HISTORY UK: The Bankside Power Station was built as a ‘cathedral of power’ in 1963, but closed in 1981. It reopened as one of Europe’s finest modern art galleries in 2000. The Turbine Hall is 35m high.
Great Russell St (btwn Montague & Bloomsbury St), Londres, Greater London
Museu de História · Bloomsbury · 1014 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY UK: The British Museum began from the collection of naturalist Sir Hans Sloane which he left to the nation on his death in 1753. Now it houses 7 million objects including more than 100 Egyptian mummies.
Museu de Arte · Kensington and Chelsea · 659 dicas e avaliações
Vogue: Try the shop for some Christmas goodies, like the fun but silly Donkey clip memo holder, £12, a Whoopee Cushion, £4 or some sweet rice and soup bowls , £30.
Cromwell Rd (at Queen's Gate), Londres, Greater London
Museu de Ciências · South Kensington · 621 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY UK: Opened in 1881, the museum facade uses terracotta tiles which were resistant to the soot of Victorian London. The largest of the famous dinosaur skeletons in the central hall is a diplodocus.
Museu de Arte · Piccadilly · 514 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY UK: The gallery opened in 1824 to exhibit 38 paintings purchased by the government. The UK national collection is relatively small because unlike in Europe, the monarch’s collection was not nationalised.
Museu de História · Aldersgate · 146 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY UK: The world’s largest museum of urban history documents the city’s development from Roman settlement to cosmopolitan metropolis. Attractions include the Lord Mayor’s State Coach.
Sala de Concerto · Knightsbridge and Belgravia · 216 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY UK: The acoustics here were once so bad, it was said this was the only venue where a composer could be sure of hearing his work twice. It was corrected in 1969 by putting diffusing discs on the ceiling.