My visit with my parents wasn't all typing and transcribing. We started out with a visit to the Science Museum which had a very special and fascinating exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A fitting way to start a week that was full of investigating some old family documents!
Another day found us at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. So very amazing to process all of the art collections, the new architecture (the new glass wing was completed in 2012) and learn more and marvel about Isabella herself. Well worth our visit. My mother and I were surprised when we entered the ladies room...which did not look at all like a public restroom, tiled in Kelly Green squares and with stall doors all bold and brilliant in what reminded us of Marimekko fabric. We loved the random words of wisdom that were randomly placed on the walls. And yes I did have to double check on the translations. My high school French was a long long time ago!
It was so bright and refreshing! I liked the long trough sink.
"A secret shared by two is shared with God,
A secret shared by three is shared with everybody."
This French proverb is copied from an enamel plaque that was displayed on the mantle of John Pierpont Morgan's home. Isabella either saw it or actually acquired the plaque as she collected a little bit of everything. Actually a lot of everything. Mom is the one who pointed out how appropriate it is for a bathroom as an anti-graffiti request. Probably something that Isabella would like.
We asked my dad if there were any words of wisdom displayed in the men's room, but he didn't even know what color the wall tile was. He was more interested in the details of the famous art theft that occurred at the museum in 1990. It's the largest unsolved art theft in history. He was disappointed that after Whitey Bulger was captured no more details about the heist came to light (the artwork has yet to be recovered and the FBI has identified the mob connections). Perhaps more to come....
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