The Rain Room & the MOMA.

Had I known about the Rain Room sooner we would have gone in a New York minute, but because we waited until the last weekend of it's showing, we ended up waiting in line for at least an hour. 

After careful thought, and the fact that we had Chelsea and Noah with us we decided to forego the eight hour wait and go to the "view only" line which means you get to see the rain room without getting underneath the ceiling. You can see other people taking cool pictures right in front of the light. We didn't get to go underneath the rain to feel the actual experience, but we were able to get a close look at this ingenious attraction without getting wet. 

One of the workers grabbed Noah's hand from underneath the rope to take him in. He was a little nervous, and only lasted under the rain for about 30 seconds. I thanked the worker for being so kind, and managed to vine some it here. 

I was a little jealous of those who were under the rain getting the full effect, but they deserved all that amazement. After all...some of them were up camping out as early as 2am to be one of the first in line. Crazy huh?

This was such an amazing exhibition, and had we not had the kids with us we would have done the eight hour wait. That one hour wait with the kids was totally worth it though. To see an awesome video of the rain room click here. Even though we didn't feel the full effect it truly was amazing, and worth the wait!!

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After viewing the rain room we headed back inside the museum. We saw paintings by Van Gogh in which Chelsea did a replica of "A Starry Night" it in her art class this past year. She got so excited when she saw the real painting!

Paintings by Monet were so beautiful. I didn't realize how big of a picture he painted!

"Water lilies"

"Japanese Maple"

And one of my all time favorites Picasso-

This is the Chatham Series in which Noah thought were a bunch of Lego's glued to the wall.

There were so many types of art that were made into fluorescent lights, metal fixtures, painted wood, molded plexi glass, and abstract art. It was impossible to take too many pictures, and I certainly don't want to over share too much when you can look online & read about some of these paintings.

Call me bias but besides my love for Picasso, this one was my favorite. Not because I'm Mexican (okay...that may be one of the reasons why) but mostly because of the meaning behind it.

I read the depiction in regards to the painting, and it shows a somber moment in the Mexican Revolution, as Zapatista's which means Zapata's peasant followers marching to their death. 

Apparently Orozco took part in the Revolution, and witnessed too much butchery. Although it's a sad story behind the painting it truly is a beautiful one.

"Zapatistas"- Jose Clemente Orozco

Chelsea, and Noah would take a break in between floors to look at the view from the window, and stood there for quite a while. 

Sometimes New York City can be a work of art as well...it depends on how you view it. 

And we love it!