South Kensington is home to some of the most famous museums and universities in the UK. Perhaps the most outstanding museum in the area is the Natural History Museum. Compared to the Science museum, this is a lot more interesting and grand. Victoria Albert Museum is unique of its own.
At the main entrance, you can see a blue whale skeleton welcoming all visitors into the museum. Back in 2015/16, it was the dinosaur Apatosaurus skeleton that stationed here. Surrounding the blue whale skeleton are the different fossils of animals and plants from other periods. At another entrance, you will meet a skeleton of a Stegosaurus posing in front of a very long escalator before entering into the centre of Earth.
Right- Kentrosaurus
Find the difference between these two related dinosaurs!
The main attraction of this museum is, of course, the dinosaur exhibitions. They are perhaps the coolest fossils/displays in the whole place. Although the information is a bit outdated, it is still a joy to see these dinosaurs standing once again. Yes, these fossils are nice to see, but there are a lot of cool exhibitions too.
Right- Allosaurs
There are many displays on human, geography, mammals, more fossils, and the future. As a biology student, my favourite section is the Darwin section, where they kept almost all kind of living things in formaldehyde. The oldest specimen I noticed was from the 1600’s. Nearby the formaldehyde storage is an exhibition explains how scientists divide the organisms into different families and how they use the organisms’ genes for other research purposes, such as finding the genes of Aedes mosquitoes to fight dengue diseases.
The last time I was here was around July when the lockdown got lifted in London. There were quite a lot of people, but most of them consisted of families. Generally, it was not as crowded as before. This allowed me to take a closer look at most of the displays. Next time I will talk about the Science museum and the Victoria Albert museum together. See you soon.