Flight Canceled.  Yes, our flight from New York City to Dallas, Texas was canceled.  Not because of the weather in New York City, but because Dallas, Texas was experiencing a deep freeze.  Not only was the flight canceled, but we were then told we could not get a flight out until Wednesday – three days to be stuck in New York City.  Oh-h-h-h.  Poor us.  Right!  I was jumping for joy.  There was so much left to see and do, and I was thankful for the delay.

Originally we had not attempted to visit museums in New York City – there just was not enough time.  But… since we had extra time, visiting museums was on our agenda.  The Mr. and The Mrs. gave us suggestions – Thank you very much!  Here are a few of the highlights of our days at the museums.  Correction – This blog will only be about the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  When I began loading photos of our museum visits, I quickly realized – I have way too many photographs for one blog.

Honestly, you could spend weeks, months, or even years touring the exhibits in the Met.  There is so much to see.  We were there for the greater part of one day, and saw part of the first floor.  In the gift shop I was flipping through a little book that listed “Highlights of The Met”.  We saw one out of the twelve or so listed.  In order not to bore you with too many pictures, I will try to give you a snapshot of what we saw.  It is hard.  Ever-Lovin’ said, “Just pick out the most interesting things you saw.”  That is the problem  – Everything I saw was interesting to me.

One of my favorite things – this little sleeping cupid.  Wonderful.

There were rooms and rooms and rooms  (39 rooms to be exact) of Egyptian artifacts.  I was told that The Metropolitan Museum of Art houses the most extensive collection of Egyptian art outside of Egypt.  Over twenty-six thousand objects dating from the Paleolithic to the Roman period (ca. 300,000 B.C. – 4th century A.D.) are on display.

In 1906 The Met began a partnership with the Egyptian Antiquities Service, and conducted archeological excavations for thirty-five years.   The museum was allowed access to the sites, and what artifacts they discovered were split with the Egyptians.

I swear I have seen this panel in textbooks.

The seated woman figurine has been on the cover of some of the museums literature.

There were mummy cases.  This is a most ornate case.

A very impressive exhibit is the Temple of Dendur.  The temple was dismantled to save it from the rising waters of Lake Nasser after the construction of the Aswan High Dam.  It was a gift to the United States by the Egyptian government in recognition of the American contribution to the international campaign to save the ancient Nubian Monuments.  (From The Metropolitan Museum website – www.metmuseum.org.

In 1920, a small chamber was found in the tomb of Meketre (ca.1990 B.C.).  It contained twenty-six painted models of boats.

Theses model boats are some of the prized exhibits at The Met.  Amazing.

Many of the exhibits are of small objects.  I love this horse handle.

Then there were the objects of fashion from ancient Egypt.  Pictured are sandals and finger stalls.  I am sure this is what the best dressed ladies were wearing.

Be still my heart!  What a wonderful headpiece.  It caught my attention.  Very impressive!

We then moved on to the exhibits that showcased armor and weaponry from the Middle Ages.  It is hard to believe that men really wore  heavy metal suits of armor such as these.

This is what Ever-Lovin’ really wanted to see.  He was not disappointed.

Look at this.  There were five horses and riders in full body armor in this display. The cases display Medieval weaponry.  Ever-Lovin’ enjoyed this collection.

We were also able to walk through the current exhibit – Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom.  We needed more time to really there, but it was fascinating.

As you can tell, we only saw a tiny portion of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Good reason to return.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Highly recommended.

Blessings to you and yours,