Last weekend on my to-do list was a final project for my art history class; a museum report. What is a museum report? Well, I had to go to the Cummer Art Museum and Gardens in Jacksonville (http://www.cummer.org/) and browse art and then write this paper on a piece that stood out to me. I'll admit that this was not what I wanted to do with my Saturday morning! So, I start the trek to the museum in a slightly negative mood, that turns 100% negative when I realized what an issue parking was in this area. After nearly totalling my car in a tiny downtown parking lot, I make it into the museum and I am waiting in line behind a lady purchasing her admission ticket for $10. Great, I have to spend $10 to go to a museum I don't want to go to. (My mood may have grown more negative at this point). Then it is my turn and the cashier asks if I am a student. Duh, I am here to do a paper of course I am a student. So I get in for 6 bucks, which is way better than 10. Score for me! Okay so now my mood is lifting and I start browsing the artwork.
All I a can say is 'wow'. I was in awe of some of the things I saw and in the end really enjoyed the time I spent at the Cummer. All the exhibits were so interesting and neatly displayed (everyone knows I like neat). After I found the piece I was going to use for my paper I decided to walk around the gardens out back on the River. These gardens were beautiful, so beautiful that I stopped to snap a picture. I wish I had brought my laptop with me so I could just sit in the gardens and write my paper. Oh well.
If you live in Jacksonville and have not visited the Cummer, you really should. It is an enjoyable place even if you don't look at the art and just tour the gardens it will be worth it!
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