Art Museums Fans

What Travelers Say...

"Masterpiece Cards are fabulous! At an art museum recently, I was forgetting the names of artists, paintings, and other details I learned in art history classes. With the great information on the back of each, Masterpiece Cards have been the perfect memory refresher and teacher. I love them!"

- K. Marks, Washington, D.C.

"On a recent European trip, I used Masterpiece Cards to create an itinerary for family visits to art museums.  With our kids in tow, I had to be efficient with time, and the Cards provided focus. I LOVED teaching my boys about these paintings before seeing them!"

- A. Fredlock, PA

Art Museums Fans

Do you adore art museums? Visit art museums in new cities? Or simply love the history of painting? Read on. 

250 Masterpieces in Western Painting are art history cards of noteworthy historical paintings.  With vital stats and insightful art criticism of each. 

Off to a museum? Exploring a new city? Use the color-coding on each Card to create an itinerary -- discover which famous paintings to see before you arrive at the art museum.

Read art criticism from established art historians who assess each art painting, explaining its social and political context. And making it memorable.

Curious? Look at a sample art history card

 

Making Art History Memorable

Discover why a Cupid is lurking on the Delft tile in the lower right... and what Vermeer may have been insinuating! 

art paintings Milk Maid

The Kitchen Maid, c. 1658-1660. Oil on canvas, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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Traveling with Young Children?

Try this sure-fired method to spark interest in art museums: cull the Cards for the museum you're visiting, let a child choose three Cards... and launch a treasure hunt to find them! My boys adored visiting museums when they were young.  Promise!