DrupalCon London 2011 - Museum

Natural History Museum

pdjohnson — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:57:25 +0000

Address:

Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD
UK

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.

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Welcome to the Natural History Museum. We promote the discovery, understanding, enjoyment, and responsible use of the natural world. Explore our world-class collections, fantastic exhibitions and cutting-edge research online, or visit our landmark buildings.

External URL:

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

The Design Museum

lewisnyman — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:35:17 +0000

Address:

28 Shad Thames,
City of London,
SE1 2YD
020 7403 6933

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.

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The Kenneth Grange exhibition is running during Drupalcon London. Classic British product design.

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Lewis Nyman

External URL:

http://designmuseum.org/

V & A Reading rooms

lewisnyman — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:35:53 +0000

Address:

8 Exhibition Road,
London
SW7 2HF
020 7225 0594

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.

External URL:

http://www.vandareadingrooms.co.uk/

Opening Times

Monday to Friday:

(All day)

Saturday:

(All day)

Sunday:

(All day)

The Science Museum

lewisnyman — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:13:28 +0000

Address:

Exhibition Road,
London,
SW7 2DD
0870 870 4868

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.

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Check out the adult only late nights on the last Wednesday of every month. When else can you wander round a museum with beer?

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Lewis Nyman

External URL:

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk