I hadn't expected to disappear for so long from here but unfortunately I have been quite busy these last few weeks. As I said in my previous post, two friends of mine visited me during the half term break, we went on day trips and to the clubs and we caught up -we had ~banter~ basically- plus my French university finally decided to give me access to my courses so I have a whole month of lessons to catch up. I also need to start my UCAS application to apply for universities next year as I want to do a PGCE in the UK and I've planned quite a few day trips in the following weeks so no time to get bored. The funny thing is that I never have 0 visit on here, I secretly wonder if my mom is coming on here (hello Mom?!)
Anyways! As the title of the article suggests, what I want to do here is to share some museums I would recommend in London (I've told you before my blog wouldn't be exclusively about my job, haven't I?)
As you probably know, most museums in London are amazing... and free! They are so many of them, amongst which you can find:
- the British Museum in central London. If you cannot really decide on what kind of museums you want to visit, I would recommend going there. It's huge - visiting the whole building would take more than a couple of days!- and you can find things from every continent! It is dedicated to human history, art and culture; in fact it is similar to the Louvre if you're familiar with this one (but without Mona Lisa!).
Personal recommendation: Have a look at the Egypt and Ancient Greek sections, I would say they are my favourite
- the National History Museum in South Kensington (a place where you can also find the Victoria and Albert Museum). There you can find specimens from various species in times (yes, they do have dinosaurs!). This museum is brilliant but also looks amazing. I have some pictures from my visit two years ago and I might edit this post so I can share it with you on here. It's a nice place to visit when you do not really want to read long texts and just want to look around.
Personal recommendation: If you spot a school group, avoid the dinosaurs section!
- the Science Museum in South Kensington. I have to admit: science isn't my thing. But I have decided to visit as many museums as possible and be adventurous so since one of my friends wanted to go there, I gave it a go (hello Alice!). Actually I enjoyed it and learned some new things as signs with simplified explanations are displayed (let's ignore the fact that they were for children, okay?) and the vintage cars in there are just amazing (see photos).
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| The Science Museum |
- the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square that I have visited recently. There you can see famous masterpieces from the Renaissance to the 20th century, from Turner to Van Gogh. I enjoyed the paintings but even the building is worth the visit: last time I went I couldn't help staring at the ceilings and the columns!
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| The National Gallery |
There are also museums that aren't free of charge but which are worth visiting. You have probably heard about the Sherlock Holmes museum in Baker Street, I have never been there myself but it''s definitely on my to-do list. However I wanted to mention the Clink Museum. During my year as an Erasmus I would walk past it almost everytime I went to London so last year I decided pay a visit. This museum is a former prison therefore you can learn more about it, its (most of the time innocent) prisoners and what was their life like. Many torture devices are displayed, it seemed funny at first but it gets rather spooky the more you stay in there especially because of the sound effects so beware! 👻
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| The Clink Museum |
📚Funny thing I've heard in the classroom:
"I am not getting married, more money for me since I won't have a wife who will spend my money!"
Do you have any favourite museum in London? Any recommendation? Feel free to share :)
Julie XX
