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Thread #132071   Message #2984655
Posted By: Anne Lister
11-Sep-10 - 02:44 PM
Thread Name: American Museum in Britain
Subject: RE: American Museum in Britain
Our only involvement with the museum is that Steve was booked a few years back to play Benjamin Franklin (to whom he bears an uncanny resemblance) for Franklin's birthday. Spent the day making and flying kites and then helping to cut up an enormous birthday cake for the large numbers of people who came and joined in. Must admit that the music (or lack of it) was hardly a consideration.

In fairness, if you go to St Fagans here in Cardiff or the Victoria and Albert in London you're not going to find out a lot about music either. In fact, I can't think of a museum I've visited anywhere that DOES mention it. Classical music is sometimes playing in the background in some museums (notably the Museum of London)and the V&A does, of course, have a fine collection of instruments but traditional music? Not usually.