Exiting through the gift shop is always a pleasure for me, a well curated shop can complement an exhibition or museum. Recently I have noticed that no self-respecting buyer would consider not stocking a rubber duck. Not your ordinary yellow kind of a duck, but special wittily customised ducks or Cultural Ducks as I like to call them.
These Statue of Liberty Ducks can be found in the shop after the American Dream: Pop to Present at the British Museum. They nestle next to a rather fine selection of American novels and some stars and stripes shoe laces.
The National Army Museum has not one but two ducks on offer. For bathers on manoeuvres there is a camouflaged duck.
Or for more formal ablutions maybe a duck in the dress uniform of a guardsman is more appropriate.
Finally, looking for the perfect present for the retiring MP in your life, then look no further than the shop at the Palace of Westminster. What could make for a finer souvenir than a Big Ben duck?
Have you seen any Cultural Ducks in your travels?
Aparently the Mary Rose exhibition has some fantastic Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII ducks on sale. #mysundayphoto
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Ooh ….. starts to plan jaunt to Portsmouth
hehehe! They really made me smile. They are very different. I love the Statue of Liberty one’s x
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Books and quirky earrings used to be my gallery shop quarry, now it will be ducks!
There could be a whole trend for alternative rubber ducks based on this!
Hahah!! I haven’t really noticed Cultural Ducks before. I’m going to be on the look out and I’ll let you know
I do love the Statue of Liberty Cultural Duck – great photos!
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Looking forward to seeing your finds
Hi Catherine, these ducks are so funny. I don’t think I have ever seen a duck that isn’t your bog standard yellow bath duck.
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A new quest for you Debbie!
I must confess I have never seen cultural ducks on my travels. You have, nonetheless, managed to photograph an incredibly impressive array of them! #MySundayPhoto
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And so much easier to photograph than the feathered variety!
How funny! Are they meant for the bath or just to look at?
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Your choice xx
I love those so much and I now wish I’d got a Scottish one. I’m definitely going to keep an eye out the next time I go anywhere!
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Let me know when you find a Scottish one!
Ha ha, I’m glad you noticed these quieky sucks, they have made me laugh 😊
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Haha these look brilliant, collect a duck everywhere you go
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ha ha they are very cute so I would be tempted x
Those are fabulous, made me smile! Love the Statue of Liberty ones! #mysundayphoto
I haven’t seen any cultural ducks on my travels, but I’m going to look for them now because these are fab 🙂
These made me laugh! What a brilliant theme. I must admit I’ve never noticed any ducks in museum gift shops, but then they are a lot more serious (and dull) in French (museum) gift shops! #mysundayphoto
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We are off to France next week, so I shall keep an eye ou
Who’d have thought you can get so many different types of duck?! Theses are fab x
Love the different variety of ducks available. The Statue of Liberty ones are my favourite 🙂
Well that’s a first for me. Not seen such fancy ducks before. I have a feeling, I’m going to see more of these ducks and their kin on my travels this year. #MMBC
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They do.look set to breed!
Fantastic! Absolutely love the Big Ben ducks!