Starting in July 2019, Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" will be restored, in situ behind glass, during museum hours at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum (Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands; phone +31 20 6747 000, www.rijksmuseum.nl/en).
The painting, dating to 1642, was last restored in 1975 to repair knife-attack damage. The restoration will be streamed live on the website.
The 3-hour "Restoring Caravaggio — VIP Rome Tour" shows travelers works by Italian artist Caravaggio (1571-1610) in three churches in Rome, then takes them to an art-restoration lab to learn the science and techniques of restoration.
Run by Italian tour operator Roma Experience (phone, in the US, 719/266-2360), tours are held weekdays and cost €245 (near $288) per person. Visit www.romaexperience.com/restoring-caravaggio-vip-rome-tour.
Originally on display for one year in 2011-2012, a panorama depicting the ancient Greek city of Pergamon opened this fall in Berlin at the Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama (Museumsinsel Berlin, Am Kupfergraben, 10117 Berlin, Germany; phone +49 30 266 424242, www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/pergamonmuseum-das-panorama/home.html).
When I signed up for "Switzerland, the Heart of the Rhine & Moselle" with Vantage Deluxe World Travel (Boston, MA; 888/514-1845, www.vantagetravel.com), the cost of the trip, including air (Miami-Basel, Amsterdam-Miami), insurance and an optional Luxembourg excursion, was $6,342. There was no single supplement, as the ms River Voyager offers four single cabins.
2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus art-and-design movement, which began in Germany. Special events are being held there (www.gobauhaus.com), such as…
• In Dessau, home to the actual Bauhaus, an art school that operated from 1919 to 1933, look for guided architectural tours, public art displays and, scheduled for fall 2019, the opening of the Bauhaus Museum Dessau.
My husband and I stayed at a quinta (villa) in Portugal that I think ITN readers would be interested in knowing about.
5-day, 4-night lecture tour in Venice, ITALY, Oct. 4-8, 2018, celebrating 500th anniversary of artist Jacopo Tintoretto’s birth. Escorted by expert in 16th-century Italian art. Highlights: Gallerie dell’Accademia/Scuola Grande di San Rocco/at church of I Gesuiti, the painting “Assumption of Mary”/in 14th-century Palazzo Ducale, “Il Paradiso”/at island church of San Giorgio Maggiore, a painting of The Last Supper. From London, £2,480 (near $3,310) ppdo.
9-day, 8-night cultural and art tour in central MEXICO, Nov. 3-11, 2018. Highlights: In Guadalajara, attend a charreada (rodeo), visit renowned charros (traditionally dressed horsemen), see murals by José Clemente Orozco/in Tequila, visit distillers José Cuervo and La Cofradia/silver, leather, hat workshops/at Lake Chapala, 17th annual Feria Maestros del Arte. $2,585 ppdo. Tia Stephanie Tours (Ann Arbor, MI; 734/769-7839, www.tiastephanietours.com).
