Work? What?

So in the midst of all the fun and excitement, I've finished the taught part of my degree!!!  I turned in my last assignment and started reading for my dissertation.  I've wrapped up the exhibition, we took it down yesterday and I finished up the educational programming, too - a kitchen chemistry family day and a lecture series - whew!

Despite all my issues with the course (and there have been MANY), I think it has been worthwhile over all.  We finished up the semester with a trip to a stately house near Edinburgh. In addition to the lovely lawn sculpture that you see below, we had a tour, a few lectures and really excellent cake.

 

For the last class, we were assigned group presentations on a particular theme of what might be the most important function of a museum.  I think our instructors expected a serious debate... but it was an ungraded assignment on the last day of class.  My group won debate and the chocolate prize with our argument of why museums are a "secular cathedral of inspiration."  How anyone was meant to take that seriously, I will never know - we wore pope hats, did a mime routine and even worked in Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition.  

It was a proud day.