07-20-2012, 08:45 PM
Hi
Every time I went in the old Newcastle MoA it was full of exciting things to see but there was no one else looking around. While the only time I have been to the Great North Museum it was full to the rafters with screaming kids using it like a playground. Apparently climbing on the dinosaur is a popular activity! I suppose in modern parlance this is deemed a success.
I agree it was sad not to see the reconstructed Mithraeum transferred to the new location.
Unlike the trend to take objects out of Museums and fill them with interactive or non working interactive displays it is great to see that the new Vindolanda museum bucks that trend and actually has more finds on display than before. The revamped Roman Army Museum too is a big improvement with lots more original archaeological finds on display. However if you don't agree with the view that the Roman army always looked like The Ermine Street Guard, then you will be in for a disappointment!
Chesters is a superb museum of a museum and I hope it never changes. I would say the same for the Army Museum in Brussels!
Last year I went to Tullie House and saw the Roman armour finds and got permission from the main desk to photograph them. There were no arm guards on display though, I presume they think who on earth would be interested in seeing them!
Graham.
Every time I went in the old Newcastle MoA it was full of exciting things to see but there was no one else looking around. While the only time I have been to the Great North Museum it was full to the rafters with screaming kids using it like a playground. Apparently climbing on the dinosaur is a popular activity! I suppose in modern parlance this is deemed a success.
I agree it was sad not to see the reconstructed Mithraeum transferred to the new location.
Unlike the trend to take objects out of Museums and fill them with interactive or non working interactive displays it is great to see that the new Vindolanda museum bucks that trend and actually has more finds on display than before. The revamped Roman Army Museum too is a big improvement with lots more original archaeological finds on display. However if you don't agree with the view that the Roman army always looked like The Ermine Street Guard, then you will be in for a disappointment!
Chesters is a superb museum of a museum and I hope it never changes. I would say the same for the Army Museum in Brussels!
Last year I went to Tullie House and saw the Roman armour finds and got permission from the main desk to photograph them. There were no arm guards on display though, I presume they think who on earth would be interested in seeing them!
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
