Today is the first day of my last semester of college. Well, undergrad at least.

But WOW it’s been a crazy ride. I can’t wait to see what this year will bring: the semester, GRADUATING, my first job-hunting summer with a Bachelor’s degree, and (cue the anxiety) Grad school applications.

I’ve learned a lot so far in my academic career. But I’ve also learned a lot from just looking. I’m serious.

You know that phrase people say when a picture isn’t that good? “Photos don’t do it justice.” Well it’s the same with art.

Going to art museums and just simply looking at a real painting can teach you so much. You get a better feel of the texture and colors, for one, which pictures usually mess up. And by getting a little more personal with a work of art can help you recognize patterns of brushwork specific to an artist, or little details you just couldn’t see in your textbook.

This is obviously important and critical for any art historian, but I am mentioning it now because I recently just visited my 50th art museum.

50 ART MUSEUMS!!!!

And I am so happy that #50 was a small museum in Hannover, Germany (where my best friend lives) that houses a lot of works by female arists- I’ll definitely write a post on that one.

I’ve just barely scratched the surface when it comes to art museums, and I have so many on my list, but I feel so lucky to have attended so many thus far.

Here’s my list- in no particular order- of all the museums I’ve visited!

1. San Diego Museum of Art
2. Timken Museum of Art
3. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
4. Art Institute of Chicago
5. Milwaukee Museum of Art
6. J. Paul Ghetty Museum
7. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
8. National Museum of Mexican Art
9. Museum of Modern Art, New York
10. The Metropolitan Museum
11. The Brooklyn Museum
12. The Whitney
13. The British Museum
14. Scottish National Gallery
15. Oriental Institute Museum
16. The Neues Gallerie
17. The Guggenheim, New York
18. The Uffizi Gallery
19. Museo dell’Opera del Duomo
20. Museo Novecento, Firenze
21. Museo Novecento, Milano
22. Il Cenacolo
23. Castello Sforzesco
24. Pinacoteca di Brera
25. Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
26. National Gallery, London
27. The Courtauld Institute of Arts
28. Tate Modern
29. Museo San Marco
30. Bargello Museum
31. Musee du Louvre
32. Musee d’Orsay
33. Centre Pompidou
34. L’Orangerie
35. Vatican Museums
36. Museo Archaeologico di Firenze
37. Borghese Gallery
38. The Reijksmuseum
39. The Van Gogh Museum
40. Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
41. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino
42. Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica
43. Palazzo Barberini
44. Palazzo Pitti
45. Galleria dell’Accademia
46. Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milano
47. Palazzo Reale
48. Casa di Michelangelo
49. Museo Poldo PezzoliMuseo Poldo Pezzoli
50. Sprengel Museum