The Wonders of London's Natural History Museum - An In-Depth Guided Tour

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  • Опубліковано 20 вер 2024

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  • @Phoenix-Crafts
    @Phoenix-Crafts 10 місяців тому +34

    Thank you, I am disabled and find trips out exhausting these days but the Natural History museum and Geology collection will always be special to me. I loved each of the videos that I’ve seen of yours so far.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  10 місяців тому +8

      Thank you so much for your kind words. People like you are the reason I do this!

    • @GeorgiaGeorgette
      @GeorgiaGeorgette 9 місяців тому +5

      I'm in the same boat; I'm almost completely confined to bed and visiting museums is one of the things I miss most. I'm so grateful for these videos.

    • @johnvaughn2590
      @johnvaughn2590 7 місяців тому +3

      Isn't UA-cam wonderful? I'm enjoying walking tours and mountain climbing, Grateful Dead concerts.@@GeorgiaGeorgette

    • @GeorgiaGeorgette
      @GeorgiaGeorgette 7 місяців тому

      @@johnvaughn2590
      It truly is. It's such a remarkable resource and I'm so grateful for it.

    • @j2fly1
      @j2fly1 2 місяці тому +1

      I love animals at the museum

  • @annhalton1963
    @annhalton1963 Рік тому +15

    Thank you for your informative, well spoken and entertaining videos. Thank you for not being loud and dramatic, with annoying background music, like many other videos.

  • @leslietarkin5705
    @leslietarkin5705 Рік тому +25

    The Natural Museum is a favorite of mine. I like to draw dragons and other mythical creatures, so I go there and draw the animals for inspiration. My favorite animals to draws are the dinosaurs. Drawing the skeletons really helps me learn their anatomy and how it can be used to make realistic drawings of mythical creatures. This is a great video. Please do one on the Cheddar area.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому +4

      Cheddar is on the short list! Thank you for your kind words.

  • @TealCheetah
    @TealCheetah Рік тому +6

    The earthquake simulator reminds me of the volcano interior at the Denver natural history museum when I was a child. It didn't move, but it scared the hell out of me. Going back as a teen.... it was a clear acrylic floor with glowing "magma" and a fog machine.

  • @tamarrajames3590
    @tamarrajames3590 Рік тому +6

    LOVE the glass sculptures of marine invertebrates…thank you. In 1958 or 59, when I was 7 or 8, there was an earthquake that buckled Foul Bay Road in Victoria B.C., I remember watching the road crack and buckle with my siblings while the ground shook under us. Most houses had breakage of glass and crockery, it was pretty amazing to experience.🖤🇨🇦

  • @JanKustersSittard
    @JanKustersSittard Рік тому +4

    I love to look at a museum this way when I can not visit it in real life, thank you!
    And yes please on the inner work of a museum!!!

  • @Tocsin-Bang
    @Tocsin-Bang Рік тому +4

    I remember seeing Guy when he was alive. I love the London museums. I've taken numerous school parties to the Natural History and Science Museum.

  • @chrisball3778
    @chrisball3778 Рік тому +5

    I'm currently on a half-term holiday with my son to Berlin, which has got to be one of the museum capitals of the whole world, and I'm probably in danger of OD'ing on museums right now... All the same, I was really happy to watch this, as the Natural History Museum was probably the one that really ignited my interest in these places when I was a dino-mad kid. Great choice of exhibits to feature, as usual.
    The revamped Hintz Hall and Cadogan gallery have done a really good job of highlighting some of the best exhibits in the NHM, and they deserve credit for it. As much as I love the 80's-tastic and tatty hall of mammals, I'm looking forward to seeing it spritzed up and modernised, as the other modernised galleries have only got better.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much, Chris! I can't wait to head to Berlin to film some videos.

    • @chrisball3778
      @chrisball3778 Рік тому +1

      @@TheMuseumGuide Got home last night. Berlin's an absolutely wonderful city. I'd love to go back, and would love to see a video with your tips on what else to see if/ when you get the chance to film there.

