The Hartshorn Family Visits The Cloisters

In our opin­ion, this is the per­fect time of year to visit The Cloisters.
Spring is com­ing, the dis­play of bulbs in the next two weeks will be breath­tak­ing and the view of the Hudson River is won­der­ful.

For those of you who have not vis­ited, The Cloisters is at the Northern tip of Manhattan. You can drive, take the bus — which stops out­side — or the sub­way to get there.
Reconstructed in the 1930s, it incor­po­rates parts from five French clois­tered abbeys, it used to exhibit art and archi­tec­ture from Medieval Europe and has a lovely medieval garden.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. donated most of his medieval col­lec­tion to the Museum and the uni­corn tapes­tries are mag­nif­i­cent.
We went last week­end, our girls are cur­rently into the series of Percy Jackson books regard­ing Greek gods and half human crea­tures so they loved the carv­ings and mys­ti­cal sto­ries about unicorns.

The day was com­pleted with a fab­u­lous brunch at the New Leaf Restaurant and Bar which is in the gar­dens of The Cloisters. Definitely worth the trip!

www​.met​mu​seum​.org/​c​l​o​i​s​t​ers
www​.newleafrestau​rant​.com