Museophile T-Shirts

"Weird! It's like you can read my mind"

You're my Mona Lisa.

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Victor Hugo

Edgar Allen Poe

"I think he was a celebrity."

The Dorrie Decimal System

Culture Saturday

Honoré de Balzac

Party Animals.

"Now Playing: One of those Jane Austen movies."

"Why don't you find a museum!"

Not to be a motion picture. Will remain just a book.

"Me? How about you go closer and read the plaque!"

"Not that I have the time, but I enjoy reading."

"And that's General Ambrose T. Spangler. He died in the Great Mustache Fire of 1897."

'Which wine goes best with 'the old man and the sea'?'

George Orwell

They don't feed the animals in here very well, do they!

The Other Cooperstown

"The article says there was a break-in at the museum last night. I don't suppose you know anything about that."

An ancient Egyptian exhibit at a museum.

"Could we be getting a little too museum-quality?"

Meet the author - celebrity autobiographies,

Brünnhilde's Funeral Pyre

Literary Canines.

"Barb's such a fast reader."

Wicca Heritage Centre: Hansel and Gretel stayed here.

Raphael

I love Museum Shops

"Perhaps in my next life I'll be a jpeg."

Litterary Dogs.

'Yes, it's just a little volume.'

"A wise choice sir! Aah. . . Da Vinci - a genius of the Renaissance and a man who changed the face of art forever! Would you like that as a bookmark, a pencil sharpener or a fridge magnet. . . ?"