Art museums have excited my head and my heart for almost as long as I can remember. After having my girls, I tried to cultivate a love of art museums in them too. Today we live in a place with an amazing art museum...and it is free...what a gift! Each time we go, it's like visiting old friends. I always say that I never dreamed that I would live in a place with such an accessible art museum...and also that I am so glad that I have two girls who enjoy it too.
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One of the ways I've tried to encourage the enjoyment of art museums is to focus our visits a bit. We don't need to see everything at once. I love that our museum is free, because we can stop in for an hour to take in the new photography exhibit...or we can make a trip to study + sketch the Egyptian pieces, when we are studying ancient Egypt.
When the girls were younger, we might use one of the scavenger hunt pamphlets to guide our tour...or study an artist whose work I know is in the collection before making a trip.
When the girls were younger, we might use one of the scavenger hunt pamphlets to guide our tour...or study an artist whose work I know is in the collection before making a trip.
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We've had the privilege of visiting a few truly amazing art museums. Here are some of our personal favorites:
-Musee Marc Chagall in Nice, France :: one of our favorite parts of the trip :: pure beauty
-Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence :: Vence, France :: a church, not a museum, but full of Matisse's work :: gorgeous
-Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Sante Fe, New Mexico :: an exhibit showing Andy Warhol flowers beside O'Keefe's was spectacular
-Tate Modern in London :: we went especially to visit Matisse's Snail and it did not disappoint
-V & A in London :: one place I knew how to find on my own :: seeing the quilt exhibition with my sister was especially memorable
-National Gallery in London :: a frequent part of our weekends while living there
-Milwaukee Art Museum :: we saw an amazing Degas exhibit there when the girls were tiny ballerinas themselves
-Chicago Art Institute :: Tuesdays were free day + I visited as often as I could
-Denver Art Museum :: this was a real splurge during our poor grad school days
I'd recommend any of these...
...and now I would love to see:
-Museo Frida Kahlo
-Musee de l'Orangerie + Musee d'Orsay in Paris, of course
-the Georgia O'Keeffe :: Living Modern Exhibit
Love,
J + J + J
-Musee Marc Chagall in Nice, France :: one of our favorite parts of the trip :: pure beauty
-Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence :: Vence, France :: a church, not a museum, but full of Matisse's work :: gorgeous
-Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Sante Fe, New Mexico :: an exhibit showing Andy Warhol flowers beside O'Keefe's was spectacular
-Tate Modern in London :: we went especially to visit Matisse's Snail and it did not disappoint
-V & A in London :: one place I knew how to find on my own :: seeing the quilt exhibition with my sister was especially memorable
-National Gallery in London :: a frequent part of our weekends while living there
-Milwaukee Art Museum :: we saw an amazing Degas exhibit there when the girls were tiny ballerinas themselves
-Chicago Art Institute :: Tuesdays were free day + I visited as often as I could
-Denver Art Museum :: this was a real splurge during our poor grad school days
I'd recommend any of these...
...and now I would love to see:
-Museo Frida Kahlo
-Musee de l'Orangerie + Musee d'Orsay in Paris, of course
-the Georgia O'Keeffe :: Living Modern Exhibit
Love,
J + J + J
