Thursday 10 February 2011

British Museum

On Saturday I spent a good few hours exploring the delights of the British Museum with Dom, before celebrating my Dad's 60th birthday. We wanted to see the Ancient Egyptian and Japanese sections and the Book of the Dead Exhibition. Unfortunately the exhibition was fully booked but we still enjoyed checking out the mummies, hieroglyphics and samurai swords!

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Coat from H&M
Leggings from Jigsaw
Dress (barely seen) from River Island
Shoes from Cath Kidson
Snood from Primark
Bag from Dorothy Perkins

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The incredible ceiling in the atrium

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The Rosette Stone

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Egyptian fashion

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Dom and a samurai

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The Great Wave

I find the ancient Egyptian era extremely interesting and I even bought myself a book in an attempt to learn a little about hieroglyphics, call me lame but I think it's cool!! Years ago we went on a family holiday to Egypt and did a day trip to Cairo to see the pyramids. I was so excited and even though they are in a terrible condition and Cairo is a dirty city I was still in awe.

After we were done at the museum we walked through Soho and found the Hummingbird Bakery for some delicious treats. I had a black bottom cupcake (delicious) and can now say I've been to all 3 HB bakeries in London!!

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I had such a fantastic day out with Dom exploring more parts of London. He dragged me around 2 different comic book shops, which isn't the worse thing in the world but still pretty long. I'm kind of annoyed I missed out on the Future Fashion exhibition at the Barbican, so I'll just have to find somewhere else to explore tomorrow. Maybe check out his Rankin exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery...

Dad's birthday cake is finally gone, phew x

28 comments:

  1. I've never been to The British Museum, but it looks amazing!
    x

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  2. I have never been either :) I love your coat

    Love, Vanilla

    http://vanillaheartsstyle.blogspot.com/

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  3. oh wow i love your leggings so so much

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  4. I love The British Museum, looks like you had a really good visit - love your outfit and the cupcakes look amazing! x

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  5. Ahh havent had a cupcake in forever... *drool*

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  6. Black bottom cakes are the BEST nom nom nom.
    I've never been to the British Museum but I've been to Ciaro Museum and I saw the gold mask of King Tutankhamun :) I would quite like to visit the National Portrait gallery
    x

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  7. The Egyptian display is rad! I don't think we have any Egyptian artifacts in my local museum... I'd love to see some up close!

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  8. Love the British Museum! The cupcakes look yummy.
    Absolutely adore those leggings!
    x

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  9. That exhibition is to put it simply, amazing.
    Great pictures.

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  10. Great coat and wonderful pics!

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  11. love your coat!
    p.s, im from guildford :)
    and i love it!
    xo

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  12. I remember going there last year and I loved it! The design of the building was so beautiful and those were my favourite sections too! :D

    Katie. x

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  13. Hun these photos are fab you look like u had a brill time! love your outfit too, i want those leggings :) x

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  14. the british museum looks so amazing. I love your statement coat, so cool!
    http://cgdn.blogspot.com/

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  15. Thanks for posting these pics! I'm in love with the British Museum and studied Ancient History at Uni so can really appreciate them!

    Thanks for being the first to comment on my new blog btw! Hope you enjoyed it, though it's still in it's infancy!

    Charlotte x

    http://charlottescollection.blogspot.com/

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  16. Love the interior pictures especially the roof, might have to go back just for that. It's great you're going to all these musuems!

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  17. ive never been to this museumf, but must go! you seem to be the expert so next time im heading to london i am definitely asking you for some tips, and of course heading to the hb cake shop! xxx p.s. every time i see your hair i get insanely jealous

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  18. great pictures...amazing outfit!it was an all the way post and thanks fro sharing though i would have loved it if u skipped the last part cos i'm on a diet!lol*love the blog!just found u!!i am following!hope to see u on my list as well!kisses from greece!

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  19. We went to it last year, I found it fascinating. Loads to see and as usual I took far too many photos!

    And those cakes! Wow! Next time in London I'm definatley off to try them.

    X x x

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  20. wooow, amazing! and nom cupcakes c: x

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  21. I am a complete history geek and love nothing more then spending a day wandering round a museum. My boyfriend does not share my passion though so i dont get to go very often!
    I love the British Museum.
    Sophie
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  22. I have never been in Hummingbird bakery, but everybody's on about it, so I'm guessing.. it's good? :P haha! But I'm trying to loose weight, so good thing I was never in one!
    The skirt from the previous post looks so darn good at you Hannah!
    Don't worry about being a geek. I now officially have 3 books on fonts. That's right, fonts. I love them!! :)

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  23. so cool! i love museums! (and cupcakes)

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  24. I love it there I love the Egyptian part too x

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  25. what a fun coat! and the scarf... you got some nice shot! am surprised photography is allowed (never been to the british museum) but it always feels like you aren't supposed to photograph those relics etc.

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  26. Beautiful post!
    Come to my blog and if you love it we can follow eachother!
    Anna

    http://theyellowball.blogspot.com/

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