Dancin' by the Nile, the ladies love his style...

I went to see the King Tut exhibit at the L.A. County Museum yesterday. The pieces they have in that collection are *incredible*. Half the time you feel like you're looking at fakes since these items were so well preserved in the dry heat. Gold gold gold. If you end up going to one of the showings they're having in different locations, I'd recommend the audio tour headphones. They really added a lot. My only complaint was that there were way too many people packed in there - a lot of times you felt like a cow. They already had it set up where you had to make a reservation and so let only so many people in at a time, but still. You'd think for that kind of money they could have done about 2/3 of that amount and still be full and still make money. It was claustrophobic. Maybe it's lighter on a weekday.

We also poked around in a couple other of the LACMA's museums. If you're in the area, you gotta check out this cool drum/tree thing on the bottom floor of the Modern Art building. Oh hey! I found an article! http://www.laobserved.com/archive/003934.html Very, very cool. ETA: Ooops. Looks like that exhibit is only there until the 28th. Dang.

Dancin' by the Nile, the ladies love his style...

I went to see the King Tut exhibit at the L.A. County Museum yesterday. The pieces they have in that collection are *incredible*. Half the time you feel like you're looking at fakes since these items were so well preserved in the dry heat. Gold gold gold. If you end up going to one of the showings they're having in different locations, I'd recommend the audio tour headphones. They really added a lot. My only complaint was that there were way too many people packed in there - a lot of times you felt like a cow. They already had it set up where you had to make a reservation and so let only so many people in at a time, but still. You'd think for that kind of money they could have done about 2/3 of that amount and still be full and still make money. It was claustrophobic. Maybe it's lighter on a weekday.

We also poked around in a couple other of the LACMA's museums. If you're in the area, you gotta check out this cool drum/tree thing on the bottom floor of the Modern Art building. Oh hey! I found an article! http://www.laobserved.com/archive/003934.html Very, very cool. ETA: Ooops. Looks like that exhibit is only there until the 28th. Dang.