Famous literary museums and places in Britain. Museums in England - Museums in Great Britain

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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 development educational program held 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 them Creative skills. Additional lessons can take many forms: discussion with questions and answers, amateur activities, drawing, painting, paper cutting, games with sorting objects or - for toddlers - the game "who will find the object first."

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."

Famous Whitechapel art Gallery in the East End of London 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 ever-changing exhibition of drawings, paintings, collages, engravings on linoleum, sculptural works, 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 asked to write different types kitchen utensils that have been used for 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.

Children younger age(under 11 years old) 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 southeast suburbs of London is another famous museum providing special opportunities for children. It is called the Horniman Museum after its founder and is divided into three departments - ethnographic, history musical instruments and natural sciences. On Saturdays and during school holidays, children are engaged in circles covering these three areas of science, try 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.

London is a city where many museums, exhibitions, galleries and other cultural objects attracting tourists from all over the world. British museum just refers to one of those places that millions of people visit. It is the second in the world in terms of the number of exhibits after. 94 galleries with a total length of 4 kilometers - that's what awaits everyone who wants to visit this cultural attraction in London.

History and architecture of the British Museum

The history of the British Museum began with a private collection of artifacts. The English physician Hans Sloan, who was also a well-known collector of antiquities, traveler and naturalist, made a will during his lifetime. It said that, for a completely nominal fee, he was handing over his exhibits to King George II. At that time, the collection consisted of more than 70,000 items.

The British museum was founded on June 7, 1753 by a special act of Parliament. Subsequently, it was the Parliament that acquired exhibits from collectors in order to replenish the museum's fund. By the opening of the museum, the Harley library and the Cotton library were replenished. And in 1757 the Royal Library joined the collections. Among the exhibits were real literary treasures, including the only surviving copy of Beowulf.

In 1759, the British Museum was officially opened to the public at Montagu House. But not everyone could get here, but only the elite. For mass visits, the British museum became available almost 100 years later, but more on that later.

At the end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th century, the museum bought out a collection of antique Hamilton vases, Greville's minerals, marbles from Lord Elgin's Parthenon, which to this day are a real gem of the exposition. An important role in the development of the British Museum was played by the Anglo-Egyptian war, as a result of which Egypt became one of the protectorates of Great Britain. At this time, many antiquities, works of art and treasures were taken out of Egypt, and this was done illegally.

The collection grew and there was a need to divide the museum into themes. But every year the place became less and less. In 1823, work began on the construction of a separate building for exhibits. The architect of the British Museum was Robert Smerk, who conceived the project in neo-Greek style. The peculiarity of the building is 44 Ionic columns on the south facade.

Construction lasted a little over 30 years, and in 1847 the doors of the British museum opened to the general public. The pediment of the museum was built in the 1850s by Sir Richard Westmacott. Initially, the pediment was supposed to have numbers demonstrating the "Progress of Civilization" - now this idea seems old-fashioned. But the architect decided to portray progress in a different way. If you look closely, then in the far left corner you will see an uneducated person coming out from behind a rock. He studies things like sculpture, music and poetry, becoming "civilized". All objects are personified and represented by human figures. From left to right: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Science, Geometry, Drama, Music and Poetry.

But the work on the project did not stop there - in 1857 the Great Courtyard was built, where the Round Reading Room was located in the center.

By the beginning of the 20th century, the museum had many exhibits brought from the Middle East, which was the result of archaeological excavations in Mesopotamia. Later, some collections were separated into the Museum of Natural History, and in 1972 the British Library also broke away, leaving reminders of itself in the form of the aforementioned reading room. In 2000, architect Norman Foster redecorated a number of rooms, and also built a glass roof over the Courtyard.

Today, the collection of the British Museum has 13 million items. Of course, to see them all, one visit is not enough. But the fact that this attraction cannot be ignored is unequivocal.

Sections of the British Museum and their famous exhibits

The British museum is divided into 6 themes that combine archaeological and cultural objects from different countries and periods:

Ancient Egypt and Nubia

Here you can see the largest collection sarcophagi and mummies (including the mummy of Cleopatra), the obelisk of Pharaoh Nectaneb II, the mathematical papyrus of Ahmes, 382 and 95 tablets of the Amarna archive, a fragment of the Sphinx's beard and the famous Rozzet stone (a stone slab on which three identical texts are engraved, one in ancient Greek, and two are in ancient Egyptian, one written in demotic script and the other in hieroglyphs).

Africa, East and South Asia, Oceania, Mesoamerica

These halls contain Benin bronzes, the Diamond Sutra, the Book of Fortune-telling, Kanishka's stupas, a collection of Chinese porcelain (Percival David Foundation), an ancient Chinese scroll of "Instructions of the Senior Court Lady".

The Ancient East

Those who are interested in the culture and archeology of the East will be very interested in visiting this exposition. Among the numerous exhibits there is a cylinder of Cyrus, a prism of Sennacherib, decorations of the priestess Shubad, paired figurines of "Sheep in the thicket" 4500 years ago, a collection of bas-reliefs, the Balavat gate of Shalmaneser III.

Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome

Here are the most interesting exhibits, among which are fragments of the excavations of the Palace of Knossos, fragments of the frieze of the temple of Nike Apteros, the frieze of the temple of Apollo in Bassae, the Warren Cup, the Portland vase, Elgin marbles from the Acropolis.

UK and Europe

Here are the gold goblet of Charles V, the cape from Mold, the Franks box, chess from the Isle of Lewis, Fuller's brooches, the Anglo-Saxon treasures and the Lindow man - the remains of a man who died in the Iron Age.

Graphics and engraving

The gallery features such famous engravings as Goya's The Disasters of War, graphic drawings by Raphael, Albrecht Dürer, Michelangelo, William Blake, Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt.

Information for visitors: where is it located, opening hours and how much is the entrance fee

British Museum address: Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.

Nearest bus stop: Montague Street (Stop L).

Nearest metro stations: Tottenham Court Road, Russell Square, Holborn.

Entrance to the British Museum: free, except for guest exposures. There are donation boxes in the museum, where tourists drop one or two pounds to the museum fund.

Schedule: the museum is open daily from 10:00 to 17:30, on Fridays from 10:00 to 20:30. Some galleries may be closed without prior notice.

It is better to learn more about the work schedule of the halls and temporary exhibitions on the official website.

On the territory of the British Museum there is a gift shop and two cafes where you can have a bite to eat after long walk by galleries.

Half an hour's walk from the British museum is located, which every guest of the city should also see. To have time to get acquainted with the capital of Great Britain, you need to stay here for at least a week. In our catalog are presented - most of them are within walking distance from the main attractions.

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" collected ten locations from different corners United Kingdom, which all connoisseurs of good literature should visit

Whitby

The landscape and architecture of the North Yorkshire seaside town of Whitby inspired Irish novelist Bram Stoker to write one of his 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. The festival is held here twice a year. goth subculture Whitby Gothic Weekend, and in October the city hosts the Bram Stoker Film Festival.

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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

home of the famous English playwright William Shakespeare - 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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