Sunday, August 2, 2009

The Marble House at Newport

Here's the exterior of the Marble House at Newport (pictures of the interior were not allowed):




Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History

Rocks and minerals were one of the highlights of their collection. Here are two of the many beautiful specimens:




It seems that all natural history museums must display an Egyptian mummy. Its case was exquisitely painted:


Here are some of their dinosaurs:


Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Top of the Rock




Rockefeller Center

Above the building entrances:


In front of the buildings:



And in the lobby:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Here's some pics of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's ancient Greece art collection:


Pictures of ancient Roman art:



Pictures of their Medieval art collection:


And some wonderful painters and sculptors: