Since the museums are now open in Tallinn, the Trouwjurk 2012 LWW and I have spent a fair amount of split voor Prom Dresses time in a number of them over the past couple days.
The most interesting exhibit, I thought, was at the city museum in Old Town that we visited this afternoon.
It doesn't look like much. About the size of a trophy case, each shelf of this display was devoted to the excavated remnants of a single century in Tallinn - starting in about the 13th century, if I remember.
These are some examples of the primitive materials used in centuries gone by - bones and pottery and crude metals.
But what gave this display its genius were the top Trouwjurk Lange Mouw two shelves - devoted to the detritus of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Yup, ketchup bottles, beer cans, margarine tubs, and finger nail polish brushes - those primitive remains that our descendents will wonder about in the coming centuries.
There is a pharmacy museum here that has exhibits of jellied leeches, dried dog feces and other miracle cures and health additives of the 14th century. Will there be a similar display of Maloxx, Viagra, and Ibuprofen in a couple hundred years?
I have always been fascinated by portraits, as well. Would either of these 18-19th century characters look out of place on today's streets?
Hi Jacquie,
I thought the 3-day growth of whiskers (for the portrait) looks so much like the scruffy fashion of today that I had to choose that portrait. And pictures from the 70s and 80s are also good for laughs about hairstyles! I wonder if we will be laughing at our looks today in 2030?Hi Mary,
I am very lucky to get to go to such places. I DO try to take full advantage of the sites while I am there. I am amazed by people who travel from hotel room to hotel room and never see anything else!
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