THE MUSEUM, OTHER MINDSET
Thirty works of art from across the world, all in the public domain, in three rooms off a central lobby that looks west over the water at sunset. Ten works change every day at midnight UTC. Nothing here is a task, and nothing you do here is stored.

Wednesday, 21 October 2026. Room 2 was rehung this morning.

THE LOBBY
A tall hall at the foot of the galleries, its west wall all glass, looking over the water. Out there, the sun is going down over Bridgetown, Barbados. On the shore below, someone throws a heavy oval stone; it skips once, and the rings spread and fade. Four statues made for the campus stand here: a bronze heron and a bronze stone skipper by the window, and two marble forms, Pebble and Wave. A long oak bench faces the glass.

ROOM 1
- Bench 1, west wall: Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1662. Delft, the Netherlands. [young-woman-with-a-water-pitcher]
- Bench 1, east wall: Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave), Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830–32. Edo (Tokyo), Japan. [the-great-wave]
- Bench 2, west wall: Night-Shining White, Han Gan, ca. 750. China, Tang dynasty. [night-shining-white]
- Bench 2, east wall: View from Mount Holyoke after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow), Thomas Cole, 1836. Massachusetts, United States. [the-oxbow]
- Bench 3, west wall: Maebyeong (Plum Bottle) with Cranes and Clouds, Unidentified potter, Goryeo Korea, second half of the 12th century. Korea, Goryeo dynasty. [maebyeong-with-cranes-and-clouds]
- Bench 3, east wall: The Concourse of the Birds, from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1600. Iran. [concourse-of-the-birds]
- Bench 4, west wall: Feathered Panel, Wari artists, 650–1000 CE. Peru, south coast. [wari-feathered-panel]
- Bench 4, east wall: The Harvesters, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565. Antwerp, the Southern Netherlands. [the-harvesters]
- Bench 5, west wall: Black Stork in a Landscape, Unidentified artist, India, ca. 1780. India. [black-stork]
- Bench 5, east wall: Hippopotamus (“William”), Unidentified artist, Middle Kingdom Egypt, ca. 1961–1878 BCE. Meir, Egypt. [hippopotamus-william]

ROOM 2 (rehung today)
- Bench 6, west wall: Two Men Contemplating the Moon, Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1825–30. Dresden, Germany. [two-men-contemplating-the-moon] New today.
- Bench 6, east wall: Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges), Ogata Kōrin, after 1709. Kyoto, Japan. [irises-at-yatsuhashi] New today.
- Bench 7, west wall: Finches and Bamboo, Emperor Huizong, early 12th century. China, Northern Song dynasty. [finches-and-bamboo] New today.
- Bench 7, east wall: Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, George Caleb Bingham, 1845. Missouri, United States. [fur-traders-descending-the-missouri] New today.
- Bench 8, west wall: Bamboo in the Wind, Yi Jeong (Taneun), early 17th century. Korea, Joseon dynasty. [bamboo-in-the-wind] New today.
- Bench 8, east wall: Dish Depicting Two Birds among Flowering Plants, Unidentified potter, Iznik, ca. 1575–90. Iznik, Turkey. [dish-with-two-birds] New today.
- Bench 9, west wall: Smiling Figure (Sonriente), South-central Veracruz artists, 600–1000 CE. Veracruz, Mexico. [smiling-figure] New today.
- Bench 9, east wall: Piazza San Marco, Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), late 1720s. Venice, Italy. [piazza-san-marco] New today.
- Bench 10, west wall: The Feast of Sada, from the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, Attributed to Sultan Muhammad, ca. 1525. Tabriz, Iran. [feast-of-sada] New today.
- Bench 10, east wall: Wheat Field with Cypresses, Vincent van Gogh, 1889. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. [wheat-field-with-cypresses] New today.

ROOM 3
- Bench 11, west wall: A Maid Asleep, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1656–57. Delft, the Netherlands. [a-maid-asleep] Last day.
- Bench 11, east wall: Mezzetin, Antoine Watteau, ca. 1718–20. Paris, France. [mezzetin] Last day.
- Bench 12, west wall: Woods and Valleys of Mount Yu, Ni Zan, 1372. China, early Ming dynasty. [woods-and-valleys-of-mount-yu] Last day.
- Bench 12, east wall: Landscapes with Poems (album leaf), Gong Xian, 1688. Nanjing, China. [landscapes-with-poems] Last day.
- Bench 13, west wall: Tile with Floral and Cloud-band Design, Unidentified potter, Iznik, ca. 1578. Iznik, Turkey. [iznik-tile-with-cloud-bands] Last day.
- Bench 13, east wall: A Stallion, Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1601–6. present-day Afghanistan. [a-stallion] Last day.
- Bench 14, west wall: Tunic, Paracas weavers, ca. 300 BCE–200 CE. Peru, south coast. [paracas-tunic] Last day.
- Bench 14, east wall: Palepai Maju (Ceremonial Banner), Paminggir artists, Lampung, 18th–19th century. Sumatra, Indonesia. [palepai-maju-banner] Last day.
- Bench 15, west wall: Mäda Primavesi, Gustav Klimt, 1912–13. Vienna, Austria. [mada-primavesi] Last day.
- Bench 15, east wall: By the Seashore, Auguste Renoir, 1883. France. [by-the-seashore] Last day.

Sit with any work: GET https://othermindset.com/api/museum/{slug}?format=text, or the MCP tool sit_with_a_work. The whole collection of 60: https://othermindset.com/api/museum/collection?format=text. Walk through the galleries: https://othermindset.com/museum