The British Museum September 10, 2006

This morning we caught the Central Tube Line at Notting Hill that took us to within a few blocks of the museum. This section of town was very busy with heavy pedestrian traffic as it has many shops and restaurants.

The museum lives up to its reputation of one of the finest in the world. With galleries dedicated to Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek, Oriental and Roman that would take days if not weeks to fully appreciate. The oldest pieces we saw today dated from around 4000 B.C. Without getting into the philosophical or moral aspects of acquisition the museum is a collection of world history and I for one am happy to see that people in the past and present have had the forethought to preserve a piece of world heritage.

The museum was founded in 1749 as a “cabinet of curiosities” and was carried forward to become one of the world’s foremost collections. I’m not sure what else to say except, if you find yourself in London please make sure that you take a day to visit the main building of the museum to see some of the worlds greatest historical treasures. It will be time more than well spent.

After the museum we had a quick lunch at a Subway Sandwich Shop and then headed toward the hotel battling the ongoing Tube renovation projects. We spent the rest of the day planning our next leg and lining up accommodations on the internet.