Not sure if we should actually claim her as Dutch - technically she was German. But I won’t tell if you won’t.

I’m impressed by detail in the Ruysch paintings. It was fun to try to find all the critters. One docent pointed them all out for me. Fun to see that she was also enamored by the paintings.

MSM is well-represented. Not just the Suriname plates.

(We have two of the Suriname books at Illinois - I visit them yearly - but those are not colored). I also only saw the colored plates at the BP gallery.

The whole museum was a very pleasant surprise.

Some day I want to learn more about and then write about the importance of these women to the arts AND to science: Sibylla Merian, Herolt, Monincks, van Rijk, Ruysch, Withoos, de Heer, van Oosterwijck, Ykens, etc.
(This is a detail from a Ruysch painting from 1687)

Here are just a few of those details.

We may be in same hotel…I haz the faux radio.

Waiting for the pop-up Filipino lunch. They are not even trying to beat the “wrap”.

So pretty and creepy.

The orange and blue colors make it a perfect candidate for the new UIUC mascot...since we do not have one currently.

So what if it doesn't actually occur in the Midwest? It would be a good reminder that we're a global university.

Starting my lobbying efforts momentarily.

Thanks for sharing! This is awesome.