I had been wanting to go over to Detroit to see the Diego Rivera murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts but had never gotten around to planning the trip while I lived in Lansing. So another outing is born.
From the DIA web site: “The Detroit Industry fresco cycle was conceived by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (1886–1957) as a tribute to the city's manufacturing base and labor force of the 1930s. Rivera completed the twenty-seven panel work in eleven months, from April 1932 to March 1933. It is considered the finest example of Mexican mural art in the United States, and the artist thought it the best work of his career.”
It was just as impressive as I thought it would be. We spent a lot of time looking at the details because we signed out an iPad (free) and went through most of the multimedia presentation. A bit too much explanation of art symbolism for us, but that’s just us. Definitely worth the visit.
We spent a little time in the rest of the museum and then headed to Dearborn for the rest of the outing – Ken wanted to stop at the Henry Ford Museum and look at the cars.
I had been to the “The Henry Ford” (ridiculous name) in 2007. I spent a day each at Greenfield Village and The Henry Ford Museum. So I wasn’t terrifically interested and was perfectly content with just tagging along following his interests. The Museum is a huge place with lots to see but the afternoon on just the cars was about right. We’re only good for about 2 - 3 hours museum time max.
We planned on stopping to eat lunch on our way from the DIA to the Museum but didn’t pass anything that caught our eye. It was raining pretty heavily by then, a cold, nasty rain, so I convinced him to eat at the Museum rather than driving around Dearborn looking for something else. Bad mistake. I had eaten at the Eagle Tavern in Greenfield Village when I was there before and it was very good. I assumed the Museum would have equally good food, but the stuff we got from the Michigan Café was pretty blah.
I didn’t bother taking any photos but here are some pics that Ken took. He didn’t take photos of the signs for the race cars so I can’t caption them for you. You will just have to go there yourself.
A tip for those going just to the Museum. Skip the ticket booths and lines in the main lobby and head directly in toward the Michigan Café. You can buy Museum tickets at the several entrances along the long hallway.
More rain as we headed home but it cleared up before we got to Lansing.
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