  • @jamieknight326
    @jamieknight326 8 днів тому

    This was such a joy to watch. Thanks for creating it :)

  • @1954real
    @1954real Рік тому +6

    Love all your videos there so professionally produced. Thankyou so much, love them all. Can't wait for the next one. ( I've seen them all now 😊).

  • @verawarren2893
    @verawarren2893 Рік тому +7

    Another great tour, thank you! My favorite was the Blaschka glass animals, they were amazing and very contemporary. Thanks again for all the work that goes into these!

  • @Hollymillar987
    @Hollymillar987 Рік тому +5

    Please, I’m so happy to have found your channel!! Glad to see you have posted again, I’m learning so much from you I love how informative you are 😁😁💖 keep up the great work and can’t wait to see further videos from you in the future ☺️

  • @ganeshthapa6702
    @ganeshthapa6702 3 місяці тому

    Beautiful collections and display

  • @laurelh29
    @laurelh29 Рік тому +5

    Loved it, a beautiful museum!

  • @juliewilson3237
    @juliewilson3237 Рік тому +7

    I’ve just found your channel so I’m going to watch all the other videos, as I’m a huge museum fan and this is my favourite that I’ve visited. Great job 👏 😊

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

      Thank you! What other museums would you like to see?

    • @juliewilson3237
      @juliewilson3237 Рік тому +1

      @@TheMuseumGuide The mutter museum looks amazing , slightly longer journey though . 😂

    • @laurieb3703
      @laurieb3703 2 місяці тому

      ​@@TheMuseumGuideI would really like to see you tour the American museum of natural History! Or the Smithsonian. I went there as a kid and I'm dying to go back! Whenever you're back this way anyway lol

  • @louisebrandon5950
    @louisebrandon5950 Рік тому +4

    Hi, I love your show, I really think you would enjoy visiting the church from the 1300's, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire. The isle is flat grave stones and there is a marble skeleton on one of the raised tombs. As it is on the top of a big hill, with a quarry on one side, the wind whips around it. Whilst there (near Donnington), it's worth going out towards a place called Grace dieu ruins (near Whitwick). Apparently a monk from a nearby monastery impregnated a nun who was placed behind a wall and died of starvation/dehydration/shock. I hope you enjoy them 😊🇬🇧

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому +3

      This is going on the list! Thank you so much!

  • @shonunezekiel
    @shonunezekiel Рік тому +4

    Really well filmed and presented video - thank you. I am planning to take my kids (11 and 8 years old) to the NHM during a staycation in the summer holiday... I think we will focus on a couple of areas, and maybe take a guided tour, then come back again, rather than try to breeze-through glimpsing everything.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

      Glad it was helpful! I would be delighted to guide you in person in the future. :)

  • @undrwatropium3724
    @undrwatropium3724 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for bringing this information to me. I've never been to a museum anywhere.
    I love to learn new things though. Love this video. Thank you

  • @pheart2381
    @pheart2381 Рік тому +2

    Guy!!💗 We as a family used to visit Guy at the zoo every year. As a small child I would stand as close to the glass as possible and we would gaze into each other's eyes for minutes on end. I am perfectly convinced if the glass had vanished he wouldnt have hurt me. When he died we never went to the zoo again,and I havnt visited a zoo since. We only went to pay our yearly visit to our friend. I've never forgiven London Zoo for giving him the sweets that caused his teeth to rot! It still upsets me thinking about it. He died in the lorry taking him back to the zoo after having the teeth treated.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

      Poor chappy. Have you thought about visiting him at the NHM?

    • @pheart2381
      @pheart2381 Рік тому +1

      @@TheMuseumGuide I didnt know his remains were there until I watched your video. I would rather not view my friend stuffed. I want to remember our silent interaction and the careful way he peeled the skin off his grapes before eating them.

  • @hannam3924
    @hannam3924 Рік тому +2

    I absolutely love this museum. I can spend all my free time there.

