Sunday 5 December 2010

Several years ago I discovered the Insect Circus Museum. They'd arrived and set up shop in Clissold Park one summer and I spent a very happy couple of hours learning all about the grand history of insect circuses. Inside the Tardis-like mobile museum were costumes (including the outfits worn by the famous performing ants), posters, dioramas and mechanical models from the famous Piper family insect circus, 'featuring such perennial favourites as dancing snails, trained butterflies, wasp tamers and balancing bugs'. I really recommend a visit to the travelling museum page on their website.

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