I like science!

I am a big nerd, I know. I love science museums, especially if they've got some interactive component. The Exploratorium was my preferred San Franscisco activity well into my 20s. So our trip to the Wellcome Collection this afternoon was a big treat. Wellcome himself was, in addition to being an early pharmaecutical baron, an indiscriminate collector of anything even tangentially related to medicine. There's the mummified person and the used guillotine blade, the glass chemist's jars and the lock of some king's hair. Bizarre yet educational and fun.

My favourite part of the museum today was a temporary exhibit called Life Before Death. It features photographs of terminally ill peple shortly before they died and shortly after, plus exerpts from interviews with them. Beautifully shot, and extraordinarily powerful. It's closing here, but if you've ever got a chance to see it, I recommend it.

One of their permanent exhibits is Medicine Now, which among other things lets you create an "ID" for yourself based on a few biometric details.

Like many museums in London, this one is free. Next time you come to visit, put it on your list!