Relevant sidenote/pro tip: sometimes you can just show up and they’ll let you in even if it looks fully booked online, unless they’re clearly at capacity.
Also, if you’re with teenagers (aka kids who obviously look like teens) if they can manage not to chat with each other while entering they can head to the entrance since European under 18s enter for free at all Paris museums (and no ID is typically asked for people in the 12-18 age range). I think this also applies to Art History majors and under 26s depending on museum.
(Only exception is Museum of Jewish Art&History as well as Holocaust museum, due to security concerns, so everyone must show an ID and reservations are really recommended because they keep track of how many people are in the museum. Not as flexible as the typical “guesstimates” at other museums.)
Closing the sidenote with this
Which will require g00glTranslate but has lots of paintings; it explains the exhibit very well, the “seeing as us” and “seeing as the Nazi saw” that it provokes. @palefire27 would likely find the above very interesting which is why I’m including it.
Congrats, what wonderful options! One other thing to think about – what kind of art museum spaces are there on different campuses and what opportunities are associated with them? I’m a student at Vassar, so sharing what I know – the Loeb museum is awesome. It gets a lot of funding from Vassar and donors, and students are sometimes able to curate their own exhibits. There are opportunities to work there as your campus job, meet multiple artists who come for special exhibitions, or go to conferences through the Loeb. I’m sure some other schools have equivalents, but others do not. Worth checking out and including as a factor! Would mean much more for your experience than any nonsense rankings will.
Location-wise, art history students at Vassar also appreciate being able to take the Metro north to NYC. Lots of cool stuff going on there, and students can get tickets refunded through art history classes. Doesn’t compare to actually being in the city though, haha.
Not trying to convince you to go to Vassar – I know people who have loved their experiences elsewhere, like at Bryn Mawr! Just worth considering these factors.