  • @petersmith1343
    @petersmith1343 Рік тому +1

    Thank you. One of my favourite places in my childhood. I also loved the Science Museum.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

      It’s so wonderful for children! And adult children…

  • @pegjames188
    @pegjames188 10 місяців тому +2

    Circa 1964 on a school trip went down one floor too many in the lift, found myself wandering around in all sorts of pipe work and infrastructure, eventually found my way back up. It was actually very interesting for a ten year old .

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  10 місяців тому

      I can’t decide if that’s my dream or nightmare scenario! 🤣 thanks for watching.

  • @v10l3t-jpg
    @v10l3t-jpg 6 місяців тому +1

    This video is a godsend!! I'm writing fanfiction where two characters go on a date here and I missed so many galleries on my trip to London because I didn't use a map and I'm only realising now that I've gone to write it 😢 love the detailed history, you're amazing 🥰

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  6 місяців тому +1

      That’s so cool! Glad to be of service.

  • @spacecardinal
    @spacecardinal Рік тому +2

    Great tour. Really well done. I would like to watch anything you come up with. Cheers

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

      Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it. Let me know what you think of my others!

  • @rowanshadowwolf1
    @rowanshadowwolf1 8 місяців тому +2

    Ooo! A video on Cheddar Gorge, please!

  • @yalova84
    @yalova84 Рік тому +3

    I love your videos, please keep going! I have a question about the Natural History Museum. It is one of my favorite museums, but I have not been there for about 10 years (I am living in the USA). I have always said that if you visit this museum you must "Look up! Look up!" Are all the panels with pictures of plants still there?

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому +1

      They are! I just couldn't capture them very well on my camera.

  • @Fred-rj3er
    @Fred-rj3er Рік тому +3

    As a cripple living up North who has always wanted to visit these places but circumstances never allowed, your lovely vids allow me to learn so much more. Pity there is no atmosphere vision, but then again, no crowds either haha.
    How about explaining the various different museums I'm London? They can be confusing.
    Please watch ya pronunciation though lol. Eve olution. As in Adam and Eve lol.
    Soz, I'm pedantic lol.
    Keep the vids coming.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому +1

      Thank you! In my Canadian accent, it will always be Evvvvolution. ;) I appreciate your subscribtion!

    • @Fred-rj3er
      @Fred-rj3er Рік тому

      @@TheMuseumGuide Aww. No offence intended.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому +1

      @@Fred-rj3er None taken. :)

  • @fossil_frog7980
    @fossil_frog7980 Рік тому +4

    I love your videos

  • @stevecannon1774
    @stevecannon1774 Рік тому +2

    We have the world’s largest gem and mineral show here in Tucson. It takes place for 2 weeks every February. You can but raw, cut or polished gems as well as jewelry both pre made or. custom made. We also have an amazing gem and mineral museum where you can see the. mineral and gems in their natural states and lots of donated jewelry that are worth lots of $s ( they won’t say so much).
    Tucson also has a natural history museum filled with taxidermied animal (we also have a traditional natural history museum).
    The gem in our museums is the Desert Museum where all of the animals are live in the desert they are native too. It’s best to get there at 5:00 am when the animals are most active.
    You are welcome to visit us.

  • @arthunter92
    @arthunter92 3 місяці тому

    Incredibly detailed video. Thank you so much for this content…

  • @lisaapodaca7619
    @lisaapodaca7619 5 місяців тому

    Living in Alma, Colorado it was so cool to see that amazing rhodochrosite. Between that and the moose I’m feeling like I live in an amazing place 😅

  • @betty5064
    @betty5064 6 місяців тому

    Thank you for the video, and in particular the information about the collections and origins of specimens.

  • @avalonkerr8332
    @avalonkerr8332 5 місяців тому +3

    For his time (so, not our time,) Darwin was not particularly racist. It is crazy imo when people describe historical figures using a modern lense. People aren't perfect; there are always good and bad things, virtueous and evil in existence; but 'then' was not 'now'. Humankind has evolved, at least in part for the better; but progresss means things were not understood in the past as they are now. Or many things anyway.

