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The Savvy Museum Visitor

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Escape into the world of museums, art, & wellness. Whether in-person or online, museums & art benefit our intellect and our emotional wellness. New knowledge. Awe & wonder. Rejuvenation. Find me at thesavvymuseumvisitor.substack.com

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The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · May 9

Enhance your wellbeing as you step into the world of art, museums, and culture. Expand your knowledge. Encounter awe & wonder. Be inspired by new ideas. Step away from stress & anxiety. Look with new eyes!

Read the alt text for more about my background. Thanks!
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Once upon a time, I was curator of this amazing historic house museum, Biltmore House, in Asheville, North Carolina. Before that, I did my internship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Later I was a consultant for museums. In my second career, I was a psychotherapist. I like to blend culture and wellness in ways that help us live our best lives.

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The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 2d

For those angered about the White House demolition. My essay shares my small connections to the White House, along with my frustration.

The White House Demolition Has Hit Me Hard

As curator of the largest historic house in the U.S., Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina, I met lots of interesting people including White House staff.

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The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jul 1

A fun interview with the executive director of this amazing, tiny museum at the edge of Sequoia National Park. I so appreciate her time to share with us! Please check it out and give her a bit of love!

#museum #preservationsociety #museumstaff #sequoianationalpark #behindthescenes

Behind-the-Scenes at a Museum You've Never Been To

But you should!

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The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 27

I was there last summer. An amazing museum!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 27

Where were year a year ago today? I was at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. An amazing museum with lots of stories to tell. Paintings, furnishings, textiles, and more. And of course the courtyard is spectacular!

#museum #art #boston #gardnermuseum

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 26

Good for you for finding a way to be connected to museums! I'm a huge believer in local history museums. Small museums tell stories that the big museums - much as I love them - skip over. In fact, one of my upcoming essays on Substack is an interview with the E.D. of a small museum in California.

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 26

Wow! The details! The craftsmanship!

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The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 25

Good suggestion! Local history museums share such interesting stories!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 25

I’ve not been but I’ve heard it’s very interesting. And has been through some “interesting” times. :) I need to add it to my list.

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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 25

Beautiful blue #glass #beads from the late #BronzeAge.

Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology #globalmuseum #museums
@AlisonFisk

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The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 25

Green and butterflies for summer!

Moon flask with gold butterfly and wheat motifs, 1880s. Worcester factory, British. Bone china. Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain. About 11 inches tall.

#art #museum #worcester #bonechina

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 23

Cool off! And practice your slow looking skills as you destress. Find both bridges. The people. The animals.

Inn and Travelers in Snowy Mountains by Yuan Yao, 1745. Culture-China. Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Met, public domain.

#museum #art #hangingscroll #chineseart #slowlooking #snow

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 21

Find a few minutes of calm as you step away from stress and anxiety. Only 4 minutes.

#art #museum #destress #wellness #calm

Away from Stress: Into an 18th Century Painting

Support your wellbeing

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The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 21

Admire! Brooch, 1901-2, designed by Charles Ashbee, leader of the Arts & Crafts Movement in England. He designed houses, furniture, jewelry, and more. Gold, silver, enamel, moonstone, topaz, and freshwater pearl. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, public domain.

#museum #ashbee #jewelry #art

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The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Mar 30

Love her delicacy! Love her colors!

#watercolor #art #museum #smithsonian #maryvauxwalcott #wildflowers

Susan M. Ward on Substack

A renaissance woman! Mary Vaux Walcott (1860-1940) began painting when she was eight. She studied mineralogy and glaciers under her father's tutelage. She was also a mountain climber and photographer....

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The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 14

13! I know that times were different and lives were shorter, but still…!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 14

I was totally enthralled with the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia! Great art! No labels! I consider it one of my "exceptional museums." Read about it here:
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#mueum #art #barnesfoundation #philadelphia

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 13

I hope you enjoy this! And I hope you’ll join me on Substack!

#museum #art #frames #lookwithneweyes

The Art Around the Art

How Frames Shape What We See. Look with new eyes at frames.

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The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 12

Lovely! I haven’t been but I’ve heard about the Crocker.

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The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 11

Gold and swirls. And more gold and swirls. Gorgeous!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 11

As Constable does, he provides us with rich details to get lost amongst. Lovely!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 11

In honor of the bunnies that have been enjoying my backyard clover!

-Moon and White Hare in Snow, probably 1819, by Taisosai Hokushu, Japanese. Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper. Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain.

#art #museum #rabbit #woodblockprint

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 10

Fun to see! Thank you!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 10

Imagine you've walked into this painting by Winslow Homer. What do you see? What do you hear? What textures do you feel? What do you smell? What can you taste? You've just created a moment of respite. Take a breath. Now slide back into your day.

#museum #art #beach #winslowhomer #respite #destress

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 10

Oh wow! I’m a huge Archibald Knox fan! Wish I could see this. Thanks for the pics!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · Jun 9

I hate “liking” this because it’s very, very sad.