Dublin, Ireland, has launched a Dublin Pass card that gives the holder free entry to 33 city attractions, many that allow pass holders to skip lines, plus one-way airport-city center Aircoach transfer. Among locations free for pass holders are the James Joyce Centre, Christ Church Cathedral and the Guinness Storehouse.
A pass runs €39 (near $42), adult, or €21, child (5-15), for one day up to €105/€54 for a 6-day pass, with 2- and 3-day versions too.
The exhibit “Shoes: Pleasure & Pain,” with nearly 200 pairs of shoes from around the world, mostly of modern design but some dating as far back as ancient Egypt, is running June 13, 2015-Jan. 31, 2016, at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum (Cromwell Rd.; phone +44 20 7942 2000, www.vam.ac.uk), a 5-minute walk from the South Kensington underground station. Open 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Sat.-Thurs. and 10-10 Fri. Admission is free.
A bunker built in East Germany during the Cold War has been preserved in its original state. Housed in a former emergency center built from 1968 to 1972 for the regional Stasi director, the Museum Stasi-Bunker (Lübschützer Teiche, Flurstück 439, D-04827, Machern, Germany; www.runde-ecke-leipzig.de/index.php?id=253&L=1) is located just outside Leipzig.
As of March 1, 2015, admission is free to all 26 DIBAM (Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos) museums in Chile, including the National History Museum, the Fine Arts Museum and, on Easter Island, the Sebastien Englert Archaeological Museum.
For locations, visit www.dibam.cl and click on “Museos” (in Spanish only).
