Museum Hopper

i was home for the holidays and knew i had to go see at least one museum in detroit. it was such an obvious choice, the detroit institute of arts , which had been recently renovated. my boyfriend and i headed over there on a chilly sunday afternoon. we decided to just see the museum , not the special exhibits, since we both had not been there in so long. next time we are back in the city, we will probably try the detroit science center . the parking was very convenient and just a short walk to the front of the museum. i liked the museum layout. the rooms were small and i found it easy to move from room to room. i think the best part of the museum, which i have never seen in a museum, were these descriptive signs in almost every room. the signs seemed to unite all the objects in the room (i.e. the paintings, sculptures, sketches). there were throughout the entire museum from the modern to the neoclassical to the egyptian art. a visit to the dia is not complete without mentioning...

i went to the fashion institute of technology (fit) museum on saturday. it was strategically planned to overlap the newly opening night & day exhibit as well as the soon closing american beauty . the night & day is in the exhibition space that the other two exhibits i have seen is in. the american beauty exhibit was downstairs in the basement. i had never been down there for an exhibit before. downstairs was quite open feeling with tall ceilings, but was rather factory, minimal and industrial. the night & day exhibit was well done. it followed the similar pattern their other exhibits working through the periods comparing and contrasting the different style of outfits. it was interesting to see how they progressed. the largest change seemed to occur between 1920-1945. they had some beautiful dresses. i was not quite as impressed with the american beauty exhibit. they seemed to preface the exhibit with stating that they had to expand their vision of what an "...

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