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hi this is Anita with Five Minutes with
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Art today I want to talk a little bit
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about museums and particularly why
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everyone should visit an art museum even
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if you don't so-called get art there's
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some people that say like I really don't
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want to go to an art museum they're so
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boring i don't really get art i don't
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understand art well today I'm going to
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tell you some reasons why maybe you
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might want to consider or hopefully
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change your mind if that's the way you
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feel you know museums matter art museums
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matter and here's five reasons why
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museums change how you see the world
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they can shake things up they can make
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the familiar strange even the strange
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feel familiar yeah pity can stop you in
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your tracks forcing you to reconsider
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the world as you see it museums are a
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mental reset you can go into museum and
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you can distracted from uh the world and
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you can just pause and just look around
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it can be a mental reset for you museums
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connect you to history and humanity they
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can connect you to you know all types of
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you know history and humanity you can
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understand a place understand a country
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by going into museum they spark
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curiosity they can help you to learn new
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things to help you be more curious about
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things museums are for everyone you
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don't need a degree in art history to
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understand a museum you know museum is
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for everyone and a lot of art is the
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interpretation as to how you see it here
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are some ways that you can make most of
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your museum visit here's some of our top
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tips don't try to see everything large
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museums can be overwhelming select what
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you want to see the rooms that interest
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you and go see them take breaks sit on a
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bench breathe let the art come to you
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ask questions read the wall text use a
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museum's app or audio guide ask staff
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for recommendations go with a friend or
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go solo some people love discussing art
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other people want quiet reflection try
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both visit during off- peak hours you
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know early mornings or weekdays can be
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best for avoiding crowds you maybe go
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during a time where you can have the
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space a lot more to yourself let
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yourself feel something you know immerse
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yourself in it confusion joy discomfort
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nostalgia it's all valid art is supposed
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to stir emotion not just admiration you
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know there's many great art museums in
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the world and I've listed out some of
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them here in my blog about why everyone
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should visit an art museum and if you
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don't get it I'm just going to touch on
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some of the top ones you know some of
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the top to see museums that are you know
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famous of course the one is of course
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the Louvre in Paris France you know most
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people you know go there to see the Mona
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Lisa but there's lots of other great
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things to see there it's a fascinating
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building it's home to thousands of works
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of art from prehistoric to 21st century
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you know of course the most famous work
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that's there is a Mona Lisa but there's
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lots of other famous work that's there
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too so if you do buy a ticket to go into
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the Lou don't just go just to see the
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Mona Lisa see some of the other works of
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art also in the process the other one is
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the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
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York City it's one of the most
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comprehensive collections in the world
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spanning over 5,000 years of art there's
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lots of great um art in there from
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American art um to you know Egyptian
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Greek and Islamic art so there's lots
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for you to be able to explore in this
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museum another museum that I happen to
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like is the other one is the Museum of
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Modern Art also in New York you know
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which is called Bulma that's you know a
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leader in modern and contemporary art
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you know it's constantly reshaping and
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changing how we think about art today
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you will find in there the starry night
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by Van Go but you'll also find you know
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things by Paceio by Warhol another
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famous artist so this also if you happen
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to be in New York City is another
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must-see uh museum chicago also has a
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great museum the artists of Chicago the
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most famous painting there is the
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American Gothic by Grant Wood but they
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also have lots of other famous artwork
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in there that you can go in to see it's
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really an iconic museum and it is one of
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the oldest and largest museums in the
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United States there's other museums in
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you know Florence Italy Madrid Spain all
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of these the British museums in London
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london has a lot of great museums
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including the Tate Museum too you know
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so there's lots of great places that you
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can explore you know go for the art stay
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for the experience that's what we always
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say go for the art but stay for the
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experience and you will find that art
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will change you if you'd like to be able
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to read more about some of these great
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museums or why you should go to an art
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museum we will put a lu our blog in the
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description so that you can be able to
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learn more some of these places or why
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you should go to an art museum or if
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you're an art lover and you're trying to
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convince somebody maybe this can help
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you to be able to convince them to go to
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the art museum with you this is Anita
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from Five Minutes with Art thank you so
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much for listening and for joining us
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and we hope that you will go and take
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the opportunity wherever you are to
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visit some of the world's great art
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museums and see great art that's been
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created throughout the world because
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there truly are some amazing creations
