Leiden Day Trip (9 Feb 08, Sat) (Part 7)

Continuing the tour of Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde (National Museum of Ethnology)...

Love some of the B&W photos in the exhibits

Deers

Sleigh

Kids

Near the Grand Canyon?

Religious figurines

Colourful photo

Child prodigy

More religious figurines

Chinese strokes

Artwork from Indonesia

Ancient armour i think

Reindeer rides

Tattered clothes

Map of Indonesia

Some wooden sculptures

Polar bear

Mode of transport

People photos in closer view

Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (view from train station)

And take a photo with the train station name before leaving

End of Leiden Day Trip

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Leiden Day Trip (9 Feb 08, Sat) (Part 6)

We walked over to another National Museum which is Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde (National Museum of Ethnology).

Finally out in the sun after being inside the museum for 2.5 hrs

Experimenting a sepia shot

Leiden is a nice town

Street

Small canal beside Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde

Tree

Posters outside National Museum of Ethnology

The entrance of Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde

Using our museumkaart, it is free entry and we had only half an hour to view the national museum before it closes. I was brisk walking from sections to sections to cover all the sections and take several pictures. So pardon my lack of understanding of some of the stuff that i took.

Nepalese?

The museum is rather dimly lit

In Middle East?

Cloth from Africa i suppose

Model houses

Ancient figures

Cultural items from Indonesia i suppose

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Leiden Day Trip (9 Feb 08, Sat) (Part 5)

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities) (Part 2)

Mummy and mummy cases

Intricate carvings

The section proceeded to Western culture and antiques next.

Human figures

More bones

Ancient houses

Upper body sculptures

Headless

Tablets

Model houses

Nice carvings

Ancient mosaic art

On the left is Hercules (forgot the other two)

Evil caricatures

and many others

Miniature figurines

Head

Jewellery

Fanciful container

Greek men

Jewellery display

Closer view

The spiral staircase in the museum

The last section

Nice photos

We were thoroughly exhausted after viewing the massive number of exhibits and antiques in the museum. We were mentally drained but we proceeded to go to another museum as the closing time of the museums is 5 pm and we still got some time.

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