ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM

The name of the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History was recently changed to simply the Albuquerque Museum.  Its collection and layout, though remain essentially the same.  We revisited the museum earlier this month at the end of our New Mexico getaway.  The museum is not large, but it is excellent.  It sits just to the northeast of the city's Old Town district and is essentially across the street from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, which we also visited.

On the history side, the museum sports a number of interesting exhibits, including one on "The Face of the Enemy," juxtaposing information on the unfortunate internment of Japanese Americans in World War II with information on the current treatment of Muslims and Hispanics.  The implications were obvious.

There were also a number of novelty exhibits.  One that I caught was of a small poster showing Lincoln being embraced by Washington.

And another exhibit of photos, apparently of studio portraits that involved a good deal of whimsy.

The art collection is much smaller than Milwaukee's but I liked it, most of which I would classify as modern to contemporary.  Here are some those pieces.

The following sculpture, positioned in an exterior courtyard, was strange but somehow caught my attention.

Following is a shot of another courtyard.

What attrracted me to this was the geometry that the stark light and dark shadows provided.

There was a good deal of sculpture art in other courtyards that surround the museum building.  Here is just one of those pieces.

Not only was the museum interesting and well laid out, but the price of admission was a bargain. A real gem, I thought.

John