Originally launched to bring art and culture to the Whitechapel community, it continues to present an engaging exhibition and education programme, including the annual Whitechapel Open, which champions new artists. Situated in the leafy splendour of Kensington Gardens, the Serpentine presents an innovative contemporary art exhibition programme by established and emerging international artists.
The first gallery opened in , in a former tea house on the south side of the Serpentine lake. In , the Sackler Gallery opened in a former gunpowder store with the late Zaha Hadid designing the futuristic restaurant extension. Located on the former site of the Millbank prison, Tate Britain offers one of the most comprehensive collections of historical British art from to the present day.
The gallery is located on the River Thames, and you can take a scenic ride on the Tate Boat to its sister gallery, Tate Modern. Just across the canal from Victoria Park, the Chisenhale Gallery made its name when it began exhibiting a range of innovative young artists in the s, including Wolfgang Tillmans, Gillian Wearing and Rachel Whiteread.
Keen to engage dynamic artistic practices and a diverse audience, the team at Chisenhale continue to commission and produce exhibitions by emerging talent alongside hosting ambitious educational and mentoring programmes. The Zabludowicz Collection is housed in a former Methodist chapel and has a specific focus on emerging artists. Doing London on a budget? Book one of the best budget hotels in the city centre through Culture Trip and see the city without breaking the bank.
James Chesley and Holly Black contributed additional reporting to this article. This is an update of an article by Freire Barnes. We and our partners use cookies to better understand your needs, improve performance and provide you with personalised content and advertisements.
To allow us to provide a better and more tailored experience please click "OK". Sign Up. Travel Guides. Videos Beyond Hollywood Hungerlust Pioneers of love. Things to Do. Daisy Dobson. Copy link. Map View. More info. Open In Google Maps. London , United Kingdom. Greenwich is full of treasures — few better than the surprisingly good National Maritime Museum, although The Painted Hall comes close.
Retracing the history of the seas in Britain from the Roman landings fittingly, in Greenwich and onwards is super interesting. First constructed in , it is a very significant building in British architecture. That said, the art is pretty impressive, too. Despite its fame, historians are not actually sure who the painted the masterpiece, as prior attributions to painter George Gower were proved incorrect.
Tucked away in Kennington, the Imperial War Museum is a full on sensory overload thrusting you into the brutal reality of war. Through a varied collection that includes letters, films, photographs and artefacts, the museum is an unflinching and often poignant look at modern warfare and its impact on people and society.
The collection is particularly interesting as it offers many different perspectives, from those on the front lines of modern warfare through to the journalists, artists and poets that have covered the subject.
Booking: Book your tickets in advance to avoid being turned away. Sir John Soane had humble beginnings, but grew to become a great architect who most famously designed the Bank of England, which influenced architectural trends worldwide. Although most of his work at the Bank of England has been removed over time, you can still step into his eccentric world at this museum.
Housed in his former home and now a few adjoining buildings , it showcases his eclectic collection of art, furniture and various antiques and oddities. Dates vary, so check the calendar online.
In addition to the large permanent collection, there are also frequent temporary exhibits on upstairs. Booking: This museum is currently closed, but keep checking here for reopening updates. Booking: Book tickets and check out their online events here. The London Mithraeum is a museum centred around the ruins of a Roman Temple and is located, rather oddly, underneath the shiny glass Bloomberg Buildings in the middle of the city.
A visit to the Mithraeum is not just looking at old artefacts, but a full on sensory experience. Booking: You can book your timed entry slot here. An museum mostly consisting of art about medicine might seem like a bit of a strange one, but the Wellcome Collection attracts more than , visitors every year. Booking: You can book a timed entry slot before you visit the Wellcome Collection.
Occupying a huge area once known as the Hendon Aerodrome, the Royal Air Force Museum has a huge collection of items about the British airforce. Booking: Book your tickets before you go for guaranteed entry. It proved very popular until it was almost totally destroyed by World War II air raids in Sadly, a number of art pieces were destroyed, but there was a silver lining because a well-preserved Roman Amphitheatre was discovered during reconstruction works. Today, the new and improved building incorporates the amphitheatre and also houses a vast collection of Victorian paintings and paintings of London.
Booking: Book your tickets before you go for guaranteed entry to the museum and any exhibitions you want to visit. I love the striking red brick buildings of the British Library , home to the largest national library in the world. The British Library has so many books that no-one knows the exact number. The best guesses put it at between and million in the collections.
Pretty amazing, right? A lot of the building is restricted to readers but they do have a few exhibition spaces where there is always something interesting on.
Booking: You only need to book a ticket for the reading rooms. Intricate carvings, clothing, pottery and hieroglyphics from Egypt and Sudan await inside the unassuming brick building.
The initial collection was donated by the 19th century author and Egyptologist Amelia Edwards, and has grown to be more than 80, items. Booking: Book a ticket in advance for guaranteed entry to the museum. The offbeat Geffrye Museum of the Home has finally reopened with a new lease of life. The collections feature items from domestic life through the centuries, giving you the chance to have a nose at how families have lived throughout history.
Some of their temporary exhibitions are also free. A must for any bibliophile. Copyright toptiplondon. All rights reserved. Contact us Disclaimer Privacy. Natural History Museum Housed in an impressive Victorian building, the Natural History Museum is home to 70 million specimens held within five main collections: animals, plants, minerals and fossils.
Science Museum Both educational and entertaining, the Science museum has over 17, objects on display covering the history of western science, technology and medicine since Museum of London The Museum of London tells the history of London from prehistoric times to the modern day.
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