Museum Hopper

I was recently in Ann Arbor for a week attending Executive Education at Michigan Ross, which was a wonderful experience.   As part of the training, they took us to the Kelsey Museum in Ann arbor for dinner.   But of course, we had to work/spent time contemplating to earn our keep (aka our dinner).   We were let loose in the museum with the charge of finding an artifact that reflected our leadership style.   I really enjoyed our visit to the museum and re-iterate a number of my earlier comments about the museum.   The museum chair has done a really nice job at making the museum approachable, edited and relevant.   I had not realized what a large collection it is.   The curator has been part of an amazing number of digs.   The woman introducing him a number of pretty great statistics about the size and importance of the collection.      I ended up using a carving of an archer to represent my leadership.   The archers are typically out in front of the other lines of the mili

A new museum in Cincinnati!  It's been a little while, but this one was definitely worth the wait!  Jason saw that the Taft Museum of Art was hosting an exhibit, Ansel Adams: A Photographer's Evolution .  I have never seen Ansel Adams in person before other than prints on people's walls.   We were able to get tickets through ArtsWave.   The exhibit was chronological arranged starting with some of Ansel Adams early prints.  These were probably the most rare prints of the whole exhibit.  They were smaller and had almost a dream effect to them.  Adams had stylized the prints in a technique that was popular during the time. The exhibit also had some of the same prints comparing how Adams had changed his approach around printing the pictures.  Some of the design choices around recoloring were particular obvious in his print of a New Mexico sunrise  (around the 3:11 mark). I had not realized how many of the prints that he specifically made and how the decisions about ho

I went to Lima Peru to visit my sister for a quick visit over Labor Day weekend.  She moved back down there with my brother-in-law, niece  and nephew early in 2018. Within walking distance from her house is this lovely museum, Amano, Pre-Columbian Textile Museum .   Amano was a Japanese business man who spent a lot time in Peru.  He was very passionate about Peruvian pottery, but also ended up pursuing a passion on textiles.  He made a few large purchases that are the basis for the museum. The museum recently underwent a massive renovation (no photos allowed unfortunately).  The museum provides a macro overview of the world and Peru's place in developing textile techniques and approach.  From there, it digs deeper into the communities and innovations within Peru.  The museum is arranged chronologically .  It follows the development of textiles through the different cultures and people and what each group contributed.   My sister has a few favorite pieces.  There is an enti

My last post from our vacation this summer (only took me a quarter to finish!) We booked a visit to St. Peter's Basilica crypt.  We booked the crypt very early in the process and worked the rest of the day around it.   The tickets are booked on this website .  They group according to language and the groups are quite small.  They cap visitors to 250 people per day.  Ours was "large" at 14 people.   The tickets were 12 EUR.  No children under 15.  You must wear church appropriate clothing.  No photos allowed. You need to be at the Excavation office ten minutes early, which really means arriving about 10-15 minutes before that.  We had to go through two additional security checkpoints before we even got to the office.  We were luck enough that our guide was willing to let us still join the tour.   The first portion of the tour is focused on the Roman grave site that St. Peter's is built on top of.  The graves are fascinating.  They used the same days of the week