Museums
You can visit most of London's fantastic museums absolutely for free! Make sure to visit the Museum Mile and the famous Exhibition Road. Be eight again and see the dinosaurs, whales and bugs at the Natural History Museum, while appreciating the stunning architecture. Appreciate the stunning design and artefacts at the V&A. Interact with London's history at the Museum of London. Find out what makes us tick at the Science Museum and the Wellcome Collection. And there's more specialist museums than can fit on here, covering fashion, culture, interiors, art, the stars and even post.
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Undercover – Life in Churchill’s Bunker
Churchill War Rooms commemorates its seventieth anniversary this year from when it became operational in August 1939, the week before war was declared. Undercover – Life in Churchill’s Bunker and examines living and working in the Cabinet War Rooms during the Second World War.
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Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands
From William Blake to the 21st-century suburban hinterlands of J G Ballard, Writing Britain examines how the landscapes of Britain permeate great literary works. It will allow visitors to read between the lines of great works of English literature, discovering the secrets and stories surrounding…
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The Queen: Sixty Photographs for Sixty Years
Sixty photographs of The Queen, including the work of leading press photographers of the past six decades, are brought together for a display at Windsor Castle to celebrate Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee. The exhibition presents a portrait of The Queen’s reign…
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For this exhibition, acclaimed photographer Judah Passow embarked on a year-long project examining the rich diversity of contemporary Jewish life around the UK, exploring what it means to be British and Jewish in the 21st century.
Passow, a winner of four World Press Photo Awards,…
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Traders: the East India Company and Asia
Traders: the East India Company and Asia is a new permanent gallery. It explores Britain’s maritime trade with Asia, focusing on the role played by the East India Company.
For over 250 years, the East India Company uniquely shaped trade between Britain and Asia.…
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Measuring the Universe: from the transit of Venus to the edge of the cosmos
In June 2012 stargazers will flock to prime locations around the world to see the Transit of Venus – the next one will not occur for another 105 years.
Transits take place only when Venus passes directly between the Earth and the Sun, appearing as tiny black…
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As we prepare to welcome the world to London in 2012, we ask how ‘English’ are our homes? At Home with the World will highlight domestic objects which have come from overseas or been influenced by other cultures to tell a fascinating story…
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Veilhan at Hatfield: Promenade
Following on from the success of Moore at Hatfield in 2011, Hatfield House are pleased to be staging the first major UK outdoor exhibition of the sculptural works of French artist Xavier Veilhan. In collaboration with the artist’s studio, Galerie Perrotin and with the…
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New work by Julian Bell, Tom Hammick and Andrzej Jackowski
Enjoy this beautiful exhibition of new work by three nationally recognised contemporary painters and printmakers, each with a strong connection to Sussex.
‘Here’ ranges from Sussex landscapes to interior spaces, and…
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This exhibition is the largest ever of Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of the human body. Leonardo has long been recognised as one of the great artists of the Renaissance, but he was also a pioneer in the understanding of human anatomy. …
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