As it turns out, London is LOADED with museums and galleries. Something about being a really old country and having, at one time or another, colonies (literally) all over the world means having oodles of artifacts and whatnot to display. I won't even pretend to suggest that we visited even a fraction of the museums, but we did hit many of the major ones (and some not-so-common ones just for fun).
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| I think this is a display of (really) old tools or something; I really don't remember. It makes for a cool picture though |
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How ridiculously hot fun would it have been to wear clothing like this?? |
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| The location of the Churchill War Rooms--it was really cool to visit the rooms from which Churchill "fought" WWII |
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| One of the galleries had an entire display dedicated to Da Vinci's anatomical works--it was really fascinating to see how accurately he had depicted the internal human structures such as muscles and veins, despite having significantly limited technology |
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| Yes, you are reading that right. And it happens to be the world's only museum dedicated to fans. Shocking, right? |
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One of the hundreds tens of fans on display in their permanent collection |
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The British Museum (alternatively titled The Museum of Stuff Britain Stole Acquired from All of the Different Countries and Colonies They Used to Rule) |
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| World's First "This Guy" |
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| A display of the 2012 Olympic and Para-Olympic medals |
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| Outside the National Gallery. Another item off our "101 in 1001" list! |
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| And inside the National Gallery--we found out after this picture that you aren't supposed to take pictures inside. Whoops |
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| Tate Modern (that cool looking bridge is the Millennium Bridge) |
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| An example of the modern art inside Tate Modern--and trust me, some of them were weirder than this. Turns out Darrell and I don't "get" modern art--but it was still fun to look around! |
Don't you just feel more worldly and cultured now?
Other Europe Posts:
London, Part I: The Iconic Images
London, Part II: The Royalty
Anniversary Trip to Denbies Wine Estate
London, Part IV: The Fun!
Paris Trip
London, Part V: The Leftovers
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