The exterior of the building...
...leaves no doubt...
...as to the...erm...theatrical contents within. :)
Touring this museum...
...is like having a spectacular...
...waking...
...phantasmagorical dream!
Filled with paintings...
...sculpture...
...and artifacts...
...like this Mae West room...
...it really is a feast for the senses!
There's even a separate building...
...for all of his jewels!
When I was a young teen...
...I frequented the Salvador Dali museum with my big sister.
At the time, I didn't realize how strange it was...
...that a collection of this value and magnitude...
...was housed in the offices of a plastics manufacturer...
...in an industrial parkway in Beachwood, Ohio!
As might be expected...
...this collection eventually found a less bare-bones, permanent home...
...in St. Petersburg, Florida.
This museum in Figueres, Spain...
...is the only one in the world with a larger Dali collection...
...than the one of my childhood.
(It also has a much more 'Daliesque' aesthetic!) :)
Next time: we visit Gaudi's masterpiece...
...the Sagrada Familia.
2 comments:
It must be absolutely bewildering to visit. Your dreams for the next few weeks will probably be rather strange!
Rachel--You're absolutely right! While I'm traveling, I'm too tired to dream...but once I'm home again, it's 'technicolor city'! :)
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