7/18/2012
The Nelson-Atkins is considered one of the world’s great
art museums. According to Patricia, it is best known for its collection of
Chinese artifacts, many of which were donated by the last emperor of China
himself. (The Last Emperor is one of
my mom’s favorite movies. It was required viewing in our house. She would have
loved this.)
Neither Laura nor I are knowledgeable enough about art to
really know if a museum is great or not. For us, it’s all about the floor plan.
The Nelson-Atkins is HUGE, but it’s laid out well, so we were able to get
around to everything easily. The major exhibit when we were there was dedicated
to the World’s Fairs that were popular at the turn of the twentieth century.
The kids got kind of antsy after a while, so we took them
out to the sculpture garden surrounding the building. It was intensely hot, but
the kids needed to run around a little. The sprinklers were on so they kept
getting “accidentally” splashed.
There was a kooky installation piece with solar panels asking people to write on the walls, so they had fun with that. There was a handle you could crank that would measure how long it would take you to produce the same energy as the solar panels. To avoid embarrassing myself, I won’t tell you which of us was better at this!
There was a kooky installation piece with solar panels asking people to write on the walls, so they had fun with that. There was a handle you could crank that would measure how long it would take you to produce the same energy as the solar panels. To avoid embarrassing myself, I won’t tell you which of us was better at this!
Parking is $5, but the museum is completely free. (There’s
a charge for some special exhibits.) If there’s a genre of art you’re
interested in, you’ll probably find a few pieces here. The variety helped keep
the visit interesting. We actually spent about three hours here, moving at a
pretty swift pace. I’m sure a serious art lover could spend a lifetime.
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