Museums and galleries in England. The British Museum, London is one of the largest historical museums in the world.

Walking through the places where William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde visited, seeing the landscapes that inspired the Brontë sisters and Jane Austen, is a good goal for every book lover. Portal "ZagraNitsa" has collected a dozen locations from different parts of the United Kingdom, which should be visited by all connoisseurs of good literature

Whitby

The landscape and architecture of the North Yorkshire seaside town of Whitby inspired Irish novelist Bram Stoker to write one of the most famous gothic works of all time, Dracula. Part of the action of the novel takes place in Whitby, and the city still remembers its connection with the legendary literary character. Twice a year, the Whitby Gothic Weekend is held here, and in October, the Bram Stoker Film Festival is held in the city.

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The Elephant House, Edinburgh

The size of the modest cafe The Elephant House in Edinburgh is difficult to compare with its popularity. There are always a lot of visitors here, and tourists do not miss the opportunity to take pictures at the entrance to the institution next to the sign "Harry Potter's birthplace". It was here, in a small establishment, that JK Rowling, sitting at a table with her little daughter in a stroller, wrote her first novel about a wizard boy.

Take a seat in the back room for a beautiful view of Edinburgh Castle.

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british library

In terms of the number of storage units, it is second only to the Library of Congress in the United States - there are more than 150 million copies of books, magazines, newspapers and manuscripts. Here you can find publications in almost all languages ​​of the world and of different age: from the collection of King George III to modern works.

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The English city of Bath is famous not only for its hot springs, but also as the place where the events of Jane Austen's novels took place. The writer lived here from 1801 to 1806 and was inspired by the city landscapes. In Bath, her memory is still honored and the Jane Austen festival is held annually. Guests of the event hold costumed meetings and literary readings of the Regency era.

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Broadstairs

The city in Kent was the inspiration for Charles Dickens. Here on the coast of the English Channel in the Bleak House hotel, the famous English writer stayed with his son and wrote the novel "David Copperfield". In honor of Dickens, Broadstairs today has a museum.

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Stratford upon Avon

The birthplace of the famous English playwright William Shakespeare is the most beautiful city in the United Kingdom. Here, for all connoisseurs of English classical literature, the Royal Shakespeare Theater operates and museums named after the great writer are open. It is worth coming here at least to see the house where the playwright was born and spent his last days.

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Hoert

The English village of Hoert is a symbolic place for all admirers of the Bronte sisters. At the beginning of the 19th century, their family owned an estate here, which today houses a museum dedicated to them. The landscapes of West Yorkshire have inspired some of the world's most famous novels, including Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. Perhaps, looking at the ruined Top Withens farm, you will reproduce in your imagination the story of Heathcliff and Catherine, because this area is considered to be the prototype of the Earnshaw family home and the main inspiration of Emily Brontë.

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Ashdown

The forest in East Sussex is where the most famous bear in the world, Winnie the Pooh, was born. Here, on the Cotchford farm near the forest, lived the English writer Alan Milne and his son Christopher Robin. Walking along the forest paths inspired Milne so much that he decided to write a series of stories about a bear that lives in the forest and his friendship with the boy Christopher Robin.

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Oxford University

This one is not only one of the best in the world: its walls still remember the presence of Clive Staples Lewis, Oscar Wilde and Lewis Carroll, who studied here or lectured here. There is also an amazing library in Oxford, which is also worth a visit.

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Jamaica Inn, Cornwall

Daphne du Maurier was inspired by a trip to the rolling hills of Bodmin Moor to create a novel about smugglers called The Jamaica Inn (based on which Alfred Hitchcock made a film of the same name). While still young, Maurier and his girlfriend got lost in the forest, riding horses, and miraculously made it back to the hotel, which was called the Jamaica Inn. In one of the rooms there is still a kind of museum with memorabilia of the writer.

