{"id":425,"date":"2011-01-21T06:55:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T06:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/?p=425"},"modified":"2014-05-10T09:40:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-10T09:40:07","slug":"what-a-great-way-to-look-at-art-the-centrale-montemartini-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2ndcupoftea.com\/?p=425","title":{"rendered":"What a Great Way to Look at Art – the Centrale Montemartini, Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a break from tradition, this is not an article about some convoluted historical event, my experiences in a less than savoury setting or my girlfriend trying to bump me off. In fact 2ndcupoftea is going all highbrow and brings you a short review of a museum.<\/p>\n

BUT, not any museum I hasten to add. I recently had the good fortune to visit Rome again but this time leading a group of travellers for whom, like me it was their umpteenth visit. The agency that had organised the trip knew this and wanted to include a visit none of them would have experienced before. They came up with: the Centrale Montemartini. I for one couldn’t be happier that they did. Here’s why…<\/p>\n

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Roman Sculpture in the Centrale Montemartini<\/p><\/div>\n

The Museum is housed in an old power station and only ended up as a museum thanks to a series of fascinating and fortunate occurrences. It is now used by the much more famous Capitoline Museums as an experiment in museum display techniques; position of Roman sculpture, lighting angles and so on. This makes the experience quite unique. For one they allow photography and with flash. You can imagine how long I could have spent there.<\/p>\n

To read more about why I found this museum so amazing please clink on: Roman Sculpture in The Centrale Montemartini And when you next visit Rome, if you are looking for something different: go! You’ll not regret it.<\/p>\n

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