Museum Madness

Trying to be cultural while seeing as much of NYC as I can before I head down South, I headed to the Met with Witty Whit on Sunday after having brunch in the Village. Surprisingly, no talk of baseball could be found just a bunch of people milling around looking at paintings that even a six year old could have made. Somehow that's art to most people.

While walking around and illegally taking pictures with our flash on I was able to think of a few ideas that could enrich the museum going experience. And having paintings that actuaully look like they took some time to make isn't one of them suprisingly. These ideas are quite shocking though so hold onto your sense of reality for I'm about to blow your mind:

1. An entire museum connecting by waterways. You would have to get into two person paddleboats to get from exhibit to exhibit. When you got there you could dock and get off if you wanted to look around. If not you could just keep paddling. It would be like that scene from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory minus the underpaid and overworked midgets, er, I mean little people.

2. Discovery zone like play areas such as a mock pyramid that you could crawl through to explore. Not just for kids, everyone would get to go inside and get the experience as if they were actually in one of the Great Pyramids. Would come complete with free camel rides while you wait. Would cut down on travel costs to North Africa.

3. No cameras! Cameras but no flashes! What's up with that? Why not create replicas of famous paintings and artifacts that tourists can use to take pictures by as if they were actually standing next to the real thing. Maybe even a Mona Lisa cardboard cutout that you could put your head through.

4. Why go to a museum featuring 20th and 21st century artifacts 200 years from now when you can go to one now? How cool would it be if you could check out how a futuristic society would look at our culture? Everyday items you take for granted would be showcased to show how future peoples will remember us. And you thought staring through a glass at a bunch of cavemen harpooning a whale was fun! Wait until you can look through a glass at a family of four eating dinner while watching Jeopardy!