London
Attractions
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| Shakespeare's
Globe Theatre 21 New Globe Walk Bankside London SE1 9DT Telephone: +44 (0)20 7902 1400 |
Founded
by the pioneering American actor/director Sam Wanamaker, Shakespeare's
Globe is a unique international resource dedicated to the exploration
of Shakespeare's work, and the playhouse for which he wrote, through the
connected means of education and performance. Together, the Globe Theatre
Company, Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition and Globe Education seek to further
the experience and international understanding of Shakespeare in performance. |
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| British
Airways London Eye Westminster Bridge Road Lambeth, London, SE1 7PB, UK Telephone: +44 870 990 8881 |
The British Airways London Eye is the world's tallest observation wheel at 135m high. Located on the banks of the River Thames it offers unrivalled views over London. Since opening at the turn of the century, the London Eye has become an iconic landmark, with a status that can be compared to Tower Bridge, Big Ben, Eros and the Tower of London. It has been used as a backdrop in countless films and for innumerable TV programmes. A source of pride for the whole country as well as the capital, the London Eye is the most distinctive addition this century to the world's greatest city, loved by Britons and tourists alike. |  |
| Buckingham
Palace Buckingham Palace Road (Pall Mall) London SW1A 1AA Telephone: +44 (0)20 7930 4832 |
Buckingham
Palace has served as the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns
since 1837. It
evolved from a town house that was owned from the beginning of the eighteenth
century by the Dukes of Buckingham. Today it is The Queen's official residence,
with 775 rooms. Although in use for the many official events and receptions
held by The Queen, areas of Buckingham Palace are opened to visitors on
a regular basis. The State Rooms of the Palace are open to visitors during
the Annual Summer Opening in August and September. They are lavishly furnished
with some of the greatest treasures from the Royal Collection - paintings
by Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, Poussin, Canaletto and Claude; sculpture
by Canova and Chantrey; exquisite examples of Sèvres porcelain;
and some of the finest English and French furniture in the world.
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| London
Zoo Regents Pk London, NW1 4RY, UK Telephone: +44 20 77223333 |
ZSL London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London in 1828, and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. It was eventually made open to the public in 1847. Today it houses a collection of more than 651 species of animals. The zoo is currently (2007) undergoing a renovation project aimed at replacing cages with enclosures which recreate animals' natural environments, giving a better lifestyle to the animals, and a more realistic experience to visitors. |
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The Tate Modern in London is Britain's national museum of international modern art and is, with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives, and Tate Online, part of the group now known simply as Tate. The permanent collection of Tate Modern is on display on levels three and five of the building, while level four houses large temporary exhibitions and a small exhibition space on level 2 houses work by contemporary artists. When the gallery opened in 2000, the collections were not displayed in chronological order but were rather arranged thematically into four broad groups: History/Memory/Society; Nude/Action/Body; Landscape/Matter/Environment; and Still Life/Object/Real Life. |  |
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Museum Great Russell Street London Greater London WC1B 3DG UK
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The British Museum in London, England is one of the world's greatest museums of human history and culture. Its collections, which number more than 13 million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present. |  |
| National
Gallery The National Gallery Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5DN Telephone: +44 20 7747 2885 |
London's
National Gallery, founded in 1824, houses a rich collection of over 2,300
paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 in its home on Trafalgar
Square. The collection belongs to the British public and entry to the main
collection is free, although there are charges for entry to special exhibitions.
The National Gallery's beginnings were modest; unlike comparable galleries
such as the Louvre in Paris or the Museo del Prado in Madrid, it was not
formed by nationalising an existing royal or princely art collection. It
came into being when the British government bought 36 paintings from the
banker John Julius Angerstein in 1824. |
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| The
Victoria & Albert Museum V&A South Kensington Cromwell Road London SW7 2RL Tel. +44 (0)20 7942 2000 |
The V&A is the greatest museum of art and design, a world treasure house with collections of fabulous scope and diversity. The Museum holds over 3000 years worth of artefacts from many of the world's richest cultures. |  |
| St.
Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Churchyard London EC4M 8AD T: 020 7246 8350 / 020 7236 4128 |
The
current Cathedral – the fourth to occupy this site – was designed
by the court architect Sir Christopher Wren and built between 1675 and
1710 after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London.
Its architectural and artistic importance reflect the determination of
the five monarchs who oversaw its building that London’s leading
church should be as beautiful and imposing as their private palaces. |
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| National
Portrait Gallery 2 St. Martin's Pl London, WC2H 0HE, UK +44 20 73122490 |
The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery primarily located in St Martin's Place, off Trafalgar Square in London, but with various satellite outstations located elsewhere in the UK. The gallery opened to the public in 1856. It houses portraits of historically important and famous British people, selected on the basis of the significance of the sitter. The collection includes photographs and caricatures as well as paintings, drawings and sculpture. |  |
| Natural
History Museum E Van Buren St Phoenix, AZ 85008-3410 602-256-3220 |
With
its otherworldly sandstone buttes, Papago Park has graced the city of Phoenix
park system since 1959. Papago’s trails are generally easy treks with
little elevation gain making it a great place for a family hike or to hone
your mountain biking skills. The park is open from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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| Science
Museum 25 Exhibition Road London, SW7 2DD, UK +44 20 79424446 |
The Science Museum was founded in 1857 with objects shown at the Great Exhibition held in the Crystal Palace. Today the Museum is world renowned for its historic collections, awe-inspiring galleries and inspirational exhibitions. The Science Museum has hundreds of thousands of objects in their collection, from aircraft to microchips. The Science Museum's main building is in South Kensington, but there are also two other sites available in which they store the rest of their collections. Both have fascinating histories, and are sometimes open for visits. | |
| The
Tower of London 86 Saint Katharine's Way London, E1, UK +44 871 376 9036 |
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress The Tower of London, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically simply as The Tower), is an historic monument in central London, England on the north bank of the River Thames. It is located within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and is separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. | |
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