I get really stressed out taking the kids to art museums by myself. Docents give me the evil eye, I spend more time reminding the little girls not to get too close to the art than I do actually looking at the art, and it’s just generally exhausting. So we decided to take advantage of Grandma and Grandpa being here and headed out to the Hammer Museum at UCLA this morning! Turns out most of the modern art galleries were being renovated (not a big loss to our taste), and their historical gallery was cool but only took us 40 minutes. So I quickly realized that the Getty was just two exits up the 405, and we headed there next. It was Grandma and Grandpa’s first time, and the kids immediately gravitated to the Illuminated Manuscripts gallery we’d visited in the fall, though we did make sure to go through the Renaissance paintings section to meld with what we’re studying in history. All in all, a very full homeschool day!
Crazy modern art/seating/toys/giant tops?
The view from the Getty can’t be matched!
Snack break by the fountains–when we were here in the fall, they’d turned them off due to the drought! It was fun to see them in use again!
Rare proof that I am on these field trips, too!