otsuka museum

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i had heard about this museum before,but being an art snob, wasn't partcularly interested in seeing a museum of fake artworks,replicas.But a year or so ago, i was in hospital in tokushima, and had a day to kill.When we talk about replicas,we usually think about scaled down pieces,but this is something else;full sized exact replicas of eveything from the last supper to Guernica,withe Van Gogh sunflowers and all in between. which is not to say its just the canonical cliches, for there are 1,000

pieces in between. Most Art lovers know the difference between an artwork printed in a book and the real thing,,and due to a special chemical process we won't go into,because I don't understand it,these replicas are as close to the real thing as you can get.

When i mentioned I had a day to kill, i mean a few hours, whichis in no way enough. We are not talking local museum here-this is British Museum,Louvre scale, 4kms of space,dedicated to art, with gardems and restaurants to match the larger works,Pick a theme a day and go for 2 or 3 dayys;its worth it.

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