Museum of London

Haven't you already been there? yes, but... and you didn't really like it? no, but... So why this? Well, when we visited nearly two years ago half the museum didn't exist, or wasn't open and the buggies were all a lot younger.

So what's new? Essentially the last visit took us from the stone age through the Romans up to the middle ages and then stopped. This is upstairs; downstairs the story continues through to the modern day. I take it you only bothered with the downstairs. We did the first bit in order; the fire of London had gone but the prehistoric exhibition was still there and the kids enjoyed it just as much as last time, if not more. The middle ages had a reconstruction of a Saxon house giving them a chance to play at witches and look at a thatch roof close up.

And downstairs? We went the wrong way round starting from the modern day (obscure sculpture giving one of those moments when you're asked "What's that?" and can only answer "I don't know") back to the 18th Century. Anything worth recommending? In the 18th Century? Yes, the mock-up of Vauxhall Pleasure Garden's was excellent Complete with Scrumpets? Err, no, but some terrific hats! and in another time? The Victorian street was quite good but took a while to get them past the Victorian toy shop window at the start. They also had a lot of use of touch screen table devices which for older buggies would probably work well. Finally a display of modern London landmarks complete with a projected river that showed ripples when you walked over it provided a lot of entertainment.

"London has now become almost like a gigantic frog! With its long tongue it draws curious insects from all over the world inside itself!" - Mehmet Ildan.