I don’t often travel by myself. I’m usually with my children, my husband and many times with my mom as well. We take a whole lot of multi-generational trips, and we love it. However, I recently found myself alone in Baltimore on a business trip for A Day’s Outing. I arrived at my hotel at 4:00 p.m. and had plenty of time left in the day for an outing.
I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. I had been to Baltimore’s well known Inner Harbor on one of our big family trips, but I wanted to do something different. I decided on the Baltimore Museum of Art. Since I was by myself I would be able to walk around the museum at my own pace – no big group pulling me from room to room too quickly, and I didn’t have any children needing to go to the bathroom in remote parts of the museum. It was just me, and I could enjoy the museum at my own pace.
And what a museum it is. I was truly blown away by the collections I saw. Each room had it’s own treasures: The Thinker, by August Rodin, a mobile by Alexander Calder, a painting by Georgia O’Keeffe and other art I have learned to love from my parents, African and Pre-Columbian art. My favorite pieces were the 23 Colima figures. They made me stop in my tracks. There was a quilt exhibit that was amazing. To round out my tour of the museum, I visited the contemporary art wing. There were pieces by Andy Warhol and also dynamic installations by up and coming artists. I’m not really sure, but I believe the art I saw at the Baltimore Museum of Art spanned 3000 years.
Now that I have spent a few hours of a business trip on something so amazing and relaxing as a tour of a museum, I know I will certainly take an outing like this again in the future.
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