Founded in a former print warehouse off Westbourne Grove, the Print Room theatre opened in 2010 as a little space with big ideas. The intimate performance and arts space quickly built a reputation for the ambition and quality of its productions.
Visit William Morris’s Red House in Bexleyheath. Owned by the National Trust and was built and lived in by the designer/artist/writer, it was the family home for 140 years.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/red-house
Why not visit the RAF Museum at Colindale in North London? It’s one of the best museums of flight showing a 90 year history of RAF aircraft. It’s on the original site of the actual Aerodrome that was used by the pilots during the Battle of Britain.
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/
Its steeply raked auditorium is one of the largest in London with 1,250 seats, yet those who attend say it is one of the most intimate.
Have you been to Whitechapel Gallery? It was founded in 1901 to bring art to the east of London.
A trip down memory lane for some of us, the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising has a huge array of everyday objects from Victorian to the 80’s collected by Robert Opie.
http://www.museumofbrands.com/
As the home of human ingenuity, Science Museum aim to inspire visitors with award-winning exhibitions, iconic objects and stories of incredible scientific achievement.
The National Maritime Museum is the largest museum of its kind in the world, filled with stories of exploration and human endeavour.
The British Museum is dedicated to human history, art and culture, and is located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection, numbering some 8 million works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
Sadler’s Wells is a world leader in contemporary dance presenting a vibrant year-round programme of dance of every kind - from tango to hip hop, ballet to flamenco, Bollywood to cutting-edge contemporary dance - bringing the best of international and British dance to audiences at three theatres in London.
Pollock's Toy Museum is a museum and small toy shop housed in two atmospheric historic buildings in London's Fitzrovia.
As an Academy they have much in common with museums and other galleries, but they also play a broader role – to promote not just the appreciation and understanding of art, but also its practice.
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/
The Jewish Museum was founded in 1932 by Professor Cecil Roth, Alfred Rubens and Wilfred Samuel. Originally located in Woburn House in Bloomsbury, it moved to an elegant early Victorian listed building in Camden Town in 1994.
http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/
Sadler’s Wells is a world leader in contemporary dance presenting a vibrant year-round programme of dance of every kind - from tango to hip hop, ballet to flamenco, Bollywood to cutting-edge contemporary dance - bringing the best of international and British dance to audiences at their three theatres in London.
Little could archivists of a small piece of Roman mosaic have imagined the museum growing into the urban and social history centre visitors see today. They now receive over a million visitors to their museums each year.
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london
In thirty years Gagosian Gallery has evolved into a global network with sixteen exhibition spaces in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Paris, Rome, Athens, Geneva, and Hong Kong, designed by world-renowned architects including Caruso St John, Richard Gluckman, Richard Meier, Jean Nouvel, Selldorf Architects, and wHY Architecture.
The No.1 outdoor screening blockbuster Rooftop Film Club returns this summer for another film-filled season of classic, cult and recent releases on the finest rooftops.
International Modern and Contemporary Art.
The collection embraces all media, from painting, drawing, sculpture and prints to photography, video and film, installation and performance.
Established in 1886 as 'a Collection of Art Treasures worthy of the capital city,' see works dating from 1670 to the present, including 17th-century portraits, Pre-Raphaelite masterpieces and a range of paintings documenting London's dramatic history.
When Tate first opened its doors to the public in 1897 it had just one site, displaying a small collection of British artworks. Today Tate has four major sites and the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and international modern and contemporary art, which includes nearly 70,000 artworks.
The Fashion and Textile Museum is a cutting edge centre for contemporary fashion, textiles and jewellery in London. Founded by iconic British designer Zandra Rhodes, the centre showcases a programme of changing exhibitions exploring elements of fashion, textile and jewellery as well as the Academy which runs courses for creative students and businesses.
The Vaults is an arts platform for the bold, the fresh and the fearless. Their mission is to collaborate and conspire, embracing artists from all walks of life to come together and inspire others.
Championing new ideas in contemporary art since it opened in 1970, the Serpentine has presented pioneering exhibitions of 2,263 artists over 45 years, showing a wide range of work from emerging practitioners to the most internationally recognised artists and architects of our time.
The Rio is an independent Art Deco picture palace in Dalston, Hackney. They show a mixture of arthouse and mainstream films, all programmed by the in-house team and shown on their single, full-sized silver screen.
Lisson Gallery is one of the most influential and longest-running international contemporary art galleries in the world
The Household Cavalry Museum is a living museum about real people doing a real job in a real place. Through a large glazed partition you can see troopers working with horses in the original 18th century stables.
The world famous consulting detective Sherlock Holmes lived at 221b Baker Street between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Mr Holmes shared his rooms with his loyal friend and colleague Dr Watson.
http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/
Southbank Centre is a world-famous arts centre on the South Bank of the Thames. Created in 1951 for the Festival of Britain, Southbank Centre draws on its heritage as a festival site, with art and activities inside and outside. Everyone is encouraged to become involved in the arts in new and creative ways.
Dulwich Picture Gallery is the world’s first purpose-built public art gallery: it was founded in 1811 when Sir Francis Bourgeois RA bequeathed his collection of old masters “for the inspection of the public”.
Located in Mayfair, London the Albemarle Gallery has a reputation for introducing exciting contemporary painting and sculpture from international and UK based artists.
