Write about two characters who meet and/or fall in love in a museum.

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“Picture of Love in Bloom” by Cara Fidler

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I splurged and made the trip from Baltimore to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. to immerse myself in an exhibition of Impressionist paintings, Monet being my favorite of the Impressionists'. I had arrived early and there were just a handful of people standing in the area where I was.I slowly made my way through the museum admiring the many outstanding paintings awash in color and light, the likes of which I had only seen in pictures on a much smaller scale. I was enthralled by the most magnificent paintings, artifacts, and scu...

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“MET” by S. E. Foley

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She imagined winding her fingers in the pouf of his hair, twisting it into braids. Charlotte turned away, pretending to look at the towering gilded sculpture of Diana. Way to creep, Char. The school trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art was amazing and exhausting. Her Figure Drawing professor had gotten them a charter bus and a miserably long drive from Potsdam into New York City to tour as many museums as she could cram in a day. Charlotte, ever the lone wolf, went to the MET’s American Wing right away. She had been saving the cloist...

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“La Menina” by Laura Camacho Frias

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It was a beautiful autumn day when my world turned upside down. I was about to cross the ocean to my first big business meeting overseas, and I had been preparing every detail of the event for months. Due to our company policy, each site's representatives had to take different flights, so I was alone that morning. The materials to present were available on each of our laptops, and I had secured safety copies on external hard drives. There was no way I would leave any detail out of my control. I arrived early at the airport, giving me four ho...

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“Souls of the Louvre” by Manu Villegas

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I met her at dusk. The Louvre was closing; I stood by the statues of the gods, trying my very best to replicate the sculptures in my drawing pad. The attempt was in vain—I was only beginning to explore my artistry at the time, though the expertise in the carved stone proved too difficult for my stiff hands. I loosened my tie, still admiring Zeus’ strong jaw, when the darkness began to creep through the windows. This hindered my ability to sketch, and I put the pad back in my pocket, beginning to tread slowly across the room, look...

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“How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm” by Michael Jefferson

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Standing in front of the Human Experience Museum’s farm exhibit, Curator C-114 drones, “This panoramic view represents what life was like on a farm run by humans before the Great Reckoning.” The exhibit depicts a woman wearing a floral apron looking inside an oven at a rising loaf of bread. On the other side of the exhibit, a man in a straw hat wearing coveralls sits on a tractor, happily sucking on a corn cob pipe as he culls a field of wheat. A model HW-41 android points at the mannequin of a blonde girl with pigtails petting a four-legge...

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“A Spark Between Colors” by Jordan Verner

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Amelia's studied a stunning portrait of a young woman draped in a flowing brown fur coat and wearing a black velvet hat. The woman's piercing sapphire eyes seemed to follow her every movement, drawing Amelia into their depths. With a hint of a baby bump barely concealed by the flowing fabric of the dress beneath, the woman in the painting captivated viewers. Whispers swirled that she was the artist's muse, perhaps even his secret lover. Was this portrait a mere artistic expression or a coded message hinting at a forbidden romance? Lost in th...

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“Her Sword” by Adam West

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She comes alive at night. A scroll of ridged and patterned paper, cautiously folded into the shape of a woman. Two-and-a-half towering metres of beauty and power and quiet judgement. By day, she’s stoic in her rightful place above us all, her hand stretched toward the ceiling, knelt in mock servitude as if she could ever be governed. At night, life explodes from her pages and she dances between the boundaries of her podium. We met here. Besides her sculptor’s musty flat, the Other Art Museum is the only place she’s ever seen. They brought...

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“Cream and Coffee” by Becky Blanton

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Finn had only two reasons for sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling abstract painting every afternoon from 1-to-5 p.m. — Sarah and Edward. Sarah worked the museum’s pastry, coffee, and card shop, selling post-card reproductions of the museum’s most popular artwork, and Edward, her boss, who offered Finn the cold dregs of coffee and uneaten pastries as the shop closed at 5 p.m. each day. Edward hated to waste food and preferred to give it away rather than throw it away. It wasn’t that Finn couldn’t afford to buy hot coffee and fresh pastri...

