Those of you who travel, have seen a lot of different things, and can sometimes be bored by museums and stuff…for me, I could go back and spend the entire day at The Met. The Museum of Modern Art was nice and we went to see the three paintings we wanted to see. Because we were on a tight schedule to make sure we got to see the “Must see” items, we were limited by time for each museum.
For MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, the goal was Starry Night by Vincent Van Gough.
But while there found others close by that we also wanted to see.
What surprised me about both of these painting was how small they were. Not that that was a distraction but compared to Claude Monets Water-Lilies, which covered an entire wall(a big wall), the size contrast were surprising.
This is why art is subjective to each individual but amazing to all regardless. When we went to The Met, we each had a must see item. To my daughter it was the Egyptian exhibit and to me it was the armor room with life size horses in their armored shields. I don’t know how they even moved. And the weight, good grief.
Same thought goes with the Knights in shining armor, how in the world did they move. And I can’t imagine how hot they were.
While the armor was confined in a large expansive room, the Egyptian exhibit was several rooms, including a life size replica of a temple.
This sarcophagus was empty but the inside lid was carved.
Museums are not just amazing things to see from an artist’s mind, but the history they tech us is well worth exploring them. We hope to go back and just do a museum run so that we can explore more there.
If you go see the sights of any city, remember to be respectful and kind. I was taken back by the kindness we found in a huge city of New York and having spent most of my young adult life in Atlanta, this was surprising. Maybe the tragedy of 9/11 reminded all of us of the power and purpose of kindness.
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