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Museums and Galleries
These are just a taste of the wonderful museums and galleries of London. If you have a particular interest, chances are there is a museum devoted to it in London. Note that several of the museums are clustered near to each other in South Kensington, making for an easy day out.
Natural History Museum
There are hundreds of exciting, interactive exhibits on display. Highlights include 'Dinosaurs', the ultimate dinosaur exhibition; 'Creepy-Crawlies', guaranteed to have you scratching in minutes; 'Human Biology', the must-see exhibition about us; 'Ecology' and 'Mammals', with its unforgettable blue whale. And don't miss 'The Power within', 'Restless surface', 'From the beginning' and 'Earth Today and Tomorrow' which throw light on our ever-changing planet and explores the extraordinary natural forces that shape it.
Science Museum
See, touch and experience the major scientific advances of the last 300 years. More than 40 galleries filled with the world's finest collections in the history of science, technology and medicine. From original working steam engines to the actual Apollo 10 Command Module and from penicillin to brain scanners. A unique mixture of permanent displays and over 2000 hands-on exhibits.
Victoria & Albert Museum
The V&A holds one of the world's largest and most diverse collections of the decorative arts. The 146 galleries contain unrivalled collections dating from 3000BC to the present day. Furniture, fashion, textiles, paintings, silver, glass, ceramics, sculpture, jewellery , books, prints and photographs illustrate the artistic life of many different cultures from around the world. The museum's magnificent Victorian and Edwardian buildings also contain the National Art Library and some of Britain's best national collections.
British Museum
Britain's largest museum is not to be taken on lightly. It looks after the national collection of archaeology and ethnography. More than four million objects, ranging from prehistoric bones to chunks of Athens' Parthenon, from whole Assyrian palace rooms to exquisite gold jewels, are there to be explored. This is a living museum: It changes daily as different pieces are put on display, special exhibitions are held, and new discoveries force adjustments to opinions on other objects.
Imperial War Museum
Britain's national museum of 20th -century war is not only about tanks and guns. In fact, they form just a tiny fraction of a large and fascinating collection that covers every aspect of war, civil or military, allied or enemy, military or political, social or cultural.
National Gallery
The National Gallery's collection of about 2,000 paintings is a succession of masterpieces that tell the story of European painting from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Every painting in the impressive collection - unless on loan or in restoration - is on display.
Tate Modern Gallery
Located in a transformed Bankside Power Station in Southwark, this museum, which opened in 2000, is one of the three or four most important modern-art galleries in the world. It holds the national collection of modern and contemporary art, ranging from Dali and Picasso to Matisse and Warhol.
