Here’s a museum habit that has made some of my busiest museum visits much better:
When you enter a large museum, don’t automatically follow everyone else.
Most visitors arrive, grab a map and head straight towards the museum’s biggest attraction. That often means you spend the first part of your visit in the busiest galleries of the entire building.
Instead, take two minutes at the entrance.
Look at the museum map and find a gallery that interests you away from the obvious highlights. Start there.
You’ll often get quieter rooms, more space around the exhibits and a much nicer beginning to your visit.
Then come back for the famous pieces later.
And one more thing: if there’s something you absolutely cannot leave without seeing, check where it is before you start wandering. There’s nothing relaxing about discovering it’s three floors away when the museum closes in 15 minutes.
Small change. Much better museum day.
