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6月8日,克里夫蘭藝術博物館,一年一度各族裔文化街遊行,像過節一樣熱鬧,文化藝術體現這個城市的特色,我很高興在遊行的隊伍里見了老朋友和認識新朋友,大家穿着各族裔自己民族不同服裝,還搭配許多道具,有上萬觀看遊行的人們,當一群看上去智能低下的人在遊行隊伍中時,觀衆的鼓掌聲鼓勵聲讓我的眼睛模糊.....
克利夫蘭藝術博物館(Cleveland Museum of
Art)是美國最重要的藝術博物館之一,裝修後更是美麗壯觀,它就坐落在有大學文化,交響樂團,世界第一醫院的區域,它是一座希臘神殿式建築與現代建築的混合體,尤其亞洲館里的作品可以排美國第一。
克利夫蘭藝術博物館成立于1913年,1916年開放,其間有過多次的擴建,館藏作品大約4萬5千件,就北美而言不算是超級藝術博物館,但是術業有專精,它的收藏有許多方面都是某一領域的頂尖藝術品,特別是古代中國與兩河流域的藏品,各個都是重量級的,給克利夫蘭藝術博物館帶來了巨大而持久的聲譽。同美國大多數公立博物館一樣,參觀是免費的(除了特別的展覽與活動),特別値得一提的是在新舊展館相接的部分,是一個巨大的中央大廳,面積3600多平米,穹頂鑲覆近800塊玻璃,如同一個巨大的太陽溫室,內植數從翠竹,亦有數圃花草,旁置木凳,邊有數間口味還不錯的餐廳,眞是初春,深秋,冬日的好去處,而且是免費的,至於夏日,那自是去後園消暑。我之所以特別喜歡北美的藝術博物館,就是這種氛圍,人不多,藏品豐富,遊行隨意,可以作爲很消閑而愜意的行爲,而且,大多是免費的。
這個中庭部分,還可以開音樂會,博物館內的音樂會是一個很有品位的活動。這是一個與衆不同文化氣息濃厚的博物館,來克利夫蘭遊玩的顧客如果沒有去那里就等於沒有來克利夫蘭。
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland,
Ohio, located in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle
neighborhood on the city's east side. Internationally renowned for
its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian art, the museum
houses a diverse permanent collection of more than 61,000 works of
art from around the world.[3] The museum provides general admission
free to the public. With a $755 million endowment, it is the
fourth-wealthiest art museum in the United States. With about
770,000 visitors annually (2018), it is one of the most visited art
museums in the world.
The Cleveland Museum of Art was founded as a trust in 1913 with an
endowment from prominent Cleveland industrialists Hinman Hurlbut,
John Huntington, and Horace Kelley. The neoclassical, white Georgian
Marble, Beaux-Arts building was constructed on the southern edge of
Wade Park, at the cost of $1.25 million. Wade Park and the museum
were designed by the local architectural firm, Hubbell & Benes, with
the museum planned as the park's centerpiece. The 75-acre (300,000
m2) green space takes its name from philanthropist Jeptha H. Wade,
who donated part of his wooded estate to the city in 1881. The
museum opened its doors to the public on June 6, 1916, with Wade's
grandson, Jeptha H. Wade II, proclaiming it, "for the benefit of all
people, forever". Wade, like his grandfather, had a great interest
in art and served as the museum's first vice-president; in 1920 he
became its president. Today, the park, with the museum still as its
centerpiece, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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