THE HERBERT

Okay so another perk of the new job was to go on the staff away day to The Herbert Museum and Art Gallery in Coventry on Wednesday.

It was an action packed day with talks from the curatorial team, a tour of the galleries, lunch outside the cathedral (its so nice that its warm enough to picnic again!!!) tours of the museum stores, very impressive roller racking systems down there and tres expensive environmental controlling!! then the rest of the afternoon was spent exploring the galleries in our own time.

I particularly enjoyed experiencing La  Bouche  Du  Roi:  An  Artwork  By  Romuald  Hazoume.

According to the British museum ' The artwork comprises 304 plastic petrol can 'masks' arranged in the shape of a slave ship. Each mask represents a living person with a name, a voice and beliefs'. 

It was the audio that really struck me, the sound of singing and wailing made the exhibition feel that extra human.