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Personal Log :: Museum Visits
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Getty Museum:
Getty Museum was pretty cool. They had a LOT of paintings and sculptures. I haven't seen so many paintings and elaborate sculptures since I went to the Huntington Library. But compared to the Huntington Library, the Getty Center was way bigger and had a HUGE selection of arty stuff. The Getty Center specializes in Greek and Roman antiquities and lots of European and American photographs.

To get there, we had to pay $5.00 to park at a parking structure that was 3/4 mile away from the actual Getty Center. Then we had to wait for the tram to take us to the actual museum. However the tram suffered a technical difficulty during our arrival and we volunteered to hiked the 3/4 of a mile instead. It took LONGER than the supposed 10 minutes but it was a pretty steep incline up to the center. The instant we got there, we sat down at their cafe, NOT the super expensive resturant to eat a quick lunch. The entree and house salad at the cafe were delicious.

After lunch, we went inside the museum. It took us three hours to visit as many of the galleries as possible. Admission is free. We took a lot of pictures and most will be posted up in my webshots folder when my camera charges up again. Photography was allowed in the museum, but not the FLASH part. I was amazed at the number of people who were impressed by my Nikon Coolpix 2500 camera. hehe ^_^ I wish I had more time to stay at the Getty Center, but we had to quickly rush off to our next destination - Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits.

Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
The Page Museum was a lot smaller than I expected. I guess I was spoiled by the size of the Getty Center. The Page Museum takes about 1/2 hour to walk through. The cost is normally $6.00, but we had our student id and payed $3.50 a piece. Parking however was $8.00, but we arrived a few hours before closing and thus lucked out with only paying $6.00 for parking. I LOVE dinosaur bones. I don't like digging them up, but I certainly love looking at them. Ever since I took ONE anthropology class at UCLA to satisfy by GE requirements, I fell in love with the science. I love learning how to distinguish between a girl T-Rex and a boy T-Rex ... and ummm ... no you don't lift up their skirts to find out. =P But the biggest difference is their facial structures. Since T-Rexes have big faces, it's easy to distinguish the difference. I was expecting to look at as much dino fossils as I did while I was in class, but I was disappointed. They had no T-Rex bones there. They had mostly mammoth, saber tooth, and dire wolf bones there. But outside of the museum, the tar pits are still bubbling and they smell like construction workers putting on new pavements on the streets. We only stayed about one and a half hour at the Page Museum then left. There wasn't that much to see, but it was still fun try to play with the yucky tar and then checking out the gift shop.

Later today:
After the museum trips, we visited William's old middle school. Supposedly they shot teen wolf there, the movie with Michael J. Fox. We took lots of pictures there. Then we drove down to Beverly Hills to check out the rich people homes. I took a couple of pictures there too. Drove down Rodeo Drive, and took a few pics. Then we went to Westwood to eat dinner. After that, we drove home and I'm here typing up my blog. We're heading out to the San Diego Zoo tomorrow so I'll be heading off to sleep soon. I still have to put in an hour of time to study for my Constitution Test on Thursday morning. Supposedly before I can become a teacher, I need to take a test proving I know my US history. Although passing the US History AP test was not enough, I need to take a Constitution Test to prove it some more. *rolls eyes* Well I guess I feel better knowing that my future collegues know their US history too.