博物隨身 - 書刊篇 (英國)

在旅行中，花得最多錢不外是食住行，但我最花錢是在博物館消費，特別是musuem guide或者是特別展覽的場刊，不過令我最頭痛的，大背囊中一半是衣服，另一半就是這些印刷品。一般價錢大約£3-6，但專題展覽的場刊，要£10-20。

 British Museum guide Chinese version,(07/2001), £6 - 是我做暑期工時老闆送給我的，那時身邊的人已經知道我很喜歡博物館 
 Museum of Scotland (08/2004), £2.5 
Mummy: the inside story at the British Museum (09/2004), exclusive exhibition catalogue £5.99
 Map: Colour plans & visitor information, The British Museum (09/2004), £2
The Mary Rose: Museum & Ship Hall, Portsmouth Historic Dockyards (12/2005), £4
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (02/2005), £3.95
 Livre D'Aneavx, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (02/2005) £5.95
Tate Modern Guide, Tate Modern (2004 & 05，竟然買了兩本!), £2.99
 Salisbury Museum (08/2005), £2.95
 the guide 2005/6, Eden Project, Cornwall (09/2005), £4The Building of Bath, Bath (09/2005)
 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery (09/2005)
 Official Souvenir Guide, The Beatles Story, Liverpool (09/2005)
 The Macclesfield Psalter, The Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge (09/2005) £2.99
Jorvik: The Viking City, Jorvik Centre, York (09/2005)
an illustrated guide, York Castle Museum (09/2005), £4
 Time Team's Timechester: a companion to archaeology from Jorvik Centre (09/2005), £12 - 這不是第一次了，在書架隨意拿起一本書，隨意翻開幾頁，竟然找到作者的親筆簽名！快快快去付款走人。
 Museum Highlights: A visual & audio souvenir, Museum of London (09/2005), £4.95
 Museum guide, London's Transport Museum (09/2005), £5
Imperial War Museum London (11/2006), £3.95
 Guide book, Victoria & Albert Museum (03/2005) £3.95

 Guide book, Victoria & Albert Museum (06/2008) £5 (短短三年加了£1.05)  Babylon: Myth & Reality, Special exhibition at the British Museum (06/2009), exclusive exhibition catalogue £25

成功的博物館就是有人力物力為人民服務，也增加收入的機會，像大英博物館這些博物館龍頭老大，會為一個特別展覽出版不同產品，顧及不少消費者的需要，有£25一本catalogue，也有£9.99的袋裝小書，有時展覽完了，還推出特價優惠，£20三本 - Raphael, Babylon: City of Wonders, Shah 'Abbas & the Treasures of Imperial Iran，原價£9.99一本
From Pirate to Peacemaker, Royal Navy Submarine Museum (03/2009) £4.99