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.
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Located in Mayfair, London the Albemarle Gallery has a reputation for introducing exciting contemporary painting and sculpture from international and UK based artists.
The Freud Museum, at 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, was the home of Sigmund Freud and his family when they escaped Austria following the Nazi annexation in 1938.
Griffin Gallery is committed to supporting the global artistic community, creating a space for discussion about contemporary art and showcasing the very best of national and international talent.
The World Rugby Museum, in the East Stand of Twickenham Stadium, formerly opened as ‘The Museum of Rugby’ in 1996. It became the World Rugby Museum in 2007.
The National Gallery houses the national collection of paintings in the Western European tradition from the 13th to the 19th centuries. It houses one of the greatest collections of paintings in the world and is on show 361 days a year, free of charge.
The Saatchi Gallery aims to provide an innovative forum for contemporary art, presenting work by largely unseen young artists or by international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited in the UK.
The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 to collect portraits of famous British men and women.
As the world's leading museum of art and design, the V&A enriches people's lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world.
IWM is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day. They seek to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and 'wartime experience'.
The Grant Museum of Zoology is the only remaining university zoological museum in London. It houses around 68,000 specimens, covering the whole Animal Kingdom.
White Cube Bermondsey opened in October 2011 and is the largest of all the White Cube gallery's sites, incorporating more than 5440m² (58,000 sq ft) of interior space. The building, which dates from the 1970s, was renovated and designed by London and Berlin-based architects Casper Mueller Kneer and includes three major exhibition spaces as well as private viewing rooms, office space, a warehouse, an auditorium and a bookshop.
The Petrie Museum houses an estimated 80,000 objects, making it one of the greatest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the world.
The Geffrye Museum explores the home and the way people live. The collections show how homes have been used and furnished over the past 400 years, reflecting changes in society and behaviour as well as style, fashion and taste.
In 1988 a group of cartoonists, collectors and lovers of the art form came together as The Cartoon Art Trust with the aim of founding a museum dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, promoting and preserving the best of British cartoon art. In 2006 the Cartoon Museum opened at its current home in central London, very near the British Museum.
Looking for a little peace in the middle of London, then visit the London Library on St. James Square.
