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National Maritime Museum on Flickr
The National Maritime Museum is on Flickr with a number of sets, including Animals at Sea, photos of the London Port area, and several concerning museum operations (such as conservation and installation). This collection is another great visual history resource. I hope that they continue to add images to their collections because I know that … Continue reading
Science Museum’s Brought to Life Completed!
The Science Museum’s new history of medicine website has recently been completed. According to Dr Robert Bud, the Principal Curator of Medicine, In all it now presents 4000 new images of artefacts from the collections linked to 16 specialised themes on medicine across time, written by staff and other professional historians of medicine. Each theme … Continue reading
National Archives on Flickr
The National Archives (formerly known as the Public Records Office) at Kew have joined Flickr. They have added about 200 items in seven sets. The images range from the photos of Felice Beato to Historic Documents to a handful of artifacts. Hopefully they will continue to post images from the Archives … from my work … Continue reading
Science for the Nation
Coming to a bookstore near you soon! Or, to pre-order, go to Amazon. Science for the Nation is a unique look at the history of a great national institution as well as a study of the changing roles of museums and the perceived public role that a museum of science and technology plays within larger society. … Continue reading
Tiny Cars in the Big City!
The Smallest Car in the Largest City in the World (1913): Queen Alexandra ordered a miniature Cadillac car for Crown Prince Olav (later King) of Norway and – never ones to miss an advertising opportunity – the manufacturers arranged the filming of the car’s departure from the factory, where it is waved out by an … Continue reading
Wallace & Gromit at the Science Museum
Visited this exhibition last week while in London but here are a few videos posted by the Museum on youTube … More below fold …
Tower of London
Last weekend, Jill and I went down to London and visited the Tower of London to see the exhibit on Henry VIII. Neither of us had been to the Tower before and it was a great place to spend part of a day (but without the 2 for 1 entrance, it would have been too … Continue reading
Le Pain Quotidien South Kensington
On Valentine’s Day, after visiting the Hotel Chocolat in Kensington and having a hot chocolate (okay, Jill had a coffee & chocolate drink), we were looking for some place to have lunch. So, I had seen this place on one of my previous trips to the Science Museum, and we decided to stop at Le … Continue reading
Valentine’s Weekend Photos
For our five-year anniversary, Jill and I went to London for the night … here are a few photos of the trip: Friday, 13 Feb:
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