Museum of London

London is the biggest city in the United Kingdom and Europe and also is a world-class city; therefore, the history of London’s urban development is long and abundantly. As a world-class city, London has a corresponding status internationally, such as transportation, economy, or politics (De Vries, 2006, p98). On the other hand, London also is a biggest foreign exchange markets in the world. People can trade various products in there like gold, coffee, tea, antique, and so on. The development of…

Night London travel is regularly connected with pictures of Big Ben, the acclaimed clock tower from the Palace of Westminster. Worked along the Thames River, Westminster is home to the significant vacation spots in London, including Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Westminster. During the evening, astounding pictures can be caught from the Westminster connect or the Waterloo Bridge of the enlightened attractions, including the London Eye. London…

William Wordsworth’s poem: ’Composed on the Westminster Bridge’ is a sonnet that describes London in the morning as the city is still asleep. The poem’s title: “composed on the Westminster Bridge” tells the reader that the Author is standing on the Westminster Bridge, in London and is describing the sights of the City that he can see from the Bridge. Wordsworth is fascinated by the city’s beauty. He says that the earth has nothing equal to show than this beautiful scene and that the one who…

The tower of London is a very pretty building. It is also known as her majesty's royal palace and fortress of the Tower of London. It is by the River Thames in central London. It was built by William the Conqueror in 1078. It symbolized oppression that was caused by new rulings in London. The castle was also believed to be used as a prison from 1100-1952 but that wasnt its primary purpose. I found on a website that it talks about how the tower is actually a complex of several buildings set…

The narrow stone street was overshadowed by the tall yellow buildings on either side that weren’t shy about hiding their age. There were trees that grew in places that didn’t have buildings, and those trees also provided shadows on the street. In spite of all this darkness, the street was actually quite beautiful. The buildings, trees, and road all meshed together to form a picturesque and breathtaking view. There was beauty in that street, but the vast majority of the denizens of this city…

important pieces of artworks in the temple of Greece during the Turkish occupation. Apparently, permission and the authority was given to Elgin to take many pieces of stone. Thus, the pieces were transported to London, England to preserve them. The British since then have the pieces of artwork in a museum, not wanting to return them to where they came from. The Greek argues that the pieces of artwork were taken illegally during the country’s Turkish occupation. the British have to return them…

On this day in 1799, during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign, a French soldier discovers a black basalt slab inscribed with ancient writing near the town of Rosetta, about 35 miles north of Alexandria. The irregularly shaped stone contained fragments of passages written in three different scripts: Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics and Egyptian demotic. The ancient Greek on the Rosetta Stone told archaeologists that it was inscribed by priests honoring the king of Egypt, Ptolemy V, in the…

Similar to many other museums, NGI’s website provides information to the public such as details of exhibitions, visiting times, learning, research and the museum shop. It also provides public access to the museum collections. The front-end application to the archives is “Doras” which may be accessed from the website, while the backend archive system is iBase, a digital…

nature of the museum world. During one of our group debates about showcasing unethically acquired Native American remains, I realized that the conversation shifted from the museum to the importance of culture within society. Again I saw the need to create programs and exhibitions that would promote discourse about these subjects. The course allowed me to formulate my own ideas about museum ethics and start brainstorming ways to effect change in society and make improvements in the museum…

locations that are autism friendly when traveling. Today I am sharing 10 top world museums you should visit when traveling with autism. NYC Natural History An interesting museum that incorporates a room that catalogues its own history called the Research Library’s Memorabilia Collection. Not only will you see dinosaurs, Chinese robes and rare books but you will see everything in between at the NYC Natural History museum. Learn interesting tidbits about the Aztecs and other civilizations as you…