Mark's tips on Muesum Tours

Being so patient and cultured like myself, I can understand how overwhelmed one can be when attending these world class museums.

So I am here to share some of my secrets on how to get around one of the UK's biggest and most prestigious museums in 60 minutes.

Hint 1: Go to the Directory Board and locate
1) Toilets
2) Cloak Room
3) Information Centre

Hint 2: Make everyone go to the toilet, we don't want to be distracted/slowed down by unnecessary stops or diversions.

Hint 3: Put your bags into the cloak room so that there are no fights on who is going to carry bags or look after food, etc.

Hint 4: Go to the directory and ask the attendent either:

A) To look intellectual: 'I am so over whelmed by all these incredible displays, can you advise me, what are the top ten displays that I can truly absorb without becoming lost in it all'
Or
B) For the real West-family tour: 'I have a family, can you advise me what can I see within the hour, so the kids don't get too ratty'

Today we attend the British Museum and I struck it lucky Big Time, I got the 'The Top Ten in a Hour'.



All in all it was a good quick tour, that took in highlights without the kids and Gayle getting ratty, and I wasn't too over whelmed by all of the cultural experience.

The highlights were:
Rosetta Stone (No Uncle Bob, it not something front the Northern Suburbs of Hobart - It is the key to deciphering ancient hyragliphics.


Easter Island Figures




Lewis Chessmen - Ancient chess set




The David Vases - The oldest blue and white china ceramics.
The ages where authenticated by the inscriptions under vase tops. (And no Uncle Bob it doesn't say 'Made in China', I looked).


Mark