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US: Seattle, WA – Hall of Glass Chandeliers

Look up when you walk through this corridor at the Chihuly Garden and Glass museum in Seattle, WA. You can pick the colored chandelier of your dreams.

US: Seattle, WA – Chihuly Over Venice in Seattle

Dale Chihuly was invited to place glass chandeliers throughout the city of Venice in 1995-6. Five of them or inspired by them can be seen here at the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, WA.

 

US: Seattle, WA – Dale Chihuly Chandeliers

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Chandeliers here are the ones (or inspired by them) that were hung all over the city of Venice in 1995-6. Here are 3 examples that are now permanently in Seattle in the museum devoted to Dale Chihuly.

 

Canada: Toronto, Ontario – Ocean Garbage

Though it first looks kind of like a crystal chandelier, you soon learn that this hanging sculpture is the awful garbage killing the fish in the ocean. It’s in the Ripley’s Aquarium of Toronto.

Austria, Vienna: Bumping into Beauty in the Least Expected Places

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You can take a free tour of the Rathaus (Vienna City Hall) and bump into surprisingly beautiful things like this chandelier. Make sure to sign up ahead of time.

US: Palm Beach, Florida – Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Ballroom

Here is the magnificent ballroom of the Flagler mansion, in its heyday and today. You can see carved moldings, electric chandeliers, arched doorways and windows and polished wooden floors.

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US: Palm Beach, Florida – Henry Morrison Flagler Museum

Here is the magnificent ballroom of the Flagler mansion, in its heyday and today. You can see carved moldings, electric chandeliers, arched doorways and windows and polished wooden floors.

Flagler Ballroom