Cornell Campus Tour
- April 16, 2001
- Rated 3 of 5 by
apete from Royal Oak, Michigan
This is a student led tour through the heart of Cornell's campus. It was very informational to me for I knew nothing about the campus. It is set up for prospective undergrad students but anyone can participate. It claims to be an hour and fifteen minutes, but ours lasted a good half hour longer than that.
From journal Home of Cornell and the Moosewood Restaurant
Editor Pick
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- March 28, 2001
- Rated 4 of 5 by
Milao from New York, New York
Located on the Cornell campus, the Herbert Johnson Museum of Art often surprises visitors. Designed by Chinese-born architect I. M. Pei (the same one who created the Louvre's glass pyramid), the building looks completely alien to the 19th century campus, resembles an overturned chair and, nevertheless, manages to be beautiful and to fit gracefully into the setting.
The Museum houses a permanent collection that includes a wide variety of works from Antiquity to our times. Its temporary exhibitions are usually intriguing and have recently included shows by earth artist Andy Goldsworthy, an exhibition of Modernist Cuban painters, and a powerful set of works by African-American artists since the 1960s. The Museum's forte is its collection of Asian art, which is located on the 5th floor, from where one can also appreciate one of the most spectacular views of Ithaca.
From journal What Odysseus Missed Out on for All those Years