[jdkram]

I can recommend, with great bias, the department Simon works at as a great place to visit full of interesting individuals passionate about their research area (History and Philosopy of Science at Cambridge University, UK). There's a wonderful wealth of interest areas ranging from sociology of scientists across time to male menstruation.

We're in a world built upon layers and layers of science, technology and all of the societal context that shaped those. It's both humbling and fascinating to explore the personal narratives of the heroes and villains in our technological folklore and discover the more oddball stories like this one about the longitude problem.

The museum: http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/ Public lectures at the University of Cambridge, which will run much more frequently come October: http://talks.cam.ac.uk/