The Royal Geographical Society focuses on the collection, digestion, and dissemination of geographical information from the history of the UK. It was very cool to go here and see all of their maps and other historical artifacts!
We learned about the British exploration of Africa, Antarctica, and Mount Everest. Each trip had documentation and some had photographs of the explorers! I am a nerd for maps, so this was one of my favorite days.
I also discovered that in England, people consider sleds “sledges,” so that was a neat little tidbit. Here is the website for the RGS.
After the RGS, a small group of us went to the Natural History Museum just down the street. It had an extensive exhibit on dinosaurs that I just found fascinating! Here is the website for that. Their main attraction is a skeleton from a giant whale.
British Studies 2019 