{"id":19055,"date":"2019-09-02T15:27:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T14:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=19055"},"modified":"2019-09-02T15:28:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T14:28:24","slug":"museum-of-the-moon-and-other-great-things-to-see-at-londons-natural-history-museum-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/museum-of-the-moon-and-other-great-things-to-see-at-londons-natural-history-museum-in-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum of the Moon and other great things to see at London’s Natural History Museum – in photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On show at the Natural History Museum until January 5th 2020 is this spectacular, illuminated replica of the Moon, with a diameter of 7 metres.<\/p>\n

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Several copies of this inflatable Moon tour the world for temporary exhibitions, often accompanied by music, and it makes for an interesting counterpoint to Olafur Eliasson’s The\u00a0Weather Project<\/a> which was on display in the Tate Modern\u2019s Turbine Hall in 2003.<\/p>\n

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Admission is free, so anyone can walk in and take in the sight of this huge overhead Moon.<\/p>\n

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Established in 1881, the Natural History Museum is housed in this astonishingly beautiful building designed by Alfred Waterhouse<\/a> on Exhibition Road in South Kensington.<\/p>\n

Here’s some more images from my trip:<\/p>\n

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Wikipedia<\/a> has more about the museum:<\/p>\n

The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items within five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology and zoology. The museum is a centre of research specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation.<\/p>\n

Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Charles Darwin.<\/p>\n

The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons and ornate architecture\u2014sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature\u2014both exemplified by the large Diplodocus cast that dominated the vaulted central hall before it was replaced in 2017 with the skeleton of a blue whale hanging from the ceiling.<\/p>\n

The Natural History Museum Library contains extensive books, journals, manuscripts, and artwork collections linked to the work and research of the scientific departments<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The dinosaur section is always popular.<\/p>\n

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About the museum<\/h2>\n

Natural History Museum<\/a>
\nThe Natural History Museum
\nCromwell Road, South Kensington
\nLondon SW7 5BD<\/p>\n

Open every day 10.00-17.50
\nFree entry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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