A Day at the Museum

One day last week I was invited to visit Katie at the Manchester Museum where she works. She explained to me that she had graduated with honors from a 2-week course offered at the museum for people with disabilities. She now works in the area of the museum where children can take a break and sit at a table. Katie assists her visitors with opportunities for "hands-on" experiences with artifacts. However for my visit, she explained, "I would like to take you around, not for the work that I usually do. I would like to take you on a tour of the museum, and I really hope you enjoy it."

Katie took me to the Lindow Man exhibit which we both found fascinating. It featured human remains dated back to the 1st Century AD, which had been naturally carbon preserved in a peat bog for nearly 2000 years. Archaeologists and Forensic Scientists have pieced together how Lindow Man lived and died.

Katie enthusiastically led my personal tour through the permanent collections of the museum which specializes in Egyptology and zoology. We concluded our tour in the pre-historic section which features one of the most complete skeletons of a T Rex dinosaur. Throughout the tour, I was feeling the joy of a rare experience. I can't tell you how special it was to have my new friend in the UK who works in a museum giving me a personal tour. It was such a privilege.