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| Credit: Photo © Tom Crane courtesy the Barnes Foundation |
Thought it might be appropriate to do a post on the Barnes because January is the month that the art visionary Dr. Albert C. Barnes was born (1872-1951).
This past summer after much controversy and court discussion, the Barnes Museum opened in its new location in Philadelphia. I must say that I approached visiting the new location with trepidation. The original house in Merion, PA where the Barnes collection was previously located (since 1922) has a special place in my heart. I frequented the Barnes as a young lady in my twenties and spent the better part of a day there on the day before my first child was born 26 years ago. I knew straight away that he would become an avid art lover because of that. I continued to visit the Barnes bringing my children and family over the years. When I finally got around to visiting the new Barnes, I was happy to see that the new location and museum are wonderful and should be a must do on anyone’s art museum list.
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