Museum of london

A quick trip into London, in order to visit the Museum of London.   We have been meaning to visit this museum for months, but it has not happened, so we decided that Monday was going to be the day.

We caught the train into Cannon Street, the Circle Line to Moorgate, and walked around the building sites, including work on the Cross Rail.    Finally we arrived at the Museum of London, which was beside the London Wall.

A photo, taken through a window of the museum, of the old Roman wall.

The museum takes the visitor through the centuries, from the earliest possible times, 450,000 BC, until now.  All exhibits and explanations were clearly set out, and it was a pleasure to move through the different rooms, displaying the history of London.

I think the photograph below, was of a shop window, in the Victorian Walk.

A gas light.

Another shop window in the Victorian Walk.

A reinactment of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.

The Lord Mayor's State Coach, built in 1757, and still used today in the annual Lord Mayor's procession.

A lovely garden at the entrance of the museum.  

We decided to walk back to Cannon Street, as we thought it would be quicker than trying to walk to the nearest tube station.   And we were correct.   It was also far more interesting.

A view along the street, with a church spire in the distance.

St Pauls Cathedral looking very majestic against the blue sky, and with the sun shining brightly on its walls.

The leaning tower of The Shard.   Why is it that my photographs of towers show them as leaning towers?

The last view of the skyline of London, as we approached London Bridge Station.

The Museum of London, which outlines the history of London, complements the Museum of London, Docklands, which displays the history of London as a port.   Both museums are free, which we all appreciate very much.   There was also a display at the museum about crime in London, which looked very interesting, but we thought would be just too much.   One can only take so much history in a day.