Saturday in London, Continued

posted February 20, 2007 by Holly Hayes part of trip: Rome 2006

To continue from the previous post, after lunch we headed out to check out some museums. Along the way, we passed a couple good photo opportunities for my websites, including an architecturally interesting Mormon church:

mormon church, london

and a Christian Science Reading Room (below). The book in the window is Science and Health with a Key to the Scriptures by the founder Mary Baker Eddy, the main text of Christian Science besides the Bible.

christian science reading room

Eventually we arrived at the Science Museum, which David had been wanting to visit for some time. It was really cool - like OMSI (in Oregon) with all the interactive exhibits, but also stuffed full of historical artifacts related to science and technology.

science museum

I had made a very brief stop here during my solo trip to London in 2002 because they were having a James Bond gadget exhibition. This time they had a related special exhibition - "The Science of Spying" - but we didn't feel like standing in line for tickets. The rest of the museum is free.

edison's light bulb
We saw a wide variety of interesting inventions and technology old and new, including one of the light bulbs made by Edison (right) and the telephone made by Graham Bell (

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Saturday in London, Continued
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Holly Hayes
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February 20, 2007
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