{"id":3055,"date":"2018-01-29T21:31:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T21:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/?p=3055"},"modified":"2018-01-29T21:32:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T21:32:53","slug":"visiting-imperials-neighbours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/2018\/01\/29\/visiting-imperials-neighbours\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Imperial&#8217;s neighbours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We can all agree that Imperial has great neighbours. On the same street, you find some of the most stunning museums of London: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/\">Natural History Museum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/\">Victoria and Albert Museum<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemuseum.org.uk\/\">Science Museum,<\/a>\u00a0all of which are free to enter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Natural History Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/content\/dam\/news\/2017\/07\/13\/TELEMMGLPICT000134563000_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq6MdAr6D_S1-OMTOEjzybEUfHChc-g7x4IYJTuV1Lsf8.jpeg?imwidth=1240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you love nature, animals and science, you cannot miss the Natural History Museum. You&#8217;ll be impressed viewing their dinosaurs or experiencing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RAQ7cDurFws\">earthquake simulation<\/a> in a Japanese store.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday after class, I visited the NHM as it was hosting a special evening event about the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p04tjbtx\">Blue Planet II<\/a>\u00a0TV show. I&#8217;m a huge fan of this BBC series that manages to capture the wildlife in the planet&#8217;s oceans with the latest technologies and innovative filming methods.<\/p>\n<p>The Natural History Museum invited the producers to show exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and share more about the making of the TV series. You could also meet\u00a0 scientists that explained more about the wildlife seen in the show using the museum&#8217;s collections of corals, whales, fishes and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>V&amp;A Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"629\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3057 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-29-at-20.45.50-1024x629.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nVictoria and Albert Museum is the most elegant and fashionable museum I&#8217;ve ever visited. You can see from the finest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/collections\/jewellery\">jewellery collection<\/a> to special exhibitions that in the past have even included <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/here-come-brides\/sparkling-occasions\">Kate Moss&#8217; wedding dress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you ever need a moment for inspiration too see great art or take a break, just go down the road, and enjoy some of the displays at the V&amp;A.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemuseum.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/her\/public\/2017-08\/space-descent-VR-hero.jpg?itok=xX1atxE5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Science Museum is literally next door to Imperial. You can learn a lot from mathematics to biology, but you can also interact with latest technologies such as Virtual Reality. If you need even more than this, you can also watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemuseum.org.uk\/see-and-do\/star-wars-last-jedi-1570mm-imax-2d\">Star Wars at their independent cinema<\/a>. It has one of the largest screens in the UK and every ticket helps support the Science Museum&#8217;s work to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers and Jedi Knights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can all agree that Imperial has great neighbours. 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