Museum
No visit to London is complete without exploring this world famous collection of Dinosaurs and other extinct creatures. The architecture of The Natural History Museum is exquisite, the structure intricately covered with lavish stone masonry of every creature imaginable.
Address
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD
UK
One of the world’s leading museums of design, fashion and architecture, the Design Museum has a constantly changing programme of exhibitions and regular events.
It was founded in 1989 and claims to be the first museum of modern design. In 2007 the museum was listed by the Times newspaper as number two in their top 5 museums of the year.
Address
28 Shad Thames,
City of London,
SE1 2YD
020 7403 6933
The V&A Reading Rooms is a completely new concept. A stand alone, off-site bookshop, which also incorporates a wine bar.
A constantly changing range of over 1,000 titles is available, with new categories including biography, fiction and history, in addition to the V&A’s established strengths in design, fashion and art. Out of print, vintage and early editions are also for sale along with the V&A’s own list of over 120 art and design books.
Address
8 Exhibition Road,
London
SW7 2HF
020 7225 0594
Where else can you find life-changing objects from Stephenson's Rocket to the Apollo 10 command module, catch an immersive 3D movie, enjoy the thrills of a special effects simulator, introduce children to science with fun, hands-on interactives and encounter the past, present and future of technology in seven floors of galleries? At the Science Museum you can find all this and more!
Entry to the Science Museum is FREE but charges apply to the IMAX 3D Cinema, simulators and some exhibitions.
Address
Exhibition Road,
London,
SW7 2DD
0870 870 4868
