On this past Sunday I met with a friend for lunch and a trip to the museum following. Recently I purchased a membership to the Royal BC Museum and took advantage of this purchase to see this wonderful exhibit ~ at least part of it. The Maya: The Great Jaguar Rises exhibit opened May 17, 2019 and will continue through December 31, 2019. Visitors to the exhibit included families, a wide range of ages, little ones in strollers (mostly asleep) and individuals of all levels of ability in wheelchairs. So, for me it was a bit crowded, but then it was a lovely summer Sunday in early tourist season days.
I was most intrigued by agricultural practices we
I also took a lot of time to read all the posted information, watch a video of what Mayan life would look like and take my time viewing the various exhibits. The Royal BC Museum allows pictures to be taken and certain replicated artifacts touched. The children are treated to some participatory activities. One game is a series of rotating blocks that show the progress of cocoa leaves into a cocoa beverage. Eavesdropping on a discussion between siblings is quite enlightening! So another trip is in the offing. What I’ve included in this post is a very tiny drop in the bucket of the history of the ancient Maya civilization.
**From the Royal BC Museum website: “This exhibition coincides with UNESCO’s year of Indigenous Languages and highlights the 30 Maya languages that are still spoken today by almost half the population of Guatemala.”
“Don’t go to a museum with a destination.
Museums are wormholes to other worlds.”
~ Jerry Saltz, Art Critic
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