London Museum Day
On a recent Saturday we spent the morning at the Royal Academy of Arts, in Burlington House on Picadilly, and the afternoon visiting (again) the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Burlington House is a former aristocratic residence, now housing the Royal Academy and its art collection. The entry is through an elaborate gate on Picadilly, the famous London street, and through a large courtyard, with Burlington House on the north side. The other three sides are made of building that house various learned societies, including the Royal Astronomical Society, the Society of Antiquarians and the Linnaean Society -- the oldest organization in the world devoted to natural history. It's a rather awe-inspiring array of historical and intellectual organizations.
We visited the art collection in the Royal Academy of Arts -- and while perusing the art in the ballroom of the former residence noticed a plaque on the wall informing the visitor that this is the room where Charles Darwin made the first presentation of his paper on "The Origin of Species". London is just overflowing with this kind of historically interesting discovery.
Some pictures from that day can be seen at:
http://chuck.smugmug.com/gallery/1874275/1/94285595
Burlington House is a former aristocratic residence, now housing the Royal Academy and its art collection. The entry is through an elaborate gate on Picadilly, the famous London street, and through a large courtyard, with Burlington House on the north side. The other three sides are made of building that house various learned societies, including the Royal Astronomical Society, the Society of Antiquarians and the Linnaean Society -- the oldest organization in the world devoted to natural history. It's a rather awe-inspiring array of historical and intellectual organizations.
We visited the art collection in the Royal Academy of Arts -- and while perusing the art in the ballroom of the former residence noticed a plaque on the wall informing the visitor that this is the room where Charles Darwin made the first presentation of his paper on "The Origin of Species". London is just overflowing with this kind of historically interesting discovery.
Some pictures from that day can be seen at:
http://chuck.smugmug.com/gallery/1874275/1/94285595
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