I have been meaning to visit this museum for years and now I got the chance with my current crop of visitors. The building itself is magnificent both outside and inside. The roof is covered with colourful majolica tiles in a fascinating pattern and the inside has a moorish and Eastern influence, a bit like the Brighton Pavilion. I had no preconceptions re: the exhibits, although I was expecting more industry than art due to the museum's old name being The Museum of Industrial Art. However, if you think about it, furniture, carpets, clothes and other similar items are not pure art, but practical and useful art. There were a lot of glass, pottery and china items as well, but all of it together was very pleasing. Unfortunately, nobody really knew how to present things, like telling you what things are made of or putting them into context in their period and style, but hopefully they should learn that sometime soon. One very friendly usher lady told us that they have just sent one of the young men from the museum on a course learning just that. Well, we all live in hope.
The pictures in order:
1. Looking up into the central dome.
2. Majolica tiles on the ceiling of the entrance porch.
3. The tiles on an enormous pottery stove.
4. A Zsolnay majolica bowl with butterflies.
5. A 500+ year old Persian carpet fragment.
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Beautiful pics Julianna. Lots of snow there too I see, Josh is fascinated with all the white stuff. It has been very wet here and extremely humid. Typical wet season actually.
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