One of the museum's we particularly enjoyed was the Lightner Museum. It is located in a building that was built as the Hotel Alcazar in 1886. The museum houses a variety of items mostly from the turn of the century.
They had one room dedicated to cut glass...beautiful stuff
The second floor of the museum retained the old ballroom, a huge room. How would you like to keep these floors clean?
Lobby of the old hotel
One of our favorite walks to the beach involves a long walk down a long boardwalk. These homes no doubt belong to the 1% crowd
Yours truly on a warm afternoon at the beach
Near the historic district we came across an inconspicuous door with a sign out front "St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine. It was dedicated to the first colony of Greek people who came to America in 1768. The Shrine consists of exhibits depicting the story of the first colony and the St. Photios Chapel. It is filled with exquisite Byzantine style frescoes from the life of Christ, and the many apostles and saints of the Christian Church.
I thought this was neat...The Lord's Prayer in English and Greek
One more photo of a painting in an art gallery I thought was very interesting. This particular artist had several paintings like this one where the viewer is standing outside a house, looking at the outside wall...into the house....and then outside on the other side of the house. The shadows falling on the house are so well done. I used to not care too much about fine art but as I get older I'm learning to appreciate the skill and inspiration displayed by some people.
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