Selfies at the Mauritshuis

I was really excited for Abbie when she got a full-time job as an art restorer at the Mauritshuis, my favorite art museum. And I was really honored when she invited me as her guest for the opening for employees and their guests of a new special exhibition. Best of all, I got a behind-the-scenes tour of the restoration lab (no pics allowed).

After the tour, we went to a reception in a room with this great view of the front of the museum. Although I couldn’t understand the speeches, it was cool getting to meet the director of the museum.

The exhibition was called Selfies of the Golden Age and featured lots of interesting self-portraits. It was so special walking around with Abbie as my personal tour guide.

The museum encouraged visitors to take selfies with the paintings. As I’m not actually a big fan of taking selfies, I had Abbie take this of me faking it...

...while this is how I actually usually take selfies.