Museums
Took my daughter to the Harry Potter exhibition at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum on the weekend. She loved it. Great day out. No arguments with the exhibition at all.
We pre-booked a $95 family ticket, then queued to get into a queue which led to the queue at the start of the exhibition. Not ideal, but again, no arguments. You’re always going to get crowds with something this popular.
The exhibition was terrific, with all kinds of artefacts, costumes and props from the Potter movies. And then the thing ended, in the world’s most expensive gift shop.
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Years ago, hosting an American, I was confronted with a challenge.
George Washington is clearly the great unifying figure of American history. So who is Australia’s equivalent? Wrestling with this idea overnight, the next morning I had the answer.
“Our great unifying person of history,” I declared, “turns out to be a horse – Phar Lap – and you people killed him.”
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marley says:
Adam - first, I made it pretty clear my figures were guesstimates, so calling me a liar is uncalled for. My point was, and is, that sports events attract regular spectators who go to multiple, if not all, games played by their team over the season. Museums, on the other… Read more »
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6c legs says:
Richard, it’s more than possible that by the time your youngest is your age the only Tasmanian Devil they’ll be able to see outside a zoo will also be sitting in a museum display - just like that Tassie Tiger. So perhaps you could ask your boss to finance… Read more »
One of the best jobs I’ve had was at the British Museum in London.
Trapped behind the counter of the downstairs gift shop it wasn’t selling over-priced plaster replicas that I enjoyed the most but the two hours a week spent roaming the museum as part of my training.
The Elgin Marbles, Egyptian mummy tombs and the glittering Cartier jewellery collection were among my favourites.
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Kameron says:
I do not believe we should strip the museums bare but the supermely iconic artworks that are, in some cases, the symbol of the country of origin should indeed be returned. Nefertiti is the other well promoted artifact that really should be returned. She is one of the top five… Read more »
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Maria says:
Lucy, I disagree with what you wrote. How can you be so narrow-minded? 1) Does Greece have no proper museums? This summer I went to Athens, the new Acropolis Museums just left me speechless, it’s perfect, so please no more excuses. 2) When you recall the “poor” museum visitors that… Read more »
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