metropolitan museum of art

i finally took my boyfriend to the metropolitan museum of art. he had been visiting me too much in the city. i just couldn't allow it anymore. it was time to just do it.

i took him to see some of more "masculine" parts of the museum, in particular, the armor and the swords. i really wanted him to see henry viii's armor. i think it is really interesting because you can see how he was built, how tall he was, etc. two days before we went to the museum, they removed it! talk about awesome timing. he did enjoy seeing the armor, swords, guns, and weaponery. it is nice to see how things are made.

little known fact: the met has one of the best collections of weapons/armor in the world.

we then headed over to the egyptian exhibit, which is great for the engineering or artsy minds among us. the met has a temple that the country of egypt gifted to the us of a, which the US then gave to the met to display. the construction is fascinating, how it was built. my boyfriend knew some history of egyptian architecture and he was giving me insight on how little we actually know about how the huge monuments were actually constructured.

one frustrating part is how exhibits are completely shut down and the met is old, so it's not laid out particularly well...

times visited: 9
time in museum: 1 1/2 hours
overall: A

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