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Museums & Galleries

The science museum explains and questions a variety of technological advancements, from space and travel to food and medicine.
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The National Gallery houses one of the greatest collections of Western European painting in the world.
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The British Museum houses a world collection of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures that spans two million years of history.
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The Natural History Museum is home to one of the largest natural history collections in the world from microscopic slides to mammoth skeletons.
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Located in London, Tate Modern is the national gallery of international modern art
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The National Museum in Cardiff is an art gallery and musuem charting Wales' history.
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The V&A museum houses art and design artefacts spanning 3000 years of history and from all corners of the world.
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The Imperial War Museum houses artefacts and exhibitions relation to British conflict from World War I onwards.
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2000 years of gruesome London events are bought back to life through a tour. Not for people who are easily scared.
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The National Archives in Kew is home to a vast array of records covering British history dating back to the Domesday book.
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Ironbridge has 10 museums dedicated to the British Industrial revolution
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Tate Britain is located in London and is the national gallery of British art, dating from 1500 to the present day.
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The Big Pit is a real coal mine and mining museum located in Wales near Abergavenny.
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The Design Museum in London is one of the world's finest museums dedicated to a diverse range of contemporary design.
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The Royal Armouries museum in Leeds has over 8,000 exhibits relating to war, tournaments and fighting.
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Set in 26 acres the Black Country museum has over 40 buildings that recreate the atmosphere of life in the midlands during the Industrial age.
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The Museum of London has permanent galleries which look at the history of London and changing temporary exhibitions.
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The Cutty Sark is the only remaining original Clipper ship in the World and is preserved in Greenwich, London.
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HMS Belfast is a large cruiser war ship that served during the Second World War and is now preserved as part of the Imperial War Museum.
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Beamish is a living, working museum representing life in the great north of England from the late 1800s to early 1900s.
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The Royal Collection is the art collection of the British Royal Family and is dispersed throughout various Royal locations.
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The Royal Academy of Arts houses British paintings and sculptures from the 18th century to the present day. There are also changing exhibitions.
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The National Railway museum has the world's largest collection of train exhibits dating back over 300 years
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The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre built by Philip Henslowe in 1587 and was famous as a rival to the nearby Globe theatre.
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The National Maritime Museum holds one of the greatest collections of maritime history in the world.
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The Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London is where the basis of longitude and the Prime Meridian originated and is the home of Greenwich mean time.
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This museum looks at the history of photography, film, radio and television.
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The Dinosaur museum in Dorset has fossils, skeletons and life size models as well as multimedia displays that explore the life of dinosaurs.
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Discover what Viking life was like 1000 years ago with replica sights, sounds and smells!
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The National Motor Musueum has one of the world's finest collections of historically important motor vehicles.
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The Sherlock Holmes museum is located in the house where the famous detective was said to have lived.
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The Silk Heritage Museum looks at the history and development of silk manufacturing in the town of Macclesfield.
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The Tutankhamun exhibition in Dorchester, is made up of recreations of the famous Pharaoh's tomb, treasures and mummy.
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Merseyside Maritime museum looks at the history of one of the Worlds greatest ports.
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The National Portrait Gallery houses paintings of historically important and famous British people.
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The Royal Air Force museum in Cosford has 60 planes and an exhibition on the History of the RAF.
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