  • @Aquariadragon
    @Aquariadragon Рік тому +1

    I remember going here when i was smol, I want to visit again I remember when that globe around the escalator used to rotate

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

      Museums like this one are so good at evoking childhood nostalgia! Thanks for watching.

  • @I-AM-YOUR-MOM
    @I-AM-YOUR-MOM 2 місяці тому

    This is one high quality tour video. I’m a solo traveler and I am currently sitting in the cafeteria watching your video and it’s so informative 👍🏼 thank you 🙏🏼

  • @louisemerriman1079
    @louisemerriman1079 Рік тому +1

    I loved this video very educational and informative 👏

  • @robertcombs55
    @robertcombs55 3 місяці тому

    FIVE STARS!!!!

  • @ArleneDKatz
    @ArleneDKatz Рік тому

    Thank you so much. Loved this. I’m a tour guide at AMNH in NYC. You did a wonderful job

  • @konstantinostzas8005
    @konstantinostzas8005 Рік тому +1

    Emerald = Taurus. Taurus adores; galleries, museums, cemeteries, the strange, macabre and so much more. Hand in glove.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому +1

      Some Geminis, too! But yes, I am a Taurus. ;)

  • @kaollakitten
    @kaollakitten 3 місяці тому +1

    Please visit Cheddar & Somerset. The Cheddar Man was found to have a living relative living within Somerset, in a nearby village.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  3 місяці тому +1

      I really need to go! I love Bristol, too.

  • @sammipanda3046
    @sammipanda3046 Рік тому +2

    You should visit Arlington national cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Arlington was established by George Washington's adopted grandson, George Washington Parke Custis, to be a living memorial to the first president. Custis's daughter, Mary, married U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Robert E. Lee in 1831. Then in 1864 it became a national cemetery. At Arlington there the tomb of the unknown soldier, and the lee house . The is a lot of walk there when I went there I walk 10 miles and I only did the western half.

  • @martinquarton184
    @martinquarton184 Рік тому +1

    Great video. Visiting this weekend.

  • @user-tj2px7vx2y
    @user-tj2px7vx2y Місяць тому

    I love museums

  • @stephiechefy
    @stephiechefy 9 місяців тому

    We have a big metal Dippy outside the Carnegie Museums here in Pittsburgh, and they’re often wearing a fun seasonal scarf. It’s such a hoot to see them in people clothes lol. (Our Dippy has a Twitter, as well, which is wild because they have no thumbs for typing).
    Sadly my favorite exhibit there is being pulled from public view since they found out there’s human in it. I understand and respect the ethics, but I’m still bummed.
    It’s fun to see the connections between museums, thanks for sharing this 🙂

  • @tocororo
    @tocororo 6 місяців тому

    What an amazing museum!. Thank you. 😊

  • @leonorarobins3426
    @leonorarobins3426 Рік тому +1

    Well done!! Loved the tour❤

  • @tommyfoley462
    @tommyfoley462 4 місяці тому

    Tuna,swordfish and many gamefish were very common off britains coast in the 1800s and early 1900s. Bournemouth used to have a fishing trip to linw catch tuna in 1910-1920 ish.im very surprised the swordfish has been treated so special.

  • @j2fly1
    @j2fly1 11 місяців тому +2

    Coming soon The AMNH 🐻🐋🐘🦖

  • @gregorm9183
    @gregorm9183 Рік тому

    Your videos i find very calming and informative, thank you for doing these. Hi from NZ

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому +1

      Glad you like them! I hope to come to NZ next year. :)

    • @gregorm9183
      @gregorm9183 Рік тому

      @@TheMuseumGuide Oh please do come to NZ, we'd love to have you!.

  • @babettesfeast6347
    @babettesfeast6347 5 місяців тому

    Please do a tour of the Science Museum.
    Thanks
    Love your channel

  • @Blade_Daddy
    @Blade_Daddy 14 днів тому

    Please do more on the subject you mentioned.

