Museum Diary

How has everyone’s week been? I’ve spent a large portion of my week sitting on the bed, holding #MuseumBaby’s feverish little hand. He seems to have been ill on and off since December. Can’t wait for warmer weather! Anyhow, I’ve had a lot of time to browse the internet, while not being able to do much else, and gathered together some interesting links for another round of ‘Something for the Weekend’! The opening date for the National Museum of Scotland’s 10 new galleries has finally […]

My blogger friend Anne, of Anne’s Kitchen fame, is not only an accomplished cook and food blogger, but also a published author – she’s just won the Luxembourg Book Prize for best non-fiction book –  and has her own TV show in her native Luxembourg. Museum fans may enjoy the most recent episode of her current show, which aired last night and features none other than the Currywurst Museum in Berlin! And if that isn’t enough for museum fans, it features the DDR Museum too. You can watch […]

So, how is everyone? Are you enjoying the summer? The weather in Berlin has been a little bit too hot for our Scottish sensibilities, but thankfully things are starting to cool down a little. We’ve been busy preparing for a visit from my parents next week, but I found the time to gather together a few fun museum related links for you to check out over the weekend: Tate Colour Quiz   Think you know your colours? Inspired by their exhibition on Matisse’s colourful cut-outs, […]

When I’m online, I often come across lots of interesting sites and links that never make it in to a blog post. I often share them via my social media networks, i.e Twitter and Facebook, but I thought every once in a while – when time permits – I’d collate a few here on Museum Diary for you to browse through. Here are a few things I’ve been discovering or revisiting this past week. Lots of museums have fun online games on their websites. This […]