The Rest of the Walters

 One of my favorite places in the world is the Walter's "Hall of Wonders."  It is, literally, a wonderful place!

A 6 foot narwhal horn, strange insects, curious crystals and fossils, paintings, jewels, esoteric maps, statues, the mummy of an Egyptian child, antlers, a giant alligator, wondrously wrought cabinets, and antique weapons fill the room.

This is what our museum wants to be when it grows up!

 They have several rooms of armor, and a collection of medieval art  that is staggering in scope: paintings, of course, but also windows, tapestries, jewelry, statues, reliquaries and sacred vessels, all put together in an appealing series of intimate rooms.

The rooms tend to be smaller and less crowded than the Smithsonian, so it feels like a more personal experience.

The Zoomlians, of course, were most into the swords!

Across from the Hall of Wonders, is the Treasury.  Wow!

Choclo insisted I take a picture of these silver eagles.  They were very nice, but I should have also taken pictures of the Faberge eggs!!!  This room also had all sorts of jewelry, ivory carvings and watches.

Aside from all this magnificence, The Walter's is also an honest to goodness art museum, with acres of paintings and sculpture from the Late Medieval period on, including an adjoining building which houses their Eastern collection.  Alas, it was closed the day we went!  They have a room of samurai armor and swords that we dearly wanted to see.

We did see this painting - the raising of the daughter of Jairus- which I had never seen before. 

And then it was time to go!

Speaking of which, it's time for us to go on vacation again, which I am sure you will see the following week! 

Til then, God bless you, and don't rob my house!