Museums. Art. Historical artifacts. Musical instruments. Central Park.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has miles and miles of incredible art and artifacts from almost every possible source. We took my parents last weekend when they came to town and they were simply floored by the amazing things housed in this museum.
Below are some pictures of items found in their Egyptian section. Some are are decorative jars, some are mummies and sarcophagi, others are actual buildings brought over from Egypt that you can walk into and view the hieroglyphics.
From the Egyptian section we went to the sculpture garden, which is actually one of my favorite places in the whole museum. They have dozens of sculptures as well as stained glass throughout that is all phenomenally gorgeous. My favorite piece is the gold statue pictured here of Diana the Huntress.
The last stained glass image is by Louis Tiffany (as in Tiffany's, the famous jewelry store) and is one of the most gorgeous pieces of art I've ever seen. The picture is sideways because I couldn't fit enough of the image in the camera viewfinder and still have it be recognizable the other way. When you stand in front of it the colors swirl in such a way that it is almost impossible to believe it is glass.
Below are some images from the American Art section of the museum, which is mostly gorgeous furniture that is nicer than anything I will ever own.
From there we went to the Guitar Heroes exhibit which was incredible but didn't allow pictures. I managed to sneak in one or two anyway but I will respect the museum's request by not sharing them with others. The guitars were beautiful though and I highly encourage you to go see them before the exhibit moves on. After that we moved to the permanent musical instrument exhibit and saw a ton of beautiful items, including some instruments that the museum really doesn't know much about. A few of them are the only ones of their kind and we don't know how they were played or who created them. The gold drum pictured below actually belonged to Ringo Starr!
The last place we visited was the weapons display. There were swords, guns, suits of armor, and all sorts of other weaponry on display. Even after all of these things we still only saw a fraction of the museum. One of the things that I love about the museums here is that you can visit them over and over again and see something new every time!
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