For my site evaluation, I chose to go to the Dayton Art Institute. For years, I have driven past it on I75 S, sometimes almost daily. Pretty much every time I drove past it, I thought to myself "One of these days I'm gonna go there." The site evaluation gave me the perfect opportunity. I had never been to an art museum, the only museums that I've been to are history or memorabilia-type museums.
I wasn't entirely sure what I was expecting. I wasn't expecting the large amount of world art, some of it ancient. I have a particular affinity for pre-colombian American history, so it was particularly awesome for me to get to see artifacts of the Teotehuacanese and the Mayans. I dragged my sister along with me, and her eyes glazed over a bit as I told her how cool it was. It was also interesting to see how similar countries' traditional art looked so similar, and yet so different. One of the biggest things that stood out to me was the buddhas from Thailand are apparently skinny. To me, the figurines looked more like a Hindu god than like Buddha. Shows you how much I know.
The upstairs galleries were a bit closer to what I was imagining when I thought of an art museum, in particular the 20th century American exhibit. Some of it was...very interesting. Some of it confused me. Some of it made no sense, but I liked it anyway. I am not an art person. But I do enjoy looking at pretty things. So all in all, a successful trip to the art museum.
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