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London

National Gallery

2404 The National Gallery, London WC2N 5DN, UK

National Portrait Gallery

27 St. Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE, UK

London City Hall Museum (Guildhall Art Gallery)

37 Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AE, UK

Gallery of Rafael Valls (Rafael Valls Gallery)

7 6A Ryder Street, London SW1Y 6QB, UK

Victoria and Albert Museum

54 Victoria and Albert Museum, Knightsbridge, London SW7 2RL, UK

Roy Miles Fine Paintings Collection

29 London, UK

Gallery Malcolm Innes (Malcolm Innes Gallery)

1 7 Bury Street, London, SW1Y 6AL, UK

Museum of London History (Museum of London)

4

Royal Holloway, University of London (Royal Holloway Collection, University of London)

4 Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU, UK

Palace of Westminster, British Parliament building (Westminster Houses of Parliament)

7 Palace of Westminster, London SW1A 2PW, UK

Gallery Maas (The Maas Gallery)

0 The Maas Gallery Ltd, 15A Clifford Street, Mayfair, London W1S 4JZ, UK

Wallace Collection

29 Hertford House, The Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, Marylebone, London W1U 3BN, UK

Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

3 Leighton House Museum, 12 Holland Park Road, Kensington, London W14 8LZ, UK

Dulwich Picture Gallery

30 Dulwich Picture Gallery (Stop VR), London SE21, UK

The Royal Collection of the United Kingdom (The Royal Collection of the United Kingdom)

36 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1A 1AA, United Kingdom

25 Gallery 11, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London WC2R, UK

Tate Gallery

153 Tate Modern Staff Entrance, Lambeth, London SE1 9, UK

6 10 Spring Gardens St. James's, London SW1A 2BN, UK

Royal College of Art (Royal College of Art)

1

Royal Academy of Arts (The Royal Academy of Arts)

3 Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, Kensington, London SW7 2EU, UK

Society of Fine Arts (The Fine Art Society)

11 Bond Street lights switch on, 148 New Bond Street, London W1S 2JT, UK

Mallett Gallery

4 37 Dover Street, London W1S 4NJ, UK

Kenwood House

18 Kenwood House, Hampstead Lane, Hampstead, London NW3 7JR, UK

Cadogan Contemporary Art Gallery in Kensington (Cadogan Contemporary, Art Gallery in Kensington)

1 Kensington, London, UK

Geoffrey Museum

3 Geffrye Museum, 136 Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA, UK

National Maritime Museum (National Maritime Museum)

3 National Maritime Museum, London SE10 9NF, UK

British Library

6 The British Library, 96 Euston Road, Kings Cross, London NW1 2DB, UK

National Army Museum (National Army Museum)

14 National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HT, UK

Science Museum

1 Science Museum, Exhibition Road, Kensington, London SW7 2DD, UK

Museum of the Order of Saint John

1 St John's Gate, Museum of the Order of Saint John, Saint John Street, London EC1M 4DA, UK

British Museum (British Museum)

11 Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN, UK

City of London Corporation

9 City of London Corporation, Guildhall Buildings, London EC2P 2EJ, UK

Glasgow

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

20 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AG, UK

Peoples Palace

1 The People's Palace & Winter Garden, Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Glasgow City G40 1AT, UK

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery

1 University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK

Edinburgh

Museums and Galleries (Museums and Galleries)

11

The Drambuie Collection

11 Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, UK

National Gallery of Scotland (National Galleries of Scotland)

24 National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH4 3BL, UK

Liverpool

Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool

10 Liverpool, Merseyside, UK

Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool museums

10 Liverpool, Merseyside, UK

National Museums

7 National Museums Liverpool, 127 Dale St, Liverpool, Merseyside L2 2JH, UK

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Victoria Art Gallery

22 Bath, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, UK

Holburne Museum of Art

6 The Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Bath, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset BA2 4DB, UK

Oxford

Ashmolean Museum

31 Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH, UK

Balliol College (Balliol College, University of Oxford)

2 Balliol College, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3BJ, UK

Manchester

Manchester Art Gallery

35 Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, Manchester M1, UK

Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester

17 Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, Manchester M15 6ER, UK

Birmingham

Barber Institute of Fine Arts

8 Birmingham, West Midlands, UK

Museum and Art Gallery (Museums and Art Gallery)

59 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, West Midlands B3 3DH, UK

Cardiff

National Gallery of Wales (National Museum of Wales)

19 National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 3NP, UK

1 County Hall, Cardiff Council, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 4UW, UK

Leicestershire

Belvoir Castle

6 Belvoir Castle, Grantham, Leicestershire NG32 1PE, UK

Portsmouth

Royal Naval Museum (Royal Naval Museum)

