British Museum

While Kirsten and Gail went off to tea, I went to the British Museum for a couple of hours. It is overwhelming. Such a display of, at the risk of offending my British friends, looted, confiscated, pilfered and/or stolen artifacts from around the world, mostly from British colonies or protectorates. What struck me most was the size of many of them. Huge stone monoliths that must weigh many tons. Of course there certainly artifacts that were more ethically acquired, but there really is no way to tell what is what except for those relics that have provenance displayed which makes it more clear that the acquisition was ethical, for example, many of the Roman era artifacts from England. one interesting display was a working clock from the 1600's(?)En savoir plus