Visitors to London’s British Museum can now discover how the guidebook craze began, albeit behind glass. The author’s pilgrimage began near Mainz in the southwest of Germany, and took in Corfu, Rhodes and Cairo. “Before this book, most of the depictions of places such as Jerusalem or Venice were totally made up," said Giulia Bartrum, curator of German prints at the British Museum, to Lonely Planet. Highlighting cultural exchangeThe exhibition was developed in collaboration with the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. Entrance to the British Museum is free, but tickets for this exhibition carry a £14 ($17.30) charge.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 10, 2019 17:26 UTC