  • @zornitsavalkanova5753
    @zornitsavalkanova5753 11 місяців тому

    Amazing videos! Thank you so much for the details and inspiration 🙏 I wish I could find analogous videos for the museums in Belgium :)

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  11 місяців тому

      I would love to do a few Belgian museums! Which would you recommend?

    • @zornitsavalkanova5753
      @zornitsavalkanova5753 11 місяців тому

      @@TheMuseumGuide that would be awesome! From the ones in Brussels - my favorite one is the Horta museum (there are many related art nouveau buildings), the Royal Museum for Central Africa and the Train museum (big impact from UK in the railway history). In Antwerp I love the following ones - Rubens, Plantin-Moretus and the Red star line museums.
      I am preparing my visit to London and watching your videos to enjoy to the fullest my stay. Thank you so much for the inspiration :)

  • @TheKraken5360
    @TheKraken5360 4 місяці тому

    Just a thought, maybe consider making a video on Tate Modern? Its one of London's big museums. But, from what I can tell, there aren't many people making videos about it. You might not have much competition.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  4 місяці тому +1

      I have it filmed, but it’s so intimidating- even for me, an art nerd! Explaining modern art is tough. But I accept the challenge!

  • @Andy_Babb
    @Andy_Babb Рік тому +1

    Super well done. I hope I can visit some of the museums in the UK

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

      Thank you Andy! Until then, you can live vicariously through my videos. :)

    • @Andy_Babb
      @Andy_Babb Рік тому

      @@TheMuseumGuide I definitely will! Fingers crossed I may try to visit this winter!!

  • @robertafierro5592
    @robertafierro5592 Рік тому +1

    What an EXCITING CHANNEL!

  • @alanholck7995
    @alanholck7995 Рік тому +1

    Excellent video. Have you been to Grant Museum at UCL? I believe it is the last old-school university natural history museum open to the public. They have the most complete Dodo skeleton in the world. And don’t miss the world-famous Jar of Moles.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому +1

      I used to volunteer there! And it will be included in my upcoming video about the Strangest Museums in London. :) The video actually has a SECOND jar of moles. How's that for value?

  • @cavlizzy
    @cavlizzy 8 місяців тому

    What about Mary Annings famous complete fossil?? Loved seeing it there! Could you do a video on that one? Thx

  • @Fred-rj3er
    @Fred-rj3er Рік тому +1

    Cheddar gorge. Yes please!

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

      I agree!!!! I am champing at the bit to head there.

  • @philofwill8087
    @philofwill8087 Рік тому +1

    Thank you

  • @stop-the-greed
    @stop-the-greed Рік тому +1

    Sorry just discovered your work.... please do the London dungeon ...I will forward these to everyone o can

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

      Thank you! The London Dungeon is a bit tricky, but I’ll look into it. :)

  • @sharkgato
    @sharkgato Рік тому

    Thank you so much. ❤

  • @garycarpenter2980
    @garycarpenter2980 8 місяців тому

    Yeah I'd like to see how a museum works

  • @robyheer9339
    @robyheer9339 Рік тому +1

    very nice ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

  • @TheMuseumGuide
    @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

    Did you enjoy this video? Watch the Strangest Objects in the Victoria & Albert Museum next.
    ua-cam.com/video/yXLNbeLXANE/v-deo.html&lc=Ugy7IR9HrO-JBoNjx9t4AaABAg
    As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.com/paypalme/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide - Thank you!

  • @joannedarling502
    @joannedarling502 8 місяців тому

    Trying to get a trip here to visit the stockton dinosaur,warwickshire, as I live very close to where he was found in a gravel pit

  • @martijnkeisers5900
    @martijnkeisers5900 Рік тому

    I'm a big fan! ♥️

  • @coreyharrison7681
    @coreyharrison7681 10 місяців тому

    About giraffes read tall blonds by Lynn sherr

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  10 місяців тому +1

      I’ll look into it! Thanks for watching.

