Quick stop at the British Museum and some randoms. Plus we got to meet Pongo up close! This was my Collections Curatorship project, where a group of us had an object to do intensive research on. This was a nameless taxidermy orangutan but we named him Pongo after the taxonomic genus name of the orangutan. …
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2012 Olympics Cauldron
A part of the cauldron from the 2012 London Summer Olympics! Really really cool. They also sent the copper flower to the country it was representing after the Special Olympics and had the representatives from the Olympic committees take pictures and send it to them. Loved it. 🙂
Museum of London Part 3
Museum of London again!
Museum of London Part 2
More Museum of London!
Museum of London
12 January 2016 Visit to the Museum of London! I really liked the museum and the different multimedia available to learn. There is a LOT of history there and it is difficult to get through everything, but I think you can pick up some cool things just by wandering through. Lots of text if you …
Imperial War Museum – Second Go Part Two
10 January 2015 More Imperial War Museum!
Imperial War Museum – Second Go Part One
10 January 2015 Second visit to the Imperial War Museum! I was very impressed with the First World War galleries, they were really dynamic and interesting, and though they could feel a little overwhelming there were lots of different ways to learn and go through and it was cool. I didn’t read everything and I …
Disney Store on Oxford Street!
29 Dec 2015 Visit to the Disney store on Oxford Street!
January in London
Early January 2016! Did some exploring but a lot of my time was spent working on a portfolio for my degree. Also some gratuitous selfies. I don’t normally but dang if I don’t like that new dress.
Christmas!
Christmas fun! I spent Christmas with an English family, three of which I have known for years. It was super lovely and they were amazing, even giving me a stocking and some gifts on the day which I was not prepared for! I didn’t bring actual gifts for anyone as I was super poor, which …