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| On my recent visit to Kensington I thought I'd pop into The London Natural History Museum. And although I had visited there a few years ago, I was keen to see their new exhibition The Museum of The Moon, a giant model of the Moon created by artist Luke Jerram. Apparently this art installation has been touring the World since 2016. It seems that it came to The Natural History Museum just in time to celebrate the 50th year anniversary since that first Moon landing by Apollo 11 back in 1969. And depending on what time you visit the Moon exhibition you just might catch a performance by a troupe of dancers to liven up the proceedings. The Museum of the Moon runs until January 1st 2020. The Museum building itself is quite a draw with it's mixture of Gothic Revival and twelfth century Romanesque-style architecture, a style that was in line with Museum founder Sir Richard Owen's vision of creating a 'cathedral to nature.' There's definitely something of Harry Potter about the whole place. The Museum first opened in 1881 and the visiting figures today are quite impressive, with over 4 million visitors each year. THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM WEBSITE. |
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| Above: The main front entry to the Museum And below is The Main Hall. |
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| Above: With clever robotics, this giant Dinosaur (above left and below) seemed to come to life. The children certainly enjoyed this display. And yet it's amazing how big these pre-historic creatures were. The Museum's Palaeontology collection includes more than 250,000 fossil mammals, covering over 200 million years of mammalian evolutionary history. |
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| Below left: The front entry to The Main Hall. And below right, the sitting statue of Charles Darwin by Joseph Boehm. |
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| Below, busy crowds entering and leaving The Museum. |
