Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada: Collection storage is visible to visitors. And those totem poles!
Favorite Museums Series #9
Museums
Favorite Museums Series #8
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco: Leah used to love the dioramas showing prehistoric animals and humans. And the planetarium. “Get your daily dose of wonder.” Start your visit here.
Rags found in the sea …
… belonged to a member of Charles I’s household
Divers off the coast of the Netherlands found the treasure, which came from a shipwreck, after it was exposed by a storm which washed away the silt covering it for four centuries.
The full story of the shipwreck and photos of the other items found are in the full story.
This gown was found by divers off the coast of the Dutch island of Texel in August 2014. It is now on display, along with the other recovered treasures, “in the Kaap Skil mueum on Texel, where they will stay for a month before being examined fully by archaeologists.” (from the report in The Daily Mail, April 19, 2016)
Favorite museums, site three
Another one of my favorite museums, The Field Museum of Science in Chicago. It’s the mother-lode for science lovers. I first went when I was nine.
Favorite museums, site two
Here’s another one of my favorite museums: Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts: Realistic recreation of a village in the 18th century. I did an internship here one summer.
Favorite museums, part one
In that same interview that asked me about favorite fantasy novels, I was also asked to share my favorite museums. I chose ten of them. Here’s the first, although these aren’t in any set order.
The Story Museum, Oxford: A museum with exhibitions, activities, and programs dedicated to stories and storytelling. I am actually cheating here. I’ve never been but after following them on Facebook, I long to go.
For instance, here’s an article about this wonderful exhibit “Animal: a safari through stories” currently featured at the Story Museum. “It’s time we gave wolves their bite back, says author Geraldine McCaughrean, and a new exhibition does just that. Bring your axe, Little Red Riding Hood…”