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| - I still have to take away a star because it's just still so confusing. There was no entrance-fee wackiness this time, but I was still completely lost. Don't get me wrong, I love this museum. It's amazing. It's the perfect place to go if you -want- to get lost and wander for hours. But if you're going for something specific, sometimes it can be a little tricky to get to it.
I went to see Making Waves (contemporary Japanese prints) specifically. I wasn't sure what gallery they were in, so we just started out by wandering around. Found some amazing contemporary Chinese paintings. After more wandering, we still hadn't found Making Waves, so we ended up asking a series of PAM employees/volunteers.
1st employee: "Oh, that exhibit is right in this gallery *points at map*"
We go there... and it's the Chinese paintings. Not Japanese prints.
2nd employee: "I'm pretty sure it's in this gallery, here *points at another gallery on map*"
Nada.
3rd employee: "I'm not sure, maybe it's this way?"
Nope.
4th employee: "Wait... do you mean you want the Firefly exhibit?"
.....no.
Finally, someone got us to Making Waves, which was in one of the few nooks we hadn't already wandered into by accident. Talk about painful.
Anyway, Making Waves was great. We also checked out the previously mentioned Firefly exhibit, which is a permanent (yes!!!) installation called "You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies." It's amazing, disorienting, and totally trippy. Check it out.
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