Mona: Museum Café - Szekesfehervar

MONA is one of the must do things while you're in Hobart. Yes, it's a bit out of the way but you can take the Mono Ferry $20.00 AUD/person round trip) or an Uber $25.00 AUD one way). Yes, it's pricey $28.00 AUD/adults) but it was worth the price of admission. It's a beautiful space with a winery, restaurant, cafe, wine bar and so much more than just a museum. We dropped in on a Thursday afternoon and spent about 2.5 hours or so checking everything out. There's some really unique, thought provoking exhibits on display. A few of my favourites were the neon light hallway, heart beating hipster light bulb, 77 vaginas, the live tattoo male model, reflective pool of oil and the grotto room. Note: these aren't the actual names. Make sure you explore every nook and cranny as some of the exhibits/art is well hidden.

The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is a contemporary art museum which houses pieces from the owner (David Walsh) of the museum's art collection. The museum is located in Berriedale. You can reach it by car or you can take one of the museum's buses or its ferry to the museum. I recommend the latter option as the boat sails through the Derwent River to the museum making for a fine short cruise. The ferry ride takes about a half hour. You can also buy museum admission tickets at the same time as you buy the tickets for the ferry. The museum is located in a picturesque waterfront location. Right next to the museum is a winery called Moorilla also owned by Walsh. Prior to my visit I had read a bit about the museum being full of interesting and unusual art. Some museum visitors even go as far as to fly to Tasmania just to see this museum. I did find the museum building to be quite intriguing. The entrance to the museum is the top level and you descend downward to see each level of exhibits in a subterranean setting. It had the feel of if Bruce Wayne turned the Batcave into a museum. With the dark lighting of the museum contributing to this feeling. Upon visiting the museum, I thought that it didn't quite live up to the hype but had some good points. It was definitely more impressive than my visit to MCA in Sydney. The art is much more grander in scale and thought provoking. It wasn't as risque as I was expecting it to be. Overall, I thought my visit to the MONA was okay. The number of art pieces isn't very extensive, but they do make you elicit a reaction to them. For me, it was the subterranean building and the ferry ride to the museum that were the most interesting aspects of my trip here.

I'm no art critic, but it all worked fine for me. An interesting location, imposing architecture, and a collection of bizarrerie that managed to hold my interest for the day. They offer ipods that display details and play sound clips relating to whatever's nearby, which creates quite a unique experience. I often put something on play while searching for the next thing to ogle. It also allows you to give a thumbs down or thumbs up to everything you see, making things interactive. There were plenty of thumbs down, mind you, but the exhibition when I was there was quite an interesting look from evolutionary psychologists at where they think art came from, which seems like something I'd not likely see in an average museum. They also have lots of random weird stuff, which is hit or miss. You can indeed watch (and smell) the machine that poops. Mind you, a lot of things went wrong for me, from the airport shuttle running late to a fire alarm going off during the day, but the attitude of the whole place was great. I wish it wasn't so far away and expensive, but I also wish I could go back.

A museum like no other. Located in a modern fancy building which you would think is only fit for the elite houses a 3 to 4 leveled museum. 25 bucks for entry for all adults unless you're Tasmanian or a student. Audio guides which not only include audio, but also include blurbs, music, video and names and information of the masterpieces in the gallery. Lockers are provided free of charge. Go down the spiral staircase to the very end and you are greeted by a gorgeous bar and mahogany furniture. The ground floor is also where you pick up your audio guide and make your toilet stop. The first exhibit is a rain of words. Droplets of water for words that are most popular on social media. The artist's idea is themed around how we are exposed to way too much information on digital media for us to process. Other exhibits include a wind direction determination instrument, a mechanical pen and eraser, a tidal drawing instrument, drawings of wind patterns, a live human with an elaborate tattoo covering his back, a wall full of sculptured women's genitalia, an interesting instrument that uses a compact mirror which can be used for drawing and painting , an artist painting, mechanical stomachs eating and pooping and so much more. Definitely a must see!

We took the Mona ferry from Brooke St Pier near the Sky Bus climbed 90 steps, walked past the pickelball court in front and to the entrance. There was profanity, nudity adult topics. Many tunnels, doors, cues and hidden corners. We easily spent 3 hours here. There were coat check with lockers, the void cafe gift shop. The unisex restrooms projected a film from the ceiling onto the floor in front of the toilet. Mona is the playground voice of David Walsh. He was a wealthy eccentric from Tasmania who was banned from international casinos because he was a card counter. Now he teaches card counting put his money into this beautiful eccentric museum. This huge subterranean museum houses Walsh's collection of art, antiquities the bizarre. We saw his fat car, waterfall, snake, divine comedy, grease oil exhibit, poop chamber, spoke into the confessional, walked through the White House, sat in the grotto, and looked at books in the white library. Outside was other art along with the other side of the confessional. We saw a trampoline , brass art .... Around the corner was the Mororella Cellar, Moo Brewery,Dubsys Burgers, Girls Rile, Faro Bar, Source Restaurant lawn. David Walsh is adding another wing that should be completed on 2024. A tunnel is coming for those that can't climb 90 steps to enter. He wants this museum to always be a work in progress. He acknowledges the aboriginal people that were here before us.