Museum of London #TakePart2012

The Museum of London is a small place that showcases some of the history of London. It wasn't too interesting to me but if you have time, check it out, as admission is free. There was a small exhibition of the history of the Olympic Games in London with some items from the Olympics that were cool to see!

Wall just outside the museum, made up of various pictures. Very cool!

Swords and skulls.

Gold coins!

A phoenix

Previous London Olympic artifacts!

Here's a quick clip of some of the exhibits!

St. Paul's Cathedral #TakePart2012

Science Museum #TakePart2012

Continuing on with my museum visits, I popped into the Science Museum, which was in the same cluster of museums at South Kensington. Similar to Science World in Vancouver, there were lots of interactive exhibits at the Science Museum. Though there were several floors, the most interesting exhibits were located on the first 2 floors. My favorite exhibit was on the second floor - all about humans and what they are created of, genotypes and phenotypes. Super science nerd, right here!

If you go down to the basement suite, Google has put together an interested hands-on exhibit where you can create music with people from around the world who login online. It's pretty cool. You can even save what you made that day and take it home with you, with personalized badges.

Moon rock

Ariel Satellite

Obese mouse. The gene for detecting when you are full was turned off. So cute though!

The basement of the Science Museum is a hand-on exhibit where you can make music with people from around the world.

You can also get your face drawn in sand by a robot! Does this even look like me? :P

Take a look at this video I shot of the robot drawing in the sand!

Victoria and Albert Museum #TakePart2012

One of the museums that everyone who lives in London raves about is the Victoria and Albert Museum. While not quite as exciting as The National History museum (to me anyway!), there were many interesting sculptures and artifacts found at the V&A museum that makes it worthwhile to visit. There is quite the eclectic mix of things to see, from ballgowns to sculptures to snuff boxes. The museum is a bit of a maze, with six floors of exhibits, so make sure you have ample time to wander through. I was pressed for time so sped through as many exhibits as I could, though I wasn't able to see everything. The jewelry exhibit was one of my favorites.

Sign outside the tunnel entrance.

This sculpture is hanging in the ceiling at the main entrance.

Neptune and Triton

Spiral of gemstones!

Variety of crosses.

Iron work.

Ballgowns.

Stained glass

The National History Museum #TakePart2012

Museums are aplenty in London, and many of them have free admission. The first one on my list to check out was The National History Museum. It's a ginormous building, with several floors of galleries. There were many things to see and learn, including dinosaurs, human history, mammals, and more. I wish I had more time to see all the exhibits because I think I can stay there all day. If you're in London, I really suggest visiting The National History Museum because it's amazing!

The side entrance of the museum will bring you to this. Amazing shot!

Triceratops skeleton.

A model of a blue whale. It's amazing to see the size of it!

Different stages of rocks.

Volcanoes.

Gemstones.

Diamond cuts.

Giant ammonite.

Hummingbirds

Giant ground sloth.

One of the paid exhibits (9 pounds) - animals inside-out.

This dinosaur skeleton greets you when you enter through the front entrance.