Museum Hopper

i went to the petersen automotive museum over easter weekend with my boyfriend when i was visiting los angeles. he has been a few times and really likes it, so he thought it could be something we could do together. also, a solar car he built and designed in college was recently donated to the museum for their alternative power exhibit and he wanted to see it. i was very surprised with how well done this museum was. when you arrive, it is pretty obvious the layout of the museum. as a visitor you are forced to go right, which takes you through a " streetscape " of cars from southern california starting in the early twentieth century. at the end of the exhibit it drops you right next to the escalator to take you to the second floor. it deposits you right at the next exhibit, the alternative power exhibit. they had a few other exhibits, which were great. they had a "what were they thinking?: the misfits of motordom ." some of these cars were nuclear powere...

i was interested in the onassis cultural center after reading this review in the nytimes when the exhibit first opened, but then was decided to visit it when seeing it listed in the ny magazine a few months later. i was very impressed with the museum itself. the guards were helpful. one pointed out to me, which way to traverse the gallery (counter clockwise). another quietly pointed out the two replicas in the museum. (the real ones can't travel because they would crumble in an airplane from the pressure). they showed expertise about the art they were protecting, but didn't interupt your viewing experience. they have an exhibit (well the entire museum was this exhibit) about " worshipping women: ritual and reality in classical athens ." the exhibit addresses the "preconceptions about the exclusion of women from public life in ancient athens." The art shows a much more nuaunced view of women's roles in greek life. the art shows women participat...