2 HM Naval Base (PP66), Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3NH, UK

Lincoln

Usher Gallery

1 Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP, UK

Sudbury

Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood

1 Sudbury Hall, Main Road, Sudbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 5HT, UK

Coventry

Herbert Art Gallery

1 Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 5QP, UK

southport

Atkinson Art Gallery

5 Lord Street, Southport PR8 1DB, Merseyside, UK

Maidstone

Museum and Art Gallery (Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery)

3 Maidstone Museum, Saint Faith's Street, Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1LH, UK

Cheltenham

Art Gallery and Museum (Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum)

2

Stoke-on-Trent

Museum of Ceramics and Art Gallery (The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery)

3 The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Bethesda Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3DW, UK

Southampton

City Gallery (Southampton City Art Gallery)

19 Civic Center Road, Southampton SO14 7LP, UK

Truro

Royal Cornwall Museum

6 Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro, Cornwall TR1 2SJ, UK

Leicester

New Walk Museum & Art Gallery (New Walk Museum & Art Gallery)

9 New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, 53 New Walk, Leicester, Leicester LE1 7EA, UK

Rigate

Bourne Gallery

1 31-33 Lesbourne Road Reigate, Surrey RH2 7JS United Kingdom

Belfast

Ulster Museum

1 Ulster Museum, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 5AB, UK

Ipswich

City Museum (Museum)

2 Ipswich Museum, High Street, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3QH, UK

Hackney, London

Chalmers Bikvest (Chalmers Bequest)

1 Hackney Museum, Ground Floor Technology And Learning Centre, 1 Reading Lane, London E8 1GQ

Cork

Crawford Municipal Art Gallery

1 Emmett Place, Cork, Ireland

Kendal

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

2 Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kirkland, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5AL, UK

Chiswick

City Hall (Town Hall)

1 Chiswick Town Hall, Chiswick, London W4 4JN, UK

Warwickshire

Compton Verney

6 Compton Verney, Warwick, Warwickshire CV35, UK

Stirling

Smith Art Gallery and Museum

1 Dumbarton Road, Stirling FK8 2RQ, UK

Warrington

2 Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, Bold Street, Warrington, Warrington, Warrington WA1 1DR, UK

High Wycombe

City Museum (Wycombe Museum)

1 Wycombe Museum, Priory Ave, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP13 6PX, UK

Torquay

Abbey Torre, art gallery (Torre Abbey)

2 Torre Abbey, The King's Drive, Torquay, Torbay TQ2 5JE, UK

Norwich

Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery

2 Castle Meadow, Norwich NR1 3JU, UK

Stockton-on-Tees

Preston Hall Museum

1 Preston Hall Museum, Yarm Rd, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 3RH, UK

Compton

Watts Gallery - Artists' Village

1 Down Ln, Compton, Guildford GU3 1DQ,

Brecon

Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery

1 Captains Walk, Brecon, Powys LD3 7DS, UK

Keswick

Museum and Art Gallery (Museum and Art Gallery)

1 Station Rd, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 4NF, UK

Rochdale

1 The Esplanade, Rochdale OL16 1AQ, UK

Royal Leamington Spa

Art Gallery

3 Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK

Walsall

New Art Gallery (The New Art Gallery)

1 Gallery Square, Walsall, West Midlands WS2 8LG, UK

Gloucester

Art Gallery

1 Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Clarence Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 3JT, UK

South Shields

Museum and Art Gallery (South Shields Museum & Art Gallery)

2 South Shields Museum & Art Gallery, Ocean Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear NE33 2JA, UK

Northampton

Art Gallery (Museums & Art Gallery)

3 Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northampton NN1 1DP, UK

Wakefield

The Hepworth Art Gallery

1 Hepworth Street, Castleford, West Yorkshire WF10 2RU, UK

Birkenhead

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

3 Birkenhead, Merseyside, UK

Worcester

City Art Gallery

2 Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Foregate Street, Worcester, Worcester WR1 1DT, UK

Croydon

Croydon Museum, Clocktower (Museum of Croydon, Clocktower)

