The Heritage Clothes exhibition is located in Gallery 5 of the museum. _Q11 People who live in the area have spent two years preparing this exhibition, which brings together some of the fascinating garments traditionally worn in _Q12 their own communities. They research the history of their communities clothing traditions and the customs and rituals associated with them. Altogether 16 countries are represented from Ghana to Korea from Turkey to Nepal. The photographs that accompany each display case were taken by some of the city college students who are studying design, and show the clothes being modeled by the real people who wear them in the course of their everyday lives.

Another highlight this season is the exhibition called Toys from the Past which can be found in gallery 9. This exhibition which will appeal to people of all ages is on tour throughout the country and will be here _Q13 for 10 weeks only. The exhibits include dolls made over a hundred years ago with beautiful porcelain faces and in some cases real hair. The Collection covers the favorite toys such as wooden train sets from many different generations and provides plenty of interest for children and adults. The gigantic _Q14 board games which are laid out on the gallery floor are one of the most popular activities in the exhibition and should not be missed this exhibition concludes with a special display of miniature toys. These small objects are on loan from countries all over the world and in some cases measure no more than a few centimeters. There’s a tiny car made from matchsticks a toy airplane complete with pilot and passengers made out of seashells and some Exquisite little buildings no higher than four centimeters.

The final Gallery highlight of the season is the biscuit Gallery at number 15. Many years ago this city was famous for its biscuits although today the factory no longer exists. Did you know for example that before biscuits were packed in paper or cardboard boxes biscuit tins were fashion items. The factory made _Q16 tins round, Square, triangular, and hexagonal, for a whole range of different occasions to celebrate National events festivals famous faces, and so on. One fascinating display deals with people’s favorite biscuits there are sweet biscuits and savory ones biscuits filled with jam and biscuits filled with currants biscuits with pink, yellow, and white sugar icing or colored sugar flowers. When the factory finally closed it announced that people’s favorite biscuit was not as you might expect a chocolate biscuit or one filled with jam and cream _Q17 but a plain Savory one which was eaten with cheese.

When you get to the end of the exhibition there’s an entertaining Hands-On activity to _Q18 fill your own biscuit tin. All the biscuits ever produced by the company are piled up on a table along with various tins. The biscuits are made out of thin pieces of wood but the weight colors and shapes replicate the original biscuits. Your job is to fill it in with biscuits so that when the lid is taken off they sit there as neatly as they did when the job was done by machine, it’s not as easy as it looks if you would like to buy a Memento of your visit there is a museum gift shop selling postcards, souvenirs, and handmade Pottery next to the _Q19 information desk on the ground floor. And finally, if you don’t want to carry your coats and bags around with you during your visit please make use of the free _Q20 lockers provided by the museum. Enjoy your visit.