From the top level, there are sweeping views of the city, the college, and Lake Cayuga off in the mist. Designed by I. M. Pei, the museum opened in 1973, and has always been free to the public.
I went to San Diego State, and find these centuries old, ivy league campuses awesome and intimidating, although I suppose they are filled with normal (albeit very smart) kids like any other college.
Anyway, the art collection was splendid, from ancient to modern, and the museum is about the perfect size to see everything comfortably in a couple hours.
The special exhibit covered 300 years of Latin American art, and the impact of colonization, evangelization, and the transatlantic slave trade. Interesting, but heavy (brutal) stuff.
Still raining in the afternoon, but we drove out to Taughannock Falls State Park for a soggy photo at the overlook. We did not hike the slippery gorge steps.
At 215 feet tall, it's the tallest waterfall east of the Mississippi. To put that in perspective, Niagara Falls is 167 feet high.
Speaking of which, that's where we're heading Tuesday. Tomorrow, another wet one in Ithaca.
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