Mona: Museum Café - Szekesfehervar

We took the Mona ferry from Brooke St Pier near the Sky Bus climbed 90 steps, walked past the pickelball court in front and to the entrance. There was profanity, nudity adult topics. Many tunnels, doors, cues and hidden corners. We easily spent 3 hours here. There were coat check with lockers, the void cafe gift shop. The unisex restrooms projected a film from the ceiling onto the floor in front of the toilet. Mona is the playground voice of David Walsh. He was a wealthy eccentric from Tasmania who was banned from international casinos because he was a card counter. Now he teaches card counting put his money into this beautiful eccentric museum. This huge subterranean museum houses Walsh's collection of art, antiquities the bizarre. We saw his fat car, waterfall, snake, divine comedy, grease oil exhibit, poop chamber, spoke into the confessional, walked through the White House, sat in the grotto, and looked at books in the white library. Outside was other art along with the other side of the confessional. We saw a trampoline , brass art .... Around the corner was the Mororella Cellar, Moo Brewery,Dubsys Burgers, Girls Rile, Faro Bar, Source Restaurant lawn. David Walsh is adding another wing that should be completed on 2024. A tunnel is coming for those that can't climb 90 steps to enter. He wants this museum to always be a work in progress. He acknowledges the aboriginal people that were here before us.

Mona is a must do in Hobart. It's a very funky and kind of quirky museum. It's very modern and not for the sensitive . You get an experience rather than your normal walk around a museum and read about old dead people's art. I really enjoyed the pulse exhibit. How cool to see your own pulse on light bulbs? Also you are given iPhones with headphones . There are no words on the walls instead you listen or read about a particular piece of art via phone. I was sad we missed the glass exhibit but apparently it only crashes twice a day. We heard it was that was it . The reason I had to take a store away was the fact that a few areas were closed so that was unfortunate. It's not everyday a black American like myself is in Tasmania lol. It was about 28 AUD which is 20 USA dollars. It's free if you live there.

Ha ha a lot of fun...both naughty and nice. From a bubble red Ferrari to the Wall of Vaginas exhibit...the owner had a profound need to stun your senses of what you like and think you don't like...doesn't care if you find it offensive and truly hopes you hate it. At least he got a reaction...good, bad or indifferent. From the moment you enter the doors you are confused. The signage if off putting, help is less than helpful, buildings seem to move into each other and then stop. Okay where am I? Oh you're here but if you want to be there you need to backtrack and no the guide in your hand is only for this site and yes it looks like four floors but not really. Saw a site you alone, one person at a time, walk into....waist high it's pitch black. Motor oil, you are warned not to touch but the visitors must doubt the instructions as they are walking out red faced in embarrassment with black oil on their hands. One level above it's clearer albeit still black that the entire exhibit is motor oil...smells like motor oil, is motor oil. From above you can see the shimmer as people walk into it. Unbelievable...I proudly can say I did not touch the side or top and walked away as clean as I entered. So many chambers of unique displays of shiny, sharp, dismaying, one of a kind art pieces. You will marvel, you will be offended, you will be dismayed but you will not be unaffected. It's art and different to each beholder. As the presenter wanted it to be you can shake your head but you can't deny it's deserving a place in this museum.

The rating is solely based on my experience with the museum itself and not the actual exhibits. That said, this museum is not for the close minded or those easily offended. It appears George Carlin's 7 Words inspired some exhibits. In brief, if Deadpool offended you, this museum may too. This museum was part of a day tour of Hobart, so the round trip ferry trip and the museum entry ticket was included in the tour price. As I already had a ticket, I entered the museum without realizing a map of the museum was available. When I picked up the museum provided iPod Touch, the employee failed to mention the map which is definitely needed to properly visit the museum. Because of the dim lighting, the maps were easily missed. In addition to a brief summary, these proprietary iPods also provide an audio guide and critique to some of the exhibits. The negative criticisms of some of the provocative exhibits amused me. When I finally returned mine, the staff was unresponsive when I said mine indicated a low battery warning. Fortunately, there were other employees who were very helpful. When it was time to view one of the queued exhibits, one went out of her way to walk me to the exhibit. Another took a photo for a guest.

MONA is one of the must do things while you're in Hobart. Yes, it's a bit out of the way but you can take the Mono Ferry $20.00 AUD/person round trip) or an Uber $25.00 AUD one way). Yes, it's pricey $28.00 AUD/adults) but it was worth the price of admission. It's a beautiful space with a winery, restaurant, cafe, wine bar and so much more than just a museum. We dropped in on a Thursday afternoon and spent about 2.5 hours or so checking everything out. There's some really unique, thought provoking exhibits on display. A few of my favourites were the neon light hallway, heart beating hipster light bulb, 77 vaginas, the live tattoo male model, reflective pool of oil and the grotto room. Note: these aren't the actual names. Make sure you explore every nook and cranny as some of the exhibits/art is well hidden.