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Natural
History Museum |
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 5BD
tel:020 7942 5000/5011
The Natural History Museum
is unique among Britain's national Museums. Not only is it a major
public attraction, it is also a world-renowned institution for scientific
research. Major attractions include the Dinosaur
hall, currently featuring the hugely popular animated T.Rex and the
beautiful photographs in BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition.
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Science Museum |
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Science
Museum
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2DD
tel: 0870 8704868
Perhaps the most exciting
and interactive museum in the UK with loads of exciting exhibits
and features. A fantastic day out for visitors of all ages.
Permanent galleries: 47 galleries including Space, Making the Modern
World, The Challenge of Materials, Photography and Cinematography,
Meteorology, The Chemistry of Everyday Life.
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Victoria &
Albert Museum |
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Victoria & Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL
tel: 020 7942 2000
The Victoria & Albert
Museum in London is the world's largest museum of the decorative
arts and is home to 145 galleries, including national collections
of sculpture, furniture, fashion and photographs. The museum has
been criticised for its lack of focus but this is also its great
attraction. Every corner you turn there is something unexpected
to feast your eyes on.
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Kensington
Palace |
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Kensington Palace
Flat D, 44 Bramham Gardens
London SW5 0HQ
tel: 020 7370 1714 art
Kensington Palace is one of the royal
residences in London, but it has galleries and state rooms open
to the public, as well as a wonderful tea-room in The Orangery.
Kensington Palace is best known today as the place where Princess
Diana lived until her death in 1997. It was in fact the official
London residence of both Charles and Di until the couple formally
separated.
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Serpentine
Gallery |
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Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
London W2 3XA
tel: 020 7402 6075
The Serpentine Gallery, situated in the heart of Kensington Gardens
in a 1934 tea pavilion, was founded in 1970 by the Arts Council
of England. Today the Gallery attracts over 400,000 visitors a year
and is one of London's most loved exhibition sites for modern and
contemporary art.
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Commonwealth
Institute |
Commonwealth Institute
Kensington High Street
London W8 6NQ
tel: 020 7603 4535
Housed in an incredible sail-like metal
clad building the Commonwealth Institute sets out to promote
and celebrate the modern Commonwealth. It works in education, business,
arts & culture and public affairs. The exhibition area is currently
closed for refurbishment.
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Leighton
House |
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Leighton
House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
London W14 8LZ
tel: 020 7602 3316
Leighton House was the home of Victorian
Britain's favourite painters Lord Frederick Leighton. The house
was built in 1866 to his own design and furnished in lavish style
influenced by
Eastern art and architecture. There are superb tiles and mosaics
and even a fountain in the Arab Hall (added in 1877-9).
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Royal College
of Art |
Royal College of Art
Kensington Gore
London SW7 2EU
tel: 020 7590 4444 art
One of the UK and the world's top art and
design colleges. Many of our most famous artists and designers have
attended, including David Hockney, Peter Blake and more recently Tracey
Emin and The Chapman Brothers.
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Royal
Geographic Society |
Royal Geographical Society
1 Kensington Gore
London SW7 2AR
tel: 020 7822 9714
Currently only open to the public for its
many lectures, the Royal Geographic Society recently got a lottery
grant to open up its archives to the public and to build an education
centre. Watch this space for news.
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ArtLab, The
Gallery, Imperial College Sherfield Building
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2AZ
tel: 020 7594 8442
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Austrian Cultural
Forum
28 Rutland Gate
London SW7 1PQ
tel: 020 7584 8653
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M.P. Birla
Art Gallery
4a Castletown Road
London W14 9HQ
tel: 020 7381 3086/4608
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Central Space
23-29 Faroe Road
London W14 0EL
tel:020 8960 5015
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Duncan Campbell
Fine Art
15 Thackeray Street
London W8 5ET
tel: 020 7937 8665
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Gloucester
Road Underground Station
Gloucester Road
London SW7 4SF
tel: 020 7918 4747
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Goethe Institute
50 Princes Gate Exhibition Road
London SW7 2PH
tel: 020 7596 4000
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HackelBury
4 Launceston Place
London W8 5RL
tel: 020 8969 5433
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Olympia
Hammersmith Road
London W14 8UX
tel: 020 7385 1200
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Richard Dennis
gallery
144 Kensington Church Street
London W8 4BN
tel: 020 7727 2061
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Richard Salmon
Gallery 59
59 South Edwardes Square
London W8 6HW
tel: 020 7602 9494
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Sikorski Museum
20 Prince's Gate
London SW7 1PT
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Studio Caparrelli
69 Harrington Gardens
suite 3
London, SW7 4JZ phone:
tel: 020 7370 3858
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The Walton Gallery
12 Gloucester Road
London SW7 4RB
tel: 020 7854 2097
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