Weekend Activities
The weekend before last, we went to the Science Gallery but couldn’t face the queues. As I had never seen the Book of Kells, we trotted off to have a look. On the way in Michael looked around and said, “I’m going to be really bored, amn’t I?” He was correct. I did see the Book of Kells but only for a moment. I thought that the Long Room was absolutely beautiful but, the children were underwhelmed. Even when I pointed out that it was the model for the Jedi archives.
We took ourselves to the college bar and the children had the most fun of the day playing on a sculpture which I trust, given that it is adjacent to the bar, is robust.
We also had ice cream. Note how the toasty children frolic in the warm May sunshine.
May 15th, 2012 at 08:33
I work in Trinity and I’m a medievalist, so I like the Book of Kells exhibition very much (and it was very cunning of them to start charging for it – it helps fill in all sorts of budget gaps) but I would recommend that anyone who actually wants to see the Book should go on a weekday in January. The queues are ridiculous.
The current Science Gallery exhibition is mostly participatory experiments, I think (I haven’t been in yet), so also possibly not that child-friendly. But I love the Science Gallery too. I might go at lunchtime and report back.
May 16th, 2012 at 08:43
I can report that I’ve been to the current Science Gallery exhibition. It is just the downstairs area and it consists of a group of experiments you can participate in. I did one that involved writing down words played to me through a headset while holding a coffee stirrer between my teeth. It was quite fun but I’m not sure what a child would make of it. Apparently the next exhibition is going to be much more large-scale – it is being advertised as the ‘flagship exhibition’ for the year – it will be called Hack the City and will open on 22nd June and run until 7th September.
May 16th, 2012 at 20:44
Dot, that is a lot of hard work in the interest of science – sorry couldn’t help it, the weak pun always calls to me. Thanks for the review, might hold out for the “flagship exhibition” for my next trip.