Category: London Museums
Madame Tussauds
Undoubtedly this is one of the most interesting museums in London. Many wax figures of celebrities are gathered in the galleries of the museum – “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “World Leaders”, “The Royal family”, “History of London”. Here you can participate actively in the life of the stars – you can play tennis with Andy [...]
London Transport Museum
Full of colors, lights and movement, the museum explores the unique identity of urban transport. Its collections contains a unique heritage of all types of vehicles, posters, artwork, photographs, film and video materials, engineering drawings, uniforms, signs and tickets. Among the most notable exhibits are the emblematic double-decker red bus, the world’s first steam locomotive [...]
Museum of London
The Museum of London is founded in 1976 and shows the history of the city from before the time when it existed under the name Londinium and was a Roman province until today. In it the exponents are exhibited in chronological principle: “Prehistory”, “Roman London”, “London in the Middle Ages”, “London under the management of [...]
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum will impress even the most jaded travelers. It collected more than 70 million copies all over the world, including plants, animals, fossils, rocks and insects. Most impressive is certainly the hall devoted to dinosaurs, which has presented a model of a huge T.rex as well as skin fossil from Edmontosaurus. Particularly interesting [...]
Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert museum is one of the most visited in the English capital. It is established in 1852 and its aim is to inspire the British designers and producers. The idea was of prince Albert’s who decided that the earnings of the world’s exhibition in 1951 will be for buying building for museum in [...]
Science museum
In the Science museum you can make great gymnastics of the brain and have fun with provocative games. At the exhibition “Space and Culture” you will see a map of the moon, old telescopes, one of which has helped the discovery of Uranus, and other interesting things. Founded in 1892, the Science Museum was originally [...]
Tower of London
Returning from Tower Bridge you should stop at the next important landmark. Beautiful palace with a lovely lawn and square in front, but like most of the English Antiquities it is pretty depressing. There is why – it performed the role of a prison. Many monarchs are related to the Tower of London and one [...]
Churchill War Rooms
The Churchill War Rooms is highly interactive and modern museum. It is one of the five branches of the Imperial War Museum. It is about the man who inspired Great Britain’s finest hour. Step back in time and explore the mysterious underground government command centre of Britain’s war effort. Situated in the City of Westminster, [...]
The Design Museum
The Design Museum is a next to the River Thames close to the Tower Bridge in central London. It was established in 1989 and claims to be the 1st museum of modern design. The Design Museum is the world’s greatest museum dedicated to modern design in all forms from furniture to artwork, and architecture to [...]
The British Museum
While the name of the museum may indicate that it is entirely about Great Britain it’s as a matter of fact a historical journey round the world with exhibits and galleries covering Egypt, the Americas, Rome and ancient Greece, the Middle East and Asia. The museum was the 1st national public museum in the world [...]