2 Central Library, Croydon Clocktower, Museum of Croydon, Katharine Street, Croydon, Greater London CR9 1ET, UK

Safron Walden

The Fry Art Gallery

16 Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden, Essex, UK

Newcastle

Laing Art Gallery

47 New Bridge St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AG, UK

Cambridge

Fitzwilliam Museum

34 The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2, UK

Eastbourne

Towner Art Gallery

3 Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK

aberdeen

Art galleries and museums (Art Gallery & Museums)

4 Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, UK

Chichester

Gallery Pallant (Pallant House Gallery)

1 Chichester, Chichester, West Sussex, UK

Bedford

Higgins Art Gallery & Museum - Bedford Borough Council

7 Castle Lane Bedford MK40 3XD, UK

Bristol

Museum and Art Gallery (Museum & Art Gallery)

13 Museum & Art Gallery, 4 Chapel Street, Thornbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire BS35 2BJ, UK

Exeter

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

7 Exeter, Exeter, Devon, UK

nottingham

City Museums and Galleries, Nottingham Castle (Nottingham City Museums and Galleries, Nottingham Castle)

5 Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Sheffield

Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust, Museums Sheffield Foundation

17 Sheffield, Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1, UK

Kettering

Alfred East Art Gallery

9 Kettering, Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK

Bradford

Art galleries and museums (Bradford Museums and Galleries)

16 Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK

Leeds

City Museum (Leeds Museums and Galleries, Leeds City Council)

46 Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

oldham

Gallery Oldham (Gallery Oldham)

19 New Image Public Relations L, 16-18 Shaw Road, Oldham, Oldham OL1 3LQ, UK

Braemar

McEwan Gallery

1 Braemar, Ballater, Aberdeenshire AB35, UK

Burnley

Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum

21 Towneley Park, Burnley BB11 3RQ, UK

Preston

Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Preston Free Public Library

24 Preston, Preston, Lancashire, UK

Lancashire

Gallery Rockdale (Rochdale Art Gallery)

21 The Esplanade, Rochdale Lancashire OL16 1AQ, UK

Bournemouth

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery

33 The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Russell Cotes Road, Bournemouth BH1 3AA, UK

Bolton

Museum, Art Gallery and Aquarium (Museum, Art Gallery & Aquarium)

3 Le Mans Crescent, Bolton, Lancashire BL1 1SE, UK

Barnard Castle

Museum Bowes (The Bowes Museum)

6 The Bowes Museum, Newgate, Barnard Castle, County Durham DL12 8NP, UK

York

Art Gallery (York Art Gallery)

97 Exhibition Square Tour Bus (o/s Art Gallery), York, York, York YO1, UK

Outon

Outon Tower (Hoghton Tower)

2 Hoghton Tower Wood, Lancashire, UK

Carlisle

Tully House Museum and Art Gallery (Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery)

11 Castle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TP, UK

Kirkcaldy

Art Gallery (Museum and Art Gallery)

1 War Memorial Gardens, Abbotshall Road, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY1 1YG, UK

Plymouth

Art Gallery

5 Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AJ, UK

Accrington

Haworth Art Gallery

6 Haworth Art Gallery, Hollins Lane, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 2JS, UK

Storms

Bury Art Museum

4 Moss Street, Bury, Lancashire BL9 0DR, UK

Brighton

Royal Pavilion, Museums & Libraries (Royal Pavilion, Museums & Libraries)

16 Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, The City of Brighton and Hove, UK

Wolverhampton

City Gallery (Wolverhampton Art Gallery)

31 Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 1DU, UK

Hull

Ferens Art Gallery, Hull Museums

14 Little Queen Street, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire HU1 3RA, UK

21 Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK

Blackburn

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery

7 Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, Blackburn, Lancashire BB1 ​​7AJ, UK

Sunderland

Museum and Winter Gardens (Museum & Winter Gardens)

6 Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, Borough Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR1 1PP, UK

Gateshead

Shipley Art Gallery, Tyne & Wear Museums

9 Prince Consort Rd, Gateshead NE8 4JB, UK

Falmouth

Art Gallery

2 Municipal Buildings, The Moor, Falmouth TR11 2RT, UK

Museums in England worth visiting with children

“WE WANT to save children from boredom in museums.” With these words, Madeleine Mainstone, Head of Education at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London's Kensington Borough, expressed the goal that many museums and galleries have in trying to attract more children to their premises.

