The British Museum
A little trip to the British Museum located conveniently up the block from our flat. The British Museum is essentially a natural history museum, or a museum of more notable artifacts than works of fine art. Lovely. With that being said I spent an usually long time in the Egyptian galleries; normally that's not really my cup of tea, but I meandered around never the less. I found the museum pretty interesting, from a really superficial vantage point. Thinking a bit a head toward the spring semester where I knew I would be taking museum studies I 
noticed a lot about visitor information, set up, and what I found probably the most interesting were small stations where you could interact with the artifacts. (supervised of course) This again, note worthy for people with older children. I'm sure the wee ones wouldn't find that the least bit interesting. I did see a few boys around ages 5-8 really interested in the vintage coin collection. Also, for the elderly or those who plan on spending a lot of time sitting in the museum, they had little stools you could take around and have a seat where ever you are in the museum. That's really delightful for people who want sketch, or just don't want spend hours on their feet, but could spend hours in the museum.
noticed a lot about visitor information, set up, and what I found probably the most interesting were small stations where you could interact with the artifacts. (supervised of course) This again, note worthy for people with older children. I'm sure the wee ones wouldn't find that the least bit interesting. I did see a few boys around ages 5-8 really interested in the vintage coin collection. Also, for the elderly or those who plan on spending a lot of time sitting in the museum, they had little stools you could take around and have a seat where ever you are in the museum. That's really delightful for people who want sketch, or just don't want spend hours on their feet, but could spend hours in the museum.The Rosetta Stone
Much smaller in person than I had assumed, and clearly a point of interest to many. It was crowed by what looked mostly like students, and tourists. I suppose it is one of the most important artifacts of language to date.The Marbles
Famed for their controversy they are absolutely sunning in person, in all of their fragmented glory.
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