Palazzo Medici Riccardo Museum

When I walked into the Palazzo Medici Riccardo Museum, I was not surprised that the Medici would have created such an elaborate place. The first stop was a small courtyard where the walls were adorned with beautiful artwork. Immediately outside of the courtyard lay a magnificent garden with a plethora of trees and complete with a glorious fountain. Upstairs, there is the very impressive Chapel of the Magi; however, there was very little information given about the extremely tiny room; however, the walls were painted beautifully and the pictures all seemed impressively preserved.  The pictures showed scenes of nobles, some on horseback, with a vast green landscape spanning behind them. Each seat was an individual seat with armrests which separating each one from the other. Personally, I found this a little strange given that; generally, there are pews with no separation of seats present in a church. The remaining part of the museum housed various things or items which you would expect to find in a Medici Palace; namely, exquisite furniture, huge chandeliers which were made from Murano-glass, and artwork spanning across all of the walls. The other thing that I found peculiar about this museum was the small exhibits of modern artwork scattered throughout the museum. The museum even housed works which were relatively recent, completed in 2013. The span of years of the artwork spanning throughout the museum seemed like a strange paradox in contrast to the older Palazzo.