"Victoria and Albert" is the richest treasury of fine arts, but it is the magnificence and variety of the museum's exhibits that can quickly satiate and confuse a young visitor who first came to the museum. “If you prepare a child for what he sees and explain why it needs to be seen,” says Madeleine Mainstone, “you can instill in him the skills of self-education.” And this process can begin as early as four years of age, if the right atmosphere is created for the development of curiosity. To this end, the museum organizes twice a year, during the Christmas and Easter holidays, special children's clubs - one for children under 10 and the other for older children. It is a pleasure to watch how the kids enthusiastically master the basics of art history, getting acquainted with the best examples of pottery - Persian plates, Florentine jugs, Chinese bowls.

"Does this pattern fit the shape of the jug well?" “What is that painted around the edge of the plate?” “Is it good or bad, in your opinion, that a ship is painted at the bottom of this bowl?” Such questions make children think about elementary aesthetic problems, and after the discussion, each child chooses an object and makes sketches from it.

Such vacation circles are another step forward in the development of the educational program conducted by the museum. They complement the Shabbat activities with children that began about 11 years ago. Two school teachers work with children (ages seven to eleven) showing them how to observe and evaluate objects, stimulating their creativity. Supplementary activities can take many forms: Q&A discussion, DIY, drawing, painting, paper cutting, sorting games, or - for toddlers - first-time finder game.

A special room has all the necessary materials - colored pencils, scissors, colored paper, glue, etc. Children are even allowed to pick up and feel some of the museum exhibits. Madeleine Mainstone says: "We aim to teach children the tactile perception of form and texture ... This clearly demonstrates to them that artists and craftsmen use the same materials that they themselves work with in school."

The famous Whitechapel Art Gallery in London's East End invites teenagers aged 12-18 on Saturdays and during holidays to the studio located in the "Upper Gallery". Working as much and as they want, young artists discover new ways to realize their abilities, master new materials and artistic techniques. “We try to minimize helping children with their work and only when they ask for it themselves, we give them advice,” says Eileen Graham, a former art teacher and now head of the Upper Gallery.

England requires children to have a desire to develop their talent and a willingness to set themselves a creative challenge and try to fulfill it. Judging by the constantly changing exhibition of drawings, paintings, collages, engravings on linoleum, sculptures, pottery, etc., the organizers' expectations are justified.

In the same East End is the Jeffrey Museum, which first began to spread education during leisure hours 25 years ago. The museum is housed in an old ensemble of interconnected buildings (once they were a shelter for the poor) and has a suite of rooms decorated in the style of different eras - from the 16th century to the present day.

Every day during school holidays the museum is filled with children. Boys and girls wander the halls with pencils and notebooks in their hands, learning about life in past centuries, about how people dressed, what kind of furniture they had, what tools they used; visually get acquainted with the situation of the life of famous people.

Each student at the entrance receives a sheet with a task drawn up taking into account the age and main interests of the children. So, for example, the task may be to finish the essay or to complete the picture, and the child must find what exactly is missing in the essay or picture. Or he is invited to write down different types of kitchen utensils that have been used for several centuries. Or he must answer a crossword puzzle that tests knowledge of history. Finally, for five-year-olds, it may be just a blank sheet of paper for sketching. The teachers working at the museum come to the aid of little researchers; there are boards with the information they need, as well as a reading room.

Younger children (under 11) visit the museum in the morning, and older children in the afternoon. In addition to learning about history, they can try their hand at silk screen printing under expert guidance. One teacher was wearing a nice blue-green tie: “Stephen made it yesterday; he is 12 years old." The museum has an atelier and a workshop where children can engage in drawing and painting, pottery, modeling, weaving, doll making, music, basket weaving. They dress up in historical costumes or make them themselves.

In the south-east suburbs of London, there is another well-known museum that provides special opportunities for children. It is called the Horniman Museum after its founder and is divided into three departments - ethnographic, history of musical instruments and natural history. On Saturdays and during the school holidays, children take part in circles covering these three areas of science, trying their hand at various arts and crafts. They are allowed to pick up and inspect some of the exhibits. Recently, a special laboratory was created at the museum, equipped with sound recording and television facilities, which are also at the service of schoolchildren.

