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Virtual museum of travel and tourism

The lives of those who travelled, from 1850 to today

More than a thousand biographical profiles of women and men travellers: on foot, by bicycle, by motorbike, by Vespa. With sources, references and links to Wikidata.

Founded in 2016 as a research platform on the biographies of travellers from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the museum has since opened up to contemporary journeys and has passed one million visitors [Read more...]

Help us map the globetrotters on the Museum of Travel and Tourism platform. Use this form to suggest new profiles or enrich existing ones with additional information. Contributions may concern both historical and contemporary travelers, including your own profile. You may also upload images, provided that proper credits are included.

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Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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Museum of Travel and Tourism is a virtual museum dedicated to travel and tourism, founded in 2016. It began as a research platform focused on the biographies of women and men travelers from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and has gradually expanded to include contemporary journeys.

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