Circa-1600-1700 - image-National Museum of Spectacles-Amsterdam,- above an old optician's office in a building that dates back to the mid-1600s. Two floors overflow with monocles, lorgnettes, and Roosevelt style pince-nez. Exhibits detail the 700-year history of eye wear and the role that spectacles have played in art and fashion. Included among the museum's extensive holdings are the glasses of such bespectacled luminaries as Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Elvis Costello, and Franz Schubert.
