Everyone knows the top museums and
galleries in London. One’s love for the arts and history will take one to the
British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate London and so on. However,
there is more than meets the eye. Discover the depths of the unusual with the
list of these museums:
1. Design Museum: If you love fashion,
design or architecture, this place is for you! It’s not just a place where you
walk around and smile at how lovely a sculpture is and then move on, this
museum takes you beyond that. With talks, events and workshops prepared it’s
bound to have an impact on how we view design. The actual designers come in for
talks, so you get first hand analysis about what’s happening in design today.
Events are a good chance to network with other people with the same interests,
you could also do the same at workshops. The workshops will allow you to get
physical and have a hands on experience making your own designs.
2. Silent disco: The silent disco is located in the Science Museum. We
typically think of noisy museums full of children on school trips looking at
sculptures and images that they once learned about in their science lessons.
Why not try something different, at the Silent disco. It’s a fun way to cut
some shapes and look as crazy as everyone else. The museum has put up a
disclaimer which I think you should be aware of: “Disclaimer: The Science
Museum does not accept responsibility for the quality of some of the moves you
will see this evening”
3. Museum of London: As we know London is
one of the most iconic cities ever! Wouldn’t it be great to take a look at the
events that took place in order to make London the city that it is today?
Taking us back in time from Roman London up till now. This museum has
exhibitions such as Sherlock Holmes and A Bear called Paddington as well as a
permanent gallery which you can always visit, over and over again. Most
importantly. This is all free! Apart from the food and drink of course, there
are Cafes and the London Wall Bar and Kitchen, where you can feed your appetite
and socialise.
4. London Transport Museum: It’s a museum
you can actually board! That sounds like a lot of fun. It will take you through
a timeline of the different modes of transport used in London ones that have
long gone and have failed the test of time and those that we’re still familiar
with today. This can be a fun day out for the kids near Park Grand Lancaster Gate , there’s even a special play
area for the under fives.
5. Hunterian Museum: Wandering among this
collection of thousands of medical specimens and cases of surgical instruments
is fascinating. Much of it was amassed by eighteenth-century surgeon, anatomist
and dentist John Hunter, although it has since been added to. It’s not
gruesome, though. The museum is located within the dignified HQ of the Royal
College of Surgeons of England. The space is super-stylish, with the clearly
labelled glass specimen jars displayed neatly along clean glass shelves.
6. London Canal Museum: The London Canal
Museum is housed in a former nineteenth-century ice warehouse used by Carlo
Gatti for his famous ice cream, and it includes an exhibit on the history of
the ice trade and ice cream. This is the most interesting part of the
exhibition as the collection looking at the history of the waterways and those
who lived and worked on them is rather sparse.
7. Anaesthesia Heritage Centre: This is a
unique one in comparison to the rest. The centre was founded by Charles King
with the help of other contributors. The museum presents the history of
anaesthesia and the progress it’s made until today “…from Morton’s
demonstration of ether inhalation in 1846 to modern anaesthetic machines and
appliances still in use today”. There are Exhibitions such a ‘Meet the Mary
Nightingale Museum Curator’ starting on December 15th. If you’re in the medical
field or have always been curious about medicine, the centre is a great place
to explore. Also have the place to explore in hotels near lancaster gate tube station .
8. London Fire Brigade Museum: It was the
Great Fire of 1666 that defined the Capital as we see it today. With assorted
fire-fighting paraphernalia, the most interesting element of thos museum is
seeing how the equipment has advanced over the centuries. If you are planning
to visit, remember to call them up first as they only open up if you book in
advance. Also, you might want to leave the kids at home for this one – the tour
lasts roughly two hours.
9. Wimbledom Sewing Machine Company: Dedicated to Thomas Albert Rushton, founder
of the Wimbledom Sewing Machine Company, this museum contains a collection of
antique sewing machines, including 600 domestic and industrial sewing machines,
dating from the 1850s to the 1950s. A replica of the first Wimbledon Sewing
Machine Shop, originally built in Merton Road can also be visited within the
museum. Best exhibit A unique sewing machine, given as a wedding present to
Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter, Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa.
10. Royal College of Music Museum: It’s
packed filled with knowledge and the history of music. That aside you can
actually listen to outstanding music. They’ll be a Philharmonic orchestral
concert on December 12th Amaryllis Hall where they’ll be playing Schubert’s
Unfinished Symphony. This one may not be free like many museums but to hear
them play for £8-10, is a bargain!
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