A Redneck Abroad: British Natural History Museum

[@archiebald4717]

Possibly the best museum in the known world.

[@jimjiminy5836]

I love it. I used to work there. It was a wonderful time of my life.

[@philhallbrook7008]

I doubt that there is better in the unknown world either

[@patavinity1262]

Depends on your taste in museums, doesn't it?

[@josephfoulger9628]

There are unknown museums out there?

[@CodyLaveau]

I love it

[@xandra7986]

My favourite museum is next door at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Best thing is that they’re all free. Nice to give a donation though. 😊

[@mypointofview1111]

The NatHist is the most beautiful building in the world bar none. The exhibit are pretty impressive as well. Whenever i look at it I see something new or different, I never get tired of looking at it

[@Bertie22222]

IMPORTANT ADVICE!!!!!! If you ever get chased by a mob of taxidermists, do not play dead.

[@NoisyBones]

So it might be smart to play dead since taxidermists are always wary of things found already dead not only because of potential disease but even just a bit of rot can make a hide totally unusable.

[@CodyLaveau]

Haha!

[@_boracic_atreus_23]

I remember my dad taking me to the Natural History Museum when I was kid. I remember seeing that Blue Whale and being utterly in awe of the size of it. It used to be suspended from the ceiling much higher up. I couldnt comprehend something that size. I went back as an adult when I moved to London and I was equally fascinated. This place is truly inspiring.

[@argon3]

Love that place! My favorite section is the Spirit Collection.

[@CodyLaveau]

Yes!!

[@digitalcareline]

Worth pre-booking a time slot as it can get busy - Hope your ankle is fixed now, there's plenty in that museum that you want to be able to outrun

[@CodyLaveau]

It is now, thank you. I explain how it gets fixed in a later video

[@davidlisteresq]

The rock room is my favourite. For my friends 21st birthday a few us took some MDMA and went to the museum for the day. We spent so long in the rock room. It was awe inspiring.

[@simonwild428]

Hugging rocks..????😂

[@CodyLaveau]

That sounds so wild and nerdy at the same time

[@davidlisteresq]

@ It really was. 😁

[@donaldanderson6604]

The Science Museum is pretty amazing. I remember when they got some Apollo moon rock. I was about 11 and had already been loads of times, but that was a special trip. Another free museum.

[@m-arky66]

Just around the corner.

[@tommyrouse6448]

Great review of the BNHM - one of London’s jewels 🇬🇧 👍

[@katejackson7432]

my son grew up in that museum and it means every tiny museum he walks near we go to.

[@BradsSpace2]

I always loved the room with the shiny rocks

[@CodyLaveau]

Me too!

[@johnvissenga328]

When I used to go (years ago) The entrance hall was dominated by the skeleton of Diplodocus Carnegii. I loved that entrance hall as a space, the view from the doors to the sweep of that magnificent stairway was trully impressive

[@charlieunderwood1311]

There is now a bronze cast of that in the garden outside

[@TheBerteh]

AKA Dippy the Diplodocus

[@gastondeveaux3783]

Korean Viking fantasy? Count me in! Just bought it for my Kindle!

[@CodyLaveau]

Thank you so much!

[@trooperthatsall5250]

I was lucky enough to work here, the Science Museum, the V&A, Children's Museum, The Design Museum and the Museum of London - I got to see the restorations, the recovery pieces etc . My job, I am pretty lucky here, took me places and still does. But I can assure you that what you are seeing is a fraction of the exhibits held. Your narration is excellent, you engage the viewer with every sentence. ~Trooper

[@CodyLaveau]

Thank you very much

[@ericstorr9880]

The Natural History Museum at Tring is great for taxidermy!

[@Chaddlee]

If yo udo every go, you should also just look at the building. It is a stunning example of Victorian design. The walls and columns have animals and plants represented in them and, even before you look inside it will blow you away.

[@CodyLaveau]

It was cavernous and beautiful

[@RichardFedczuk]

Our absolute favourite museum. Take a packed lunch and snacks and eat downstairs where you can get tea and coffee etc.

[@christinemarshall1366]

When you mentioned the smilodon (which I'd never heard of before) but knowing Greek I translated (smili) meaning scalpel don, of course, is tooth donti in Modern Greek.

[@stirlingmoss4621]

I've been visiting the Nat Hist Museum since 1960, and it has been updated several times and not to my liking, but, it remains a formidable place of collections of once living things and minerals. The architect, who had a brilliant, inventive mind, was the only architect of London's museums who did not receive a Knighthood for his work. The outside stonework with its animals incorporated into the facade are delightful.

