The MFA, Sunday September 7th, 2008

Maura started first grade on Wednesday so our season of frequent outings is over. We’ll be limited to weekends and infrequent holidays until Winter Break begins in December. Maura loves school so she’s happy to be back. I will enjoy the quiet and the lack of interruptions when I’m working but I will miss her. Of course, she’ll only be gone weekdays from 9:00 to 3:00.


We still have weekends, of course. Weekends are even better for outings because the whole family can come along. Jennifer—my wife, Maura’s mom—has a regular Monday through Friday job. This weekend we chose to head to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, aka the MFA. Since it was the first weekend of the month and we are Bank of America customers we took advantage of the Bank of America Free Museum Weekend and get in free of charge.


As always when we go into Boston, we took the T, though we drove to the closest T-station to save time. There are few busses on Sunday. There is a conveniently located Green Line stop right in front of the museum.


Once in the Museum we headed for the Egyptian galleries. Maura likes Egyptian art and is fascinated by hieroglyphics. We moved on from there into the Classical Galleries which interested Maura less though she did really enjoy the mosaic floor. She’s working on a mosaic at home, a tile by number affair with stick on tiles. She also enjoyed hearing my story about helping to excavate a mosaic in Greece when I studied archeology in college.


After a quick pit stop we headed across the museum to see some of the collection of American Art that Jennifer likes, including the museum’s large collection of John Singleton Copley’s works. We took a rest and had a snack in the museum's courtyard garden, then finished with a trip to the museum’s collection of musical instruments. Maura was curious about the instruments and drove her mother crazy asking what each one was called.