Showing posts with label Museums in London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Museums in London. Show all posts

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Science Museum, London !


The Science Museum as an institution was founded about a century and a half have been. It has its origins in the Universal Exhibition of 1851, in Hyde Park in the huge glass building known as the Crystal Palace instead. The popularity of the exhibition will be guaranteed a large financial surplus, which hit the patronage over Prince Albert used a number of educational institutions in the country should be found nearby. The first of these was the South Kensington Museum, opened in 1857 on a plot of land is now part of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

The British Museum

The British Museum is a must for all visitors to London England. Treasures from around the world can be found in the largest and most popular British Museum. To top it off, admission to the British Museum is free.

The museum is divided into the following topics:

1. Africa
2. North and South America
3. Ancient Near East
4. Asia
5. UK and Europe
6. Enlightenment Gallery
7. Egypt
8. Greece and Rome
9. The Life and Death
10. Japan
11. Money
12. Temporary exhibitions

Due to the enormous size of the museums, visitors should prioritize what they want to see. A "must see " is the Rosetta stone - a key piece in the recorded history of mankind.

British Museum, London, England

The British Museum is located in the Bloomsbury district of London, London WC1.

For more information, please visit www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk.

London Science Museum, UK

The Science Museum is huge, over five floors, so do not expect to see everything in one day! Each floor provides a different aspect of the art and science with interactive displays and information.

The ground floor looks vehicles and space exploration. The first floor is dedicated to food, gas, metals and structural communication. On the second floor you can learn about nuclear power, pressure, and computing. The third floor looks Photography and optics with power and the upper two floors are focused on the science of medicine.

Admission to the museum is free, but there are additional charges if you go to the IMAX theater or do on the simulator rides.

There are daily screenings and theater performances and exhibitions.

If you need to eat, or drink a café, restaurant or you can use your own picnic in designated areas for eating. There is also a shop.

The nearest underground station is South Kensington on the Piccadilly, District and Circle lines on the London Underground.

Source:www.tourist-information-uk.com/

Natural History Museum, London

The Natural History Museum houses one of the largest natural history collections in the world of slides to mammoth skeletons. The building itself is impressive with dome structure, frescoes and sculptures and the central hall is home to an amazing Diplodocus skeleton.

The museum is divided into four colored zones. The green zone is focused on the facts of life, earth, environment and development. The red zone is studied our ever changing planet, as it was formed and its place in the universe. In the blue zone, you can marvel at the diversity of life on our planet from blue whales to the smallest invertebrates. Finally, the orange zone you into the wilderness garden (open from April to October) and the Darwin Centre, although you can explore to make reservations for tours to do this need.

Most of the boys make a pilgrimage to the museum only see the dinosaur exhibit, but there are many daily activities, behind the scenes and you can borrow an Explorer backpack complete with binoculars and a hat!

Many places to eat and take your own food. It is best advised to plan your visit in advance and the site can help you, Do Thi

source:www.tourist-information-uk.com/
 
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