Natural History Museum
| Place | Natural History Museum, London |
| Size | 36 x 16mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Button |
I miss the dinosaur from my childhood of course, but the whale skeleton was impressive.
Tag Archive: museum
Kingfisher
| Event | Birds, Brilliant & Bizarre, Natural History Museum, London |
| Size | 30 x 33mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Button |
A second badge from the bird exhibition. It was from a set of three but I gave the third to the birthday girl.
Puffin
| Event | Birds, Brilliant & Bizarre, Natural History Museum, London |
| Size | 30 x 32mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Button |
We went to see this exhibition at the Natural History Museum for a birthday treat (not mine). I had a soft spot for the puffin badge of course.
Rijksmuseum
| Place | Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
| Size | 15 x 26mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Button |
They had several badges each one based on something on display at the museum. This one is based on The Night Watch.
Knossos
| Event | Labyrinth Exhibition, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
| Size | 25mm |
| Date | 2023 |
| Fastening | D Pin |
A badge design based on an old coin from this fascinating exhibition about Knossos. It was interesting to see the results of the recent archaeology along with some of the things I remember about visiting there when I was a child.
Imsety Canopic Jar
| Place | The British Museum, London |
| Size | 32mm |
| Date | 2023 |
| Fastening | Button |
Imsety is one of the four sons of Horus, represented as a human.
Qebehsenuef Canopic Jar
| Place | The British Museum, London |
| Size | 32mm |
| Date | 2023 |
| Fastening | Button |
Qebehsenuef is one of the four sons of Horus, represented as a falcon.
Duamutef Canopic Jar
| Place | The British Museum, London |
| Size | 32mm |
| Date | 2023 |
| Fastening | Button |
Another of the sons of Horus, Duamutef is represented as a jackal.
Hapy Canopic Jar
| Place | The British Museum, London |
| Size | 32mm |
| Date | 2023 |
| Fastening | Button |
Not a misspelling; Hapy is one of the four sons of Horus, represented as a baboon.
The Rosetta Stone
| Place | The British Museum, London |
| Size | 20 x 25mm |
| Date | 2023 |
| Fastening | Button |
We went to see the Rosetta Stone. Which is a wonderful artefact, but on no account ever buy a jigsaw of it.
Thame Museum
| Place | Thame Museum |
| Size | 38mm |
| Date | 2022 |
| Fastening | ‘G’ clip |
A lovely little museum. The badge clip is sadly a plastic tab, so not really practical to wear.
Natural History Museum
| Place | Natural History Museum, London |
| Size | 27 x 14mm |
| Date | 2021 |
| Fastening | Button |
Father Christmas brought me the latest badge from this museum.
Badges: 90