While in NYC on our Babymoon last month, we spent a morning at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). I love all art museums, but none more than this one! I visited MoMA for the first time on a trip to NYC in college, right after taking a series of art history classes. Wanting to be able to revisit the art time and again, I brought home a book of highlights of the MoMA collection.
That started an ever growing collection of books from my favorite of the art museums I visit, as well as other modern art coffee table books. Those books had, fittingly, been residing on the shelf of our living room coffee table.
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As soon as Beckett became mobile, it only took about a minute for him to discover this stash of colorful books right at his eye-level. Of course, he’s too young to be trusted to look at these books alone, but I loved seeing his interest in them, and I wanted to encourage him to look at the paintings and gain an appreciation for art and color. I mean, doesn’t every parent hope that their kids will grow up to like some of the same things that bring them joy? So while I knew it was time to put my art museum coffee table books out of reach for at least a few years, I decided to replace them with baby-friendly art books.