London museums are as disparate and singular as the town itself. From world notorious tourist magnets like the British Museum to small museums serving local accord to autirky independents, the main’s museums and galleries offer terrific select for urban explorers. Whether you’re interested in dinosaurs or dentistry, freemasonry or firefighting, Old Masters or Young British Artists the chances are there’s a museum or gallery covering the mbject. And as well as being a kind of 3-D encyclopaedia, London’s museums and galleries, whatever their specialisation, provide an unrivalled insight into the history of the town, and the realisation, tastes snd aliveness of its inhabitants.
The London museums scene pursue to go from strength to strength. Shaking off their stuffy, dusty icon of old, national institutions such as the Tate Gallery, the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum have reinvented themselves over the past x or so in become crowd-pulling destinations. Stimulating exhibitions, dynamic learning departments organising a spectrum of events, enticing on-site shops and help cafes have all been by-products of this renaissance. If you’re in London during May, look out for special events and life staged as part of Museums and Galleries Month. This cultural extravaganza takes place every year and pertainto hundreds of museums and galleries throughout the UK hosting a range of artists’ -workshops, hands-on life, music and demonstrations.
Together, the Millennium and the National Lottery with its prospectus for good causes galvanised the museum sector afresh. New building projects mushroomed all over the main in readiness for 2000 — the British Museum, the Wallace Collection, the Geffrye Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery to name but a few. Undoubtedly, it’s m thrilling time for London’s museums and galleries, and with more to enjoy than ever earlier, the aim of this guide is to lendahand you get the most out of these remarkable cultural resources. The article is divided into four sections, London museums which includes historic putup, Galleries i.e. public art venues, Commercial Galleries which presents a cross-section of London’s selling galleries and an Appendix listing various art venues, archives, useful petition and end of year degree shows. Entries are arranged by area with maps to lendahand you find your way toward, and we’ve also included both a subject and an alphabetical index.
Thanks to legislation, disabled ingress at museums has help over the past 15 years or so, but its regulation varies enormously from place to place.