Even museums that do not have regular programs designed for children do not leave them unattended. The famous Kensington Science and Technology Museum hosts a special series of Christmas lectures for them. The museum has a "children's gallery" where students can turn on and off working models of machines and devices that illustrate various scientific principles.

All of these activities are, of course, completely free of charge, in addition to the ubiquitous opportunities for group school trips. They are certainly very useful for any young researcher who goes on an intellectual path in search of new knowledge.

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TOP 10 best museums in the UK

This gallery opens its doors to visitors completely free of charge. The paintings located in the gallery are located in it according to the historical periods in which they were painted.
The gallery was founded in the twenty-fourth year of the nineteenth century. The first exhibits were thirty-eight canvases, which patrons purchased from Angerstein. As a museum, the gallery opened its doors in the thirty-ninth year of the nineteenth century.

Many people and organizations took part in filling the gallery. Starting with state institutions, ending with ordinary people who had the opportunity to make such an expensive gift as a fine art object.

The museum was originally located on Pall Mall. As its popularity grew, it became inconvenient to have visitors in this building, so the decision was made to move the gallery to the north side of Trafalgar Square.
The new building was built in the thirty-eighth year. It was designed by a famous architect named Wilkins.

It is the largest historical and archaeological gallery in the world. The museum building itself has archaeological and historical value.

The museum was founded in the fifty-third year of the eighteenth century. The first exhibits were provided by Hans Sloan, an English physician and naturalist. In addition, Count Robert Harley and antiquarian Robert Cotton took part in the opening of the museum. The latter also took part in the founding of the British Library, replenishing its collection with his books.
From the very beginning, the museum was located in Montagu House. This building of aristocratic origin and to this day is located in an area called Bloomsbury. The museum opened its doors to visitors in the fifty-ninth year of the eighteenth century.

Many exhibits ended up in the museum due to the government's decision to buy them from private holders and send them to this institution, other exhibits were sent to the museum immediately from the excavations.

This museum is considered the best in Europe in terms of the number of exhibits of arts and crafts. If we compare it with other museums in the world, this building ranks fourteenth in terms of attendance.

The area of ​​this institution is huge: five tens of thousands of square meters. The exhibits of the museum tell about five thousand years of history of human applied art. Here you can find everything: objects used by the ancient Egyptians and the latest inventions of mankind in terms of household use. You can visit this amazing institution absolutely free of charge on any day of the year.

The museum consists of one and a half hundred galleries and four million exhibits. Inside the museum is divided into six levels. This is done to make navigation easier. Each hall is equipped with a touch screen, with which you can find out all the necessary information about the exhibits of this hall.

In fact, it is the largest of its kind. At the moment, within the walls of this museum there are more than seven tens of millions of exhibits. They belong to various branches of science: from botany to zoology.

The museum, in addition to exhibitions, also conducts scientific activities: the works of its representatives are known throughout the world. In addition, a research center operates within the walls of the museum, the main activity of which is to preserve the integrity of the exhibits.
The museum was originally based on the collection of Hans Sloan. This collection was not treated well - the exhibits were sold and were not in the best conditions. This was brought to an end by Richard Owen, who was appointed caretaker in the fifty-sixth year of the nineteenth century.

First of all, he achieved the separation of the Natural History Museum from the British Museum. In addition, he was able to convince the authorities to provide the museum with a separate building. If we talk about documents, the Museum of Natural History became an independent unit only in the early nineties of the twentieth century, however, the collections moved to a new building already in the sixty-third year.

This establishment is one of the most popular attractions in the city. The very appearance of this city is due to a thermal spring gushing out of the ground.

The first data institutions belonged to the Celts. This people decided that the healing power of these waters comes from the gods, so they dedicated these buildings to them. The Romans believed that this place is associated with the goddess Athena and built baths that are popular to this day.

The construction of these structures took three hundred years. The building built by the Romans was destroyed by time, however, people built new institutions in its place.

This museum appeared when two others merged: the Royal and Antiquities. Their collections were divided into themes and combined with each other.

Now the visitor can see various finds made by archaeologists. One of the famous exhibits is a stuffed sheep Dolly. This animal is famous for its origin. She was born thanks to cloning, which occurred in the nineties of the twentieth century.

