I know I said Memorial Day ...
But, 8 days from departure, the reality is starting to set in -- I'm really, really doing this! Time spent on public transportation consists of me drooling over travel guides. Today, I'm planning museums.
Amsterdam
I've been to the Rijksmuseum and Anne Frank's Haus, the latter of which was one of the most somber and humbling experiences of my life. I cried, several times throughout the tour, most notably over a picture of the statue of Anne that stands on the street outside defaced by a Swastika. This time, I'm visiting the Van Gogh for the Caravaggio and Rembrandt exhibits currently on display, Tropenmuseum (anthropological museum), and the Torture Museum, which I should have visited last time, but didn't. I'd really like to visit Amsterdam's modern art museum, the Stedelijk, but the permanent site is closed for renovation through 2008, and only a small portion of the collection is on display on two floors of a building near Central Station. The modern art will have to wait for Paris, and maybe Istanbul.
Paris
Paris isn't a question of which museums I want to see, but which museums will I have time to see. I'm thinking a museum a day. Possibly two, and luckily for me, many of them have at least one night per week when they stay open until 9:00 or 10:00 pm.
The Louvre - probably least excited about this one, but it's The Louvre. You just sort of have to.
The Centre Pompidou (Musee national d'Art Moderne) - SOOOO bummed I'm going to miss the Hans Bellmer exhibit by a week! Still, the permanent collection is amazing and I'll get to see a Godard exhibit and an interesting one called Tete a Tete.
Musee d'Orsay
Musee National Rodin (particularly the gardens)
Musee National Picasso
Musee Marmottan
The Maison Europeenne de la Photographie
Day trip to Versailles
Istanbul
Topkapi Palace
Basilica Cistern
Haghia Sophia
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art
Calligraphy Museum
Modern Art Museum
Mosiac Musuem
Think I'll manage to see them all?
Amsterdam
I've been to the Rijksmuseum and Anne Frank's Haus, the latter of which was one of the most somber and humbling experiences of my life. I cried, several times throughout the tour, most notably over a picture of the statue of Anne that stands on the street outside defaced by a Swastika. This time, I'm visiting the Van Gogh for the Caravaggio and Rembrandt exhibits currently on display, Tropenmuseum (anthropological museum), and the Torture Museum, which I should have visited last time, but didn't. I'd really like to visit Amsterdam's modern art museum, the Stedelijk, but the permanent site is closed for renovation through 2008, and only a small portion of the collection is on display on two floors of a building near Central Station. The modern art will have to wait for Paris, and maybe Istanbul.
Paris
Paris isn't a question of which museums I want to see, but which museums will I have time to see. I'm thinking a museum a day. Possibly two, and luckily for me, many of them have at least one night per week when they stay open until 9:00 or 10:00 pm.
The Louvre - probably least excited about this one, but it's The Louvre. You just sort of have to.
The Centre Pompidou (Musee national d'Art Moderne) - SOOOO bummed I'm going to miss the Hans Bellmer exhibit by a week! Still, the permanent collection is amazing and I'll get to see a Godard exhibit and an interesting one called Tete a Tete.
Musee d'Orsay
Musee National Rodin (particularly the gardens)
Musee National Picasso
Musee Marmottan
The Maison Europeenne de la Photographie
Day trip to Versailles
Istanbul
Topkapi Palace
Basilica Cistern
Haghia Sophia
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art
Calligraphy Museum
Modern Art Museum
Mosiac Musuem
Think I'll manage to see them all?
posted by Serrephim | Wednesday, May 17, 2006
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