  • @marypresley9874
    @marypresley9874 Рік тому +1

    They found a group of mastodon fossils on the property at the back of my place. There's a museum there now

  • @christianm5271
    @christianm5271 9 місяців тому

    Do you have any documentation of the construction of the building? Photos

  • @jacquirhodes2834
    @jacquirhodes2834 8 місяців тому

    Thank you, it's been quite a while since I was last at the museum and your guide showed me things that I have not seen, like the glass sculptures. I really need to pay another visit. A guide on how museums work would be really interesting. Your videos are great ❤ 🦍🦣

  • @TealCheetah
    @TealCheetah Рік тому +1

    "Would you like to see a video on ___"
    The answer is yes

  • @TestedFail
    @TestedFail 7 місяців тому

    RIP Lucy you would have loved trail mix

  • @gofurjonoxunov2672
    @gofurjonoxunov2672 Рік тому +1

    How much should we pay in order to get into this museum?

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

      It’s free!!! But you should book your visiting time online.

  • @wackynz3260
    @wackynz3260 Рік тому +1

    Went there in 78 there was a blue whale in entrance back then .

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

      After many years, he’s back!

    • @wackynz3260
      @wackynz3260 Рік тому

      @@TheMuseumGuide To be fair i think it was the big blue one you showed later in clip, sure there was a T rex too, i was only 8yrs old so yeah.

  • @Lighting_Desk
    @Lighting_Desk Рік тому

    We should probably give some of that stuff back....

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

      Which of these items? And back to who?
      I 100% agree with repatriation, but nothing on this tour is contested.

  • @winter4953
    @winter4953 10 місяців тому

    Friends show friends the truth

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  10 місяців тому

      They also show off the Natural History Museum.

  • @stop-the-greed
    @stop-the-greed Рік тому

    If you can find it check out the toy museum ....Tring zoological museum also good

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому +1

      Oh yes - Pollock's Toy Museum! Wonderful. I need to go!

  • @stephengent9974
    @stephengent9974 Рік тому

    Actually we have kept pigeons since ancient times as a form of fresh meat in winter

  • @rageyguy
    @rageyguy Рік тому

    I haven't been there since 2012 i was like 7

  • @alanholck7995
    @alanholck7995 Рік тому +1

    Fun fact - Charles Darwin was born on same day as US President Abraham Lincoln

  • @lauratreasures3816
    @lauratreasures3816 5 місяців тому

    I have lived through a 6.9 magnitude earthquake.

  • @Uquelele3000
    @Uquelele3000 Рік тому

    The largest dinosaur was the Patagotitan

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому

      That’s another name for the Titanosaurus. ;)

  • @Snakesnarl
    @Snakesnarl 11 місяців тому

    I’m confused by her accent. It mostly sounds American except for a few words that definitely don’t sound American. Canadian?

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  11 місяців тому

      Canadian in the UK for a decade. :)

  • @pim1234
    @pim1234 10 місяців тому

    That first edition of Darwins book is in Dutch ??? The cover is ...

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  10 місяців тому

      Blame Google Image search! 🤣 thanks for watching.

  • @SAOS451316
    @SAOS451316 Рік тому +33

    It's important to remember that while the so-called 'social-Darwinists' have misapplied darwinian evolution for oppression, Darwin himself was pretty racist, arguably more than average for his time. His book On the Descent of Man has some revolting ideas about race. He is very important to the field of biology but not exactly worthy of the apotheosis some people give him.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  Рік тому +18

      Thank you for this- I didn’t realise. Excellent point, and I’ll include this in any future content that mentions Darwin.

    • @budd2nd
      @budd2nd Рік тому +22

      I’m interested, have you personally read On the origin of species & On the descent of man? I have and as a historian, I can tell you that he was less racist than the rest of Victorian Europe, not worse as you have implied.

    • @paralogregt
      @paralogregt 10 місяців тому

      I found it disappointing and many of the displays were very dirty and dusty.

