On Monday we were able to visit the Museum of Russian Art
It is in a quaint old building originally used for a church building and built to look like the Alamo. They do not allow photographs taken inside so you don't get to see their beautiful pictures. In the basement they had a temporary exhibit of pictures taken along the Silk Road. Another room was full of shelves of Matryoshka dolls. Amazing variety in all the different sets. Matryoshka dolls have only been around since about the 1890's. They were designed as a way to keep the distinct Russian art styles alive.
Here they allowed the kids to play with a few different sets of nesting dolls.
They also had scavenger hunt sheets to encourage the kids to actually look at the pictures.
One of my very favorite authors had several kids books in the gift shop. It was really hard to pass all of them by. Especially since several aren't available in our library. Her name is Patricia Polacco and she is a master story teller in my opinion!
Blessings,
~Anna
P.S. isn't it funny how all of this last paragraph is underlined and refuses to not be underlined?
2 comments:
You guys have been having some neat field trips. Looks like a lot of fun. Did Travis get to go with you?
No. He thoughthe wanted to when he came in at two in the morning but when I went to wake him up at 9:30 he just wasn't able to get going. We met Tammy, Garret and Hans there.
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