Museum

Bus number 8 took us up the hill to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.

This is the façade and …

…this is a view of the entrance hall.

This rather fine telamon caught our eye.

The museum has a cafeteria and so we had lunch here.

We performed our usual trick of taking the lift to the top (second) floor and working our way down.

There is an immense variety of exhibits in both the permanent collection and the special displays such as that of Japanese prints.

We watched a film about birds’ nests around the world from the dual perspectives of zoology and art. Do bower birds have a sense of beauty? It seems the only way to explain their remarkable designs.

Next, Tigger fancied a visit to the market, so thither we went…

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