
Featuring kit loaned from Parliamentarians who have competed in the Games, including Lord Coe’s running shoes, Lord Glentoran’s bobsleigh runner and Sir Menzies Campbell’s running vest, the exhibition is never going to be a box office smash, but it does allow casual visitors to pop into the Houses of Parliament, and also features memorabilia from London’s previous Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948, including a 1948 Olympic Torch.
The exhibition is free, is open to all, and is on until 28 August, from Monday to Saturday, 10am - 5pm. You just need to enter Parliament via the Cromwell Green Visitor Entrance and go to Westminster Hall, telling the many helpful security guards you will meet that you want to go to the Parliament and the Games exhibition in Westminster Hall. The real bonus, of course, is seeing the hall itself.
For more, see http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/exhibitions-and-events/exhibitions/olympics-exhibition/
Now there's something I could have done today - got stuck at Victoria on the bus due to Victoria St being closed because I was going to photograph 'StreetDance' in Trafalgar Square, which was also part of the 2 year celebrations... hohum, it's been one of those days :\
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