# Penguins Appreciate Art

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**Created:** [May 18, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins-appreciate-art/854025 "2020-05-18T11:41:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins-appreciate-art/854025/1 "2020-05-18T11:41:47Z")

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Apparently needing something to do, the folks at the Kansas City Zoo brought three penguins to the local Art Museum in the name of “providing visual stimulation”, and filmed the results:

> **[‘Stir-Crazy’ Penguins Get Taste Of Culture During 'Quarantine' Art Museum Visit](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/penguins-kansas-city-zoo-museum-of-art_n_5ec1139ec5b6fda71de1e3b5)**
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> Penguins from the Kansas City Zoo took a field trip to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

They saw that they like Caravaggio better than Monet, but I can imagine dialogue for 0.33- 0.38

Penguin 1: I like the way his abstraction suggests the interplay of light and water

Penguin 2: I don’t know, I just don’t see it.  
They ought to bring in the tigers next week, and film that, too.

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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins-appreciate-art/854025/2 "2020-05-18T12:43:30Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Apparently needing something to do, the folks at the Kansas City Zoo brought three penguins to the local Art Museum in the name of “providing visual stimulation”, and filmed the results:
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> [‘Stir-Crazy’ Penguins Get Taste Of Culture During 'Quarantine' Art Museum Visit | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/penguins-kansas-city-zoo-museum-of-art_n_5ec1139ec5b6fda71de1e3b5)
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> They saw that they like Caravaggio better than Monet, but I can imagine dialogue for 0.33- 0.38
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> Penguin 1: I like the way his abstraction suggests the interplay of light and water
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> Penguin 2: I don’t know, I just don’t see it.  
> They ought to bring in the tigers next week, and film that, too.

They’re opening the zoo, so field trips are probably done.