Haha! My standards have dropped, man. But it’s okay, I’m working on my backlog. Anyway! Today, I’ll be sharing with you “How I Met”, or specifically how my solo trip to The Metropolitan Museum of Art was. Instead of doing a piece by piece commentary like what I did for MoMA, I’ll be sharing some tips/observations/insights for visiting the museum by doing a play-by-play account of what will happen if we, you and I, go to The Met together.3. We’d turn right and we’ll find ourselves at the largest collection of Egyptian artefacts outside Egypt. It would be pretty cool and we’d be amazed by how they moved crypts and tombs across oceans. We’ll be amazed by the accessories and how it’s so on trend right now, and we’ll walk around to see sphinxes and statues of Egyptian gods and deities until it starts to look alike.
4. We’ll enter a huge glass room that has sculptures and see artists sketching from benches. We’d admire the artists just as much as the sculptures and we’d promise ourselves to bring a pen and notebook next time and try it out too – even if we can’t draw. Hehe!
5. We’ll walk through the various wings and realize that this place is huuuge. We’d realize we need to have a game plan coz it’s impossible to see everything and appreciate everything equally given our limited amount of time and energy. (Tip: PRIORITIZE!)
6. At some point, we wouldn’t really be paying much attention to some rooms coz we’re rushing somewhere or we think we wouldn’t like it, only to find something really interesting inside. In my case, it was seeing Saint Ignatius and admiring the colorful religious plates.
7. We’d finish going through the various civilizations and we’d make our way to the second floor, and being someone who prefers paintings over artefact displays, I’d wish we swept the second floor before the first floor, when we had more energy. (Tip: RESEARCH!)
8. We’d go to the Modern Art section and I’d go gaga over the colors and shapes and figures. I’ll be trying to identify the artist based on their works and I’ll be reading every single description card and nodding my head, excited to be learning more. You’d either be wondering what’s so great about it or you’ll be going crazy with me. It’s good to be with someone with similar taste.. or you know, you can always do it alone like I did.
9. We’d walk around and visit special exhibits like China: Through the Looking Glass. We’d see a corridor blocked off coz they’re preparing for the Van Gogh exhibit happening less than a week away. We’d try to go to the Roof Garden but it doesn’t open til next week. We will again be reminded of the importance of research. Especially finding out schedules for special exhibitions and seasonal areas coz these aren’t permanent!
10. Lastly, we’d promise we’d go back because we feel that 1 day is not enough to cover the museum and that there’s still so much more to see and a bunch that we’d want to see again.
So there you have it.. The 10 things that will happen if we visit The Met together. Scroll down below for some visual reference.
I can’t stress this enough – that place was huuuge. I admit to being overwhelmed by it all that’s why even if they have an impressive(
) impressionists collection, I preferred my MoMA visit. I’ll be coming back though! Next time, I’ll research and prioritize; I’ll weave through the other collections and jump straight to modern art. But come to think of it, it’s also a good thing trying to see everything coz you’ll need that reference to figure out what you like and lease like.
