Thursday 19 November 2015

The British Museum



Went there for a visit on Saturday to see the Celtic exhibition so was looking forward to what I world see. Of course the camera came to to record some of the day.


 This is the main entrance just after it opened and we joined the throngs going in

Tried stitching three sections together  but this was the best I could do

First thing you see when you get in the Museum is this

But it looks even more impressive from above






















Now I had come along to see the Celts exhibition and was rather miffed when I had to fork out  33  quid for the privileged. (The totem pole has nothing to do with it BTW I just took a photo as I walked past.)  On entering the exhibition everyone started taking photo's of the exhibits only to be told by some officious student that Photography was not allowed. I pretended not to hear and took another only to be told again. I did have a pop back at her but we were told to has said so at the entrance. So being me I managed to get photos of everything I wanted to see with out the guards (did I mean attendants)  seeing me. Even the one hiding behind the Celtic cross but as my wife said I should not post them I leave it. The exhibition is interesting with a lot of  items on show borrowed from other museums where no doubt you can take photos of them. I enjoyed it but it is not worth paying 33 quid to see





The Egyptian hall and the first thing we saw was a scarab
Not sure if this is the top of a tomb or staue






But this is certainly a bust of
someone



































The Persian hall was worth seeing as I seem to remember some places do not exist now thanks to some terrorists




Back to the Egyptian Hall
































where you could see the front of a tomb and the head of a Pharaoh























We also went into the Indian Hall for some culture























The Chinese where there were superb sculptures on show























Including this fierce looking fellow

Into the Mummies room where there were a lot on show







skeletons that were  found in a cave





and another in a pit
I think this chariot wheel was found in the UK 






But peat here was found in a Bog
















Lots of Roman finds were on show as well like these helmets
 I wonder if they were worn  in battle or just for show

 
This was part of a Roman building the collapsed

But I felt this was the star of my visit, the helmet form Sutton Hoo, the one above is a reconstruction of the real thing























which was on show as well, You can compare the two






A shield reconstructed with some of the parts found, there were also swords




Some Celtic broaches






That looked amazing, wonder why they were not in the exhibition, mind you there were empty cases which told you some bits were
The remains of a Celtic Cross






One of the last places I visited was where you could see time pieces





This was one amazing clock made in 1585, even the little canons fired





These were even older
We went outside for some lunch and it rained so we left to go home tired of the crowd's that were in the museum

 I took this one of drinking Fountain I noticed near the entrance, it was covered with a clear top now and used for a table
Would I go back, I doubt it. There are Museums you can visit all over the country with just as much of interest in them.  Hope you enjoyed the tour.



6 comments:

  1. There is so much to see at the museum and you have chosen a few of my favourite exhibits. I have found the attendants there very officious in the past and for that reason it is not my favourite museum. I know they have to charge for special exhibits but they don't even have concessions there. Interested that you don't think it's worth the money to see this particular exhibition.

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  2. Very interesting Bill. Thank you for sharing. How frustrating that you were not allowed to photograph in the Celtic exhibition section and had to pay to go in, As a senior citizen that's a lot of money if there are no concessions.

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  3. Very interesting stuff! I would love to visit an exhibition like this. I think it's quite common that you're not allowed to take photos at museums.

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  4. I always enjoy my visits to the British Museum, so much to see and changing all the time. I hope you enjoyed your visit to London

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  5. It looks like you had an interesting day out. £33 does seem a bit steep. Was that to get in the Museum, or just to get in the Celts exhibition?
    My favorite museum used to be the National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street, Edinburgh. I was living in Edinburgh at the time, I used to visit the Museum when I was playing truant from school. But that was a long time ago - 57 years in fact.

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  6. Had my own recent trip to the Celts! https://churchgeekery.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/the-celts-art-identity-british-museum/

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