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13-day, 12-night classic sports car tour, sponsored by Alfa Romeo Owners Club (AROC), Sept. 30-Oct. 12, 2022.

In the village of Ponte de Lima, Portugal, toys made in Portugal between the late 19th century and the 1980s — including dolls, children’s furniture and zinc and wooden cars, planes and trains — are on display at Museu do Brinquedo Português (Casa do Arnado, Lago da Alegria; phone +351 258 240 210, www.museuspontedelima.com/pages/986). Nearly 200 Portuguese toy manufacturers are represented in the collection. Temporary exhibits are regularly held.

On Nov. 6 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the new Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen (Museumpark 18; phone +31 10 441 9400, www.boijmans.nl/en) became the world’s first art storage facility of its size to allow the public access to its complete collection, which comprises 151,000 pieces from medieval to contemporary, including pieces by van Gogh and Dalí.

The next time you’re near Miami, Florida, be sure to visit the Myrna and Sheldon Palley Pavilion for Contemporary Glass and Studio Arts (www.lowe.miami.edu/collections/palley-pavillion/index.html) at the Lowe Art Museum (Coral Gables, FL; www.lowe.miami.edu), on the University of Miami’s campus.

An expansion at the art museum Kunsthaus Zürich (Heimplatz 1, Zürich, Switzerland; phone +41 44 253 84 84, www.kunsthaus.ch/en) was scheduled to open Oct. 9, 2021. With the expansion, Kunsthaus Zürich will be the largest art museum in Switzerland, with 120,000 square feet of space, which now will include workshops, an event hall and an art garden.

The topic of ITN’s last essay contest, “In Tune with Tunis,” elicited colorful entries, and the winning essay (as judged by ITN staff) was that of ALBERT SIMONSON of Santa Ysabel, California, who will be sent an ITN mug. Taking second place is the work of SANDRA YON of Virginia Beach, Virginia, who wins a 1-year extension to her ITN subscription.