I visited the Musée d’Arts in Nantes so many times that unless there’s a special exhibition, the paintings, sculptures and installations feel so familiar that they lost the “wow” factor. I can’t just stare at Picasso or Kandinsky and appreciate them with new eyes… but I can tell you if they’ve been moved to another room.

I’m not even that much into paintings, to be honest—or rather I’m not sure I appreciate them properly.

So I had to find a new angle to refresh my weekly free Thursday night admission museum visit.

I learned to appreciate the museum in itself—the strategic lighting, the complex hidden hanging system and the deliberate design of the experience.

And of course, I quite enjoy observing other people wandering around, trying to find meaning in art, and reacting to the exhibitions.

It’s a new way to appreciate the art museum and I’m not yet tired of it.