Visit a museum a day!

I'm still here. This blog is still on hiatus.

The Art Museum of the Americas is the official museum of the Organization of American States and showcases Latin American and Caribbean art.

While this project is on a short hiatus I am from time to time posting a video that you might enjoy.

A stroll on Seattle's waterfront, the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains, and sculptures! Seattle is a city that has invested a lot in public art.

While on break, I am posting videos that you might enjoy from time to time. Today (April 21, 2021) is the 2,774th anniversary of the founding of the city of Rome.

It has been 75 days so far since I started this project back in January 2021. And it is hard to believe that 13 months have already passed since much of the United States got into so-called lockdown due to COVID. In 2020, many museums and cultural institutions tried to survive the economic fallout as well as to remain true to their missions by offering many of their programming online.

Now, with the increasing vaccine uptake and an arrival of another summer on the horizon, they are beginning to reopen. Many art festivals are scheduled to take place this year, with some modified formats, as well.

In some sense this project is becoming irrelevant, and maybe that's a good news. At the same time, though, as someone who do not live close to cultural centers of major cities, the ability to enjoy even a glimpse of what these world museums and galleries have to offer has been amazing.

I was originally planning on running "Visit a Museum a Day" up to 100. I think I still will do this, and maybe even beyond 100. But I think it's a good time for me to take a break from this project temporarily.

If you happen to live in a city where there are museums, please support your local museums and cultural institutions! They appreciate your donations, and if you feel safe to do so, they will also love to see you back.

April 21, 2021

~ Willow

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Day 75. (April 17, 2021.)

The National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba (el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Cuba, MNBA) is one of those museums where you end up spending hours. It has everything.

The museum is divided into two buildings: one dedicated solely to Cuban art, and the other building for the "universal art," which is mainly Western art (there is no dedicated permanent exhibit room for Asian or African art, and there is no permanent exhibit dedicated to indigenous heritage).

Since the website is only available in Spanish, I'll provide a link to each of the museum's sections:

Permanent Exhibitions - Cuban Art Building

Colonial era, 17th to 19th centuries

Turn of the 20th century

Modern consolidation era and the Havana School

Rise of the modern art, 1925-

Other perspectives of the modern art

1960-1970

1967-1981

1979-1996

Permanent Exhibitions - Universal Art Building

Ancient Near/Middle East

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Greece

Ancient Etruria (Italian Peninsula)

Ancient Rome

Medieval Italy

Medieval Flanders

17th Century Netherlands

15th-19th Century Germany

15th-19th Century Spain

France

17th-19th Century Britain

Latin American Art

Day 74. (April 16, 2021.)

Only a few blocks away from the Royal Alberta Museum (see yesterday's feature) is the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA), whose mission is to be the "creative hub of Alberta."

Day 73. (April 15, 2021.)

The Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) is the science and history museum of the Province of Alberta, with focus on earth science, Western Canadian history, and indigenous heritage.

The museum is located in Edmonton, the provincial capital.

Day 72. (April 14, 2021.)

The capital city of Oregon is often overlooked as a place to visit, but Willamette University's Hallie Ford Museum of Art is one of those hidden destinations that makes a trip worthwhile.

Day 71. (April 10, 2021.)

Nike Art Gallery (named after founder Dr. Oyenike "Nike" Monica Okundaye, an artist, actress, philanthropist and social entrepreneur -- no relation to the Beaverton, Oregon-based shoe manufacturer) in Lagos, with its four storeys, is the largest art gallery in West Africa and is the mothership of Dr. Okundaye's network of galleries.

The gallery is home to both traditional ethnic art and contemporary Nigerian art.

Day 70. (April 9, 2021.)

Founded in 1983 as a private citizen's initiative, at the time when almost all museums in Nigeria were owned by the national government, Didi Museum (named after the founder's sister Edith "Didi" Jibunoh) in Lagos is still recognized as one of the finest private museums in Africa.

Day 69. (April 8, 2021.)

The Sao Paulo Art Museum (O Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, MASP) holds a collection of over 10,000 artworks, and is considered one of the most important art museums of the Southern Hemisphere. The museum's collection spans from ancient to contemporary, and from around the world.

Day 68. (April 6, 2021.)

Day 67. (April 3, 2021.)

London's Postal Museum is more than just postage stamps, but is the source for the rich history of the British post office -- one of the oldest in the world.

Day 66. (April 2, 2021.)

In the early 1990s, several newly independent countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia began exploring ways to reestablish their sense of identity and to reclaim their heritage previously downplayed or outright censored by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

In Uzbekistan, that came in the form of a Mongol warlord Amir Timur and a museum in Tashkent was dedicated to his name.

Day 65. (April 1, 2021.)

The Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum is the only museum in the Territory of Nunavut, in its capital city Iqaluit, reachable from the rest of Canada by air or sea. The museum features a collection of Inuit artifacts as well as exhibits of local artists. The museum is housed in a former Hudson's Bay Company storehouse.

Day 64. (March 31, 2021.)