Museum of London

So, it's a bank holiday Monday. The weather people predict rain, it's the day before pay day and I have very little money and I am on a mission to do as much sightseeing between now and September in London as possible. That left me with only one thing to do, The Museum of London. -Getting There- The Museum of London is located between St. Paul's tube station and Moorgate. Both are within easy walking distance of the museum but I would recommend getting off at Moorgate just because the route to the museum is far less crowded than at St. Pauls. The museum is well sign posted from Moorgate tube station but I would still recommend printing off a ...

The Museum of London is a place in transformation at the moment- so be aware that until next year there are limited galleries to view whilst they add a new extension to the current building. The new galleries will make the building mroe coherent, give it a window on to the street (at the moment it is very lost in the maze-like Barbican complex in the City of London) and the interpretation of the collections will be much more inclusive. So watch this space. Meanwhile, some of the current highlights include probably the best gallery on ancient flint heads out there. Such material often looks dull to anyone but the specialist but the bright clean design of the ...

Everything London interests me. From unbelievable, ancient old relics to the Lord Mayor's coach, the Museum of London holds plenty of surprises for anyone visiting for education, entertainment or research. London Museum is definitely well planned for journeying through the evolution of one of the world's biggest cities; clearly showing and outlining in a ''user-friendly'' way just about everything you need to know about London, up to the early 1900s. (Not sure of the exact cut-off year, sorry!) I found the attention to detail quite amazing. I learned so much I never knew and recommend people visit just to get a perspective of how the Thames ...