Philly/NYC Trip, Day 3

Friday was moving day for this trip, so sight-seeing time was limited.  After sleeping in and taking our time to get going in the morning, Susan and I headed to our destination for the day, The Philadelphia Museum of Art.  I’ll let the pictures do the talking describing our time there. 

The Philadelphia Museum of Art

 
Ancient Asian Art

This museum has ancient buildings (this one from China) that was deconstructed in China and reconstructed here.  This one is a ceremonial teahouse called Sunkaraku.

If you look close, you can see a painting of the Great Wall of China on the middle one

More ancient Asian art

 
Onto the European section.  This is the portal from the Abbey Church of Saint-Laurent with a Medieval Cloister in the background.

A view of the city from the museum

 
Horse and Man Armor Boathouse Row from the museum

Ben Franklin and a European room

And now to the contemporary (aka really weird) art.  Here’s “The Evil Eye.”

This was a mirror in the shape of the Caribbean Sea set up as a table.  It was called Michelangelo Pistoletto:  Cittadellarte.

 
The wife and I by the Caribbean Sea mirror table thing

Water Lilies by Claude Monet

Pissarro

Little Dancer (left); Special exhibit called Michelangelo Pistoletto:  From One to Many, 1956-1974.

The wife was having fun inserting herself in the art

Me in jail

Now off to our next destination:  taking the Bolt Bus to NYC

We got into NYC and it was around 9pm by the time we were settled.  Susan, Henry, and I grabbed dinner at an Italian place near where we are staying before heading into Greenwich Village to check out a couple bars, including accidentally making our way into a gay dive bar.  We called it a night early (for a NY night) and prepared to take on the city on Saturday.