A Morning at the Museum

This morning we decided to spend a couple of hours at the British Museum and check out some of the exhibitions we didn’t get to last time. It was about a 10 minute walk from our apartment, which was very convenient. We arrived just before opening, and so purchased a map and waited to head to the upper floors.

We mainly spent the morning wandering around the Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, Middle East and Medieval Europe Exhibitions. We saw many artefacts associated with death, burial and the afterlife of the Egyptians. The Ancient Greece and Rome area was full of carvings and statues and jewellery. In the Middle East section there were artefacts from the Islamic world including beautifully hand scripted copies of the Koran, amazing tiles and mosaics, and other crafted metal ware and glass ware.

The final area we wandered through was the Europe exhibitions with artefacts from Medieval Europe through to Europe in the 1800 to 1900’s.

It was a very enjoyable way to spend our morning.Read more