Bradford National Media Museum

Nice change of pace, we had a trip to the National Media Museum over in Bradford. This was the furthest north I have been in the UK. It took quite a while to get there (almost 4 hours), with a brief stop at McDonalds for 're-fueling'.

On our arrival we were greeted with HORDES of children, it quickly became apparant that 1/2 term may not be the ideal time to visit a museum. Particularly one that was having a large corporate exhibition but on by Moshi Monsters. For those not 'down with the kids' Moshi Monsters is a website where you can sign up and adopt a monster as a pet, dress it up, build it a house etc. So naturally kids love it more than Norman Bates loved taxidermy. While deciding what floor to vist first, this happened!

So after much tomfoolery we set off into the museum itself. The first floor we visited was a sort of, journey through broadcasting history. With examples of early televisions and other broadcast equipment. This area also covered early recording devices and methods.

 
The area was my favorite, it had all sorts of relics and artifacts from TV of the past, particularly pupetry and childrens TV. So many favorites like the Wombles, Zippy and George from Rainbow were side by side with Darleks and Thunderbirds.

Another of the facinating exhibits was the animation floor. Every kind of animation was represented. From early methods on to cells and stop frame. There were many things on this floor that I would have loved to take home and hang on my wall!!

 There were more exhibits but not much to write home about. One of the major highlights of the day was visiting the IMAX theatre to see 'Born to be Wild'. The 3D effects were frankly mind blowing. This is indeed the future!!

You can see the projector too on the top floor.