Mammmoths: Ice Age Giants

The new blockbuster temporary exhibition at the Natural History Museum (NHM) is Mammoths:Ice Age Giants and I really enjoyed visiting this ‘family show’ (as the website calls it). You may have realised I… Continue reading →

Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garratt

The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garrett make up one of the most atmospheric museums I have ever visited. The museum is located in part of the roof space at the top… Continue reading →

Tomorrow: V&A

From 1 October 2013 – 2 January 2014 the Victoria and Albert Museum in London ran a very interesting free exhibition by Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset entitled Tomorrow. The V&A commissioned the… Continue reading →

Churchill War Rooms

The Churchill War Rooms are part of the Imperial War Museums group. Built beneath Whitehall is a warren of bunkers where Churchill and his main advisors would shelter during bombing and this is… Continue reading →

Wandsworth Museum

Wandsworth Museum is a small museum with modern displays about the borough of Wandsworth in South West London. As  it is my local museum I thought it would be interesting to visit and… Continue reading →

Queens Gallery: In Fine Style

The Queen’s Gallery is attached to Buckingham Palace and was reopened in 2002 to let the public access the Queen’s collection of paintings, tapestries, jewellery, furniture, armour and much more. The gallery runs… Continue reading →

Signs, Symbols, Secrets…

Signs, Symbols, Secrets: An illustrated guide to alchemy at the Science Museum sounded intriguing… to me anyway! Truthfully I had forgotten about the many temporary exhibition spaces at the Science Museum which I think… Continue reading →

Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising

The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising is hidden away among the backstreet of Notting Hill. According to the publicity leaflet there are over 12 000 items on display but to me it… Continue reading →