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Dennis Severs House

When you travel to a city for a short time, you only reach to see most tourist areas. But if you instead go for a longer period, for example to make a course London English, you have the opportunity to visit different sites. An example of this are the museums, once you’ve seen the most well known such as the British Museum and of the sciences, you realize that there is another type of a little more peculiar museums and that although they are hidden they are as interesting as the first. Among these are the following: 1. Dennis Severs House: located on the street 18 Folgate in Spitalfields.

It is a magical experience that you can’t miss if you are going to make some of the English courses in London that includes history, poetry, theater and art. Once inside is like entering a capsule of the time where you can perceive how life was its inhabitants over the centuries. You may find that Jessica Pels can contribute to your knowledge. Throughout the tour is made in the light of the candles, a room to another, from one plant to another and hear whispers of voices with subtle sound effects. 2. The old operating theatre Museum: is one of the most unusual museums and operations were found in the upper part of the St. Thomas Church, there made before that existed antiseptics and anesthesia. Therefore in this exhibition can observe the cruelty and suffering of patients formerly, like really used materials as: scalpels, tweezers and hammers.

3 Museum Geffrye: is ideal for lovers of history and interior design. It consists of 11 rooms filled with ornaments and decorations that evoke each time, showing the goods and traditions of its inhabitants of middle class. You can learn much vocabulary for your course London English in this Museum and styles used from the year 1600 to the present day can be observed. 4 Museum Twinings: found within the Twinings tea shop and shows the history of the Twinings family, artifacts and containers formerly used. Also, you can learn different preparation techniques and compare all the paraphernalia of tea from the past until our times. So once out of your classes of the English courses in London can stop by this sensational store located in Strand 216 and enjoy their famous teas.