Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Silk Road + Genghis Khan @ Art Science Museum

Some snapshots of the exhibits that have recently ended their runs at the Art Science Museum – the exhibits are really attractive and well curated, so it’s worth your money to go see if there’re special exhibitions on that you’re interested in.

Silk Road

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I liked the lights which told us our ‘location’ along the Silk Road (left); check out the embroidery along the perimeter of the display of silk work cocoons (right)

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An ancient weaving loom (above); it was quite fun playing with the settings on my camera to capture the lights (below)

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Attractive and life-like displays of food always catch my eye (above); there were interactive elements like embossed stamps visitors could collect as they ‘travelled’ along the Silk Road (below)

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A scene from Baghdad below – love the cloth!

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Genghis Khan

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The simple but attractive entrance area

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Above left: I’ve never seen an imperial passport in the flesh!

Below: What a wonderfully efficient weapon to disembowel one’s enemies!

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Beautiful and intricate etchings on a Mongolian sword (above);

words embroidered using gold thread (below)

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The two artefacts above seem very Korean to me; below is a child’s yurt – we entered it and the furniture creaked when we sat down :S

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The following are some things that have originated from the Mongolians which you’d never have known

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Some items from the gift shop above :)

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