There must be a Saskatchewan Roughrider fan working at the British Museum.

September 20, 2014 by Parrott family 2 Comments

Quinn and I went to the British Museum Friday. Rhys was a bit sick with a cold, so Tracy and him went to today. One of the great things in London, is most of the museums and galleries have no admission fees. So, we visited a number of them; British, London, Natural History, Science Museums and the Tate Art Gallery. Frankly, the places can be a bit overwhelming; huge expanses of information, displays, antiquities, artifacts, sculptures, art, etc.  So, you need a plan of attack before going. Be selective in what to see, research ahead (most have links on their website for “educators”), pack a lunch and go slow.

We’ve included the museum trips into Quinn and Rhys’ homeschooling. Sometimes it is mind maps of what they learn, others have booklets handed out to activities, or if you’re lucky, online tutorials. Also, as part of homeschooling, we’ve been using the https://www.khanacademy.org/ – which has a partnership with the British Museum, so the kids did online tutorials first, and then we visited. It helped us focus our attention to the areas of the museum of interest to them, and made the experience much better.

See about the Rider fan below ……

At the British Museum, we visited a section on money. It covers all aspects of money over the ages. It was interesting, we got to hold a 2000 year old Roman coin (and a counterfeit of it also) One display showed “singles” from each of United Nation member states.

So, we looked for Canada’s “Loonie”

Found it, and then looked very closely!
Wow, it’s the last place I’d have expected to see a Rider logo ….

Neat to see stuff like the Mummies – especially as we’ve seen “Gebelein Man” on an episode of PBS Nova.

Quinn is interested in the Greek display. Although, he’s not so interested in having his picture taken ….. with a normal expression anyway ….

This was in the Greek section. Interesting little device for potty training …..

Ok, my “dig” on the British monarchy. We did visit the Tower Of London, still an official residence of the Queen, guarded by members of British military. Enjoyed it very much, but, unlike most other museum, it is very expensive to visit ($104 CDN) AND they solicit donations! The Queen’s personal net worth is estimated at $500M USD, Prince Charles at $210M USD …. donate? really?