Nobel Tour - The Museum

This is rather overdue, but here's what we had seen at the Nobel Tour!

Ripped this off someone's blog but this is how the exterior of the museum looks like.

This is a structure that contains 'folders' of the Nobel laureates, all 856 of the amazing people! Basically the 'folders' would come out individually and move around the ceiling of the hall, as though they're touring the place.

Here's an example of a 'folder' of the laureates that would move around the whole hall, the late Nelson Mandela! We actually chased his folder around to get a snapshot of this, heh.

Here is an interactive display which tells you about some of the laureates, as well as its historical background. There was one on the Red Cross, which had been awarded not just once but thrice! (1917, 1944, 1963). Another was someone helping to hide Jews during WWII. It's pretty amazing to see the humanitarian and love displayed in some cases.

Did you know, that the discovery of the antibiotic behaviour of penicillin was in a large way out of chance? Just look at the millions of lives that have been saved over the years! Without this discovery, people could still be dying of infections at a young age. I choose not to believe in chance really, but rather God's hand (: . (Should also note that it was discovered after WWI, but before WWII)

Here is a display of the iconic items in relation to some of the more famous laureates. 

Apparently, these items were donated by the Dalai Lama himself! There are plenty of such iconic items around the museum, and it really strikes you when you know the stories behind the laureates. Maybe it's because I'm a slight history nut, I don't know.

This was my favourite part of the museum, the architecture! (: There weren't many stories behind it, but I really liked how the designs were very intricate, yet unique. The mini models were no bigger than the size of a lunchbox haha.

Somehow, the effect is lost in a photo, but oh well.