Rec | PICK A MUSEUM AND MAKE IT “YOUR“ MUSEUM

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I‘ve spent a LOT of time in the met over the course of my life in NYC. I take people there and I just show them my favorite spots. It’s nice to have some territory and museums are this really special dynamic/stagnant thing where there always new exhibitions but the core collection always stays the same.

@honey

Sep 16, 2024

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@nicoledominique

i love this!! i will say i think MY museum is the museum of illusions (the NY one specifically since though i know there are multiple) i unintentionally left my mark when i left a forehead sized sweat imprint on the first illusion aka the infinite mirror and probably made the day of the people behind me/my cousins/and the front desk people who got an amazing view of the incident (it was the first illusion and we were right in front of the desk) 🤕

Sep 16, 2024

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