Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Family Vacation - #3 - Museum-ing

Y'all know I love me some museums!

...so we spent an entire day doing just that...

...This is a new museum that we had not seen before - lots of fun there...

...Hillsborough St. was a mess of construction - but here's a wonky picture of the N.C. State belltower...

...Next on to the Museum of Art - Karen and I spent hours and hours here when I was teaching in Raleigh - it was about equidistant from our two apartments - and they had a little cafe where we could have tea...

...somewhat sadly - that little building has been completely replaced by these three sort of art warehouses - very bright and light inside - so nice for viewing...

...did you notice that dead tree - not a tree at all - but a sculture made of metal...

...Once inside - I head for my favorites...

...these were part of the old museum collection - so they're like old friends...

...I love this tombstone (Father Mother and Son) - it was actually one of the pictures in the Latin book I taught from...amazing that it's right here in North Carolina now...

...then on to some oils (Karen's favorites) - there was quite the discussion going on about the lace on the bishop's frock...

...There are no ropes and you can get quite close - it really looks like - well - lace - you just want to reach out and touch it because it looks so real (of course you don't)...

...a pretty Madonna and Child...

...I love the icons - there was an icon painting class when we lived in SC - that I really wanted to attend - but the price was not within our budget...they had a showing of the icons the students created and they were awesome!

...then - Da Ta Da Daaa - my favorite piece of the day - this pixelated upside down Mona Lisa...

...Can you guess what she's made of? - THREAD! - amazing...

...Scout had fun with the little glass orb that smooths the image and turns it right side up...

...so much fun...

...have I mentioned that I love museums...

...next - we walked around the gardens - pretty reflecting pools were alongside the buildings and you could see them through the filmy white light filtering curtains...

...Scout wanted to climb this odd sculpture - of course we didn't...

...and did I also mention that it was HOT in Raleigh...

2 comments:

  1. I love love museum gardens! They are always the best!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. At 102 degrees it makes sense to escape to an air conditioned museum! The Mona Lisa display is awesome.

    ReplyDelete