"Maya - Secret of their Ancient World" - exhibition at the ROM

Preview of exhibition, uniquely for members of the Museum (they are doing well: lots of members!...)http://www.rom.on.ca/maya

Covers the Classic Period of the Maya civilisation (the first 8 or 10 centuries AD - or CE for Common Era, in the more politically correct (non denominational) way of the Museum...)

Focus on Palenque, the city, the temple, the palace, arts and science in general, followed by the inevitable gift shop - picked up a small guide to the exhibition - just what we need as we are getting ready to move again! But how could you not get something by which we will be reminded of our visit...besides, it is a rather interesting "plaquette"...

Very didactorial, these exhibitions... Museums are good at making culture and history more accessible and palatable to larger segments of the population - they may be decried by some as "pandering to the masses", but that is precisely what they are for. Anyway, I find them excellent for the busy and "diversely-interested" persons that we are...

All of that reminded me of my visit to some of the Maya sites near Cancun - Chichen Itza and Ek Balam 3 years ago (see blog dated Nov 2008)

Toronto, November 18, 2011