May 19 - A Day in the Ateneum Art Museum

 

Today we spent most of our day at the Ateneum Art Museum where we spent the morning on the permanent collections floor, mostly featuring Finnish art.

A Van Gogh we had never seen

However, we also saw a Van Gogh that we had never seen before.

We took a lunch break at the City Centre mall and had a very nice Chinese buffet.

Then, we went back to see the exhibit of Eero Nelimarkka, a well-known Finnish artist who was active from around 1910 until his death in 1977.

Shortly after we got up to the third floor to see the exhibit, there was an alarm and we had to evacuate the building. This was not easy with Mark's knee. We were taken to another building to wait. Coincidentally, during that process, we met up with Fran who had also been viewing the Nelimarkka exhibit.

Within a short time, we were given the "all clear" to return to the building and never did find out what the problem had been.

We picked up some food and ate at "home."