London - Sunday & the British Museum

Sunday began slowly...mostly with the girls and myself still adjusting to the time difference. Once fully awake and ready, we set off for a bit of exploring.

The mosaic tiles at the tube stop were a welcome sight

as was this bit of graffiti.

As we made our way to the British Museum, the architecture of London began to catch my eye.

I remember the surprising splashes of color from previous visits

and began to think of London as a Roy G Biv sort of city.

Ellie and Grace couldn't resist the red phone booths.

Like all great museums, the architecture of the British Museum makes it a work of art all on its own.

We visited several of the galleries and saw priceless treasures - the Rosetta Stone, one of the Easter Island stones - yet it was Bern O'Donoghue's Dead Reckoning installation as part of Refugee Week at the museum that I remember most.

Bern O'Donoghue's Dead Reckoning at British Museum, detail

 

Dead Reckoning is an ongoing project bearing witness to the thousands of migrants and refugees who have died, and continue to die, attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of sanctuary and a better life.   Each tiny, hand-marbled paper boat is marked with a relationship to another person, a fragile reminder of the individuals caught up in the biggest humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II. *

Bern O'Donoghue's Dead Reckoning at British Museum, detail

Bern O'Donoghue's Dead Reckoning at British Museum, detail

Bern O'Donoghue's Dead Reckoning at British Museum, detail

Bern O'Donoghue's Dead Reckoning at British Museum, detail

* from Bern O'Donoghue's web site
photo credit for all photos in this post - Jennifer Coyne Qudeen