Phil. items in London, Paris, & Berlin museums?

[Dom]

Originally Posted by VANDOO

TOO TRUE ITS BEEN TOO LONG SINCE I SPENT SOME TIME IN PARIS. I HAVE TRANSITED THRU A FEW TIMES SINCE MY LAST STAY BUT DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO STOP OFF. ITS GOOD TO KNOW THEY HAVE UPDATED AND CONSOLIDATED THOSE MUSEUMS. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE I WOULD HAVE HAD A HARD TIME FINDING THE MUSEUM UNDER ITS OLD NAME.
I HOPE THEY NEVER UPDATE THEIR NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM WITH ALL THE DINOSAURS AND FOSSILS I LIKE THE OLD STYLE MUSEUMS WITH BONES EVERWHERE VERSUS THOSE WITH JUST A FEW LARGE SPECIMINS JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER MUSEUMS HAVE. I PERSONALLY THINK MORE IS BETTER AND THAT VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE AND THAT GOES FOR MUSEUMS TOO.

don't be worry VANDOO, even if this "natural history museum" have been completely refurbished ... BUT
refurbished in a way that it is identical as the former;
- the huge glass-roof has been restored, that gives, a plenty natural day light
- all the collections of dinosaurs and other charming skeletons, are in their former location, indeed fossiles & Co.
type in French as following
- musée d'histoire naturelle Paris
in "http://images.google.com/"
you will not believe your eyes, you will see the same museum you've experienced, but clear and clean
what you need to do now is to come back to Paris, you'll realize for yourself
you'll be pleasantly surprised, I'm sure

all the best

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Dom

[migueldiaz]

it turns out that pitt rivers (museum) in oxford has a very nice online database. here's some pics of phil. stuff that's in there:

[migueldiaz]

some more pics:

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by migueldiaz

some more pics:

Lorenz, as I have nothing to contribute, THANK YOU for showing these images!

Kind Regards,
Maurice

[Dom]

our friend Lorenz Lasco "migueldiaz", in full action, at the Ethnographic Museum in Paris
two pictures, front to the show window on the Philippines (the two first)
no tricks ... I was a witness

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Dom

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by Maurice

Lorenz, as I have nothing to contribute, THANK YOU for showing these images!

Maurice, thanks too!

Originally Posted by Dom

our friend Lorenz Lasco "migueldiaz", in full action, at the Ethnographic Museum in Paris
two pictures, front to the show window on the Philippines (the two first)
no tricks ... I was a witness

Dom, mon ami extraordinaire! haha, thanks for those pics. And thanks for 'Part 2' which is a briefing about Arab weapons in your most beautiful house, including access to your nice library... and not to mention feasting on the best food and wine in Paris Indeed a man couldn't ask for more!

To all -- I'll post pics later (plus links to hundreds of pics) I took at Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford (a billion thanks, too, for the most kind gentleman who arranged the access, and he knows who he is), plus the pics in British Museum (mostly Indonesian), the Wallace Collection in London (mostly Arab and Indian, on top of the usual European arms), plus some South/Southeast Asia items in the Victoria & Albert Museum (London), and a lantaka I found in Windsor Castle (which has a documentation on when and where it was captured).

Thanks again to all.

[Rick]

This is one of the reasons I love this forum .
I'm so glad to see connections like this made between fellow members .