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nicely child-friendly. Low level labels & questions great way to engage younger visitors - esp for tricky display objects like static books. Well done

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2020-02-25

The highlight of visiting is getting to experience these ca. 1850-52 landscape murals in the foyer by African American artist Robert S. Duncanson, who was only in his late 20s when commissioned to paint these!

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2020-01-13

The permanent collection of is diverse, and at times rather surprising. The enamels captivated me, including this striking detail of Marcus Curtius from the early 1600s.

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2020-01-13

I was just reading about the other day and wondered why I wasn't more familiar with her work. had at least 6 of her canvases on exhibit, including this exemplary, and very Maine, Diana of the Sea, 1940.

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2019-12-13

The murals were uncovered, then covered anew, decades later. Finally, in 2016, they were fully restored and now are seen not only as stunning examples of Prikker's work, but also as a reminder of this museum's layered past.

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2019-11-04

One of the things I enjoyed the most at was the collection of "walk-in sculptures" by Some of them were galleries full of art (no photos allowed), others were seemingly empty, but activated by views of nature.

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2019-10-24

On my recent visit to , I was drawn in to experience this ephemeral wall drawing wedged into a double-volume end gallery: Sunstrum, All my seven faces, 2019.

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2019-10-06

What a I love a good sculptural group, and her 1961-62 The Bathers was a happy find . I need to see a Marisol retrospective–her work is so rewarding to explore for the thoughtful, curious, and skillfully rendered details.

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2019-09-13

Detail of my favorite figure from the grouping of Rodin's The Burghers of Calais, cast 1902-03. And, once again, because *every* museum has some version of Rodin's The Age of Bronze, cast 1901!

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2019-08-30

Not sure why displays all their busts on the stairs, but it kind of works.

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2019-08-30

I mean, look at these details! (Again folks, this is at the Geological Museum.)

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2019-08-29

The upper dome, painted by Oscar Matthiesen in the early 1900s, symbolizes "The light of truth defeats darkness," or as its Latin inscription says: Lux veritatis tenebrarum victrix. I found it utterly bewildering, and odd imagery for a museum mostly about rocks.

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2019-08-29

The current temporary exhibition focusing on textiles highlighted various head scarf wrappings, which I found simply executed, but really insightful.

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2019-08-22

Amongst various displays, I was mesmerized by an array of shoes, in particular one w/ detailed cut-outs to show off your stocking. Another section of the museum had contemporary recreations based on Medieval shoe patterns & techniques. I'd wear 'em

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2019-08-22

Another great history museum in Stockholm: . A colossal 1925 statue of King Gustav Vasa, sculpted by Carl Milles, greets you upon entering, and dominates the impressively voluminous space.

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2019-08-20

Last museum of the day was kind of a thrill for me: I finally got to visit the . The following tweets are some personal standouts. First up: (detail) Robert Monogram, 1955-59. The work that put this museum on my mental map years ago.

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2019-08-19

Do I always find the St. Sebastians, or do they find me? 🤔 In any case, I was happy to stumble upon this painted terra cotta . It lacks the tell-tale arrows, but the empty punctures still seem brutal. ca. 1492.

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2019-07-25

There's a fascinating 200+ year old Chinese House, Yin Yu Tang, in . It's the Huang family ancestral home and was moved to Salem, MA in the 1980s as a form of cultural exchange. The furnishings speak to myriad epochs and societal shifts.

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2019-05-06

The has a swoon-worthy gallery of paintings. I always love it when they include hints of somewhere in the background, as in Laocoön, ca. 1610-14 & Saint Martin and the Beggar, 1597-99.

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2019-04-25

I have this weird obsession with contemplating just how many casts of Rodin's The Age of Bronze (L'Age d'Airain) exist in the world. It was modeled in 1875-6, but cast for many years after. These two versions are both from the collection.

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2019-04-23