So my sister discovered on this day that perhaps she isn't quite the 4 hour museum marathon type of person. Tragic timing on her part, really. However, there really were quite a few lovely things in the museum. Here is part one, the things that aren't paintings:
Libation Bowl from Eastern Mediterranean
Greek Gold Rossette
Terracotta Panathenaic Prize Amphora
Marble Relief with a Dancing Maenad
Marble Pilaster with Acanthus Scroll
Wall Paintings from a Cubiculum Nocturnum (Bedroom)
Marble Sarcophagus Lid with Reclining Couple
Marble Funerary Relief
Demidoff Table by Lorenzo Bartolini
African Sheilds
Napoleon I tapestry by Francois Gerard
Cheval Glass
Dutch Cabinet
Italian Cabinet
King David the Psalmist
The Engagement Ball
The Life of Christ
St Augustine's City of God, Spanish
Autumn Landscape by Agnes Northrop
Italian Armor from 1600AD
Samurai Armor
Daggers from India
Turkish Saber
French Rapier from 1600
All Angel's Church Pulpit, New York 1900
Typical Room in Virginia 1810
Panoramic View of Palace and Gardens of Versaille, by John Vanderlyn
Stradivari Violins
Cristofori's Piano
Ocarinas
Qur'an Manuscript 15th-16th Century, Turkey
Folio from the Qur'an of Umar Aqta, before 1405AD, Uzbekistan
Folio from the Bustan (Orchard) of Sa'di, Uzbekistan
Alexander the Great and Dying Darius, from Majma' al-Tavarikh (Assembly of Histories), Iran
The Fire Ordeal of Siyavush from Shahnama (Book of Kings), Iran
Masnavi of Maulana Rumi, Iran
Ottoman Court Carpet, Egypt
Three Arches, northern India
Birds in Japan Exhibit
Spring Rain Collection
Minowa, Kanasugi at Mikawashima by Hiroshige
The Garden of Painting by Kano Tan'yu
Kit the Swordsman from the Photoshop exhibit
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