Culture! (and not the kind in a Petri dish)
Zoe and Talia had been asking about going to the art museum, and so I promised to take them there over their winter break.
Last Friday, Zoe, Talia, and Aaron hopped in the car, and away we went: up Main Street for a few miles, through downtown, turn left to go over the bridge, and there it is. For as close as the museum is (less than a 15 minute drive), and as inexpensive it is (free, admission, free parking), this was our first trip there.
We parked right in front of this guy, whom I asked to watch our car. He looks pretty imposing, and I bet nobody would mess with his car.
She is one of his friends. The kids, of course, pointed out that she's naked! And then they tried to put their coats on her.
This was another outside piece. The placard in front said something about flight, but the children preferred to think that it was an enormous sword or knife that was about to come crashing down and cut them and the museum in half. Such happy thoughts.
The flight-thing was a shiny curved surface, so of course I thought: optics tricks!
The oversized creature theme continued when we went inside and saw "Your Dog."
It seemed to me, that, even more than the artwork, the kids liked the layout of the museum --- lots of rooms connected to each other. They were determined to see every single room, so more than once, all three were completely out of my view. Despite my attempts to explain that we didn't need to see the entire museum in one day -- that we could come back whenever we wanted -- they didn't slow down.
Nevertheless, a few pieces caught their eyes. Z&T told me that "Elephant Walk" was their favorite.
The restaurant inside the museum looked a little too upscale for the kids' tastes, so we had our own picnic.
After lunch, we found a crèche exhibit. Aaron liked the frogs. I was looking for El Caganer (didn't see any).
Last Friday, Zoe, Talia, and Aaron hopped in the car, and away we went: up Main Street for a few miles, through downtown, turn left to go over the bridge, and there it is. For as close as the museum is (less than a 15 minute drive), and as inexpensive it is (free, admission, free parking), this was our first trip there.
We parked right in front of this guy, whom I asked to watch our car. He looks pretty imposing, and I bet nobody would mess with his car.
She is one of his friends. The kids, of course, pointed out that she's naked! And then they tried to put their coats on her.
This was another outside piece. The placard in front said something about flight, but the children preferred to think that it was an enormous sword or knife that was about to come crashing down and cut them and the museum in half. Such happy thoughts.
The flight-thing was a shiny curved surface, so of course I thought: optics tricks!
The oversized creature theme continued when we went inside and saw "Your Dog."
It seemed to me, that, even more than the artwork, the kids liked the layout of the museum --- lots of rooms connected to each other. They were determined to see every single room, so more than once, all three were completely out of my view. Despite my attempts to explain that we didn't need to see the entire museum in one day -- that we could come back whenever we wanted -- they didn't slow down.
Nevertheless, a few pieces caught their eyes. Z&T told me that "Elephant Walk" was their favorite.
The restaurant inside the museum looked a little too upscale for the kids' tastes, so we had our own picnic.
After lunch, we found a crèche exhibit. Aaron liked the frogs. I was looking for El Caganer (didn't see any).
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