the easiest way to learn about a place's culture is by visiting its museums.
thanks to the International Council of Museums, it was International Museum Day last saturday so we got to visit the Gibraltar Museum for free!
call me a "museumer" or a "museumist" but i heart museums! geek as i am, i love trivia and information and remembrances of things past. i also love studying us (humans)! and why we do the things we do :)
passersby and tourists were treated to a street theatre production of the famous story, The Cricket and the Ant. the kids loved it! i think the streets are a great venue for learning, don't you think?
in the courtyard of the museum you can find the excavations of ancient Moorish baths. despite its small size, the museum also houses Neanderthal skulls found in various caves within the rock, a record of all the wars that occurred since the Moors came here, a concise exhibit of rock formations and how the rock came about and even a miniature model of the rock made in the 19th. cent.
thus, a great time was had by all! the unexpected things in life are the best ones!
if you want to read more about the goings-on in the Gibraltar Museum (trust me, the hardworking people there are always digging for something!), you can visit their blog here.
Not having any point of reference as to the size, I thought it was a petrified donut! The museum sounds amazing, I would love to see the Moorish baths. The photo is awesome.
ReplyDeleteohyes it does look like a petrified donut og bagel LOL too funny jeanne!
DeleteHow cool! Yes, I agree - the streets are a great venue for learning. (I'm a people watcher, too.)
ReplyDeleteThe museum looks like a wonderful place!