The Sewing Machine Museum

[several_bees]

Perhaps because I talk louder than either of them, Kevan and miss-newham continue to indulge me in my conviction that we should go to pretty much every museum in London, the nicher the better. This weekend it was the first Saturday of the month, and we all know what that means: the Sewing Machine Museum in Balham was open between 2pm and 5pm

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[mockduck]

Best post - nay, best quest - evah.

[several_bees]

Thanks! I'll make sure to keep Livejournal updated on how it goes - someone's suggested the British Optical Association Museum, which may be my next stop, though the fact that they refer to themselves as "the musEYEum" is a little alarming...

[puzzled_anwen]

I might have to change my name to Sherburm Blodgett. That does sound like a fantastically boring museum, and I like sewing machines quite a bit.

[solri]

I think it's "Sherburn", not "Sherburm". It's kind of a tie, since Google gives two search results for each spelling, but the two for "Sherburm" are both from this thread, whereas the two for "Sherburn" are independent witnesses. But anyway, you should change your name to one of these just so there will be two results for googling your name that aren't about you. And when you sign up for online services, you can be pretty sure that the user name you want won't have been taken. I imagine there isn't much competition for the domain name sherburnblodgett.com either.

[puzzled_anwen]

I could always go the whole hog and call myself Sherbum Blidgett...

[several_bees]

I can confirm now that the correct name is Sherburne C. Blodgett. Not quite as good, but still pretty great. And just think of all the cute nicknames. Sherry, Sherby, Burnie, Sherbs, Blodgie...

[nikborton]

If you run out of strange museums in London, the Belgian Fry Museum in Bruges is quite good. It's not especially boring, though. Just... a weird thing to have a museum about, even when fries are one of your national specialities.

[nikborton]

The chocolate museum is enormously boring, though.

[several_bees]

Nik it is a CHOCOLATE MUSEUM. I don't understand.

[nikborton]

The history of chocolate is a surprisingly tedious thing. Even the kiddie signs - both museums have cartoons at knee-height explaining some facet of the current section simply, and again the fry museum is better - fail to make it interesting.

The free milk/dark/white chocolate buttons on entry were very nice, though.

London Museums

[squirmelia]

Have you been to the British Optical Association Museum? I haven't, but it sounds like it might be boring.

Re: London Museums

[several_bees]

I haven't! I'll have to visit. Its website mentions the Freemasons Museum in Covent Garden, which is perhaps another one to try.

Re: London Museums

[squirmelia]

There's a Freemasons Museum in Bath as well, which I am tempted to visit.