This museum includes various halls that were dedicated to people or even eras. For example, Elton John.

It is a bunker that served as the headquarters of the military company of Great Britain during the Second World War. It was discovered by Margaret Thatcher in the eighty-ninth year of the twentieth century. It is located under the Palace of Westminster in London.

The structure consists of several armored rooms, which are connected by thick walls and secret passages. The contents of these rooms were a military secret, so access to them was closed even to government officials.

Like many museums in London, it is the largest of its kind. Every year this institution receives more than half a million visitors. The area of ​​this museum is huge - more than eight hectares.

The exhibits of this museum tell about the history of railway vehicles. The collection includes several hundred locomotives and wagons that worked on the railroad in various periods in the past.

It is the most famous of the young museums of this country. The exposition of this institution is completely dedicated to the Titanic liner, which tragically died. On the centenary of this sad event, this museum was opened.

This museum is located in Glasgow, in the park of the same name. The construction of the gallery began in the ninety-second year of the nineteenth century. As conceived by the architects Simpson and Allen, the building had to correspond to the Baroque style.

I am fond of hiking and traveling, photography and video filming.

I have been hiking since childhood. The whole family went and went - sometimes to the sea, then to the river, to the lake, to the forest. There was a time when we spent a whole month in the forest. They lived in tents and cooked over a fire. Perhaps that is why even now I am drawn to the forest and, in general, to nature.
I travel regularly. Approximately three trips per year for 10-15 days and many 2 and 3 day hikes.

Great Britain is a country of great cultural heritage, the number of museums per capita here is higher than in the whole world. There are collections and expositions for every taste and interest. Let's talk about the most famous about what you can see there and how to get there.

art museums

London is the recognized capital of the world art market. Therefore, there are many art galleries here. The most interesting museums in the UK:

• The Tate group of galleries in London, Liverpool, Cornwall, and the most famous of them - the modern art gallery - is in the top 10 most visited museums in the world.
• Gallery "Serpentine" in London, it hosts interesting exhibitions of contemporary art.
• The National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh, which houses an excellent collection of Western European art.
• The London National Gallery, where you can see more than 2,300 works by European painters.
• Saatchi Gallery in London. It houses the private collection of contemporary art by Charles Saatchi.

All art museums are open for free access and annually receive several tens of millions of visitors.

Specialized museums

England has a huge number of themed museums. These, of course, include the largest museum in the UK - the British. But it will be discussed later.

The largest in London is the Natural History Museum. It houses collections on botany, zoology, geology, and mineralogy. In total, the institution's funds number several tens of millions of exhibits. The museum is famous for the dinosaur skeleton installed in the lobby of the main building, as well as a large number of interactive exhibitions. For example, you can visit the rainforest, in space, feel the earthquake and much more. More than 5 million visitors come here every year.

Another interesting specialized museum is dedicated to maritime history. It is housed in a listed building at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich.

One of the most frequently visited is also the Beatles Museum. About 300 thousand fans of this group come here every year.

For modern children, the Harry Potter Museum will be the most interesting - this is a real immersion in the magical world of J. Rowling's novels and films based on them.

Literary museums

England has given the world many famous writers, in whose honor interesting museums have been opened. So, the most famous literary museum in Great Britain is the Charles Dickens House Museum. It recreates the atmosphere of a real Dickensian house, as well as the atmosphere of a typical 19th century wealthy class house.

Another popular museum related to literature is the Sherlock Holmes Museum. Due to the popularity of the Sherlock series, the museum is experiencing a real boom in visitors.

Of course, it is difficult to imagine England without Shakespeare. In the town of Stratford-upon-Avon there is a house-museum of the great playwright. Here he was born and died, and the museum recreates the atmosphere in which Shakespeare's family lived.

Unusual museums

England would not be itself if it were not for the most amazing and eccentric museums. The first place among the most unusual museums in Great Britain is occupied by the Teapot Island Museum in Yolding. Here you can see almost 8 thousand teapots, as well as buy unusual teapots and souvenirs.

In the town of Maidstone there is a Dog Collar Museum, here you can see an exhibit from the 15th century and many later collars.

