Bristol Museum

As part of my research for my current uni project I visited Bristol Museum. Museums are a great place to go for fun or for work especially when its raining outside. Although walking up the hill towards the museum is a bit of a trek, its definitely worth going to especially as its free!

One of the most interesting exhibitions and one that has inspired my project the most is their exhibition on animal extinction. Instead of a normal animal exhibit where you can see into the glass displays and see them, they had placed black sheets over them. Along with this they had labels signifying the animals level of extinction. This was a very powerful exhibit as it really emphasised how many different animals are endanger and how humans have been impacting their decline.

After visiting the exhibition children were given Post-It notes to right down their thoughts on what they had just seen and then they were displayed on a wall. I found this part extremely interesting as it gave me an insight into children's perspectives on the whole exhibition. 

I have now used some of these quotes and thoughts to inspire my work. I would recommend to anyone to have a look at this exhibition as it really does make you think.