Museum Hopper

i went to the jewish museum on a mission to see one thing: a small money named george . the exhibit, curious george saves the day: the art of margret and h.a. rey , was on the second floor, which is a different location than the other special exhibits i have seen at the museum. the layout was done chronologically throughout their life, starting in about 1938 through the rest of their life. the exhibit was a mixture of letters, illustrations, pictures and their custom holiday cards! i wish i could find some photographs of these holiday cards. they were fantastic! they were probably my favorite surprise in the exhibit. they also had illustrations from curious george goes to the hospital , which a favorite growing up. another interesting factoid from exhibit, curious george is not an actual species of monkey. who knew? note: the museum is always free on saturdays, but unfortunately, the gift shop is closed on saturdays. times visited: 3 time in museum: 45 minutes ov...

i went to the jewish museum today on a saturday afternoon by myself. it's free on saturdays. they currently have an exhibit titled, chagall and the artists of the russian jewish theater, 1919-1949 . some notes about this museum: they have very mean guards. i saw a guard yell at a 65 year old woman because she had a cell phone in her pocket. then, i took off my coat in the middle of the exhibit since it was very crowded and warm. i was told that i needed to put my coat back on...it was a little extreme. anyways, the exhibit...overall, i liked it. the title of it could have been more accurate: artists of the russian jewish theater and a little bit of chagall. they had some of the original paintings that chagall did from the theater, but that was about 1 room out of 7 in the exhibit. they had information about each (i am assuming it is every one) performance. overall, the exhibit was a bit crowded and there was a lot of going back and forth across the museum. they had m...

i visited the jewish museum on a very rainy saturday all by myself. it is free on saturdays (fyi). while i was there, they had an exhibit on william steig called, from the new yorker to shrek: the art of william steig . yes, as noted by the title, he did the new yorker and shrek ! this exhibit was really well done with lots of drawings and nice captions. it was very child friendly although a little on the loud side. i was very impressed with this special exhibit. the rest of the museum...not so much...it might have been the fact that there were about 20 squealing teenagers. yes, i sound like an old person. it was a little too spread out for me. can't really put my finger on it, but i am not really sure what i didn't like about it. times visited: 1 time in museum: 1 1/2 hrs overall: B