Van Gogh Museum
About a month ago, I went to Van Gogh museum with my dad. He got off the red eye and pretty soon after we showed up at the Van Gogh museum at 10:30.
It was fairly crowded for 10:30 AM on a Sunday. I would always recommend buying a ticket in advance. It is pretty easy and they seem to be available even just the day before.
The new entrance is very well designed. It provides some much needed extra space in the museum. They have moved the gift shop and the entrance. It gives so much more breathing room. It also makes the first floor workable gallery space.
I loved the progression of self portraits on the first floor. You can see how Van Gogh's style changed throughout the years.
Every time I visit the museum, I learn/focus on something new. This time it was how prolific Van Gogh was in, what really was, a short amount of time. He went to Paris in 1886 where he was introduced Bernard and Gauguin. At this point, he started evolving his style and his distinct broad, colorful strokes. He died in 1890, so that is about four years of the stereotypical method. In his last few months, he was averaging a painting a day. Could you image that?
I do with the museum would not allow tour guides, or at least limit the size of the groups. It can just be really challenging to navigate the museum. Certain paintings were very crowded with groups of people not moving for longer than typical viewers would stay...
Times visited: 3
Time in museum: 1.25 hrs
Overall: A-
It was fairly crowded for 10:30 AM on a Sunday. I would always recommend buying a ticket in advance. It is pretty easy and they seem to be available even just the day before.
The new entrance is very well designed. It provides some much needed extra space in the museum. They have moved the gift shop and the entrance. It gives so much more breathing room. It also makes the first floor workable gallery space.
I loved the progression of self portraits on the first floor. You can see how Van Gogh's style changed throughout the years.
Every time I visit the museum, I learn/focus on something new. This time it was how prolific Van Gogh was in, what really was, a short amount of time. He went to Paris in 1886 where he was introduced Bernard and Gauguin. At this point, he started evolving his style and his distinct broad, colorful strokes. He died in 1890, so that is about four years of the stereotypical method. In his last few months, he was averaging a painting a day. Could you image that?
I do with the museum would not allow tour guides, or at least limit the size of the groups. It can just be really challenging to navigate the museum. Certain paintings were very crowded with groups of people not moving for longer than typical viewers would stay...
Times visited: 3
Time in museum: 1.25 hrs
Overall: A-
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