Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art — Attraction in City of Ithaca

I honestly don't know what upset me more about being here. The Roman bust on the 5th floor from 150 AD in the "hallway" next to the elevator without any case or the warped oil on wooden panel paintings (yes, paintings, there were three that we counted) on the same floor due to inconsistent temperature and too much moisture.

There was a lawsuit in 2015 where Cornell sued the architect for the museum design, but LEFT (or worse? MOVED?) the paintings on a floor of the building clearly not safe to hold paintings for a long period of time (two separate sets of transparent doors (no vestibules) leading to a terrace and allowing the sun to shine directly on paintings). Not to mention I was up there for a good hour and didn't see one guard.

This was a huge takeaway from my experience. Some small things that could be considered personal preference that annoyed me included: the organization of the basement was so confusing (rainbow lights next to an old suit of armor and reflecting off every case in that gallery) and the clear preference for contemporary art while seemingly hiding all other art on the stepchild fifth floor that doesn't fit this category.

I came here with a love of art expecting the same from an institution that claims the same only to see what I could only describe as a neglect. Can you believe Cornell actually has an art conservation program? Have the faculty ever been to the museum?

What makes this awful is there are beautiful paintings and sculptures there that deserve to be treated better, seen by more people, and live a longer life than they will at this museum. If Cornell does not value this art, then transfer custodianship of it to another institution that will apply proper...

I enjoyed this museum, lot of different things to see, a lot of variety. Some very interesting media of all different genres. Plus its free!!! There are only a few parking spaces though for the museum.

What I did not enjoy was when my girlfriend and I left and we walked back to our car across the road this 12-year-old frat guy came up to us and said yes we’ve called the tow truck and the cops and they’re about to come and tow your car because you parked in our fraternity parking lot. He said since you’re here now you can already leave but just don’t ever park here again.

I’m really glad i had the permission of this 13-year-old to leave in my own car.

There were no signs anywhere that said no parking the only sign I saw that said no parking was when I was on the way out there was a sign that said you can’t park here you will be towed there was no other sign anywhere. there were many many parking spaces there. It would be completely different if there was a sign when you entered that said no parking fraternity parking only but there wasn’t there was nothing

We were literally in the museum 40 minutes. Luckily we didn’t stay any longer or I would’ve gotten towed

This just cemented my belief that fraternities are full of the worst.

They were a bunch of frat kids inside looking out of the window this was the most exciting part of their day that they were going to get to tow my car even though they were empty spaces all around my car they didn’t have anything better to do but obsess...

This museum is a great place to visit on the Cornell campus. There are not any options for parking at the museum, so it's best to take an Uber here. The museum is also free, so it's a cheap way to spend a free day.

The upper level of the museum is where you start. There is a big window with the best views of the Ithaca town valley as well as good views of Cornell. The top floor is mostly dedicated to Asian art. My favorite pieces in this part of the museum are the samurai outfit and the black hole sculpture.

The next level down they have Ancient artwork, with lots of classic European art pieces and the first ever tombstone.

On the lower levels, the art pieces change more frequently. They have a piece that shows the layout of Cornells campus as a 3d model from a Birdseye view.

There's also a 2nd building that's part of the art museum, but I didn't explore that area. You could definitely spend an hour at...