Sunday was another day at the museum – this time the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A truly amazing place to visit. Another massive space filled with more to see and learn than you could ever hope to do in a day. You could spend days in this place and still not see everything so I figured the best approach would be hire an audio guide and let the people who know guide me. I did the Director’s Tour which was supposed to take about 3 hours but when you factor in detours and unexpected finds it probably took about 5 hours in total. And – I’m sure that I missed many interesting and beautiful things. I won’t go into details about the specifics items I saw but the thing that struck me the most was the way they made they displayed the exhibits. An actual Egyptian temple that you can walk into. A stained glass window that has been built into the wall so that it looks like a normal window with light behind it. A courtyard filled with statues. It really helps you to connect with what you’re seeing.

If anyone has been paying attention to the tabloids you may have seen pictures of the Met Gala (Rihanna, Beyonce, Sarah Jessica Parker etc). While I missed the event itself, the exhibition it launched – China: Through the Looking Glass – was on and it was simply beautiful. Chinese inspired gowns/costumes/couture by famous designers strategically placed with the Chinese History exhibit. Absolutely stunning!

If I have time I’d love to go back and see more!