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Banqueting
House (www.hrp.org.uk)
All that remains of the historic Whitehall
Palace.
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Buckingham
Palace (www.royal.gov.uk)
For information on visiting the State Rooms,
the Royal Mews, the Queen's Gallery and Windsor
Castle. |
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Hampton
Court (www.hrp.org.uk)
See Henry VIII's State Apartments (guided
tours), The Tudor Kitchens and the Gardens |
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Lambeth
Palace (www.archbishopofcanterbury.org)
Home Archbishop of Canterbury since 1200. The
library is open to the public and the gardens occasionally
open. |
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Kensington
Palace (www.hrp.org.uk)
Visit The State Apartments, the Royal Ceremonial
Dress Collection, Queens' Wedding Dresses &
Princess Diana's dress collection. |
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Tower
of London (www.hrp.org.uk)
See the Crown Jewels, the White Tower, the Ravens
& enjoy a Beefeater Tour. |
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| GALLERIES |
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Courtauld
Institute Gallery (www.courtauld.ac.uk)
A great gallery in Adams' Somerset House
contains world-famous Old Master and Impressionist
and Post Impressionist paintings.
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National
Gallery (www.nationalgallery.org.uk)
Houses one of the finest collections of European
painting in the world. |
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National
Portrait Gallery (www.npg.org.uk)
Enjoyable way to sort out England's Kings &
Queens plus a great deal more |
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Tate
Britain & Tate Modern (www.tate.org.uk)
Contemporary collections. Try the Millennium
Bridge across the Thames to Tate Modern. |
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| MUSEUMS |
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Museum Mile (www.museum-mile.org.uk)
A walk along Museum Mile provides a fascinating insight into London, past and present. From King's Cross to the River Thames, discover 12 of the city's most extraordinary museums and galleries and their equally diverse collections. |
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British
Museum (www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk)
One of the world's great museums with frequent
special events. |
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British
Library (www.bl.uk)
Largely a research Library but Treasures Exhibition
includes Magna Carta, Lindisfarne Gospels, Beowulf,
Gutenberg and Tyndale Bibles. |
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Imperial
War Museum (www.iwm.org.uk)
History of the conflicts of the 20th Century
- moving Holocaust exhibition. |
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Museum
of London (www.museum-london.org.uk)
Tells the fascinating story of London from prehistoric
times to the present day. |
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Natural
History Museum (www.nhm.ac.uk)
Dinosaur's, ecology, earth's treasures - children
love it. |
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Science
Museum (www.sciencemuseum.org.uk)
Record of scientific, technological and medical
change since the eighteenth century. Lots of active
participation. One for the Children. |
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Victoria
& Albert Museum (www.vam.ac.uk)
Wonderful fine arts museum from Medici to Gucci. |
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