Museums in London are really impressive or better to say museum collections are truly amazing. Here you can learn a lot about European painting, practically from the beginning to the late XX century. What will be especially interesting for visitors is that the entrance to most museums in this city is completely free of charge. We would definitely advise our visitors to review the list of museums and determine those they want to visit according to their own wishes and choices.
Tate Modern Art Gallery is a British national gallery of international modern art. It was officially opened on 11th May 2000, after four years if intensive redecoration and it perfectly fits the theme of a museum. Tate Modern is situated in the former Bankside power station building, which was built in two phases between 1947 and 1963. It is situated straight across the river from St. Paul’s Cathedral. The power plant was closed down in 1981.
The Sherlock Holmes Museum is dedicated to the life and age of the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. According to the author of the novels, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Watson, the main characters in Doyle’s novels, lived as tennants in the house of Ms Hudson in Baker Street. The three-floor house where the two lived between 1881 and 1904 has been decorated in the same style which was depicted in Doyle’s novels. Fans of crime novels and the famous detective surely have to visit this museum.
National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery with a large collection of portraits of various famous Brits. This is the first portrait gallery in the world, having been officially opened in 1856 with the purpose of immortalizing the famous Brits from the previous centuries. The collection doesn’t only contain oil paintings, but also miniatures, drawings, busts and photographs. Since 1896, the museum has been located in the neo-renaissance building near the famous Trafalgar Square.
The Old Operating Theatre is located at the top floor of Saint Thomas’ Church in London. The theater displays old surgery techniques, as well as the instruments used to do surgery in the 19th century. Saint Thomas’ Church used to be reserved primarily for open rooms for the care of the poor and sick in the 18th century. Monks used to live here, caring for those who couldn’t afford sustinance or treatment themselves. The church, or monastery rather, was closed down in the 15th century, but was re-opened soon after in 1551.
HMS Belfast (C35) is a British cruiser (battle ship) of the Town class (subtype Belfast), one of the nine cruisers of its type in the Royal Navy which played a key part in the Second World War. Its name comes from the city of Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. It’s a museum ship (a branch of the Imperial Museum of War). It is permanently anchored on the Thames in London, near the Tower Bridge.
