Day 10: Victoria and Albert Museum

First things first, this museum is a labyrinth.  Finding your way is impossible.  At one point while looking for the 1920s costumes I found a secret staircase and went up a few flights thinking that I could then cross over to the proper side of the museum.  No.  Strange adventures ensued including discovery of a room with a platter of cookie biscuits, which I may have eaten two of and disappeared very quickly.  The V&A is definitely not my favorite museum.  Its cool and there's some neat stuff but it feels very much like a hodge podge and is very confusingly laid out.

 

The goddess Durga, a version of Devi, and her tiger/lion taking names done in ivory.  And an early Buddha.  I want to say that it was old.  At least 900 years.

 Charlie getting his woman on.

 Charlie and I are fabulous

 Let me tell you, those corsets are absolutely brutal.  But I guess they get the job done.

 Just for Bryan and Craig (my brothers) who probably aren't reading this anyways.  An early Thunderbirds comic.

 Isn't this beautiful?  I just love this form of sculpture.

 Long and short swords, called katana and wakizashi, from the Edo period, 1600-1800ish.  These were worn only by samurais and fine blades were often handed down through families.

The Natural History Museum.  Okay, so I do need to go see this.

So it was cool to see some period clothing from the books that we are studying and the museum was interesting but definitely intimidating.