Photos from the Equiano Exhibit at the Birmingham Museum

Stopped at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery today (http://www.bmag.org.uk/) here are some photos that may be relevant to next week's unit.  There is a permanent exhibit on Equiano, it is just one room, but there are some interesting objects including a replica of the suit he bought to celebrate his freedom, a Wedgwood medal, a sugar cone, and an inexplicable statue of a polar bear.

The entrance to the exhibit.

The explanation.

A globe, a writing quill, a polar bear, a photo of the book, and a glass tumbler.

Leg irons, sugar nippers, tobacco, and a cone of sugar.

Replica suit. 

Wedgwood medal, 2007 postcard, conch shell, 1789 advert for the book.

Anti-Slavery Medal.

Postcard from 2007 exhibit.