Guided Science Walk and Science Pub Crawl
Matt Brown
Monday, 20 July 2009 11:36 UTC
To coincide with the Science Online conference, I’ll be organising a couple of events similar to those of last year.
Thursday 20 August
6.30pm onwards
Pub crawl around four central London pubs, each with a scientific connection.
Friday 21 August
10.30am to approx 5pm
A guided tour of some of London’s science museums and attractions. I’ve still to plan out the route, but the tour will probably take in such venues as the Wellcome Collection, Royal College of Surgeons Museum and the South Kensington Museums. I’ll also point out sites of historic scientific interest as we go round. The tour will be free (including entry into all venues) and you can join at any point. All you’ll need is a Zone 1 travelcard or Oyster ticket.
To register interest in either event, please email me at i.am.mattbrown[at]gmail.com
Updated 20 August 2009 07:33 UTC
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Full details of pub crawl:
Thursday 20 August
6.30 meet in the Jeremy Bentham
7.30 Museum Tavern
8.30 Ben Crouch Tavern
9.30 John SnowIf you’d like to learn more about the pubs, and see a map of the route, I wrote up the pub crawl for the Londonist web site
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Full details of guided walk:
We’re going to start off at the Nature offices in Kings Cross, where you’ll be treated to a tour of the building (a converted Victorian warehouse), and a short chat with some of the editors (maybe even Henry Gee). Please meet at Nature reception at 10.30am. When you arrive, tell reception you’re on the walking tour, and you should be directed up some stairs to where we’ll be waiting. In the event that you arrive before I get there (10.15ish), ask for Paul Sng, who will be our guide around the building.
Nature is based at the Macmillan Building, 4 Crinan Street, a short walk from Kings Cross underground. Map:
http://tinyurl.com/ogy6rpThe remaining itinerary will look a little something like this:
10.30 Tour of Nature offices
11.15 Leave Nature and take Piccadilly line from Kings Cross to Holborn
12.00 Special tour of Hunterian Museum, at the Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln’s Inn Fields.
13.00 Lunch – either sandwiches in Lincolns Inn Fields or (if weather bad, or beer needed) pub lunch in nearby Penderel’s Oak pub
13.45 Walk through Bloomsbury taking in scientific blue plaques, other annecdotes I might throw your way, and a shortcut through the British Museum
14.30 Special guided tour of the awesome Wellcome Collection, on Euston Road
15.30 Leave Wellcome and get Circle Line to South Kensington where you can choose to visit either Natural History Museum or Science Museum. Both open unitl 6pm.
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