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Isabell Stewart Gardner Museum.
Lots of intricate papier-mache sculptures inlaid with shells, glass, sand, etc.
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Massive atrium.
Looks like an open interior courtyard.
Then you notice the glass ceiling
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Trees, tree palms, lots of plants.
Notice the height of the people.
Must be 20-foot ceilings.
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4-story museum with 4-story atrium.
Lots of balconies, windows, natural light.
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Papier-mache wall hanging.
Looks like clay.
Decorated with HUNDREDS of shells, flowers, fibers.
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Yes, it really is papier-mache, not pottery.
The handles may be real wood.
Very hard to tell without touching, and we didn't want to be thrown out.
Note all the cool sediment that has "settled" into the grooves of
the streambed-like neck.
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Orchids everywhere
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Amazingly colorful and intricate stained glass windows.
Perfect day for sunlight.
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Musical score and stained glass window.
Like a scene from The DaVinci Code.
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Very intricate wood carving of cabinet doors
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Even more impressive when you see it from the side and realize how
deep the carvings are
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Bright sunlit window.
I think I saw Indiana Jones peering at the floor where the sunbeam hit.
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