New Year

Happy New Year to you all.

I spent my New Year's not watching Dick Clark but watching Young Frankenstein. I thought I shake it up this year. Normally I would be watching that but I decided meh.  I went to the Cleopatra exhibit yesterday at the Milwaukee Public Museum. I'm now volunteering there. I have to say that i liked the Mummies of the World exhibit more but I still enjoyed Cleopatra. There was great presentation. Lots of video clips, maps and pictures. I wished there was more artifacts. I did see great statues and busts. They had two very tall statues of the god Amon. As I was looking up, I was thinking man that had to be a bitch to get into and assemble in the museum. . One statue impressed me most because I was thinking how well made it was.  The statue looks like it was wearing linen but you can see through it.   There were coins. jewelry and other artifacts. My audio tour did go out on me in the middle of the tour. It was probably just the device.I think for people who don't know much about Cleopatra will enjoy this exhibit. Its a bit pricy, so you might want to go alone or look at the group deal.  $27 includes admission to the main museum.

As I was going through the exhibit, was also thinking about craftsmanship. How well this was all made and wondering why this kind of craftsmanship isn't more prevalent today. .