I have always loved the Thorne miniature rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago. The one inch to one foot scale rooms interpret a variety of interiors from the United States and Europe between the 13th century and the 1930s. It’s really hard not to be impressed by the tremendous amount of detail the creators … Continue reading
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Foursquare and Museums
A couple weeks ago I mentioned foursquare in a post about The Metropolitan Museum of Art and I promised to write a post about it. So, here we go! First of all, what is foursquare? From their website: Foursquare is a location-based mobile platform that makes cities easier to use and more interesting to explore. … Continue reading
Texture in Art
Before I traveled to Europe in 2001, I didn’t appreciate art. At all. Blech. I had more important things to think about (or so I thought.) But to be honest, I think my problem was that I hadn’t really experienced art. Sure, I lived in Chicagoland and secretly claimed Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the … Continue reading
The Beginning: A Review
It might seems a little strange that I’m starting a blog by looking back at the past year, but one of the reasons I decided to start the blog in the first place was so I could share all the fabulous things that happen through the course of my museum work. [Important Museum Minute Disclaimer: … Continue reading
Museum Minute 