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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 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 A painting 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 a museum
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and you can distract it from uh the
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world and you can just pause and just
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look around It can be a mental reset for
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you Museums connect you to history and
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humanity They can connect you to you
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know all types of you know history and
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humanity You can understand a place
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understand a country by going into
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museum They spark curiosity They can
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help you to learn new things to help you
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be more curious about things Museums are
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for everyone You don't need a degree in
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art history to understand a museum You
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know museum is for everyone and a lot of
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art is the interpretation as to how you
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see it Here are some ways that you can
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make most of your museum visit Here are
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some of our top tips Don't try to see
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everything Large museums can be
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overwhelming Select what you want to see
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the rooms that interest you and go see
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them Take breaks Sit on the bench
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Breathe Let the art come to you Ask
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questions Read the wall text Use the
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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 Mom 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 Art Institute of
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Chicago The most famous painting there
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is the American Gothic by Grant Wood but
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they also have lots of other famous
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artwork in there that you can go in to
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see It's really an iconic museum and it
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is one of the oldest and largest museums
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in the United States There's other
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museums in in Russia Amsterdam
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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 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
