Canterbury is an incredibly old city – even for the UK. It has been continually habituated for thousands of years. It is more well known for being the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury (the Head of the Anglican Church) and the destination/location of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. The Canterbury Roman Museum Under the… Read More Layers of history
York Castle Museum The York Castle Museum is located in an old prison. And it feels like it. They have gone to great lengths to make the whole museum child friendly and were very successful. I personally did not enjoy the gallows set up in the yard but others might! The period rooms were a… Read More Castle, Prison or Museum?
My pilgrimage to all the William Morris sites in London fittingly finished with the place he lived and died in. William Morris Society (Kelmscott Press) The small museum run by the William Morris Society sits in the basement and Coach House of Morris’ last home. He ran his infamous Kelmscott Press here and held… Read More The End of Morris
Hogarth’s House William Hogarth was a famous and inventive painter and printmaker. He is famous for his serial prints which depict moral tales of London life in the 18th century. He also helped develop copyright laws in England in order to stop people from reproducing his work without paying him. He also helped to found… Read More A museum nerd’s progress
Lisboa Story Centre This little museum tells the story of Lisbon from a tiny fishing village to a capitol. You can tell a lot of work went into its creation. First off, you have to wear headphones! The experience is a combination of audio, videos, objects and set-like areas. There is very little… Read More Lisboa: Past & Present
Royal Art Collections are always stunning if overwhelming. Many have founded the national art collections of European nations (France, Austria and Spain come to mind). Not so here in the UK! The Queen has her very own art gallery attached to Buckingham Palace. The Queen’s Gallery The entrance is to the side of the… Read More The Queen’s Art
I headed off to a day-trip to the beautiful city of Cardiff! I hadn’t been to Wales yet and it seemed smart to visit before I forget. Cardiff Castle In the centre of Cardiff sits a castle. Can you guess its name? Shockingly it’s Cardiff Castle! The best part of this castle is that… Read More Gothic and Neo-Gothic Castles
I found the statue! This is one of the most iconic images of Glasgow (yes the cone is part of it). Locals have long placed a traffic cone on the Duke of Wellington. It also lives in front of the next museum I visited! Gallery of Modern Art The Gallery is… Read More Modern Glasgow
Recently, I visited the wonderful city of Glasgow! My first order of business was to find some of Charles Rennie MackIntosh’s work. He was one of the four main members of the Glasgow Style. Seeing the Willow Tea Rooms in person was fantastic! I got off the train from London and went there… Read More Searching for MackIntosh
This next post talks about what are technically two separate museum spaces but are located in the same place. They tell a similar story but in two distinct ways: John Wesley’s House and the Museum of Methodism If you have been reading this blog for awhile you know that I adore a good house museum.… Read More Preachers and Powerhouses
Liberté (formerly) of London 