Getting Some Culture

Today I worked a half day and met Kaleena to tour some museums.  I haven’t been in a musem in AGES but I had so much fun!

We first planned to go to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) but it was closed for renovations.  Boo!!!  But it did make a perfect excuse to get some gelato.

Our next stop was the art museum but on the way we passed the police musem…not quite sure this is the exact name of the museum but you get the picture.  There was a convict in the window…of course we had to take advantage of this and get some pictures with him before going on the tour.

Here are some shots from the old court houses.   Check out the wigs in the picture on the left….looks like 100% wool!

And there’s something about prison bars that makes you want to hop behind them and get a picture!

These weapons were actually used in crimes!  I was shockd at the number of homemade weapons…I guess that is what you get from a country built by convicts or when you outlaw guns (just kidding..no offense to the Aussies out there).

And then there was this wall of mug shots, some of these women look ROUGH!  I bet you can’t pick them out from the men!

Here’s a picture of one of the cells, there is no telling how many inmates shared this tiny room with light (we were almost scared to walk in it was so dark).

And for some reason they decided to stuff and keep the first police dog.  I guess even in the moment they had the foresight to know he would make history!

Coming across this was certainly one of the highlights of the tour!

From here we headed over to the Art Museum (yet another place I haven’t been to previously).  This was a worldwind tour we only had 20-25 minutes before the museum closed.  Here are some pictures of some of the more interesting displays.

Here’s a japanese tea room.