London Trip Part 7: The Science Museum

Frankie had a great time at the science museum. It was very kid-oriented, and had lots of hands-on exhibits to play with.

Matt really seemed to like the museum too. They had exhibits on the history of mathematics, a hall of motors, and all kinds of machines and inventions on display. My favorite part of the museum was the gallery that showed the evolution of all different kinds of household items: the vacuum, the washing machine, the toilet. The exhibit pictured below shows how a toilet works, and even has a little fake poop that you can follow through the different tanks and pipes.

One of the other exhibits was on the evolution of the stereo, and separate gallery traced the history of computers. It made me think of my brother, who would have really liked both displays.

After the mind-boggling crowds at the Natural History museum, we were a little wary of visiting the science museum. We made sure we got there as soon as it opened, though, and the crowds at that time of the day weren’t bad at all. In fact, it sometimes seemed that we practically had entire galleries all to ourselves. It was a really pleasant day.