Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Virtual Museum Visit


I found the website for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to be easy to navigate.  The galleries and collections of the museum were easy to find and browse.  I liked the tools that are included which allow for narrowing by time period, artist, materials, medium, etc.  The online listings for the art that the museum is not currently showing were also good, because even if I were able to actually go to the museum I would not be able to see these pieces.  I could easily spend a few hours browsing art on their website, because I quickly found many things that interested me.  I did not expect the museum to have a collection of medieval arms and armor, as I am used to seeing those at history museums instead of an art museum.  This collection immediately got my attention because of my interest in medieval times, and 30 minutes had gone by before I knew it. I was able to learn more about things that I am interested in, and will be spending more time browsing the collections later. 

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