The British Museum
I am a history teacher! Yes, history is the first subject I taught in high school back in 2006. Since then, I have always been teaching history even if Literature and English language are my major subjects taught in the past 5 years.
Besides, those subjects are not contradictory but complementary. I would always use history to give background to the literary text we are studying or use the words in Greeks and Latin to explain the meaning of a word in the English language.
My exposure to historical topics and readings in history and background in philosophy and classical studies gave me enough fascination and appreciation of the value of artifacts and stuff of historical value. Many of those artifacts are credited from The British Museum. This is the reason why, when I was in England, I made sure that I visit the museum. And everything came alive when I saw those artifacts on display concretely in front of my eyes.
The British Museum is located in located in the Bloomsbury area of London. We reached it by alighting at the Holborn Station of London Underground. Then we walked along Southampton Row and turned right at the Great Russel Street until we reached the entrance at the middle of the stretch of the museum facade. We then visitors needed to pass through a queue lane before reaching the entrance and inspection area.
At the entrance, bags are checked through a scanner. There is also a body frisking after a scanner gate. There are areas to store bags but with a storage fee, but since I only had a small backpack, I opted to bring it along.
After all the inspection procedure, we went directly to the facade of the museum. Upon seeing the facade, I immediately felt like I traveled over time to the Greek civilization because of the Greek style of the entrance to the museum.
My exposure to historical topics and readings in history and background in philosophy and classical studies gave me enough fascination and appreciation of the value of artifacts and stuff of historical value. Many of those artifacts are credited from The British Museum. This is the reason why, when I was in England, I made sure that I visit the museum. And everything came alive when I saw those artifacts on display concretely in front of my eyes.
The British Museum is located in located in the Bloomsbury area of London. We reached it by alighting at the Holborn Station of London Underground. Then we walked along Southampton Row and turned right at the Great Russel Street until we reached the entrance at the middle of the stretch of the museum facade. We then visitors needed to pass through a queue lane before reaching the entrance and inspection area.
At the entrance, bags are checked through a scanner. There is also a body frisking after a scanner gate. There are areas to store bags but with a storage fee, but since I only had a small backpack, I opted to bring it along.
After all the inspection procedure, we went directly to the facade of the museum. Upon seeing the facade, I immediately felt like I traveled over time to the Greek civilization because of the Greek style of the entrance to the museum.
British Museum, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury,
London WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom
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The British Museum is surrounded by 3 gardens, the Russel Square, Bedford Square Garden, and Bloomsbury Square Garden
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The British Museum is surrounded by 3 gardens, the Russel Square, Bedford Square Garden, and Bloomsbury Square Garden
Daily; 10:00 - 17:30
Friday; 10 - 20:30
Entrance Fee: Free
Other fees: Donations, Sponsorships
Accessibility: By city walk, car, bus, Underground
Overall Experience: Five stars out of five for intellectual satisfaction
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