a museum

In continuation to the previous post, I visited a museum today called 19 Princelet Street. You walk through the Spitalfields area, down Brick Lane past the zillion deliciously inviting Bangladeshi and Indian restaurants and shops, turn onto a tiny lane called Princelet Street and there you are. It's a museum celebrating diversity and they are only open to the public for certain periods of time as they try to raise money for operating expenses. I know some of you are travelling here, and it's an interesting spot (and has a room -- though now closed -- upon which the book "Rudinsky's Room" was based) that tells the stories of the various immigrant populations who have lived and worked in the house and the surrounding areas for the last 380+ years. The next public dates are to be June 19-27, 12pm-7pm, free admission with donations encouraged. They partnered with local school children, artists, poets, historians to develop some of the simple exhibits -- and believe you me, I've some great ideas for my own classroom (if I ever get a job, that is). The website is 19princeletstreet.org.uk. Check it out! :)