[@Paul_Allaker8450]

My favourite museum, you could spend a week in there and still not see everything.

[@CodyLaveau]

Definitely agree

[@reggawardle4874]

Any taxidermy 😂😂..cheers bud..

[@johnl7710]

As a kid ( 14 ish) me, my younger brother and my cousin used to get the money (3 shillings in old money = 15p todays money) from our parents to buy a Red Rover ticket each. These no longer exist but you could go on as many red buses and tubes as you liked for all the day with the Red Rover ticket. We used to always go to the Nat Hist and the Science Museum which is close by and was our favourite but Nat Hist was always brilliant. I doubt kids would even be allowed to do it today out in London on our own all day was unimaginable freedom. We travelled all over London on a Red Rover and saw lots of things we would never have known about otherwise. We loved it.

[@donaldanderson6604]

Loved the Red Rovers. First went to the NHM when I was about 8. Awesome.

[@annother3350]

Beer plays havoc with the ankles, right?

[@CodyLaveau]

That curb jumped up and bit me

[@jeffgraham6387]

My brother used to work there as a fossil preparator before he retired, you may have seen some of his work...

[@annother3350]

Did he sneak any out?

[@jeffgraham6387]

@annother3350 ...funny you should say that....🤫...know anyone who wants a Triceratops skull? 😂

[@annother3350]

@@jeffgraham6387 well, I'm planning to make a bone broth

[@CodyLaveau]

That’s really cool!

[@DanA-fk6tl]

If you like taxidermy, try the Horniman museum (yes. it really is called that) in South london, or the Booth museum in Brighton.

[@ComedicRick]

I once went on a date with someone here and she seemed wary near the insect section so I asked if she wanted to skip it, but she insisted we go in and then the animatronic scorpion gave her a panic attack.

[@doonewatts7155]

Better a busted ankle than losing at arm wrestling 🤣

[@CodyLaveau]

Haha!

[@papercup2517]

If you're planning on visiting the V&A (which is highly recommended, even if you don't think you're into decorative arts, particularly) do be sure to check out the cafeteria where for the price of a cup of coffee you can enjoy the stunning William Morris/ Arts and Crafts/ Victorian decor, spread over several differently themed rooms. This is not the Victorian decorative style you thought you knew. Sadly the food doesn't quite live up to the grandeur of the surroundings.

[@CodyLaveau]

I’d love to come back and see them

[@juleswombat5309]

Yeah about that Taxidermy. Not really getting it. The Natural History Museum is packed out. I like to go to the V&A next door and just chill out with the giant Raphael cartoons hall. Or even the Science Museum to wander through the rockets, and US and Soviet space capsules.

[@HFStuart]

Something like 80 million artifacts - only a fraction of which are on display. It's also still a working wold class research centre.

[@CodyLaveau]

Wow!

[@doonewatts7155]

Boring chidhood story. This museum is ginormous! Not the place to lose a child in! I was that child so walked to the front door and waited knowing my dad and uncle would realise this was the sensible place to be aged 9. Surely? It took them an hour during which I had had a lovely time watching people go in and out

[@gohumberto]

Do Creationists visit here? It must make their head spin. All those animals, 99% of them extinct now, extinct for millions of years. Those pre-Humans. Extinct for thousands of years. I guess they'd just have to repeat a mantra as they wander around ... "The Earth is flat ... God did it ....The Earth is flat ... God did it ....The Earth is flat ... God did it ...."

[@annother3350]

These archeologists dont like talk about the many,many ancient artefacts depicting humans riding anatomically correct dinosaurs. The official story you're told is false

[@bigvanvader8365]

@@annother3350 😂 that was the Flintstones you saw 😂 you do realise the Flintstones is a cartoon and not a documentary? I suppose we also used to mix cement in pelicans beaks? 😂

[@annother3350]

@ yeh, The Flintstones was a documentary! no, look it up - men riding anatomically correct Triceratops in sculptures thousands of years old.

[@bigvanvader8365]

@@annother3350 it’s not true mate. The Acámbaro ones were found to be a hoax by anthropologist Charles C. Di Peso, a respected specialist in ancient ceramics. Others are either misidentified or hoaxes.

[@annother3350]

@@bigvanvader8365 They've been found all around the world. Ancient Indians depicted themselves riding the 4-tusked elephant which was also said to die off witrh the dinosaurs. Its silly to be so dissmissive.

[@joh22293]

it's not what it used to be - too many cafes, restaurants and gift shops now.

[@61js]

Got to pay the bills.

[@acptelford1307]

Shame you never respond to people here

[@stuartcrawford3045]

seconded.

[@CodyLaveau]

Yeah, it’s a shame