The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The Museum holds many of the UK’s national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Read more…
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The Wallace Collection is a national museum in an historic London town house. Its 25 galleries present unsurpassed displays of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. The Wallace Collection also puts on exhibitions covering a wide range of artists and subjects. Open daily 10.00-17.00 except 24-26 December. Both the permanent Read more…
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Wellcome Collection explores the connections between medicine, life and art in the past, present and future. The venue offers visitors contemporary and historic exhibitions and collections, lively public events, the world-renowned Wellcome Library, a café, a shop, a restaurant and conference facilities as well as publications, tours, a book prize, international and digital projects. Wellcome Collection is part of the Read more…
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Our history has always been the future. For over a century the Whitechapel Gallery has premiered world-class artists from modern masters such as Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Frida Kahlo to contemporaries such as Sophie Calle, Paul Noble, Thomas Struth, Sarah Lucas and Mark Wallinger. We don’t have a permanent collection but our beautiful galleries are filled with exhibitions. Open Tuesday – Sunday 11.00-18.00 (until 21.00 Read more…
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The Bank of England has a unique role promoting the good of the people of the United Kingdom by maintaining monetary and financial stability. However, our Museum is about much more than money! Discover the history of the Bank, its buildings and the people who have shaped it over more than 300 years. Opening hours are Monday – Friday 10.00-17.00. Read more…
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Be amazed by the glittering interiors of the grandest address in the capital, once known as ‘Number 1 London’. This beautiful Georgian building was the London home of the first Duke of Wellington and has changed very little since his great victory at Waterloo in 1815. Revel in one of the finest art collections in London, with paintings by Velazquez Read more…
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The British Museum was founded in 1753, the first national public museum in the world. Visitor numbers have grown from around 5,000 a year in the eighteenth century to nearly 6 million today. The Museum houses a vast collection of world art and artefacts and is free to all. Open every day of the year except 24,25,26 December and 1 January. Read more…
