Goethe Museum

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     The tourists' attraction that I most wanted to visit in Frankfurt was the Goethe Museum. Needless to say, he is one of the most known authors in the world. I  reserved a half day in Frankfurt for it. I heard that the museum was modified from his real residence and his daily life was well reserved in it and so, I expected that the museum would be a huge building next to his original house. However, the museum wasn't so famous in the neighborhood. We asked the people in the street how to get to there, but there were few who could answer us accurately and properly. We managed to get there, but almost passed by it. The museum was very low-profile. As you can see in the picture, the signboard was so small. The museum was his original house itself. Because I thought that the museum had been newly built adjacent to his original house in commemoration of him, I was surprised that the museum was his original house itself.

     In the museum, old things that he or his family actually used were preserved, but flash photography wasn't allowed in the museum, so most of my pictures were out of focus. I'll show you some pictures that were shot well by the sunlight. There was a  room that was told to be the room where he was born. The house was four or five stories tall, and he seemed to be born into a rich family.

(Vocabulary)

reserve sth for sth/sb  ＜…＞を＜…＞のために取っておく

You should reserve a day for a trip by steamer down the Rhine.  汽船でのライン川下りに1日取っておくべきです．

flash photography  《写真》フラッシュ撮影法

out of focus  ピンぼけで

blurred photo / blurry photo / cloudy picture / out-of-focus picture ピンぼけの写真

Comments

[Sarah]

Interesting. I love it when museums are in their actual original places like this. I used to work for an antique house that was used for weddings, the top floor was kept as a museum with all original furniture, etc. And the downstairs had some original furniture, but mostly was emptied out so it could be used for the events. I thought it was great and I can imagine how interesting the Goethe museum was. (sarah)