02-18-2018, 07:15 PM
So, I was walking through the British Museum this morning (Yes, I’m in London at the moment... more on that later...).
And I duck the flock of Asian tourists in one of the main galleries, and into a room full of wonderful things (no, not that... thats in the Egyptology room upstairs...).
Clocks and timepieces!
My ability to take photos was greatly limited by the fact that in the entire yeasty museum, every yeasty display case has dozens of small directional lights - 95% of them turned OFF. Yes, in the entire room full of timepieces, exactly ONE light was on in the watches case.
Same in every other gallery... half the cases had half the lights off.
I had the same criticism in 2011 when I last visited.
So, here is a case full of 18th and early 19th century watches. I dunno squat about ‘em, but they were mechanical marvels that I appreciated very much!
And I duck the flock of Asian tourists in one of the main galleries, and into a room full of wonderful things (no, not that... thats in the Egyptology room upstairs...).
Clocks and timepieces!
My ability to take photos was greatly limited by the fact that in the entire yeasty museum, every yeasty display case has dozens of small directional lights - 95% of them turned OFF. Yes, in the entire room full of timepieces, exactly ONE light was on in the watches case.
Same in every other gallery... half the cases had half the lights off.
I had the same criticism in 2011 when I last visited.
So, here is a case full of 18th and early 19th century watches. I dunno squat about ‘em, but they were mechanical marvels that I appreciated very much!