This weekend is a long weekend in England and we took the time to tour the London Science Museum. On the train ride into London we chose this exhibit as the Science of Spying exhibit is coming to an end September 2nd.

The interesting thing about this museum and the Natural History Museum is that they are both free. The majority of the exhibits are free to tour with the facilities generating revenue through government sponsorship and the ‘special’ events. For example, it was £32 to go through the spying exhibit ($70CDN).

It was a fascinating tour where they took you through a mock mission, exposed a multitude of interactive stations and of course, offered an interesting selection of spy gadgets for purchase at the end. The boys chose the edible paper. What they found out was that it may be edible, but it tastes awful.

We will need to go back, we spent 4 hours there and barely scratched the surface. As we exited, we came across the naval and aeronautics area. Spitfires, Hurricanes, Harrier Jumpjets …. We need to go back. The pictures below are washed out, it was getting late and they were rushing us. Next time ..

I remain amazed at the architecture – just a common building in the area. Note the detail on the brickwork …