The unusual museum was created by the architect John Soane. He collected a huge collection of various antiquities from Greece, Egypt, India and made incredible collages and installations from them.

The most famous of the unusual museums in London is the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Here are the figures of the most famous people in the world. Visitors can take selfies with Trump or the Beatles and visit the Horror Room.

Even if you wish, you can visit the museums of pencils, mustard, teddy bears or lawn mowers.

Top 9 museums in the UK

Compiling a rating of museums in Britain is a thankless task, since the choice of a museum is largely a matter of taste. However, there is a simple selection criterion - the number of visitors. According to this indicator, the top 9 includes the following institutions:

1. British museum.
2. Victoria and Albert Museum.
3. National Museum of Scotland.
4. Design Museum.
5. Bunker Museum "War Rooms".
6. Cruiser Belfast.
7. Museum of Coal.
8. Transport Museum.
9. Kelvingrove Art Gallery.

British museum

The first place among the museums of Britain is rightfully occupied by The British museum. He began his work in 1753, during his existence he collected a huge collection of antiquities, art and everyday life. Including here an unprecedented number of exhibits from the archaeological excavations of Ancient Egypt, there is no such collection even in Egypt itself. Also here you can see many interesting exhibits from India, Oceania, Africa, the Middle East, a good collection of works of art, household items. Entrance to the museum is free, more than 6 million visitors come here every year.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Another famous museum in the UK is the Victoria and Albert Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. It is the world's largest collection of household items and arts and crafts. The institution was opened in 1852 in the wake of the 1851 World's Fair. Prince Albert wanted to exhibit somewhere those items that were exhibited at this exhibition, as well as the DPI collection. The money raised at the World's Fair was used to build the building. In 1899, on the initiative of Queen Victoria, the central building of the museum was built. In total, it occupies several buildings in South Kensington. The halls display a large collection of silver and tin items, works of art, and costumes. The museum has the largest collection of early British photography.

National Museum of Scotland

Another interesting UK museum is located in Edinburgh. Initially, it was conceived as a museum of antiquities. It contains a large collection of objects from archaeological sites in Scotland, as well as in Ancient Egypt and the East. But gradually the museum acquired other interesting exhibits. For example, an unusual exposition dedicated to Elton John has been created here, in other rooms you can see a stuffed cloned sheep Dolly, as well as exhibitions related to scientific achievements, with the natural history of Scotland.

Design Museum

This newest museum in London has become an innovation in museum business. The best works of contemporary designers are exhibited here, and for them this is a kind of professional recognition, a significant milestone in their career. And getting objects into the permanent exhibition is seen as a recognition of genius. Therefore, the museum not only allows you to see the most advanced design in the world, but also is a platform for professional communication between designers.

Bunker Museum "War Rooms"

Another interesting museum in London is dedicated to the Second World War and the activities of W. Churchill. This is his bunker. Here you can see the private quarters of the Prime Minister, his office, his wife's bedroom, the operational headquarters, from where Churchill controlled military operations. The museum is interesting for those who want to learn more about the history of Great Britain and the lives of famous people.

Cruiser Belfast

There is another interesting London museum on the Thames - this is the Belfast military cruiser, which is permanently laid up near the Tower Bridge. This ship is the pride of the British. It played a key role in the famous and most important naval battles of World War II. During the tour of the ship, tourists can see all the premises and get acquainted with its heroic history.

Museum of Coal

There is an unusual institution in the town of Blainevon: this is a real coal mine turned into a museum. To go down into the mine, you need to put on a real miner's uniform weighing about 5 kilograms. In the museum you can see how hard the work of miners is, get acquainted with their life and working conditions.

Transport Museum

There is another interesting museum in London, which contains about 1000 exhibits. These are various types of vehicles - from ancient to modern. There are many exhibits dedicated to the underground, which London is rightly proud of. It is interesting that some of the exhibits can be touched, climbed into them, and you can also try yourself as a driver of a car or a locomotive, which children really like.

Kelvingrove Art Gallery

In Glasgow there is an interesting private museum called Kelvingrove. This is a real Scottish palace, which has a good collection of Western European art. There is also a wonderful collection of weapons and armor, there are antiquities and even an English fighter plane from the Second World War.

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