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detroit institute of arts

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it's been a while, but this visit to the detroit institute of arts has been in the works for a while!  i bought the tickets to the faberge: the rise and fall, the collection of the virginia museum of fine arts over a month ago!  i went to the exhibit with the man friend, jason, and my dad. i had seen the ads for this exhibit a few months ago and was excited to see what faberge was all about.  it was something that i feel like i have always known what it is (those very decorated easter eggs ), but had never seen in person.   we went at noon on a sunday arriving slightly before our entrance time.  i think we just beat the beginning of the rush!  i remembered how busy the rembrandt exhibit was last december, so i am happy we didn't wait until closer to the holiday season and we went earlier in the day this time! the museum first stepped us through the history of the house of faberge .  peter carl faberge, the founder's son, is really the owner who took the jewelry