Bloomsbury cultural history of leisure

a residential and academic district in London, N of the Thames and Charing Cross

Artists, writers, and students living there have given it a reputation as an intellectual center

of or relating to a group of artists and writers who flourished in the early decades of the 20th century and were associated with the Bloomsbury section of London

As one of the quirkier things to do in Bloomsbury, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeology is a hidden gem in the capital

Named after UCL’s first professor of Egyptology and top excavator, Flinders Petrie, this is a museum dedicated to Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology and a must-visit for anyone looking to learn more about this part of history