Natural History Museum (Website: www.nhm.ac.uk)
We arrived at the NHM in South Kensington before its 10:00 a.m. opening and there was a very long queue. A sculpture of naturalist Charles Darwin overlooks Hintze Hall which is now closed for redevelopment. The dinosaur known as Dippy who has welcomed visitors to the museum since 1979 is departing on a UK tour next year and will be replaced by the skeleton of a blue whale. The museum’s child-friendly exhibits (especially the animatronic T. Rex in the Dinosaurs hall) make this a popular destination for families. Other highlights include an Apollo moon rock and a skeleton of the extinct Dodo bird in the Treasures Gallery.
We arrived at the NHM in South Kensington before its 10:00 a.m. opening and there was a very long queue. A sculpture of naturalist Charles Darwin overlooks Hintze Hall which is now closed for redevelopment. The dinosaur known as Dippy who has welcomed visitors to the museum since 1979 is departing on a UK tour next year and will be replaced by the skeleton of a blue whale. The museum’s child-friendly exhibits (especially the animatronic T. Rex in the Dinosaurs hall) make this a popular destination for families. Other highlights include an Apollo moon rock and a skeleton of the extinct Dodo bird in the Treasures Gallery.
Natural History Museum, London |
Victoria and Albert Museum (Website: www.vam.ac.uk)
Across the street from the Natural History
Museum is the V&A museum of decorative arts and design. Here I saw such
gems as the Rotunda Chandelier by American glass artist Dale Chihuly and Shah
Jahan’s wine cup made of white nephrite jade. We stopped for a hot lunch in the world's first museum restaurant – the Gamble Room is like no other cafeteria I’ve ever seen.
British Museum (Website: www.britishmuseum.org)
This museum in the Bloomsbury neighbourhood
is open until 8:30 p.m. on Fridays so we were able to extend our sightseeing
day (my poor feet!). The British Museum was the first national museum to open
to the public. Today it displays treasures like Egyptian mummies, the Rosetta
Stone and the controversial Parthenon Sculptures.
In between visits to these fascinating museums
we spent a little time outdoors in Kensington Gardens, which I’ll tell you
about next time.
My Tip for the Day:
Museum cafeteria meals not only save time and
money but are sometimes enjoyed in unique surroundings.
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