#MuseumMonday: The Museum of the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University
When I visited the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University this summer, I also had to check out the museum that it houses. It would have been ruse not to! The Museum of the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University…
#MuseumMonday: Muzeum Przyrodnicze Instytutu Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt PAN in Kraków
There are natural history museums that overwhelm visitors through monumental architecture, vast galleries and spectacular collections (I’m thinking about a certain museum in South Kensington here), and there are museums whose importance lies somewhere rather different: in the scientific history…
#MuseumMonday: The History of Mail Rail at The Postal Museum
Deep beneath the streets of London lies one of the capital’s most unusual transport systems. For more than 75 years, small electric trains travelled through a network of tunnels carrying letters and parcels rather than passengers. The railway had no…
#MuseumMonday: Reviewing The Postal Museum and London’s postal heritage
There are few institutions in Britain whose history is so deeply woven into everyday life as the Post Office. For centuries, the postal system has connected people, businesses, governments and communities, carrying letters, parcels, newspapers, money and information across the…
#MuseumMonday: A quick visit to the Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre
A couple of months ago now, I visited the Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre with a few friends of mine, one of which whom is a volunteer at the Museum. The Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre is a small but…
#MuseumMonday: What is the Royal College of Physicians Museum?
The medical history rabbit hole continues! Where have I been this time you may ask? Well, the Royal College of Physicians Museum which to me is one of the most intellectually rich and compact, yet understated museums in Britain. It…
#MuseumMonday: Timeline of exhibitions at the Francis Crick Institute
The Francis Crick Institute, commonly known as the Crick, is one of the United Kingdom’s leading centres for biomedical research. Located in central London, next to St Pancras International and King’s Cross, the institute brings together scientists from different disciplines…
#MuseumMonday: Timeline of exhibitions at the British Library
The British Library is perhaps best known as one of the world’s great repositories of books, manuscripts and historical documents, but its collections also provide a remarkable window into the natural world and our understanding of it. Across its history,…
#MuseumMonday: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum – A Fascinating History of Medicines, Poisons and Pharmacy
Tucked away on East Smithfield, a short walk from Tower Bridge and St Katharine Docks, is one of London’s lesser-known medical museums. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum is easy to overlook. It does not have the grand scale of the…
#MuseumMonday: A comprehensive review of the Hunterian Museum
The Hunterian Museum is one of London’s most fascinating, controversial, and intellectually challenging museums. Located within the headquarters of the Royal College of Surgeons of England at Lincoln’s Inn Fields (easily accessible from Holborn tube station), it houses one of…
