A Day at the Museum.

3-30-17 SHORT HILLS: Yesterday we went back to the Met Museum to catch up with new exhibits. It was rainy here, and I needed a break from all the clean up work. The first show we went to was the ‘Golden Kingdoms…Ancient Americas’ that featured mostly pre-Columbian artifacts, lots of them in gold, others in jade, ceramic, stone.

To get there we walked through the atrium with the Greek and Roman statues and busts, and I was struck by how inviting the Met’s big open spaces are, filled with art and visitors. While the individual works are spectacular, the big, sky-lit room is the real attraction. The atrium in the American Wing was full of people sitting, talking, eating, taking pix, drawing and copying exhibits. The atrium at the ‘Public Parks, Private Gardens…’ is filled with plants and people.

I mentioned the ‘Public Parks, Private Gardens…’ exhibit which includes lots of Impressionists, a lot from the Met’s own collection, botanicals and lots of live plants.

We also walked through ‘Thomas Cole’s Journey…’, which had painting by American and British artists of landscapes, several Hudson River School and English countryside art.

We exited through the African Art section, which had great wood-carvings and some huge pieces.


From the Greco-Roman, lots of heads, mostly marble. More heads and faces below.

The next five pix are from the 'Golden Kingdoms of Ancient Americas'. This is a mask.

Pitcher, ceramic.

Gold ?mask.

Gold pendant.

Jade mask.

From Africa, another head, this one of carved wood.

Atrium in the center of 'Public Parks, Private Gardens.'


French watering cans from 'Public Parks....'. The one at the top has a candle, I guess, so you can water at night.

Atrium in the American Wing.