THE BRITISHLIBRARY96 Euston RoadLondon NW1 2DB+44 (0)20 7412 7332www.bl.uk/everyoneadmission free
Discover some of the mostexciting and significant books,from the Magna Carta and theGutenberg Bible to Mozart andthe Beatles, alongsideremarkable manuscripts, firsteditions, maps, music scores,sound recordings, photographsand stamps.
St. Luke’s Gospel, Lindisfarne Gospels,
(detail) AD 710–721.
BRITISHMUSEUMGreat Russell StreetLondon WC1B 3DG+44 (0)20 7323 8299www.britishmuseum.orgadmission free
Founded in 1753, the BritishMuseum’s remarkable collectionsspan over two million years ofhuman history and culture.Five million visitors every yearexperience the collections fromAfrica, Asia, Europe, the Americasand the Ancient World, includingworld-famous objects suchas the Rosetta Stone, theParthenon Sculptures, andEgyptian mummies.
Aztec Serpent from Mexico,
Aztec/Mixtec, 15th–16th century AD,
carved wood with turquoise mosaic.
© The Trustees of the British Museum.
BRUNEIGALLERY, SOASThornhaugh StreetRussell SquareLondon WC1H 0XG+44 (0)20 7898 4915www.soas.ac.uk/galleryadmission free
Dedicated to promoting a betterunderstanding of the art, culture,history and contemporarycontexts of Africa, Asia and theMiddle East through a changingprogramme of visiting exhibitionsand events, with a permanentrotating display of SOAS’s owncollections shown in the FoyleSpecial Collections Gallery.
Jamini Roy, Krsna and Balar -ama.
India, 1940s. Tempera on paper.
H40 x W68cm, SOAS Collection.
THE CHARLESDICKENSMUSEUM48 Doughty StreetLondon WC1N 2LX+44 (0)20 7405 2127www.dickensmuseum.comadmission charge
Visitors can see paintings, rareeditions, manuscripts, originalfurniture and other itemsrelating to the popular Victoriannovelist Charles Dickens.Highlights include the originalmonthly parts of the novels,manuscript fragments, and thedesk designed by Dickens forhis reading tours.
Dickens’s Dream by R W Buss.
THECOURTAULDGALLERYSomerset House, Strand London WC2R 0RN+44 (0)20 7848 2526www.courtauld.ac.ukadmission charge
Set in the elegant surroundingsof Somerset House andrenowned for its Impressionistand Post-Impressionist collection– with works by Monet, Manet,Renoir, van Gogh, Gauguin andCézanne – the Gallery rangesfrom Renaissance masterpiecesto 20th-century paintings byPicasso, Matisse and Kandinsky.
Edouard Manet A Bar at the
Folies-Bergère (detail), 1881–2.
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust.
THEFOUNDLINGMUSEUM40 Brunswick SquareLondon WC1N 1AZ+44 (0)20 7841 3600www.foundlingmuseum.org.ukadmission charge
Discover the stories of theFoundling Hospital, London’sfirst home for abandonedchildren, revealed throughpoignant artefacts. TheHospital’s art collection featurespaintings by Hogarth,Gainsborough and Reynoldsdisplayed alongside Handel’swill and a fair copy of Messiah.
Foundling Hospital token, left by a mother
with her child on admission to the hospital.
HUNTERIANMUSEUM ATTHE ROYALCOLLEGE OFSURGEONS35–43 Lincoln’s Inn FieldsLondon WC2A 3PE+44 (0)20 7869 6560www.rcseng.ac.uk/museumsadmission free
Revealing 400 years of medicalhistory, from one of the oldestanatomical collections in theworld to the latest advances inminimal access surgery.Highlights include surgeon JohnHunter’s collection of humanand animal specimens, Lister’sfirst antiseptic spray andWinston Churchill’s false teeth.
Anatomical specimens from the
Hunterian Collection.
THELIBRARY ANDMUSEUM OFFREEMASONRYFreemasons’ Hall60 Great Queen StreetLondon WC2B 5AZ+44 (0)20 7395 9257www.freemasonry.london.museumadmission free
Discover one of the world’sfinest collections of Masonicmaterial housed at the home ofEnglish freemasonry, includingpottery, porcelain, glass, silver,furniture, clocks and regalia.The ceremonial areas of theamazing Art Deco Freemasons’Hall are also available to view.
