a wonderful trip in Hunterian Museum

I was always wondering how to spend my weekends in London.
Tired of tourist attractions, I am looking for an unique, inspiring and captivating experience.
Then I found this place and never need worry how to kill the weekends.

I am not joking. I am saying the Hunterian Museum.
I asked a person who had been living in London for more than 20 years. He failed to recognise what the Hunterian Museum was about.

As a foreigner getting in London for five months only, I felt so sorry for him. But do you know this museum? Obviously it is not that well-known. I can tell from your look.

The Hunterian collections contain over a million objects. Some are world-famous such as Charles Babbage's brilliant brain.

Don't let me down you have no idea about this guy. He is the one who originated the modern analytic computer. By 1834 he invented the principle of the analytical engine, the forerunner of the modern electronic computer. Wow, a great person. I am afraid none of us are "lucky" enough to meet Charles Babbage, But we can study his brain in the museum. Probably it could be a better way to make a comparison with your brain and his.

Also there is a two-tailed lizard. There are two preparations of the stomach of an East Indian tortoise. Not only those, Charles Byrne's skeleton is something that you can not miss. I am afraid if he were still alive, he could have interfered Yao Ming. Our tallest player in the NBA at 2.29m (7 ft 6 in) can not beat this Irish Giant Charles Byrne at 2.31m (7 ft 7in). This guy had words in his willing not wanting to be bought by Hunt. Ironically his body was purchased for 130 pounds and displayed after his death for three days.

Skull of 25-year-old man shows at least three times as large as a normal head, the bones of a Chinese woman's binding feet, cockerel's heads with transplanted human teeth embedded in the combs...quirky scenes can raise your horizons.

Shell-producing segment of the oviduct of a duck, cuckoo egg towards the end of its incubation, pregnant mouse, sheep, cow, pig, ovary, bat, hedgehog, kangaroo, goose etc etc. They are there telling fascinating stories, showing historically significant, either leaving puzzling or being bizarre.

I came across many visitors. None of them have anything to do with medicine. They are bank managers, artists, or even elementary pupils.

You can donate three pounds or just pretend not noticing the reminder in front of the door. By the way, what i did was showing them my journalistic card and enjoyed a great welcome by a volunteer from Taiwan who can speak Mandarin to me!