Resources for Cites on Tour - London!
London Orientation
A Tale of Two Cities with Dan Cruickshank (56 minutes)
Notes from "A Tale of Two Cities"
2) Another tourist map of London
On-line interactive map of London:
https://www.city-walks.info/London-en/Map.html
British Museum
Background
The Early British Empire (1497-1783) (10 minutes)
Notes: Christianity (Civilization), Colonialism (Expansion), money
gold/silver in new world, indentured servants, slaves
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge
founded, November, 1660
The Origin of the British Museum
258 Years of the British Museum (3 minutes)
Notes: Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753)
received into the Royal Society at age of 24
received into the Royal College of Physicians at the age of 27
donated 71,000 articles for the start of the museum
The British World of the British Museum
Note: Museum opened its doors in January, 1759
The Late British Empire (1783-1997) (10 minutes)
British Museum resources
https://www.britishmuseum.org/towards-reopening
https://www.britishmuseum.org/visit/museum-map
Appendix
The British Museum, A Biblical Tour (1’26”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Ty5dpPoX4
Through the British Museum with the Bible, DayOne pub.
Guided Tour of London
Buckingham Palace –
Introduction to Buckingham Palace (4 minutes, 15 sec.)
The Palace of Westminster
A Descriptive Account of the Palace of Westminster
Palace of Westminster with Dan Cruickshank (52 minutes)
map of the Palace of Westminster
Westminster Abbey
Edited BBC series (1 hour, 41 minutes)
Two Warriors buried in the Abbey (11 minutes)
website: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burials_and_memorials_in_Westminster_Abbey
Be Aware: You will not be able to take pictures inside the Abbey
Tower Bridge
website: https://www.towerbridge.org.uk/about-us/history
The Tower Bridge Tour (5 minutes)
Optional:
Tower Bridge Engineering Tour (4 minutes)
Yeah, but what about London Bridge? 9 minutes)
Hyde Park
St. Paul’s Cathedral visit
History of St. Paul’s w/floor plan map (paper)
St. Paul’s Cathedral (8 minutes)
Tower of London visit
Bloody Tower of London (43 minutes)
Map of Tower (paper)
