Back in London we checked out the British Museum on the Friday morning, the place is almost too big to deal with. So overwhelming walking in there, we came up with a strategy to take in Egypt, Greece and Japan. I would highly recommend hanging out here for half a day whenever you get the chance, it is FREE!. I won´t bore you with the details but what I really loved about it was the layers to so many of the exhibits, for example, where it was created, why, how the British came to have an interest or claim over it and how they maintain ownership over the objects in post-colonial times. There were also some brilliant little objects like ceramic south east Asian elephants, made in Japan but intended for the dutch to export back
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