Category: museums

  • Ando Museum by Tadao Ando on Naoshima

    Ando Museum by Tadao Ando on Naoshima

    Ando Museum was our first stop on this day trip to the island of Naoshima 直島. See the first post in this series for more about this wonderful Japanese island. The museum is located in Honmura, a charmingly tiny town where food options were very limited. We were lucky to find Ishii Shouten 石井商店 that

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  • A Day at SFMOMA, Part 2

    A Day at SFMOMA, Part 2

    This is the second post of a two-part series on what we saw at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) many months ago. We think this piece by John Cage goes well with touring a museum. SFMOMA In our previous post (click here), three European artists were featured. Here we share our photos

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  • A Day at SFMOMA, Part 1

    A Day at SFMOMA, Part 1

    Since we moved to the Bay Area, we really enjoyed our last visit to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). If we do this regularly, perhaps we should become a member of the museum. SFMOMA The 7-floor museum is located in the downtown area. It was expanded in 2016 by Snøhetta whose design

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  • Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart – Part 2

    Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart – Part 2

    The Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart chronicles the automobile’s development, from its 1886 invention to future technologies. 160 vehicles and more than 1,500 exhibits can be seen on nine exhibition levels, showcasing the motor vehicle’s impact on society and innovation. We shared photos of the various levels of the museum in Part 1. In this second

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