When in London
go to the Natural History Museum. The outside alone is worth the effort: enough carved creatures and gargoyles to make a cathedral sick with envy. Then you get inside and you're looking right up the fossilized hooter of a diplodocus. Its skeleton fills most of the enormous entrance hall. In 2009, the NHM will host an exhibition on Darwin, which is currently pulling in crowds at the American Museum of Natural History. The NHM shop is worth a visit, but at the risk of damage to your wallet. One book that caught my eye was Inside the Beagle with Charles Darwin, an illustrated book for kids 8 and older. An excellent book to have in a primary school or around a home. It's not listed in the NHM shops online catalogue, but details from Amazon here.
hms beagle, charles darwin, natural history museum london
hms beagle, charles darwin, natural history museum london
Labels: Darwin, HMS Beagle, Natural History Museum London
1 Comments:
It's a great museum. I went to school over the road for 14 years and spent many a happy afternoon in there bunking off gym. And thanks for flagging the Darwin exhibit at the AMNH as I now live fairly close to it. Well about 20 miles or so.
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