I love art museums. I have tried my hardest to get my boys interested in art. We have studied a few painters and been to a few art museums and so I decided to put the Philadelphia Museum of Art on our itnerary.
The fact that the Rocky steps and statue were right next to the museum didn't hurt anything either. We actually showed our kids this movie right before we left so they would know why the steps were a big deal.
We wanted the boys to get as much energy out as possible before we got into the museum so they would be good. They also HAD to run up the stairs like Rocky did.
Yep, that's a must.
This is so typical. Trying to get a love picture, with kids in the background photobombing.
Oh how I love art. I have noticed that my boys will really look at paintings now, not just glance at them. They will try to see brush strokes and use of color and even wonder what the artist was thinking when they painted it. Proud mom.
They loved this one because there was a real stair at the bottom.
The boys had been pretty wild for the first two days of our trip, but they were incredibly good at the art museum.
Monet! We studied him together and they always get excited about his paintings. I think it is fun that they know things about him so they can try top put themselves more in his shoes when they look at the paintings.
I had no idea this Van Gough was going to be here. It was amazing to see in person (there are a few versions, but still amazing).
The building the museum was in was gorgeous. Even the elevators were cool.
Checking ot tapestries. Even though my kids were rough and crazy for alot of this trip, they were so loving and cute too. Lots of pictures of hugs and loves.
The main thing that got the boys excited about the art museum was the armory. Sadly, part of it is getting ready for a new exhibit so it was closed, but they loved what the did see. Lincoln even brought his sketch book and sketched some of it.
It was interesting that there were even doorways taken from other places.
This thing was so weird and just hanging from the ceiling from one of the exhibits. The room was blocked off so I never saw what in the world it was.
A prayer screen. It was so beautiful and had so much detail.
There were some beautiful roooms that reminded me of when we were in England.I thi
I think some of my favorite paintings are when you can see the texture of the fabric. I just can't believe what artists can do.
Such a cool building.
Loved seeing the Philadelphia skyline.
See what I mean? Lots of love.
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