The past few times I’ve been to Berlin, the DDR Museum had always been on my list but managed to get pushed off by something else. Usually that thing is food related. On my recent trip to Berlin, I…
Museums
The Wellcome Collection is a London museum that misses out on some of the accolades of the bigger London hitters. (The Tate, The National Gallery, The British Museum, the V & A) But it deserves praise all of its…
This past weekend, I spent Saturday morning in the V&A Museum. It had actually been a while since I’ve been at the V&A. The last time that I can remember was for the Alexander McQueen exhibit, “Savage Beauty”. All…
Hampton Court Palace is celebrating a huge milestone this year: It’s turning 500! Basically, the Palace could be the great grandmother of my home country. Crazy, right? I really love Hampton Court and have gone multiple times. It’s one…
The Science Museum in South Kensington, London is actually one of the city’s biggest tourist attractions. On average, 3.3 million people visit it annually. It covers everything, from the space race and modern day space programs to the internal…
Important Public Announcement: Happy birthday to my best friend, G. She is fabulous and should be celebrated by all, even anonymously. (Plus I know she’ll read this.) Maybe it makes me a bad Londoner, but I avoid Central London…
There are few museums in the world that bring me as much pleasure as the Victoria and Albert does in London. So you can imagine my delight when I was able to attend a Late Night view of the…
Last week, Lindsay and I went to see ‘Wedding Dresses: 1775-2014″ at the V&A. I’ve mentioned before that the V&A is my favourite museum in London, coupled with a love of weddings and all things girly; this was an…
The Charles Dickens Museum The Dickens Museum is located in Bloomsbury, London in the house that he resided in for many years. to be honest, I didn’t have extremely high expectations. I like doing kitschy things but…
Over the weekend Sam and I took a long walk down to the Horniman Museum. Fredrick John Horniman opened the museum in the early 1900s based on the extensive collection of unique items that his position in a…