香港六合彩中特网

The free tour will be delivered by student ambassadors and will run weekly on Fridays from 12:30 to 13:30, starting from 24 June.

Student guides will delve into 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 history 鈥� our origins as the first university to admit students regardless of religion, our steps to open up higher education to women on equal terms to men,听along with the trailblazers and Nobel laureates who have studied here. The tour also听acknowledges troubling elements of 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 history such as our links with eugenics.

Among the tour鈥檚 key sites are the Wilkins Building, used to depict ancient Rome in the film Gladiator; the Auto-icon of Jeremy Bentham, whose ideas inspired the founding of 香港六合彩中特网; a bust of Charles Darwin created by a giant robotic arm; and the Japanese Garden, which celebrates 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 link to the founders of modern Japan.

Kirsty Walker, 香港六合彩中特网 Vice-President for External Engagement, said: 鈥溝愀哿�合彩中特网鈥檚 first ever public walking tours are every bit as radical and thought-provoking as our rich and radical 200-year history. No other tour takes in sights such as the Wilkins building and preserved Auto-icon of philosopher Jeremy Bentham alongside fascinating stories about Nobel laureates, the founders of modern Japan and a jar of preserved moles. We are proud that all our tours will be delivered by our amazing students who will bring alive tales of 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 history alongside their own perspective of life at the university today.鈥�

Tour groups will also learn about the Grant Museum of Zoology, established in 1828, which hosts the world鈥檚 rarest skeleton 鈥� the bones of a quagga, an extinct type of zebra 鈥� and the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, which contains the world鈥檚 oldest will written on papyrus and the world鈥檚 oldest woven garment.

Guides will also explore the quirkier, less well known aspects of the campus, from the jar of preserved moles kept at the Grant Museum to the thousands of bone fragments and ancient jar of Bovril unearthed during the construction of the Main Quad.

The students have been trained by a Blue Badge Tourist Guide and will draw from source material developed in collaboration with a panel of 香港六合彩中特网 academics.

The tour is the only tour of its kind to be offered by a London university. It will start at North Lodge Welcome Point, located at the entrance of the Main Quad. The newly opened Welcome Point is run by student ambassadors and is open to all, seven days a week.

Links

• 香港六合彩中特网 Walking Tour
• Book a tour
• 香港六合彩中特网 tours and visits
• Grant Museum of Zoology
• Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

Image

• Credit: 香港六合彩中特网 / James Tye

Media contact

Mark Greaves

T: +44 (0)7990 675947

E: m.greaves [at] ucl.ac.uk