A museum with a varied history, the German Hygiene Museum is perhaps off the beaten track for a visitor to Dresden, but has plenty to make it worth your while. What Is A Hygiene Museum? Medicine seems like quite a neutral thing. A scientific approach to health and treating illness. Simple cause and effect. It’s […]
Follow me as I attempt to see as much of Dresden as possible in a day. This isn’t one of those nice, curated 24 guides, this is for the museum lovers who are willing to put in the miles. Let’s Get A Few Things Straight I love to travel. Often before I go somewhere new, […]
A review of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) in Cambridge, including their exhibition [Re:] Entanglements: Colonial collections in decolonial times. A pleasant and forward-looking museum, perfect to get a flavour of Cambridge’s university museums. MAA Cambridge We are now most of the way through the Salterton Arts Review’s outing to Cambridgeshire. Today is […]
A review of a visit to the Horniman Museum, including their temporary exhibition An Ode to Afrosurrealism. In which I think the Horniman have done a pretty good job of modernising the ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’/ethnographic museum format. Tell Me About The Horniman Museum So the Horniman Museum is interesting in terms of London’s museum landscape. […]
A description of my first visit to the Petrie Museum at University College, London. In which I have a great time looking at Egyptian artefacts, and am directed to a very interesting podcast on the museum’s less palatable connections. This One Takes Some Planning To Visit During COVID DISCLAIMER: I visited the Petrie Museum between […]