These vases and pots represent the ancient greeks, and would often have images of gods and goddesses painted on them. I particularly liked these because they particularly reminded me of the Disney Classic Hercules, and how the writers of that film must have done some extensive research into greek mythology, in terms of their art and their architecture, which also inspire many around the world too.
In the Ashmolean museum there were lots of musical items on display, with many different fascinating instruments. This was one of the many guitars they had on display. I loved how each guitar had an entirely different pattern, and I feel that right now I am particularly fascinated by music, and I may want to try creating a musical talent for myself over the Summer, as I am a big fan of all kinds of music, and the guitar is one of my favourite musical instruments. I was also interested to read about the history and origins of each musical instrument on display, and if I remember correctly, the guitar was originally from Spain.
There was also an assorted collection of historic rings displayed in the Ashmolean museum, all with different meanings and fascinating designs. These rings did in fact remind me of my favourite character in gaming, Sonic the Hedgehog, as he usually has to collect a lot of rings in order to survive, and also one of my old friends is into jewellery, so I suppose this reminded me of them too.
This was an interactive display which taught you about weaving. Even though this wasn't the most spectacular item on display, I felt that this was one of the most relevant pieces to my course, as I feel it is important for any museum or gallery to have at least one display that the public can interact with, and to help people who were unfamiliar with weaving, such as myself, there was a little information sheet teaching you about all the basic weaving techniques which were clear and easy to understand, which is also important in an interactive display as it makes the public appreciate the display more if people can easily understand something.
It was quite surreal to see that in the Pitts museum they had some ice skates on display! I had to take a picture of these because ice skating was one of my favourite pastime hobbies, and made me feel like ice skating again! For those who don't know the white ones are figure skates, for figure skating, where you learn different moves and tricks and balancing on the ice, and the black ones that almost look like trainers are ice hockey skates, for playing ice hockey, and going a lot faster.
These are some very old fashioned ice skates, which are basically leather shoes with pieces of wood attached to the bottom. It was very interesting to see the origins of the invention of ice skates, to move and balance in icy conditions, and it gives you an idea of how people who lived in those conditions did cope.
There were many sculptures of humans like this one displayed in the Ashmolean museum, and I did take pictures of many sculptures, and this is just one example of a human sculpture, which I think was made from bronze or brass.
This was another interactive display of using a lever to lift a rock. However, you could adjust the angle of the lever, which would affect the strength of the lever, making it either easier or harder to lift the rock, which I thought was a very clever and fascinating display, as it made you learn something as well, about the best way to lift heavy rocks. It could also be a good workout too!
This was another interactive display that included a museum friendly crossbow and some deer silhouettes, where you would use a wooden peg to see how many deer silhouettes you could shoot down and get past. I will be honest, this was my least favourite interactive display at the Ashmolean, because of its lack of morals and because it wasn't as satisfying, but I still admire the creativity that goes into interactive displays, which are arguably more creative and more fun than standard displays at museums, even though the interactive displays here were very basic and I did prefer some of the standard displays, strangely enough.
This was a shiny silver trumpet found in the music section of the Ashmolean museum. I have never considered blaying the trumpet before, but this was one of my favourite and one of the better looking instruments on display, which was used for Royal occasions. I was impressed by how well kept it was, despite being a few hundred years old.
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