Playing at the museum

It’s spring. Soon, it will be summer. Time to get out of hibernation and enjoy the city (or town) you live in. In my case, I am quite fortunate that there are so many things to do in London. And most of the stuff that I enjoy doing do not cost a penny, apart from my tube fare.

One activity is visiting museums, although not all museums. My favourites in London are luckily located in the same area in South Kensington – the Science, V&A and the Natural History museums. All three museums have late night openings each week. Both the V&A and the Natural History museums are open late on Fridays, while the Science Museum has theirs on Wednesday.

On 26 March, the last Friday of March, I went to check out the Friday Late event at the V&A. The theme for the month was Playground. The programme was filled with games where the public can participate but there were two that were of most interest to me: ‘Silent Relay’ and ‘The Sky’s the Limit’. ‘Silent Relay’ involved an operation around the museum following a recorded set of instructions on an iPod for a 4-man team. Unfortunately, we were not able to sign up for this activity as the organisers were a bit all over the place. We did manage to get listed on ‘The Sky’s the Limit’ event.

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View from above and afar

The image below is London at night taken from the International Space Station courtesy of Japanese astronaut, Soichi Noguchi. His collection of images on Twitpic is just amazing, which, for those who think that the whole space stuff is a fabrication. would have to think again. Because if they are fabricated, then it must be one heck of an imagination!

London at night from the ISS | Photo credit: Soichi Noguchi via Twitpic

London at night from the ISS | Photo credit: Soichi Noguchi via Twitpic

By the way, Soichi Noguchi tweets from the ISS — @Astro_Soichi.