点评:A splendid museum! Its Paul and "Bunny" Mellon collections are tops. The artist-jeweler Jean Schlumberger's works are breathtaking, as are the Fabergé items donated by Lillian Thomas Pratt. Then there are myriad other collections -- Greek, Asian, English, American art, art of all eras -- and top-notch. This museum is full of surprises. An old New York interior once installed at the Museum of the City of New York has found its way here -- thank goodness. The John Singer Sargents, Childe Hassams, and others, were as good as the ones at our "best" museums.
The restaurant is lovely, the gift shop extensive.
One quarrel, and for me it is a big one: The amplified live music on both evenings we visited was intrusive and inescapable, echoing throughout the upstairs galleries. And the odd thing is that the second evening dozens of chairs were set up auditorium-style in front of the musician, and only, at last count, 8-10 people were occupying them. We watched a couple leave; too loud!
Other than that -- really, VMFA is a must-see. I was blown away, and I'm a museum goer who's gotten around.
翻译:真是个精彩绝伦的博物馆!保罗和“邦尼”梅隆的藏品堪称顶级。艺术家兼珠宝商让·施伦贝谢的作品令人叹为观止,莉莲·托马斯·普拉特捐赠的法贝热藏品也同样令人叹为观止。此外,博物馆还拥有众多其他藏品——希腊、亚洲、英国、美国艺术,以及各个时代的艺术作品——而且品质一流。这座博物馆充满惊喜。纽约市博物馆曾经展出的旧纽约室内装饰终于来到了这里——谢天谢地。约翰·辛格·萨金特、柴尔德·哈萨姆斯等人的作品,与我们“最佳”博物馆的藏品一样精彩。
餐厅很棒,礼品店琳琅满目。
有一点小瑕疵,对我来说,这可是个大问题:我们参观的两个晚上,现场扩音器播放的音乐都刺耳难听,回荡在楼上的展厅里。奇怪的是,第二天晚上,音乐家面前摆了几十张礼堂式的椅子,最后统计下来,只有八到十个人坐在上面。我们看着几个人离开;太吵了!
除此之外——真的,VMFA 绝对值得一看。我被震撼了,我是一个经常去博物馆的人。