by other sculptors, aside from those mentioned above (The Little Mermaid; The Gefion Fountain).
Outstanding buildings and institutions in Reykjavik including the House of the Althing (parliament), the National Museum, the National Library, the Museum of Natural History, the Meteorological Institute, and the National Bank. Almost in the heart of the city, which is heated by hot water from the nearby thermal springs, is picturesque Lake Tj0rnin, about one mile long and half a mile wide, which is a municipal skating rink in the colder months. A splendid statue of Leif Ericson was presented to Iceland by the United States in 1930 to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the Althing; there is also a large statue of the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, as well as many smaller memorials. The University of Reykjavik has faculties of letters, science, theol-
The United States, excellent firearms col-may be viewed at the Springfield (Mass.) Museum; West Point (N. Y.) Museum; States National Museum (Smithsonian, angton, D. C.); Winchester Gun Museum, Haven, Conn.; Connecticut State Library Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn.; J. )avis Collection, Claremore, Okla.; Metzger tion, College Station, Texas; Confederate , Richmond, Va.; Huntington (West Va.) ; Milwaukee Public Museum; Metropoli-[useum of Art, New York; and the Chicka-and Chattanooga Military Park, Fort ipe, Ga. |
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