As a Museum Studies student in England about ten years ago, I did a three week attachment at the British Museum. I went around talking to people who worked in all different areas of that vast place, including the brave souls who worked on the information desk in the entry hall. I asked them about some of the funniest questions they had been asked and there were some real beauties!! My favourite (and the only one I can still remember clearly) was the young guy who was asked by an American tourist couple if he could please tell them the way to the Great Pyramids. He replied (without batting an eyelid): "Of course, sir. Just go up the stairs, turn left, go through Mesopotamia, and you will find the pyramids directly in front of you." Well I thought it was funny! Of course, he might have made it up... Greg McManus Director Gisborne Museum & Arts Centre Te Whare Taonga o Te Tairawhiti PO Box 716 Gisborne NEW ZEALAND