Museum of Printed Textiles, Mulhouse, 5/02/2012:

The textile museum in Mulhouse has also collected samples of all patterns developed in Mulhouse over the years. Small fabric swatches are arranged in books, by year and design. 

The second photograph shows the multiple wooden stamps responsible for the colors and detail of a single textile design. The wood was labeled by the number of the design (738, in this case) and by the order the stamps should be placed (A, B, C, …). Sometimes patterns would have over 10 stamps that would have to be placed exactly upon one another to create the overall image.

Dublin Museum of Archaeology, 19/01/2012:

Our second day in Dublin, my parents and I explored the local museums. Dublin is home to many national museums of Ireland, including the archaeology museum. We ended up at the archaeology museum by mistake (we were aiming for the National Gallery) but enjoyed the exhibits nonetheless.

As always, I was equally as impressed by the building as the collection. I enjoyed reading about the beginning history of Ireland, and was particularly interested in the discovery of a bible from the 8th century in a bog. I have no pictures of that exhibit, since the book was (understandably) light sensitive, but I uploaded a few other pictures from the museum.

Image descriptions:

  1. The domed ceiling in the entryway of the museum.
  2. An rustic doorway.
  3. An ancient carved head (of semi-unknown meaning).
  4. A medieval crucifix waiting to hold a remnant of the True Cross.