A is for Art Museum

One of our last outings w/ Yaya was a trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It is a world-class museum, with many wonderful pieces and artists represented. Booboo has an alphabet book that is from there, so we went through the book and figured out where all the pictures were. (Yaya's idea.) It was fun playing detective and finding all the pictures from the book once we got to the museum. (I highly recommend this as a tactic for visiting big museums w/ toddlers. There's a great ABC book for the Met in NYC, too.)

This is called (I think) Afternoon at Barney's, for obvious reasons.

Detail of the same. I just loved the graceful flow, color, and energy of this painting.

"The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths."

D is for Dancer. (And the contemporary teens imitating for a photo op.)

M is for Musicians. (Picasso's, of course.)

T is for Teahouse.

X is for X!

Not in the book, but I'm a sucker for asian goddess/god statues.

Cooling off later at the fountain just below the museum, along the riverside.