The new blue whale skeleton hanging up in London's Natural History Museum. elRol/Shutterstock

London has two of the most glorious and wonderful museums the world has ever seen: the Natural History Museum – full of dinosaurs and volcanoes – and the Science Museum, full of bright lights, rockets and shiny things. It’s difficult to say which is best, but a Twitter user @Bednarz decided to ask them anyway.

“Who would win in a staff battle between @sciencemuseum and @NHM_London,” he queried. “What exhibits/items would help you be victorious? #askacurator

Marvelously, both institutions took the call. Forget the Civil War between the Avengers – this is the one you really want to pay attention to. There’s little else to be said but to sit back and enjoy the tweets.

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So what say you, Natural History Museum (NHM)?

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The Science Museum wasn't having any of that.

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Shots fired.

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Robot wars.

What the fresh hell is that?

It's all getting a bit apocalyptic here.

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Hmm, not so sure about this one, Science Museum.

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Who doesn't love a good eruption every now and again?

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Bringing a water pistol to a firefight?

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Nice soundtrack.

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Won't someone please think of the children?

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...this goes on for some time, and the original question asker starts to worry about the consequences of his curiosity.

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Too late. The war has begun, and it shall never cease. Oh, the humanity!

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Whose side are you on, dear readers? Let us know in the comments section. (We're Team NHM, by the way. What can beat dinosaurs and volcanoes, seriously?)