New York (English version)

New York

It was cold in New York on November, especially for a Taiwanese.


Statue of Liberty

It seems for everyone, who have been visited New York, needed to visit Status of Liberty.

Since 911 of 2001, US government added more security check for important construction. Visitors who want to see Status of Liberty, can only see the library and the surrounding parks.

I went to the south port of Mahannton to buy ferry tickets to there. On the same day in the afternoon, I knew that sometimes New York Visitor Center gave away free Status of Liberty tickets on off-peak seasons.

At the bottom of Status of Liberty, it is the museum of the Status. Some visitors said during summer, you need to wait for one hour for a locker, and one hour to wait on the entrance for this museum.

I had no interest on my way back to Mahannton because I was nearly an immergant for the States. For some stories, I am even better that this museum.


Guggenheim Museum

For Taiwanese, people fight for yes or no for this museum in Taichun. What a musuem it is? I was very interested on it.

The first impression of it for me was not very surprised. Do we need to spend tons of money for it?

Its tickets are more expensive than that of Metropolitum Museum. It looks like that only Europeans like people could get into it. I wonder for New Yorkers, even they are not visit here very often.

Its inerior construction was like a round pole. All stairs are sorrounding with this pole. All show room are easy to get in.

Today's show is Aztecs Emperior. All remainings were borrowed from the biggest museum in the world--the Mexico Museum. I was familiar with this kind of show because I nearly put museum study was my major when I was young.

Does it worth tens of billion NTD? I still had this question in my mind.

New York

十一月的紐約, 對住在臺灣的人來說, 已經非常的冷了。


自由女神像

自由女神像, 似乎是對第一次來到紐約的人來說,一個必須造訪的地方。

自從2001年後, 美國加強了重要建築物附近的檢查, 遊客也只能到達神像的底座, 和附近的公園拍照而已。

要造訪自由女神像, 要先去曼哈頓島南側碼頭買票, 搭船. 後來我才知道, 紐約的遊客中心, 在淡季時, 有時會贈自由女神像的票.

在自由女神像底部, 是博物館, 紀錄了她的歷史, 聽說在夏季時, 光排置物櫃的隊就要一小時, 另外還要再排隊一小時進博物館.

搭船回程時, 我對移民博物館就沒什麼興趣了, 對美國外來移民的故事, 有些我可能比他們還熟.


古根漢美術館

住台灣的人, 最近為了要不要設古根漢美術館在打口水戰. 到底她是怎麼的一個美術館? 我也很好奇.

她給我的感覺, 是她的外觀不怎麼樣, 我們值得花數百億嗎?

她的門票比大都會博物館更貴. 難怪只看到看起來像歐洲的人來參觀. 我覺得, 連住在紐約的人都很少有人來過吧!

她的內部建築像圍繞著一個空心的圓柱而上, 參觀者隨著圓柱而上, 所有的展覽, 大都在每一層的展覽室中.

今天展的是中南美洲的阿茲特克帝國的遺物, 而這些遺物, 則是向全世界最大的博物館--墨西哥市的博物館借來的. 這些遺物對我來說並不陌生, 我以前差點把博物館學當成我的未來工作.
臺灣值得花數百億嗎? 我還是有這個疑問.