Birmingham
Jun. 18th, 2012 09:54 amToday I fly to Hamburg. So that's mostly what's on the agenda.
Yesterday was hanging out with people in Birmingham and eating lots of pudding. Lunch out and then dinner with friends.
Saturday after breakfast I went to the Wellcome Collection, which is fascinating. Eccentric British collectors! The collection is mostly medical stuff. There was interesting exhibition about modern medical techniques and culture, with contemporary art instalations as well. Including one I really like, non-prescription pills carved into the shape of the organs they are supposed to treat. Also a map of the world, the coast lines of the continents, made out of mosquitos.
The main collection of Wellcome's stuff includes things like Florence Nightingale's moccasins, Lord Nelson's razor, Charles Darwin's walking sticks and a fragment of Jeremey Bentham's skin.
Birmingham is familiar! That is very nice. It hasn't changed much, except the new library is out of the ground, almost finished.
Yesterday was hanging out with people in Birmingham and eating lots of pudding. Lunch out and then dinner with friends.
Saturday after breakfast I went to the Wellcome Collection, which is fascinating. Eccentric British collectors! The collection is mostly medical stuff. There was interesting exhibition about modern medical techniques and culture, with contemporary art instalations as well. Including one I really like, non-prescription pills carved into the shape of the organs they are supposed to treat. Also a map of the world, the coast lines of the continents, made out of mosquitos.
The main collection of Wellcome's stuff includes things like Florence Nightingale's moccasins, Lord Nelson's razor, Charles Darwin's walking sticks and a fragment of Jeremey Bentham's skin.
Birmingham is familiar! That is very nice. It hasn't changed much, except the new library is out of the ground, almost finished.