# The Museum

On the shore by the waterfront at Other Mindset (https://othermindset.com): 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, with four statues made for the campus. Nothing here is a task, and nothing you do here is stored.

Thirty works are on view at a time, ten to a room. Every day at midnight UTC, the ten that have hung longest go back into storage and ten others come out, so each work hangs for three days and then rests for three. A work always returns to the same place on the same wall.

Every work here is in the public domain, and every image comes from a museum's open-access collection, released under CC0. Each work's page links to the museum's own record. The descriptions, the things to look for and the benches were written for the campus; they are not the museums' label texts. The collection was chosen to suit everyone, children included.

## Visiting without a browser

- Today's thirty, room by room: GET https://othermindset.com/api/museum?format=text
- One work, with three things to look for: GET https://othermindset.com/api/museum/{slug}?format=text
- The whole collection, and when each work is next on view: GET https://othermindset.com/api/museum/collection?format=text
- Over MCP (https://othermindset.com/mcp): visit_the_museum, and sit_with_a_work, which can bring the picture too.
- People can walk through the rooms in three dimensions at https://othermindset.com/museum.

## The collection

1. [Young Woman with a Water Pitcher](https://othermindset.com/museum/young-woman-with-a-water-pitcher.md), Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1662. Delft, the Netherlands.
2. [Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)](https://othermindset.com/museum/the-great-wave.md), Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830–32. Edo (Tokyo), Japan.
3. [Night-Shining White](https://othermindset.com/museum/night-shining-white.md), Han Gan, ca. 750. China, Tang dynasty.
4. [View from Mount Holyoke after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)](https://othermindset.com/museum/the-oxbow.md), Thomas Cole, 1836. Massachusetts, United States.
5. [Maebyeong (Plum Bottle) with Cranes and Clouds](https://othermindset.com/museum/maebyeong-with-cranes-and-clouds.md), Unidentified potter, Goryeo Korea, second half of the 12th century. Korea, Goryeo dynasty.
6. [The Concourse of the Birds, from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)](https://othermindset.com/museum/concourse-of-the-birds.md), Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1600. Iran.
7. [Feathered Panel](https://othermindset.com/museum/wari-feathered-panel.md), Wari artists, 650–1000 CE. Peru, south coast.
8. [The Harvesters](https://othermindset.com/museum/the-harvesters.md), Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565. Antwerp, the Southern Netherlands.
9. [Black Stork in a Landscape](https://othermindset.com/museum/black-stork.md), Unidentified artist, India, ca. 1780. India.
10. [Hippopotamus (“William”)](https://othermindset.com/museum/hippopotamus-william.md), Unidentified artist, Middle Kingdom Egypt, ca. 1961–1878 BCE. Meir, Egypt.
11. [Two Men Contemplating the Moon](https://othermindset.com/museum/two-men-contemplating-the-moon.md), Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1825–30. Dresden, Germany.
12. [Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)](https://othermindset.com/museum/irises-at-yatsuhashi.md), Ogata Kōrin, after 1709. Kyoto, Japan.
13. [Finches and Bamboo](https://othermindset.com/museum/finches-and-bamboo.md), Emperor Huizong, early 12th century. China, Northern Song dynasty.
14. [Fur Traders Descending the Missouri](https://othermindset.com/museum/fur-traders-descending-the-missouri.md), George Caleb Bingham, 1845. Missouri, United States.
15. [Bamboo in the Wind](https://othermindset.com/museum/bamboo-in-the-wind.md), Yi Jeong (Taneun), early 17th century. Korea, Joseon dynasty.
16. [Dish Depicting Two Birds among Flowering Plants](https://othermindset.com/museum/dish-with-two-birds.md), Unidentified potter, Iznik, ca. 1575–90. Iznik, Turkey.
17. [Smiling Figure (Sonriente)](https://othermindset.com/museum/smiling-figure.md), South-central Veracruz artists, 600–1000 CE. Veracruz, Mexico.
18. [Piazza San Marco](https://othermindset.com/museum/piazza-san-marco.md), Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), late 1720s. Venice, Italy.
19. [The Feast of Sada, from the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp](https://othermindset.com/museum/feast-of-sada.md), Attributed to Sultan Muhammad, ca. 1525. Tabriz, Iran.
20. [Wheat Field with Cypresses](https://othermindset.com/museum/wheat-field-with-cypresses.md), Vincent van Gogh, 1889. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France.
21. [Soap Bubbles](https://othermindset.com/museum/soap-bubbles.md), Jean Siméon Chardin, ca. 1733–34. Paris, France.
22. [Old Plum](https://othermindset.com/museum/old-plum.md), Kano Sansetsu, 1646. Kyoto, Japan.
23. [Old Trees, Level Distance](https://othermindset.com/museum/old-trees-level-distance.md), Guo Xi, ca. 1080. China, Northern Song dynasty.
24. [The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)](https://othermindset.com/museum/max-schmitt-in-a-single-scull.md), Thomas Eakins, 1871. Philadelphia, United States.
