London museums and galleries

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London Museums and Galleries

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London Museums and Galleries

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There are over 240 museums in London. They are non profit organisations, that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific and historical interest. All government funded museums are free entry.

They are visited by people from London, and tourists from around the UK and the world. In 2008, nearly 7 million people visited the Tate Modern gallery!

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The Tate Modern is the most visited modern art gallery in the world. It contains international art work from 1900. Lots of the work on display is abstract and they have some famous artists like Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.

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The British Museum is widely considered to be one of the world´s greatest museums of human history and culture. It has around 8 million works on display.

It contains large ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Middle Eastern displays. There´s also a section on prehistoric and European history. There is some controversy though. Some countries claim that they should have these artefacts returned.

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The Natural History museum is home to 70 million earth and scientific items. It contains a Charles Darwin section, showing large collections of his work, but the two most famous parts are the Large Mammal and the New Whale.

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The Science Museum is the other big museum in London. It contains collections of scientific discoveries with old Airplanes, space ships and a post-war Britain collections.

Other notable museums include:National Gallery – includes work from Picasso, Van Gogh, Michelangelo and Da Vinci. Victoria and Albert Museum – 4.5million objects from 5000 years from all over the world.

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Sir John Soane´s Musuem

A hidden gem amongst London´s crowded streets, this museum hosts architect John Soane´s personal collection of historical relics. It is his old house and has a creepy atmosphere. He lived in this house alone after his wife´s death and dedicated his life to his work. Sculptures, paintings and even an Egyptian tomb are on display.

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Madam Tussauds is a famous wax museum in London. They have wax works of many famous celebrities, politicians and sports stars.

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James´ favourite painting Brendon´s favourite painting