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From the inside, instead of the usual view of Lake Michigan, there was a blue glow:
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The big exhibit was Masterpieces of American Art. Here's a detail from a dramatic painting by John Singleton Copley (from 1777-1778) [ADDED: Did George Washington and Thomas Jefferson gawk at this fearsome shark?]
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Here is a less frightening detail from a waterscape with an animal, from a painting by George Caleb Bingham:
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I checked out the other exhibitions:
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And walked through the stylish hallways:
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There's that elaborate glass sculpture:
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Okay, take a picture of me in front of it:
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We had a nice little meal in the museum restaurant, then drove back to Madison in the foggy darkness, the second to the last night of the year.
2 comments:
Hello Ann! Just thought I'd post a comment here, in the past, to say thank you for all these years of blogging! And here we are again at the end of a year - just three more days till 2020 - the time to again reflect and reminisce, but not make resolutions. Hope you and Meade have a lovely New Year's celebration!
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