Sarah's reviews
Review of The Geffrye Museum
20 Jul 08, 22:19
Love it and it is open! 
Puzzled by Veronica's review so had to add my own to point out that it has utterly normal opening hours and is well worth a visit if you have an interest in the ways in which our homes have changed in the last few hundred years.
This is a wonderful if unusual museum of the history of furniture design and the english domestic interior in particular. One of my favourite places for a quiet hour or two of looking at chairs and stuff, there's also a beautiful herb garden round the back and a calm cool garden at the front.
It is maybe a little tame for kids, though they do lots of educational events and fun stuff for the tiddlers I believe. Nice restaurant and great new bit that is an exhibition and events space.
Not a chap called Jeffery in sight, but do go and see what you think.
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Review of The Old Operating Theatre Museum
23 Oct 07, 21:00
Not as gruesome as you'd think
Small, fascinating, worth a look if you are at a loose end near London Bridge.
I don't actually remember it making me feel squeamish, just intrigued to poke around the collection. Oh and really glad to live in the age of penicillin and safe surgery and non-wooden operating theatres (the joys of our modern day MRSA, etc aside).
The operating theatre itself is oddly elegant but it is very eery to think of it in use. It really shows you why they are called theatres, as there are raked viewing platforms for medical students (or artists I guess) to observe live operations in the round.
This museum is seriously not for those with mobility impairments, or those with kids in buggies with them, as there were loads of stairs to climb I recall.
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