Bahrain National Museum

This afternoon I spent a pleasant few hours at the National Museum of Bahrain. The special exhibition was of Masks. The masks were from South America and Mexico, the Far East, including Guinea, Korea, China and Japan. Several were from different parts of Africa, and a few from Canada and Alaska. It is amazing to see the differences and similarities. Most were made from wood, but some from basketry and feathers.

Since they did not allow photo taking in the exhibit, they constructed huge blocks in the lobby area, which were covered with posters of the masks. Here is a taste of what I saw.


Below you can see the set up in the lobby. the blocks are not touching each other. They had marked "Viewing Point" on the floor where you had a good vantage to see the blocks in line to make a complete picture.