Whale vomit protects you from the plague

Today I went to the Museum of London, but mainly because it was free. I wasn't really sure what to expect from it, but truthfully, I enjoyed it the most out of any other museum I have visited (unless you count the Royal Historical Palaces). I'm currently taking a class on eighteenth century London and I can honestly say that it is the most interesting course I have ever taken in my entire life. I was a bit bummed when I found out the Tudor dynasty module wasn't offered this term and that because I needed one more class to fulfil my visa requirements, I decided to suck it up and take the eighteenth century London module. It probably won't transfer back, but that's fine with me because I just love it so much! Anyway, enough about that- more on the Museum. The Museum of London had a very modern feel to it and everything was neatly organised.

My favourite bit about the Museum of London was the seventeenth and eighteenth century exhibits. The seventeenth century exhibit mostly focused on the plague and the eighteenth century exhibit had the Vauxhall Gardens. I found this to be interesting about the plague:

Below are images of what the Vauxhall Gardens looked like in the eighteenth century:

 Concerts would be performed in the Gardens by composers like Handel.

Above is the layout of the gardens and below is an image of what the Gardens looked like:

Since the Gardens are no longer around, the Museum recreated (well, not really) something that would be a bit like an evening at Vauxhall Gardens. A film was rolling and focused on several people who were spending their time at this pleasure garden. The Museum also had clothing on display of what would have been worn to the pleasure gardens.

Being seen at Vauxhall Gardens was a good thing, as polite society tended to visit these pleasure gardens for socialising and for entertainment.

After my visit to the Museum I walked over to St Paul's Cathedral:

I learned at the Museum that St Paul's burnt down in the Great Fire in 1666 and was finally rebuilt in 1710. After walking around the Cathedral I headed over to the Globe Theatre:

I wasn't able to go in because it was too late. Maybe next time.