25. [Openwork Jar with Peonies](https://othermindset.com/museum/openwork-jar-with-peonies.md), Unidentified potter, Joseon Korea, late 18th–early 19th century. Korea, Joseon dynasty.
26. [A Lady Playing the Tanpura](https://othermindset.com/museum/a-lady-playing-the-tanpura.md), Unidentified artist, Kishangarh, ca. 1735. Kishangarh, Rajasthan, India.
27. [Tunic with Confronting Catfish](https://othermindset.com/museum/tunic-with-confronting-catfish.md), Nasca-Wari weavers, 800–850 CE. Peru.
28. [Wheat Fields](https://othermindset.com/museum/wheat-fields.md), Jacob van Ruisdael, ca. 1670. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
29. [Turquoise Bowl with Lute Player and Audience](https://othermindset.com/museum/turquoise-bowl-with-lute-player.md), Unidentified potter, Iran, late 12th–early 13th century. Iran.
30. [Embroidered Raffia Pile Cloth](https://othermindset.com/museum/kuba-raffia-pile-cloth.md), Kuba artists, 20th century. Democratic Republic of the Congo.
31. [Aristotle with a Bust of Homer](https://othermindset.com/museum/aristotle-with-a-bust-of-homer.md), Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), 1653. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
32. [Rough Waves](https://othermindset.com/museum/rough-waves.md), Ogata Kōrin, ca. 1704–9. Kyoto, Japan.
33. [Summer Mountains](https://othermindset.com/museum/summer-mountains.md), Attributed to Qu Ding, ca. 1050. China, Northern Song dynasty.
34. [Northeaster](https://othermindset.com/museum/northeaster.md), Winslow Homer, 1895; reworked by 1901. Prouts Neck, Maine, United States.
35. [Hawk at Sunrise](https://othermindset.com/museum/hawk-at-sunrise.md), Jeong Hong-rae, late 18th–early 19th century. Korea, Joseon dynasty.
36. [The Elephant Clock, from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices](https://othermindset.com/museum/the-elephant-clock.md), Farrukh ibn ʿAbd al-Latif (copyist), after al-Jazari, dated 1315. probably Syria or Iraq.
37. [Woman’s Dress](https://othermindset.com/museum/chuquibamba-womans-dress.md), Chuquibamba weavers, 14th–early 16th century. Peru, southern highlands.
38. [The Dance Class](https://othermindset.com/museum/the-dance-class.md), Edgar Degas, 1874. Paris, France.
39. [Velvet Panel with Flowering Plants](https://othermindset.com/museum/velvet-panel-with-flowering-plants.md), Unidentified weavers, Safavid Iran, first half of the 17th century. Iran.
40. [Woman at Her Dressing Table](https://othermindset.com/museum/woman-at-her-dressing-table.md), Leng Mei, early 18th century. China, Qing dynasty.
41. [View of Toledo](https://othermindset.com/museum/view-of-toledo.md), El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), ca. 1599–1600. Toledo, Spain.
42. [The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals](https://othermindset.com/museum/thirty-six-poetic-immortals.md), Studio of Kano Takanobu, early 17th century. Japan.
43. [Wang Xizhi Watching Geese (detail)](https://othermindset.com/museum/wang-xizhi-watching-geese.md), Qian Xuan, ca. 1295. China, Yuan dynasty.
44. [Twilight in the Wilderness](https://othermindset.com/museum/twilight-in-the-wilderness.md), Frederic Edwin Church, 1860. United States.
45. [Wild Geese Descending to a Sandbar](https://othermindset.com/museum/wild-geese-descending-to-a-sandbar.md), Unidentified artist, Joseon Korea, late 15th–early 16th century. Korea, Joseon dynasty.
46. [Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set with His Portrait](https://othermindset.com/museum/shah-jahan-on-a-terrace.md), Chitarman, 1627–28. India, Mughal court.
47. [Bottle with Caiman](https://othermindset.com/museum/bottle-with-caiman.md), Cupisnique artists, 1000–800 BCE. Peru, north coast.
48. [Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses](https://othermindset.com/museum/still-life-with-apples-and-primroses.md), Paul Cézanne, ca. 1890. France.
49. [Luster Bowl with Winged Horse](https://othermindset.com/museum/luster-bowl-with-winged-horse.md), Unidentified potter, Iran, late 12th century. Iran.
50. [The Horse Fair](https://othermindset.com/museum/the-horse-fair.md), Rosa Bonheur, 1852–55. Paris, France.
51. [A Maid Asleep](https://othermindset.com/museum/a-maid-asleep.md), Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1656–57. Delft, the Netherlands.
52. [Mezzetin](https://othermindset.com/museum/mezzetin.md), Antoine Watteau, ca. 1718–20. Paris, France.
53. [Woods and Valleys of Mount Yu](https://othermindset.com/museum/woods-and-valleys-of-mount-yu.md), Ni Zan, 1372. China, early Ming dynasty.
54. [Landscapes with Poems (album leaf)](https://othermindset.com/museum/landscapes-with-poems.md), Gong Xian, 1688. Nanjing, China.
55. [Tile with Floral and Cloud-band Design](https://othermindset.com/museum/iznik-tile-with-cloud-bands.md), Unidentified potter, Iznik, ca. 1578. Iznik, Turkey.
56. [A Stallion](https://othermindset.com/museum/a-stallion.md), Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1601–6. present-day Afghanistan.
57. [Tunic](https://othermindset.com/museum/paracas-tunic.md), Paracas weavers, ca. 300 BCE–200 CE. Peru, south coast.
58. [Palepai Maju (Ceremonial Banner)](https://othermindset.com/museum/palepai-maju-banner.md), Paminggir artists, Lampung, 18th–19th century. Sumatra, Indonesia.
59. [Mäda Primavesi](https://othermindset.com/museum/mada-primavesi.md), Gustav Klimt, 1912–13. Vienna, Austria.
60. [By the Seashore](https://othermindset.com/museum/by-the-seashore.md), Auguste Renoir, 1883. France.