Science Museum, London

We've heard great things about the Natural History Museum in London, so last weekend we headed off on the train to make a day of it. However, on the way we discovered that the dinosaurs weren't going to be on display that day, so we quickly changed our plans to visit the Science Museum instead. We'll save the Natural History Museum for another day when we can get the full impact. 

Here's a couple of interesting things about visiting the Science Museum. One, along with the Natural History Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum which are right next door, it's free! 

Two, taking the train and subway, you barely have to walk outside to get there. Perfect for the many rainy, blustery days in England. We took the South Kensington Tube stop, which has an entrance directly into the V&A, and then two different exits for the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum. You walk out of the Tube and almost directly into each museum.

The Science Museum is huge, so we only ended up seeing possibly half of it. Several levels are geared more toward adults. In Anya's words, "It's not science; it's just a bunch of old stuff." We had to explain that what to us seems like every day objects, at one time were invented using cutting-edge science.

Mike doesn't walk around with lights shining on his backpack. It does have reflective patches, which must look this way due to the camera flash.

Nope. Not Dolly. It's Tracy, the transgenic sheep.

Camille was our photographer for the day, which explains both why she isn't pictured here and also why there aren't any pictures of the Launchpad and the other interactive exhibits. In general, the more engaging the room and activity, the less pictures we have. So the museum does have interactive exhibits for kids, science shows, and giant steam engine displays which we did see, but didn't picture. It also has many areas we didn't get to. We'll have to make it back to see the rest another time.