21 Feb 2009

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich London - Feb

Throw a 10 cent coin and you would most probably hit a museum in London! There are just countless of them and the best part - many of them are usually free entry!

It just occurred to me that I haven't exactly been blogging anything about this subject. Not that I haven't been visiting any but I guess it just so happens..that I am more of a gastronomy fanatic than a arty farty cultural enthusiast. Ahem! So no food this time round. So here's our visit to National Maritime Museum, London. Btw, this is also the world's largest maritime museum!
The interior and exterior do look like north and south pole of a magnet. Notice how traditional my 'skin' looks! Venture into the historical looking building and you are surprised by the modern layout, lotz of clear glass windows, high ceiling - allowing much natural daylight flooding most of the exhibition halls. Here's some of its wonderful displays...countless of them from ancient to modern. Here's a few of my chosen shots:





And finally, the stained glass from the Baltic Exchange. These are a vivid memorial in stained glass to the victims of World War I.
Well..so much for the discovery of Britain's seafaring past and the effects of the oceans.

So much for museums and history..at least for now..




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