this place is cool because they let you take pictures of most of the art work inside. they're known for the big collection of rodin pieces. we went on valentines day for the opening of the new avedon exhibit. i hear its the last exhibit of avedon's work. if anyone has a chance to see it, i highly recommend it; its amazing. i was actually pretty moved by the photographs. really. oh yea, and it's always free to get in. sweet deal.

they have several galleries that are part of their permanent collection dedicated to early art, organized by the country of origin.

a few feet away from this stone pharoah bust is an actual mummy. whenever i go there to see it i get the jibblies, man. creepy. i wanted to get a picture of it but i got the heeby jeebies and decided not to. it basically looked like a 4 1/2 foot tall shriveled up figure wrapped in dirty bandages and lying in a sarcophegus[sp?]. totally creepy.

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