Another Day, Another Museum

Today´s museum was the Thyssen Bornemisza. Basically it has a selection of art from the 14th century through to the 20th century with pieces from just about every major master. Thus it is a good overview of the last 600 years of art in a ´doable´ way (the Louvre has a fantastic selection but would take months to see it properly).

Few little things about Spain which seem a little strange to me. When you walk into a museum, they scan the contents of your bag with an X-ray, but don´t scan people. So if I was a suicide bomber with explosives strapped to myself, I could easily get in to whatever spot I wanted and go ´bang´.

Photographs - todays museum and yesterday´s museum are the only ones I´ve encountered where they don´t let you take photographs (most other ones just don´t want you taking photographs with a flash as it affects the painting). It is really strange as on balance, they are lessor known works. To my mind, if people are out taking photos, going home and showing people, it is free marketing for them and increases the value and appeal of their collection. I know, your doing it again matt... thinking.