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| Passing through the globe in the Earth Hall |
Entering
the Earth Hall from Exhibition Road, apart from the reception area and the staircase,
the layout of the old Geology Museum, where I became interested in a subject that has fascinated me ever since, is unrecognisable.
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| The sky at night and the solar system in the Earth Hall |
Replacing the light galleried atrium that once rose above the main exhibition space in
the main hall, dark slate clad walls - which have been sandblasted to show the
main stars in the night sky and the planets in the solar system – now form the
backdrop to an escalator that rises up to a once spinning globe, through which
visitors pass on the way to the top floor.
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| Sophie the Stegosaurus |
Before
ascending the escalator, you pass by the only geological specimen that I can
remember seeing in this large open space – the most complete example of a
stegosaurus
skeleton that has ever been found; however, in my opinion, this detracts from
the magnificent, elaborately carved staircase, where decorative stones from Britain and Ireland have been used in its construction.
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| Decorative stone from England and Ireland |