    • @mariewraight4969
      @mariewraight4969 8 місяців тому +9

      Nobody is perfect, and his opinions on race were probably shared by the majority of people at the time. This is not to justify his behaviour in any way, just to emphasise that he was not the monster you make him out to be.

    • @williamshafer1996
      @williamshafer1996 7 місяців тому +8

      ​@@TheMuseumGuide just worry More about museums, and less about racism.

  • @Chris-um3se
    @Chris-um3se 9 місяців тому

    Why not show the history of Tats?

  • @jennyskipworth
    @jennyskipworth 6 місяців тому

    This beautiful lady looks SO, SO much like Caitlin Doughty... 👩🏻‍💼👩🏻‍💼
    💀⚰️Momento Mori🪦🕸

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  6 місяців тому

      She’s an acquaintance of mine! I’ve also written for her site. :)

  • @lourdesevaristo1428
    @lourdesevaristo1428 7 місяців тому

    DEVUELVAN EL MOAI. 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

  • @-T-Shortss
    @-T-Shortss Рік тому

    You talk so sweet

  • @frankadams9644
    @frankadams9644 2 місяці тому

    darwin got all wronged

  • @nickinportland
    @nickinportland 9 місяців тому

    22:36 ok who the hell slept with the gorilla? That is not ok 😂. She’s like oh you know like comforting your dog or cat. No it’s not. I don’t feel I’m being controversial here in advising against even zoologists sleeping with gorillas.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  9 місяців тому

      Awww, I think it’s sweet! He was a gentle giant.

  • @frankadams9644
    @frankadams9644 2 місяці тому

    darwin got it all wronge

  • @lanhua810
    @lanhua810 Рік тому +1

    Fattiest or the luckiest survive and reproduce?

  • @HarryMollyNut
    @HarryMollyNut 9 місяців тому +1

    What's a "Coor Reef"? I've heard of a Coral Reef 🤷

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  9 місяців тому +1

      You see, some folks have different accents depending on where they grew up or where they’ve lived for a long time. Hope that helps! ;)

  • @curiositycloset2359
    @curiositycloset2359 5 місяців тому

    Hmm involved in the slave trade. Might want check your own involvement with the current slave trade.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  5 місяців тому

      No one has any idea what you’re talking about.

  • @graptik8
    @graptik8 8 місяців тому

    Moose head

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  8 місяців тому +1

      And a moose body!

    • @graptik8
      @graptik8 8 місяців тому

      I was watching this video before bed to gather ideas for a video-game I'm designing and I left this comment as a reminder for myself. Seeing your reply gave me a good chuckle!@@TheMuseumGuide

  • @RoseMary-vs3io
    @RoseMary-vs3io 2 місяці тому

    Tosh, and storytelling, no wonder its free😅

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  2 місяці тому

      I have no idea whether you’re referring to me or the museum.

  • @williamshafer1996
    @williamshafer1996 7 місяців тому

    This lady here doesn't miss a chance to use this platform as her soap box. She is definitely a liberal mind.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  7 місяців тому +1

      Yes. It’s my channel. I can say what I wish. 🤣

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  7 місяців тому +1

      Also, liberal as opposed to… closed minded? Ignorant? Uneducated?

    • @williamshafer1996
      @williamshafer1996 7 місяців тому

      @TheMuseumGuide you should not refer to yourself in such terms. You will grow out of it someday. I just find it rather tasteless for someone trying to teach history to include their own distorted bias.

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  7 місяців тому +1

      @@williamshafer1996 all history narratives are biased. To think otherwise is naive and uneducated.
      I aim to grow out of being liberal and become even more of a hardened leftist Marxist.

  • @eddiemunster8634
    @eddiemunster8634 7 місяців тому

    Between the tattoos and your gratuitous mention of slave trade was enough to cancel you with a thumbs down a

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  7 місяців тому

      🤣

    • @TheMuseumGuide
      @TheMuseumGuide  7 місяців тому +1

      The history of this museum is inextricably linked with the slave trade. The museum’s own curation mentions it even more than I did, so you definitely wouldn’t like visiting.