Museum Guides

Museum Guide: The Tate Modern
Walking toward Tate Modern for the first time can feel like approaching a cathedral—though one built for machines rather than for…
Museum Guide: The British Museum
When visitors enter the British Museum from Great Russell Street, they pass through a series of modest checkpoints before stepping into…
Museum Guide: The Vatican Museums
There is no single Vatican Museum. This is the first and most important truth—one that eludes many of the five million…
Museum Guide: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art are not just a place to sit—they’re a moment. For many, they offer…
Museum Guide: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
There is a moment—often right after one steps off Wilshire Boulevard—when the sensory overload of Los Angeles seems to pause. It’s…
Museum Guide: Musée d’Orsay
The Beaux-Arts façade and its deceptive grandeur There is something both familiar and uncanny about arriving at the Musée d’Orsay for…
Museum Guide: The Louvre
First Impressions Beneath the Pyramid The first confrontation with the Louvre is less about art than about arrival: the vast square…