The Freemasons engraving
by Bernard Picart (1736).
LONDONTRANSPORTMUSEUMThe Piazza, Covent GardenLondon WC2E 7BB+44 (0)20 7379 6344www.ltmuseum.co.ukadmission charge
Reopens on 22 November 2007after a £22 million redesign.Transformed into a series offorward-looking, 21st-centurygalleries, the museum focuseson both the future and the pastof London’s transport. Includesthe only surviving steam enginefrom the world’s firstUnderground railway anda collection of iconic posters.
Johnston Underground roundel, c1925.
ROYAL OPERAHOUSECovent GardenLondon NW3 4DD+44 (0)20 7304 4000www.roh.org.ukadmission free
Take a backstage tour, havelunch in the AmphitheatreRestaurant or enjoy a freelunchtime recital and explorethe photographic exhibitions.Then come back in the eveningto see and hear some of thefinest dancers, singers andconductors in the world.
Auditorium, Royal Opera House.
SIR JOHNSOANE’SMUSEUM13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields London WC2A 3BP+44 (0)20 7405 2107www.soane.orgadmission free
Step back in time with a visitto Sir John Soane’s Museum– virtually unchanged since hisdeath in1837. Behind an elegantlysevere façade lie architecturallystunning interiors which containworld-class collections of art,sculpture, furniture, antiquities,casts, stained glass, books andmodels – all artfully arranged asSoane left them, 170 years ago.
South Drawing Room, Sir John Soane’s
Museum. Photo: Martin Charles.
UCLMUSEUMS ANDCOLLECTIONSUCL, Gower StreetLondon WC1E 6BT+44 (0)20 7679 2884www.ucl.ac.uk/museumsadmission free
The museums of UniversityCollege London (UCL) containinternationally importantcollections of archaeology, art,zoology and geology. Densedisplays and changing exhibitionsfeature across a range ofindividual small museums.
Vesuvius during the day, 1822,
Johnston Lavis Collection in the UCL
Geology Collections.
WELLCOMECOLLECTION183 Euston RoadLondon NW1 2BE+44 (0)20 7611 2222www.wellcomecollection.orgadmission free
Part gallery, part museum, andincorporating an extraordinarylibrary and events, WellcomeCollection explores the linksbetween medicine, life and art,placing science in the broadcontext of health and wellbeing.
I Can’t Help the Way I Feel, John Isaacs,
from the Medicine Now gallery.
A walk along Museum Mileprovides a fascinating insightinto London, past and present.From Euston Road to the RiverThames, discover 13 of thecity’s most extraordinarymuseums and galleries andtheir equally diverse collections.
Experience the breathtakingImpressionist art collection atThe Courtauld Gallery and therare editions and manuscriptsat the Charles Dickens Museum.See Shakespeare’s First Folioat the British Library or a DNA
robot at Wellcome Collection.From the intimate to the iconic,these museums and galleriesreveal a mile of discovery.
www.museum-mile.org.uk
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THE FOUNDLINGMUSEUM40 Brunswick Square
HUNTERIAN MUSEUMAT THE ROYAL COLLEGEOF SURGEONS35–43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
THE LIBRARYAND MUSEUMOF FREEMASONRY60 Great Queen Street
WELLCOMECOLLECTION183 Euston Road
GETTING TO MUSEUM MILE
TUBECovent Garden, Euston, Euston Square, Goodge Street,Holborn, King’s Cross St Pancras, Russell Square, Temple,Tottenham Court Road, Warren Street.
RAILEuston, King’s Cross, St Pancras International.
BUS59, 68, 91, 168 and 188 run along Museum Mile.
CARLimited metered parking. National Car Parks at Holborn,Drury Lane, Russell Court and Brunswick Square.
WALKINGThe best way to discover London is on foot.
ACCESSMost of the museums listed have wheelchair access topart or all of their collections. Please contact the specificmuseums prior to your visit to ensure your needs are met.
www.museum-mile.org.uk
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