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The Victoria & Albert Museum
South Kensington |
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V&A South Kensington is the world's greatest museum of art and design,
with collections unrivalled in their scope and diversity. Discover 3000 years'
worth of amazing artefacts from many of the world's richest cultures including
ceramics, furniture, fashion, glass, jewellery, metalwork, photographs,
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Imperial War Museum London |
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In 1917 the Cabinet decided that a National War Museum should be set up to
collect and display material relating to the Great War, which was then still
being fought. The interest taken by the Dominion governments led to the museum
being given the title of Imperial War Museum. It was formally established by Act
of Parliament in 1920 and a governing Board of Trustees appointed.
The Museum was opened in the Crystal Palace by King George V on 9 June 1920.
From 1924 to 1935 it was housed, under very difficult conditions, in two
galleries adjoining the former Imperial Institute, South Kensington.
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The British Museum |
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The British Museum
holds in trust for the nation and the world a collection of art and
antiquities from ancient and living cultures.
Housed in one of Britain's architectural
landmarks, the collection is one of the finest in existence,
spanning two million years of human history. Access to the
collection is free.
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Museum of Childhood
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The V&A Museum of Childhood aims to encourage everyone to explore
the themes of childhood past and present and develop an appreciation of
creative design through our inspirational collections and programmes. |
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Natural History
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Come face to face with a terrifying
T. rex
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The giant animatronic model is back – beware, its new super-senses
might mean you’re next on its list of victims... Marvel at the power of
its huge jawbone and 15-centimetre-long teeth.
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Science Museums
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The National Maritime Museum
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Museum Of London |
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National Army Museum |
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Bank of England Museum |
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Petrie Museum of Egyptology |
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Wellcome Collection |
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Tate
Modern
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The
National Gallery
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The
Photograph's Gallery
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The Photographers' Gallery is the largest public
gallery in London dedicated
to photography. From the latest
emerging talent, to historical
archives and established artists
- we are the place to see photography
in all its forms.
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Special
Interest
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Sir John Soane's Museum |
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Sir John
Soane was born in 1753, the
son of a bricklayer, and died
after a long and distinguished
career, in 1837.
Soane
designed this house to live
in, but also as a setting for
his antiquities and his works
of art. After the death of his
wife (1815), he lived here alone,
constantly adding to and rearranging
his collections. Having been
deeply disappointed by the conduct
of his two sons, one of whom
survived him, he determined
to establish the house as a
museum to which 'amateurs and
students' should have access.
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