Over the holiday season I was lucky enough to visit lovely Portugal with my parents. Lisbon is a city of tiles – they are on the ground, interiors and building exteriors! As a tile fan it was basically heaven. Thankfully they have a museum of tiles or ‘azulejos’ as they call them. Museu Nacional do… Read More Azulejos Adventures
Over the holidays I got a chance to visit a museum in a new home! The Design Museum The Design Museum recently reopened in its new home in South Kensington next to Holland Park. It’s a really lovely spot. Also, loads of people walk their dogs in the park! – which is always a… Read More Well Designed
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
The Florence Nightingale Museum This museum is a delightful little place across the river from Parliament and Big Ben! A nice reprieve from the hordes of tourists taking their new facebook profile photo. The Nightingale Museum is located in the basement of St. Thomas’ Hospital. They have very clear signage to find it… Read More Hedges, Nurses and Lanterns
Glasgow has 9 major museums and sadly I was only able to visit 3 in my short time there. I had to priortize and I chose Kelvingrove! The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum It had a special exhibition about the Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha. I have already declared my love of Rennie… Read More People Make Glasgow
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
Another National Trust property! This time in East London. Sutton House Sutton House was built in the countryside by Tudor courtier and aristocrat Sir Ralph Sadlier. He was a close compatriot of Thomas Cromwell and was played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster in the series Wolf Hall. Along with presenting the history of the House,… Read More Tudor Hackney
Fenton House On the highest hill in the area of Hampstead is the National Trust property of Fenton House. It was built in 1660s and is the oldest building in Hampstead. And it has the largest garden in Hampstead. It’s kind of a big deal in Hampstead. The former owner Lady Binnings bequeathed the… Read More In the Heights of Hampstead
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 