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October 25, 2012

Thursday’s Child: A Miscellany of Museums

I’ve been writing about some of my favourite museum experiences this month.  This week, I’ll mention three others that I’ve visited.  None of them merit a whole post, but they each stand out for one reason:
– The least likely museum we’ve ever seen was the Marzipan Museum in Talinn, Estonia.  Did you know that Talinn was the birthplace of marzipan?  Or that there was a whole (if tiny) museum devoted to it?  Before this trip I didn’t, but one look at the fabulous creations in this tiny basement museum made me realize what I’d been missing.   I’ll never look at Shrek in the same way again.
– The Alte Pinakothek in Munich was the only museum we’ve visited where we set off an alarm by being too close to a painting.  A security guard was on top of us immediately, but the sight of eleven-year old tears convinced him that it was an innocent accident.  He issued a very kind warning, and in the seven years since then, we have never set off another alarm.
– Visiting the Prado museum in Madrid marked my height of organizational and parenting skills.  I couldn’t visit Madrid without seeing the Prado, but I knew it would be a tough sell for the girls.  So I told them they’d each be an expert on a Spanish painter of their choice.  My youngest daughter bought into this when I told her she could do her research on-line, especially when I agreed that she could design a brochure too.  She took her expert designation seriously; I’m not exaggerating when I say that we didn’t leave the Prado until we had seen every single Goya on display.  (And every Father’s Day, the girls give Andrew a copy of Goya’s masterpiece, “Saturno Devouring his Children”, with great amusement.)

Filed Under: Estonia, Germany, Spain

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  1. Valerie says

    October 25, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    A marzipan museum?! It's a medium that I could never work with because I'd just want to eat everything. Puss in Boots looks so tasty!

    Your daughter's idea of a Father's Day gift is brilliant! 😀

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  2. Jemi Fraser says

    October 25, 2012 at 8:14 pm

    That father's day gift is hilarious!! 🙂

    Love the marzipan museum – how bizarre!

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  3. Jess says

    October 25, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    The marzipan museum looks fun! I made it to the Prado when I lived in Spain, and studied Goya in college~ that painting has always scared me a little 🙂

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  4. yummychunklet says

    October 25, 2012 at 9:55 pm

    What a great Shrek model!

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  5. Stina Lindenblatt says

    October 25, 2012 at 11:11 pm

    I've been to Tallin, but I didn't know there was a marzipan museum. That would have been so cool to visit.

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  6. Lizzy Do says

    October 25, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    Our kids always get museum burnout on our trips…we try to fit in as many activities as we can each day. I think they're grateful in the end that they've experienced so much. I love how creative you were in selling the Prado Museum 🙂

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  7. bakewithjill.com says

    October 26, 2012 at 2:53 am

    The marzipan museum is too funny! I can see why you had to go to that one.

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  8. Joanne says

    October 26, 2012 at 2:58 pm

    I wouldn't have thought that marzipan would last this long without degrading or something!

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  9. lisa is cooking says

    October 26, 2012 at 9:52 pm

    I love that idea for a Father's Day gift. Your daughters have great senses of humor! And, who knew there was a museum for marzipan? So interesting!

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  10. Food Gal says

    October 27, 2012 at 12:33 am

    There's an actual marzipan museum? That is too fun! I'm a total fiend for almond paste, so you'd have to hold me back from eating the sculptures.

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  11. Barbara says

    October 27, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    The marzipan museum sounds like fun! Had no idea.
    I set off an alarm once too. You feel like a criminal.
    That Goya is a perfect post for Halloween, Beth. Loved the Prada.

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  12. Andrea_TheKitchenLioness says

    October 27, 2012 at 3:06 pm

    Beth, what a wonderful post about these three museums. I must say that I am impressed with all the different places you visited. Estonia, Germany (next time you visit that country, do let me know!) and Spain – I have never been most of the places that you mentioned and I love the way you tell nice stories about each of them!

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  13. Elaine says

    October 27, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    It's amazing how detailed those marzipan creatures are and I never knew that it came from Estonia. What nice memories from each of your museum visits.

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  14. Claire Davis says

    October 27, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    The marzipan is pretty impressive, how fun! Your kids are going to have such great memories.

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