The Science Museum

Hi bloglets, hope you’ve all been having fabulous weekends. Mine has mostly been spent in my pyjamas (bet that would make an excellent blogpost. I’ll put it on the list) because I am a responsible adult person with a thriving social life. I have, in my defence, taken the time to write up this post, so perhaps I’m not a total lost cause. This shoot was actually done a few months ago but has taken me a while to write up. Hope y’all think it was worth the wait.

Presenting: the Science Museum! Found in super-posh South Kensington, lovingly nestled between the Victoria & Albert and the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum is the 6^th most-visited museum in all of the UK. Which would probably be more impressive if the UK wasn’t such a tiny place… Founded in 1857, the museum was originally composed of items from a number of collections, which were later split into the “Science Collection” and the “Art Collection” and when on to become the Science Museum and the V&A. The Science Museum got its own building in 1928 and now houses over 300 000 items, including Puffing Billy – the oldest surviving steam locomotive – Stephenson’s Rocket and a reconstruction of Watson and Crick’s model of DNA.

Although you have to pay to enter the museum’s IMAX 3D cinema or specialist exhibitions, most of the permanent exhibitions are free and fabulous. Currently, there are at least 20 free exhibitions, including gems such as “Cravings: Can your food control you” and “The Secret Life of the Home”. These exhibitions explore everything from early computers, to climate change, to the cosmos, to “the history of electronic music from the 1950s to today”. One of my personal favourite items is a model of the Analytical Engine, one of the very earliest computers, invented by Ada Lovelace – writer, mathematician, daughter of Byron, and all-round babe.

It is a perfect place for kids – especially hyper ones – with more interactive exhibits than you could shake a stick at (so don’t even bother bringing your shaking stick). With plenty of things to play with, loads of space to run around and – if you’re lucky – an odd girl dress inexplicably head-to-toe in silver, this is a fun day out for kids and big kids alike. I would suggest that the first thing to do is lay hands on a museum map, however, as my sister (photographer for the day) and I did spend a fair while wandering around looking for particular exhibits.

This shoot’s look was Go-go-gadget chic (and essentially an excuse to wear foil). All silver errthing, plus this excellent circuit-board necklace my sister made, and Out Of This World druzy ring from Eclectic Eccentricity which – totally accidentally – went rather well with this globe.

Also, turns out silver stilettos are not considered your traditional “Day at the Museum” footwear… and got quite a few looks which I chose to interpret as “admiring” but were probably “disapproving”. ANYWAY – that’s it for this week, tune in for a rather-less contemporary – but no less fantastic - theme next week and enjoy the rest of Sunday.

Science Museum  details

Opening times = 10am-6pm

Admission = Free!

Exhibitions = £3-8

Closest Tube station = South Kensington 

T-shirt - Adidas
Skirt - ASOS
Shoes - New Look
Necklace - Made by sister
Ring - Eclectic Eccentricity