Our trip to the Getty was great! We arrived in the afternoon, however it was a Friday, and they are open late on Fridays, so it worked out perfect! The kids did well at the museum, and i think they all had a wonderful time! There was a mishap with jordyns bottle spilling in one of the galleries, but the Aunts were to blame, and i was in another gallery room, so it was all good! Jordyn really enjoyed the family room, which had activities for the little ones as well as neat displays :) There were a couple of really great exhibits there...but the one i thought most exciting was to view the Manet painting "Bar at the Folies-Bergère" and of course i enjoyed the Illuminated Manuscripts "medieval beasts" exhibit. The kids seemed to like the zoopsia works by Tim Hawkinson and the giant rhinoceros "clara" by Oudry...but can you blame them....the painting was gigantic!!! We splurged and had a very pricey lunch complete with...hot dogs...salads...tortilla wraps...and a meatball sandwich....oh yeah...and beer! (its California...i forget you can get a drink almost anywhere out there!) As we were leaving the museum we had the opportunity to hear the Uberorgan...an installation piece in the main gallery entrance.....i dont think James cared for it much but the rest of the gang thought it was fun. It was sort of like a giant player piano, only it looked like a bunch of paper intestines hanging from the ceiling :) Naturally we had to hit the gift shop, where Justin scored a cool "beasts" t-shirt, Jordyn got a red dragon finger puppet and i got a new illuminated letters book! A wonderful day indeed!
More on our California adventures coming soon!
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