Three new galleries have been uploaded to the main London gallery: Bus Tour, Globe Theatre, and Clink Prison Museum.
To briefly say a few things about the places I've been visiting, I'll start with the Imperial War Museum, which was much larger than I thought it would be. The basement area was particularly vast and focused almost exclusively on the first and second World Wars, though one would be stay there all day if one tried to read every single bit of text and it was somewhat confusing to navigate around.
My three favourite parts of the museum were a WWI trench life-size walkthrough simulation, an interactive submarine display, and a special exhibit about British spies and espionage. It's definitely something worth seeing, though I was disappointed that they hardly had anything about pre-20th century warfare and some of the areas were set up strangely; it seems that the museum was concentrated more on WWI than anything else.
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre wasn't something I was initially looking forward to; I've never been particularly interested in Shakespeare or his works. However, the moment of stepping through the theatre doors and seeing the dazzling theatre in front of me was one of awe. A tour guide spent about an hour showing us how theatre worked in Elizabethan times. It was very informative and eye-opening; I'll have to download a copy of Hamlet sometime.
After leaving the Globe, I walked down along the south side of the Thames River with two other students. On our way, we came across the Clink Prison Museum, which was one of the places I had been meaning to visit. We got in at a discount price with our student IDs, though the actual museum was rather disappointing. Even though it was interesting to see some of the instruments used in old-style prisons up close, it was very small and there wasn't much to do; we finished easily within half an hour.
I've more places to visit this weekend; here are my current plans:
Friday: Natural History Museum from opening to closing (10 AM - 5:50 PM)
Saturday: First off, the Sherlock Holmes Museum and a walk down Baker Street. After that, a tube ride over to Leicester Square to try and get a ticket for the Saturday matinée of Wicked. Depending on Wicked, visits to Trafalgar Square, All Hallows-By-The-Tower, and Hyde Park might also happen.
Sunday: Greenwich day, starting with a boat ride from the docks near the Tower of London and including the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Observatory.
I'm not sure about next weekend, but I'd like to spend a full day at the Tower of London and a day - or half-day - at the Science Museum.
To briefly say a few things about the places I've been visiting, I'll start with the Imperial War Museum, which was much larger than I thought it would be. The basement area was particularly vast and focused almost exclusively on the first and second World Wars, though one would be stay there all day if one tried to read every single bit of text and it was somewhat confusing to navigate around.
My three favourite parts of the museum were a WWI trench life-size walkthrough simulation, an interactive submarine display, and a special exhibit about British spies and espionage. It's definitely something worth seeing, though I was disappointed that they hardly had anything about pre-20th century warfare and some of the areas were set up strangely; it seems that the museum was concentrated more on WWI than anything else.
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre wasn't something I was initially looking forward to; I've never been particularly interested in Shakespeare or his works. However, the moment of stepping through the theatre doors and seeing the dazzling theatre in front of me was one of awe. A tour guide spent about an hour showing us how theatre worked in Elizabethan times. It was very informative and eye-opening; I'll have to download a copy of Hamlet sometime.
After leaving the Globe, I walked down along the south side of the Thames River with two other students. On our way, we came across the Clink Prison Museum, which was one of the places I had been meaning to visit. We got in at a discount price with our student IDs, though the actual museum was rather disappointing. Even though it was interesting to see some of the instruments used in old-style prisons up close, it was very small and there wasn't much to do; we finished easily within half an hour.
I've more places to visit this weekend; here are my current plans:
Friday: Natural History Museum from opening to closing (10 AM - 5:50 PM)
Saturday: First off, the Sherlock Holmes Museum and a walk down Baker Street. After that, a tube ride over to Leicester Square to try and get a ticket for the Saturday matinée of Wicked. Depending on Wicked, visits to Trafalgar Square, All Hallows-By-The-Tower, and Hyde Park might also happen.
Sunday: Greenwich day, starting with a boat ride from the docks near the Tower of London and including the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Observatory.
I'm not sure about next weekend, but I'd like to spend a full day at the Tower of London and a day - or half-day - at the Science Museum.
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