Museums in Siena

Do I have to write about the museums???....This is how I kind of felt about visiting the museums. But how can I be in Siena and not go to a museum?? After a choppy conversation with Silvana about the museums ("molto molto molto!")....hmmmm three "moltos"...I guess I should go is what I thought at the time. Silvana's son is an art historian and teacher and has written many books on the museums in Siena also.

I visited Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena. I am a fast "browser" let's say...so, I don't "study" the art so much unless it REALLY catches my eye (well, I pretend to study it, if one of the guards is watching me and I feel like I need to spend at least 30 seconds admiring it). Nevertheless, the first 30 minutes was enjoyable. Let me say this....ALL of the paintings are religious and they all look the same to me. HOWEVER, I did appreciate the amazing colors in the paintings -- deep, deep royal blues, golds (which I read suggests the idea of divine light), creamy ivory's. These paintings are hundreds of years old and that's interesting to think about and visualize the person who created it.

The other museum I visited is near the Duomo -- The OPA. It caught my attention a tad more because there were ancient artifacts too. Of course when I'm looking at a really old skull of a priest that lived hundreds of years ago, that's going to catch my attention. The antique bibles were really amazing too. The views from the top of the OPA were breathtaking (should I even tell you that since I don't have a single photo yet to show you?)

So there you have it, I visited a museo!