| Everything in Second Life is art. It may not be | | | | town and fireworks at night. |
| the most attractive art, but it is art just the | | | | The final element separates the Magic Revealed |
| same. Second Life is a virtual world, that is made | | | | and the Art Gallery is an aquarium. The aquarium |
| up of residents who make whatever they choose | | | | is 10 meters by 10 meters by 10 meters. The |
| in Second Life to enhance their environment. | | | | entire build was a challenge. First, the shape of the |
| Some art in Second Life excels and yearns to be | | | | aquarium had to fit into the space provided for |
| recognized and enjoyed. Elven Enchantment is a | | | | the center floor elements. The next challenge was |
| new museum and the build itself is beautiful and | | | | reshaping whirlpool water to look convincing as |
| primative heavy. (Primatives are the builing blocks | | | | ocean water as the aquarium is a salt-water |
| in our world, we call them prims.) The art hanging | | | | aquarium. |
| within its walls is incrediably beautiful and intriguing. | | | | The shark was that was purchased was much |
| Upon arriving at the museum the visitor is drawn | | | | too big for the space that I provided so I had to |
| in by the beautiful gardens, tinkling fountains, | | | | ask the creator to shrink it to fit within the |
| ponds, and benches. In order to preserve the | | | | confines of my aquarium. Finally the "steel" bands |
| beauty of the Gardens, glass flooring was put in | | | | were put into place and the glass put over the |
| on the First, Second and Third Levels. On each of | | | | water however, the water didn't fit the aquarium. |
| the levels of the Museum above the gardens has | | | | All the work had to be taken apart so the water |
| a feature element and on the First Level there | | | | element could be fixed and once corrected the |
| are two distinct items that are not to be missed, | | | | glass had to be put back together and the entire |
| the First Level Element has pottery, ancient | | | | build locked together. |
| vases, and wolf fountain. The second attractions | | | | As the newest museum in Second Life, it was |
| are the big windows overlooking the Grove. The | | | | built to compete with other Museum's and the |
| moving statuary, trees, and rainbows can be seen | | | | creator of the build had not viewed the other |
| to advantage from this point in the Museum. | | | | museums. The vision for the museum and its |
| On the Second Level are Van Gogh, Picasso, | | | | grounds was to make the place a tribute to |
| Monet, Michelangelo, Rubens, and Da Vinci all real | | | | artistic beauty in Second Life, providing an |
| life Masters whose incredible work can be viewed | | | | atmosphere of peacefulness, beauty, and |
| on huge canvasses what are displayed on this | | | | romance, and enhancing the viewing experience of |
| level. The center element is a scripted, eight prim | | | | the art within its walls. |
| build that is a Fairy Tale Castle that phases from | | | | Only a visitor to the Museum may judge whether |
| morning to night from small villages to a huge | | | | this vision has been met. |