Babel School in Taiwan

Dopiero w tym roku zaczęłam zauważać ile ciekawych muzeów jest dookoła Nagano. Przyjeżdżamy tu co zimę od 5 lat i jakoś nigdy nie było czasu (ani okazji) by bliżej poznać okolicę. W tym roku mam łatwiejszy dostęp do samochodu, a co za tym idzie większą swobodę poruszania. Muzeów w okolicach Matsumoto, Azumino i Nagano jest mnóstwo. Są to przeważnie małe, prywatne wystawy, i galerie tematyczne. Chętnie zwiedziłabym je wszystkie, ale ... niestety bariera językowa trochę utrudnia zrozumienie niektórych wystaw.

One of the best places in Taipei to take kids to is the National Science Education Center in Shilin District. The impressive modern building holds on 10 floors many exhibits for kids of all ages.

Few weeks ago we went to visit a very interesting exhibition from the Natural History Museum in London. The exhibit ran from July 4th until September 19th, 2018. So if you missed it, you will have to fly to London to see it.

I've lived in Warsaw most of my life and never before have I visited The Museum of Warsaw (or the old Historical Museum of Warsaw), until today.

Last week Zosia and I went to see a wonderful photo exhibition of one of the greatest photographers, Steve McCurry. Maybe you don't know his name, but most likely you have seen his photos in National Geographic or other magazines.

Every now and then an interesting exhibition comes to town. This time it's the Egyptian Mummies From the British Museum - Exploring Ancient Lives. The exhibition has been on since the middle of November and is closing soon, Feb.18. Last Friday I finally took the kids to see the exhibit. The downside of exhibitions from abroad is that they are very crowded, it's hard to believe that so many people would be interested in the ancient Egypt. It was quite obvious that most of the people were learning about mummies for the first time, it was taking them for ever to read all the information on the walls. The whole exhibit is divided into six parts, each one showcasing a different individual who lived in ancient Egypt from about 900 BC to about AD 180. First we saw Nestwedjat, a wealthy married woman from Thebes. Next was Tamut, a Chantress of Amun and a daughter of a priest of the god Amun, king of  gods. Third was Irthorru, a priest from Akhmim who was serving several g...

A new exhibition has just started at the National Museum of History in Taipei - Then and Now: Modern and Contemporary Photography in Taiwan . Photography is something that most members of our family are interested in so when I've found out about the exhibit we had to visit it. The exhibit is not large, but very interesting. It's divided into three parts:  - Images of the South: Taiwanese Photography during the Japanese Rule - Are Images Real? Photographic Works as Social Dialogue - Remembering Southern Taipei: Changes of Architecture and Landscape   The history of photography in Taiwan starts in 19th century when it was the means for foreigners to document the life in Taiwan. Later, under the Japanese rule, first photo studios were opened, journalists and official photographers started taking photos of the everyday life and the development of Taiwan. After 1945 the theme of photography was the social change happening in Taiwan under the new gove...

This week history lesson took place in Shisanhang Museum of Archeology 十三行博物館 in Bali District of New Taipei City. I am not going to write much about the museum in English as all of the information can be found on  museum's website . I am going to switch to Polish for my Polish readers as there is absolutely no information about Taiwanese museums in my mother tongue. W tym tygodniu lekcję historii Tajwanu przeprowadziłam w muzeum archeologicznym, które znajduje się w Bali 巴里, w New Taipei City 新北市. Na Tajwanie jest sporo stanowisk archeologicznych. Są one porozrzucane po całej wyspie, od północy do południa. W latach 60-tych ubiegłego stulecia rozpoczęto prace archeologiczne na północy Tajwanu, w pobliżu Taipei. Odkryto tam artefakty sprzed ok. 1800 lat. Droga do zachowania stanowiska archeologicznego nr 13 w Bali nie była łatwa. W latach 80-tych na jego miejscu miała zostać wybudowana oczyszczalnia ścieków. Na szczęście dzięki licznym protestom archeologów i lu...