Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
The Museum of Packaging (http://www.museumofbrands.com/) is such a fabulous place to visit. It's a shrine to all things commercial, featuring around 12,000 examples of packaging. Most of these were collected by the consumer historian Robert Opie. As Opie so rightly puts it, 'When the thousands of pieces of our social history are assembled into some giant jigsaw, the picture becomes clearer as to the remarkable journey we have all come through'. This means that the museum is not just a visual feast, but also makes the visitor aware of their cultural history. And, it's right next to Portobello Road!
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