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“The Writers' Museum” by George Beasley

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(excuse the mess..it's still in edit)She came to the museum everyday. She always made her way to my exhibit. She came with friends from time to time making sure she brought them right past me. As if she was showing me off. Oh my, how beautiful she was, long brown hair and big beautiful brown eyes that match her ever so elegant style. Her presence in the museum was intoxicating to all that saw her. She seemed to flow like a light wind when she arrived. It only made sense that she came here every day, she was a great writer herself. It’s ...

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“A Hot Day” by Leslie Kirc

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Waves of long green leaves tumbled down to the arbor path on both sides; leaving only enough room to walk single file. The blue flowers sticking up among them were the size of two fists put together waving on long stems. They gave the feel of a watery existence. The arbor was lushly covered with wisteria giving the day a cool feel. The pronounced smell of roses in my mind was turned into the smell of brine. It was joyful to walk down this path parting the waters like Mosses. The illusion and contrast momentarily took my mind off the extreme ...

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“Impressionistic Love” by Rudy Greene

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It was 1974 and I was on my first tour of Europe. My student rail pass allowed me to travel cheaply through Western Europe. My backpack and sleeping bag were my only luggage and slept most nights in hostels or public parks. I was one of hundreds of international students travelling the continent that summer. We all had our stories. Most travelers were in pairs, I was solo. My best friend, Bob, had bailed at the last minute. I figured travelling alone would force me to break out of my shyness. So far, it hadn’t worked. I was f****** lone...

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“Masterpiece” by Chantyl Balshaw

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The building was old, gray, and stood high to the sky. This art museum was one of New York’s best and being an art major she thought she would observe some of the best. In all her two years in New York, she’s yet to visit a museum. Some would say her first twenty-two years of life were ordinary and borderline boring. She entered the museum through massive glass double doors, art masterpieces everywhere, wall to wall. She didn’t know where to start. So, she veered on the safe side and picked the most famous piece in front of her. The Mona Lis...

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“Diary Of a Truth Seeker March 2066” by Stephen Laviera

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The early morning dew of Mother nature is ephemeral. The sun rises on its own timing. Never too soon, nor too early. An elderly man strolls merrily along an unbeaten path. Thoughtless though present he sighed with relief. Seeing the bench he always sits atop the summit. Where he’s watched the sun rise for the past fifty years. He chuckles with delight, finally comfortable in his uncomfortable dream.“Always pleasant when a vision comes from the beloved. I’ll be back in his bosom when I’m called.” He sat in silence...

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“A Kiss From Death” by Azar Rose

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Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved going to museums with my grandparents.They’d always tell me about the paintings and their meanings and every time without fail they’d tell me how they met at the very same museum we walked through.They’d tell me it was love at first sight. They met at a painting where a girl is being saved by her lover. My grandma would tell me about how that was her favourite painting, how every time she came here she’d sit in front of it and just enjoy the precise strokes of the paintbrush, the detail put into the emotion...

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“The Museum of Love” by Candy Grace

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Almost there. I’ll meet you inside. Skye rolled her eyes at Julia’s message. This was exactly why she didn’t like making plans with her younger sister. Julia had fun ideas, but participating in them didn’t matter as she was chronically late to every single event. Skye switched off her phone and looked up at the top of the building in front of her. The tan building had a wooden sign that read, “The Museum of Love.” She wasn’t completely sure why Julia had picked this place, but something about the place’s name intrigued her. Most museums had ...

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Write about two characters who meet and/or fall in love in a museum.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 98 stories

“Picture of Love in Bloom” by Cara Fidler

“MET” by S. E. Foley

“La Menina” by Laura Camacho Frias

“Souls of the Louvre” by Manu Villegas

“How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm” by Michael Jefferson

“A Spark Between Colors” by Jordan Verner

“Her Sword” by Adam West

“Cream and Coffee” by Becky Blanton

“The Writers' Museum” by George Beasley

“A Hot Day” by Leslie Kirc

“Impressionistic Love” by Rudy Greene

“Masterpiece” by Chantyl Balshaw

“Diary Of a Truth Seeker March 2066” by Stephen Laviera

“A Kiss From Death” by Azar Rose

“The Museum of Love” by Candy Grace

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Write about a gallery whose paintings come alive at night.

Write about someone who accidentally destroys a museum’s most valuable artifact.

Write about an art thief who is struggling to commit the perfect heist.

Start or end your story with a character who gets trapped inside a museum overnight.

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