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The Royal Air Force Museum is a must-see for those who love aeroplanes. Although little known to the general public, the museum’s collection is impressive, including several aircraft used in war. The Royal Air Force Museum (also known as the RAF Museum) has been open since 1972 to tell the …
The rooms used by the War Cabinet commissioned by the famous Prime Minister Winston Churchill during the Second World War have been preserved and restored. Today, they are an interesting attraction for those who want to get to know this nerve centre of war command, where senior civil servants, war …
The National Maritime Museum was inaugurated on 27 April 1937 by King Jorge VI. It is the largest museum in the world dedicated to the navy. It turns out that the National Maritime Museum tells the story of the naval force that dominated the seas and oceans for centuries. To …
The Museum of London Docklands offers the opportunity to break with an old concept: the museum is a place for old things. Strolling through its galleries and corridors is like walking through the pages of a history book. First of all, it is good to understand what the Museum of …
The project was commissioned to the architect Inigo Jones by King James I as a gift to his wife, Queen Anne of Denmark. In other words: the name of the palace says it all. There are many reasons why you may come to Queen’s House. Maybe it is because you …
Inaugurated in 1897, its first name was the National Gallery of British Art. As its name suggests, it is a museum dedicated to art produced in the United Kingdom. In 1932, the name was changed to Tate Gallery and remained so until 2000, when it became Tate Britain. The reason …
The Cutty Sark has made a name for itself in the oceans and on its retirement it became a museum. Built in 1869, Cutty Sark made its first voyage the following year. At the time, the tea trade between England and China was extremely lucrative. As a result, the speed …
The National Gallery owes its creation to King George IV, who wanted to create an art museum in London on a par with the Louvre. Today, it is one of the largest galleries in the world with an exhibition fund of more than 2000 paintings.With its classical façade adorning the …
Everybody knows this character through books, then films, comics and references in popular culture. Perhaps the only museum in the world is dedicated to him in London (there is another one in Switzerland), which stores things that never belonged to a person. Even the address of the museum is fictitious, …
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) is a free museum. It is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, with a permanent collection of more than 4.5 million objects collected over 5,000 years, from antiquity to the present day. The Victoria and Albert Museum was founded in 1852 …