Pots

I've taken to exploring museums, not really with any purpose but to look at materials throughout, see what thoughts I have of them. Right now I'm recalling the Egyptian section of Liverpool's World Museum, I found it disrespectful and found myself getting really angry about that fact there are so many human bodies (and limbs) in the place put on display for children to go up to and say 'cool!' It's not it's horrid! The lack of respect for a culture, even a dead one, really hit me, how can the museum dedicate itself to teaching children without the necessary respect these ancient people deserve, imagine the negative reaction to how Binladen's body was disposed of even though the Americans kept it to the traditions of the religion. It's the same here! What if an Ancient Egyptian saw it? They'd throw a fit worse than me! All I ask is for them to sober the area up, less like a modern freak show and more like the sensible documentation of how museums used to be, glass cabinets with facts relating to the piece, not a short statement like 'This one's feet were broke so she could fit into the coffin' 'The Egyptians believed mummifying animals pleased the gods' WHY!?! WHAT GODS!?! WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE!?! Just because primary schools touch the subject doesn't mean the kids full understood it!
It's lost its' mojo.
Fav areas: Greek and African Now one museum I do like is Warrington's, a maze of rooms that take you round in circles, four floors of fun, cases crammed with various objects based on era focused on the discoveries of the north west, visually stunning, one of the oldest museums in Briton. So maybe there isn't enough room to put the information, the guard is happy to chat, the curators are always around, they'll take you on a tour if you ask and they have time, a very busy place at the moment.

I remember when I was little, far more impressed with Liverpool Museum then. Sigh.