Sunday 1 June 2008

Museums and Art Galleries (First attempt)

There is a vast number of museums and art galleries in London and my original list included "Go to all the museums in London". I now realise just how many there are - ranging from huge to tiny, national to local. I have to be selective. Below is a hasty list (bulked out by skimming through the Wikipedia list) of the "I should start with these..." museums and galleries:

Museums:
  • London Transport Museum
  • Sherlock Holmes Museum
  • Dicken's House Museum
  • Maritime Museum, Greenwich
  • Cutty Sark and Golden Hind
  • Bank of England Museum
  • Guards Museum in London*
  • HMS Belfast
  • Clockmakers' Museum
  • Dr. Johnson's House
  • Hogarth's House
  • Kensington Palace
  • The National Archives
  • Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
  • Wellcome Collection
  • Madame Tussauds
  • Science Museum
  • Natural History Museum
  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Royal Observatory, Greenwich
  • Wellington Arch
* This blog began after I saw the Guards Museum in London and realised just how many museums etc there were that I'd never even heard about, let alone visited.

Art Galleries:
  • Barbican
  • White Cube
  • Dulwich Picture Gallery
  • Guildhall Art Gallery
  • National Gallery
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • Tate Modern
  • Tate Britain
Looks like I'll have to work harder on the art gallery front...

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