MCA through new eyes

MCA 4th Floor Cafe

The Museum of Contemporary Art on Circular Quay in Sydney has hit a sweet spot. Since they abolished entry fees they have gone from strength to strength, adding a whole new wing in recent years.

I drop in often but until last week I had never ventured into their 4th floor cafe.

I was astonished at the view - it has to be one of the best public viewing platforms in Sydney, looking out over the opera house and harbour.



A statue of a child with ancient fish head sits overlooking the harbour. It is a definite 'must visit' on a trip to Sydney.

All museumed out

If you buy a three day museum card you feel obliged to use it, so for the last three days we have been to see more museums than you could poke a stick at and tonight we are too tired to move another inch.

This morning we went to the Museum of Contemporary Art ... huge spaces full of work by Joseph Beuys and others of his ilk which we found exhausting and boring, probably reflecting the mood of the people who made the art.  There were groups of students there but not many other people.

The Old National Gallery, however, was full of people looking at (and taking pictures of) the 19th century paintings. That says a lot about 'contemporary' art really.

My young companion whipped out her camera and snapped away.  In between we had visited the Museum of Communication and she had found telephones like those my patents had on their hall wall quite hilarious.
"And that wasn't so long ago," she marvelled, "because it was in your lifetime!"