The Cloisters Museum--Missionary Activity--April 17, 2017

I am really "backtracking" as I am recording all of the wonderful activities and good times we have had here during the month of April 2017.  As part of our "assignment" as Temple Missionaries' Activities Planners--we line up things to do and see in the NYC area, calendar these activities and then we have decided to "enlist" the help of another couple to help "carry out" that activity, if we can. We "calendered" this activity to the Cloisters Museum and then asked Elder Paul and Sister Mar Jean Lewis to plan and carry it out. They DID A GREAT JOB! We had wonderful attendance and the Guide that they arranged for us was excellent--so knowledgeable and efficient.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in three iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.
Since it was founded in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum's galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing both new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.
The Met Cloisters, located on four acres overlooking the Hudson River in northern Manhattan's Fort Tryon Park, is the branch of the Museum dedicated to the art, architecture, and gardens of medieval Europe. Deriving its name from the medieval cloisters that form the core of the building, it presents a harmonious and evocative setting for more than 2,000 exceptional artworks and architectural elements from the medieval West.

Here are some of the pics taken on that day at this museum:

The "Walk" leading up to the Museum was just beginning to bloom. 

Beautiful gardens on the path to the Cloisters

Our Missionary Group for this outing 

L-R: Back row:  Elder & Sister  Kent & Barbara Heideman,  Sister  Kathy Nabors, Sis Mumford, Elder Mumford,  Elder Paul Lewis, 

-Mid row: Pres. Bean, Elder Richard Holloway, Pres Bench, Elder & Sister John & Shellie Harris, Sister & Elder Diane & Golden Adams, Elder Mark Dransfield, Elder Tom Hanson,

 Elder Brent Richards 

 Front row: Sister Elaine Holloway, Sister Dorothy Bench, Elder & Sister Tim and DeEtte McKenna, Sister Susan Dransfield, Elder & Sister Serge & Linda Martinez, Sister Liz Hanson, 

Sister Mary Ann Richards 

Miniature Gothic boxes--hand carved with such intricate detail 

These tapestries were preserved from about 1300 A.D.  They were found as "wrappings" for other artifacts that were being preserved from that era. They are in incredibly great shape for something not being very carefully preserved. The tapestries tell stories, with lots of symbolism, about the mythical unicorn and the "healing" powers it has. Very interesting and intriguing to study. 

Examples of stained glass windows of the medevial time period 

Many "representations"of Mary and the Christ child 

This room had several different sculptures of the Madonna

The Crucifixion was also represented in different rooms in this gallery. It is amazing to see these works so well-preserved 

The Courtyard Garden between the different "rooms" of the Cloisters Museum. We had such a wonderful time there and enjoyed this Group Activity so much. There are truly "treasures" hidden inside these marvelous museums and we need but to go "inside the doors" to discover them.