Museum Hopper

Jason and I visited this tower while we were in Bergen over our Norwegian cruise.  I have to say I was extremely disappointed.  This is the first "C" I have given out in a while!   First of all, it was not cheap to get in (then again what in Norway is cheap?), so we figured why not?  The description stated there was a look out, so we thought we could see the building and get a view of the city at the same time.   The rooms in the tower were close to empty, but did have descriptions on the wall as to what each room's purpose was.  The rooms were quite stark (since this was from the 1500s) with plain walls and wooden floors.  We did not even take any pictures! Much to our surprise, we did not have a viewing platform!  All of the windows were closed; most of which were leaded glass and obscured anything outside. Overall, it was just a pretty big disappointment.    Time in tower: 40 minutes Times visited: 1 Overall: C

i went to the museum of american financial history by myself one day. i will preface this with i think the museum just moved locations, so perhaps that would help. the (old) museum was less than impressive. it was probably a little bigger than my nyc apartment bedroom. they had one exhibit going which was about the story of the Dow Jones Industrial, which was pretty interesting, but the exhibit itself was so small. they had another exhibit about making money. hopefully the new location will allow this museum to grow and become as cool and interesting as it should be. i was pretty disappointed on my visit. times visited: 1 time in the museum: 45 minutes overall: C

i went to the new museum of contemporary art one mild afternoon when i needed a walk. this museum is at a place were it is shorter for me to walk there than take any form of public transportation so off i went. the mu seum is in a brand new building. it just opened in early december, i believe. it looks like a bunch of boxes balancing on top of each other. it's very industrial feeling in the museum, but...i thought the way the museum looked was the coolest thing about the museum (sort of my feelings on the guggenheim as well). the art...well some of it was interesting to look at like the mattress completely covered in buttons. my favorite piece were a stack of chairs in an arch about 10 feet high. that was pretty much only interesting to me because i (as an engineer) wanted to figure out how they got them in the arch without them falling down. so, my advice, look at the museum from the outside, come inside, look around on the first floor and do not pay to go upstairs... ti...