The sign should say it all....right???
Well I guess it doesn't and here is why;
I might have mentioned my partner and I were going to London for a couple of days, and so we went...
We had an absolute blast, and it is so funny how you never seem to relax until your last day there, but anyway that is not the topic of discussion.
While we were there we went and visited lots of museums; the British museum, the Tower of London, Victoria & Albert, Natural history, museum of London. Yes we did quite a few in such a short amount of time, but we love History so there....
While in these museums you see the "PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH"-sign everywhere. This because most things in these museums are old, and well body oils on these fragile old pieces can destroy them ( logical right?) So here we are walking around first museum... saw the sign about 10 times in the first room but also say the first 5 people freakin'touching stuff. WHY, PEOPLE, WHY? Don't you want other people to enjoy watching these pieces of history? Or are you that selfish that you just don't care. Sure it can happen that a small child touches something by accident ( I mean they are small and curious and do not always understand what might happen touching these things; read my little brother touched the Nightwatch painted by Rembrandt once since he wanted to know how the painting felt... the guy patroling the room neary died of a heart attack and yelled at my mom, but lets face it he now is one of a select few who can say he touched it...) but adults? Adults should know better. You are just plain ......(fill it in yourself) when you are an adult ignoring the signs and touch statues that should not be touched according to the signs in the room...
Another thing I came across in these museums is signs saying that this statue or that thing can be touched by blind people on the Blindtour of the museum. I think that is awesome. Blind people are taken into account, and will be able to have a wonderful time at a museum even though they might not be able to see. They can experience history as well by being allowed to touch certain objects! Marvelous don't you think....
I didn't know about the blind tours, very cool! I agree with you about the museums. I visited the London aquarium and there were signs "no flash photography" People continued to take flash photographs. I don't get it. The light bounces off the glass anyway.. morons.
ReplyDeleteI once knocked something over in the modern theatre exhibit in V&A. It was a giant circular chair, there was a picture of a woman in the chair and it said "listen with your body". I sat in it, and I felt like I was still listening with my ears so I thought maybe you were supposed to roll around in it. So I gave it a shove. Didn't realize it was on a stand, so it fell off with a large thud. And what did my boyfriend do? Run away and leave me there to deal with the security guard that was probably thinking "stupid american". I was just following the picture!!
ReplyDeleteSarah, that is hilarious! I love the V&A it is absolutely my favorite museum, my boyfriend ( who is from MI) loved it the best too, but for totally different reasons...it wasn't as busy as the British museum, you gotta love that reason!
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I am one of those people who is dying to touch things in museums. I just love the way things feel. I know it's not allowed and I won't, but sometimes lovely shiny wood is just asking for it! ;)
ReplyDeleteSo everytime I get into one I put my hands behind my back or in my pockets to be safe.
The only museum I didn't have that was in the Louvre in Paris. I was too busy looking at the building itself, which is awesome, than at the art, which is too much and too dark for my tastes.