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...wing of Madrid's Prado museum is humming with activity as curators prepare for its Oct. 31 opening. Above ground, in galleries built around architect Rafael Moneo's translucent, lantern-shaped patio, epic-sized historical paintings from the museum's rarely displayed 19th century collection rest against the walls, waiting to be fitted into their frames. Below ground, white-gloved workers are laboriously transferring the 3,000 works currently in storage to a new, climate-controlled archive system. And in the Room of Muses, a lone conservator painstakingly cleans a sculpture of Erato, the Greek muse of lyric poetry...
...Prado approaches its 188th birthday, its $215 million expansion - one element of a plan that has seen the renovation of Madrid's three major art museums - reaffirms the city's importance as a European arts capital. And, not incidentally, it makes the museum friendlier to the more than 2 million tourists who pass through its doors each year. "The relationship between museums and society has changed," says Miguel Zugaza, the Prado's director. "Before, museums were the preserve of the few, but now they're massively attended. We had to change to match that." By adding a new entrance...
...around the broad shaft of natural light that streams through Moneo's glass lantern. At the top comes the delicious surprise: a gorgeously restored Baroque cloister - dismantled from the neighboring San Jerónimo church and carefully reassembled in the new wing - that functions as a sculpture gallery. "The Prado has never been known for its sculpture collections," says Zugaza. "Now we have an ideal place to show them...
...Interior Ministry rejects those numbers. "I doubt the scientific rigor of such an alarming rate," Fabricio Perez, general director for custody and rehabilitation at the ministry, told TIME. His colleague, deputy interior minister Ricardo Jimenez Dan, took aim at the director of the NGO, Humberto Prado, a former prison director under a previous government. "It would seem that the drama that our jails are living is the only way of life and sustenance that he has," the deputy minister said...
...cards. Madrid: Options are a good thing, and Retiro Park has many. There's a dirt trail that passes around the park's outer edge, and concrete paths that weave through sculpture gardens and around ponds, so you can run short or long and still make time for the Prado and dinner. Islamabad: In Pakistan's capital, Fatima Jinnah Park is popular with locals for evening walks. The Margallah Hills' Trail 3 is more challenging, with long, uphill and sometimes rocky stretches and well-maintained vista points. Women are advised not to go alone; everyone should dress modestly. Portland, Oregon...