iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Where were year a year ago today? I was at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. An amazing museum with lots of stories to tell. Paintings, furnishings, textiles, and more. And of course the courtyard is spectacular! #museum #art #boston #gardnermuseum

040

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Good for you for finding a way to be connected to museums! I'm a huge believer in local history museums. Small museums tell stories that the big museums - much as I love them - skip over. In fact, one of my upcoming essays on Substack is an interview with the E.D. of a small museum in California.

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Good suggestion! Local history museums share such interesting stories!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I’ve not been but I’ve heard it’s very interesting. And has been through some “interesting” times. :) I need to add it to my list.

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Reposted by The Savvy Museum Visitor

Beautiful blue #glass #beads from the late #BronzeAge. Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago. 📷 National Museum of Denmark #Archaeology #globalmuseum #museums @AlisonFisk

141

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Green and butterflies for summer! Moon flask with gold butterfly and wheat motifs, 1880s. Worcester factory, British. Bone china. Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain. About 11 inches tall. #art #museum #worcester #bonechina

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Cool off! And practice your slow looking skills as you destress. Find both bridges. The people. The animals. Inn and Travelers in Snowy Mountains by Yuan Yao, 1745. Culture-China. Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Met, public domain. #museum #art #hangingscroll #chineseart #slowlooking #snow

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Admire! Brooch, 1901-2, designed by Charles Ashbee, leader of the Arts & Crafts Movement in England. He designed houses, furniture, jewelry, and more. Gold, silver, enamel, moonstone, topaz, and freshwater pearl. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, public domain. #museum #ashbee #jewelry #art

061

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

13! I know that times were different and lives were shorter, but still…!

000

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I was totally enthralled with the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia! Great art! No labels! I consider it one of my "exceptional museums." Read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/thesavvymuseumvisitor/p/not-your-usual-museum #mueum #art #barnesfoundation #philadelphia

030

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Lovely! I haven’t been but I’ve heard about the Crocker.

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Gold and swirls. And more gold and swirls. Gorgeous!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

As Constable does, he provides us with rich details to get lost amongst. Lovely!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

In honor of the bunnies that have been enjoying my backyard clover! -Moon and White Hare in Snow, probably 1819, by Taisosai Hokushu, Japanese. Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper. Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain. #art #museum #rabbit #woodblockprint

040

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Imagine you've walked into this painting by Winslow Homer. What do you see? What do you hear? What textures do you feel? What do you smell? What can you taste? You've just created a moment of respite. Take a breath. Now slide back into your day. #museum #art #beach #winslowhomer #respite #destress

060

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Oh wow! I’m a huge Archibald Knox fan! Wish I could see this. Thanks for the pics!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I hate “liking” this because it’s very, very sad.

000

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Very cool! And quirky! Makes me think of scrimshaw.

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Anni Albers was the first textile designer to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1949. She was at the Bauhaus School until the Nazis closed it. She & her husband, Josef Albers, came to teach at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. #museum #art #textile #annialbers

081

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

It's hard not to love this! And it's a great image to create a story in one's mind, to practice our imagination.

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Yes, what a frame! When I visit museums, I always take at least a few pics of frames. Such variety!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

What do you see historically? And artistically? Emotionally? We tend to glance briefly at life and art. I advocate slow looking. Studies show that examining art improves our wellbeing. A Village Street in Auvergne, France, c. 1910. Gelatin silver print. MMA. #art #museum #photography #france

081

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I love it! Great description! I could exactly feel and picture your words!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Great shot! And a lovely sky to back it all up! I haven't been to Anne Hathaway's Cottage but may need to add it to my to-be-visited list!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Nice to meet you, too, Becky! The Boone area is so pretty! Glad you’re enjoying The Savvy Museum Visitor! Substack is fun, and a learning curve - which I enjoy!

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

As a museum professional (my 1st career), I appreciate the artistry, the lighting, & the carpet on the table. As a therapist, (my 2nd career), I wonder what's her life like? What else is she feeling besides tired? -A Maid Asleep, Vermeer, 1656. Dutch. #art #museum #feelings #wellness #vermeer

1513

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I haven’t driven the whole thing but I do live in Western North Carolina so drive on parts of it frequently.

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I love chatelaines! "Tool belts" for the housekeeper. Read a bit about them at: substack.com/@thesavvymuseumvisitor/note/c-123105510 #chatelaines #19thcentury #museum #jewelry #art

081

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Oh the colors! The lighting! The details! Lovely!

000

Reposted by The Savvy Museum Visitor

Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The European craze for Asian aesthetics didn’t stop there. Like Chinoiserie, Japanoiserie was a trend that swept through 18th- and 19th-century interiors, where Eastern-inspired designs were embraced for their vivid colours, ornate patterns, and perceived exoticism.

Large ornamental porcelain jar with domed lid, decorated in vivid red, blue, and gold floral and geometric patterns. The jar has a flared base and faceted body, featuring stylised flowers and scroll motifs.

1112

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

What are Coptic textiles? Who were the Copts? substack.com/@thesavvymuseumvisitor/note/c-122601180 #coptic #textiles #museum #art

000

The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

What a lovely image to wander into and spend time slow looking!