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GALLERY LINKS
The Animation Art Gallery
13-14 Great Castle Street
London W1W 8LS
www.animaart.com
The Animation Art Gallery provides a welcome filler for the
‘gap in the market’ for that wonderful art form, animation. Video screens
provide continual entertainment while there are cartoon ‘cells’, paintings and
other movie memorabilia for sale.
British Library
www.bl.uk
The British Library is situated at 96, Euston Road, not far from King's Cross, St Pancras
Euston Road stations. In addition to its incomparable collection of books, the Library
hosts foyer exhibitions, lectures and other events throughout the year.
British Museum
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
The British Museum, near Russell Square, houses the controversial Elgin Marbles.
But don’t let these lovely rocks blinker your vision to the artifacts from
every stage of the history of mankind; Mayan statues, Egyptian mummies, the
Rosetta stone, Japanese swords, African masks, carved Indian elephants and
much, much more. There is also space for exhibitions.
Ben Uri Gallery
www.benuri.org.uk
The Ben Uri Gallery, at 108a Boundary Road, St Johns Wood, is London's
gallery of Jewish art. It runs exhibitions on contemporary artists and
their site is linked with Jewish gallery sites all over Europe,
Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House
The Strand
www.courtauld.ac.uk
Design Museum
Shad Thames
London SE1 2YD
www.designmuseum.org.uk
The Design Museum has a vibrant exhibition space dedicated to all the facets of design history.
Dulwich Gallery
Gallery Road
SE21 7AD
www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
39a Cannonbury Square
London N1 2AA
www.estorickcollection.com
Flying Colours Gallery
6 Burnsall Street
Chelsea
London SW3 3ST
www.flyingcoloursgallery.com
The Flying Colours Gallery is just 20 yards off the King's Road. It shows the work of
contemporary Scottish Artists.
Geffrye Museum
Kingsland Road
London E2 8EA
www.geffrye-museum.org.uk
The Geffrye Museum is the home from home of all
museums. Here you can trace the genesis of home interiors from Tudor times to
the present day. A lottery grant has provided the Geffrye with an exhibition
gallery and a fully restored herb garden.
The Gilbert Collection
www.hermitagerooms.com
The Gilbert Collection features a collection of mosaics, gold boxes, portrait
miniatures and relics from China, Russia and Italy. Currently sited in
Somerset House, it will close to the public on January 27, 2008 and open in
2009 in a suite of galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Hayward Gallery
www.hayward.org.uk
South Bank
The Hayward Gallery is part of the South Bank arts complex.
This innovative exhibition space lends itself to interaction between viewer and
exhibit.
The Hermitage Rooms
www.hermitagerooms.com
The Hermitage Rooms are the London base of the UK Friends of the Hermitage,
facilitating collaborations between the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg and
institutions throughout the UK.
The Horniman Musem
www.horniman.ac.uk
This free, family-friendly museum in south-east London has exhibits from all over the
world, including an African Worlds gallery, Centenary gallery and galleries devoted to
music and natural history.
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road, SE1
www.iwm.org.uk
Institute of Contemporary Art
The Mall
www.ica.org.uk
The Institute of Contemporary Art is situated on the Mall, not far from Buckingham Palace. The gallery is known for its exhibitions of
contemporary paintings and its two cinema screens show art house movies.
John Soane Museum
Lincoln's Inn Fields
www.soane.org
London Transport Museum
Covent Garden
www.ltmuseum.co.uk This museum boasts a cornucopia of
social and transport history. Follow the link for these and other delights,
including an online poster collection.
Maritime Museum
www.nmm.ac.uk
National Gallery
www.nationalgallery.org.uk
The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, is THE London
gallery. It houses a comprehensive collection of works, dating from the
stirrings of the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century. In addition to the
permanent collection, a significant exhibition takes place at least once a
year. It is open seven days a week.
National Portrait Gallery
www.npg.org.uk
The National Portrait Gallery is sister gallery to the
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square. You enter the gallery in St Martin’s Place,
to find a collection of portraits of famous people by well-known artists. In
addition to the permanent collection, there are several exhibitions in progress.
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, SW7
www.nhm.ac.uk
Premier Animation
www.premieranimation.com
This is an animation art gallery specialising in original animation cells and drawings
from all major studios with over 1000 images to choose from including Disney prints, pop
art and fine art .
Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House
Piccadilly
www.royalacademy.org.uk
The Royal Academy is the oldest art institution in the country. It is famous for, among other
events, the Summer Exhibition of the work of contemporary artists. Throughout the remainder of
the year there are other exhibitions.
Science Museum
Exhibition Road
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
The Serpentine Gallery is a beautiful little building, situated between Hyde Park and
Kensington Gardens. It holds two to three exhibitions throughout the year, mostly of an
avant garde nature.
www.serpentinegallery.org
Somerset House
The Strand.
www.somersethouse.org.uk
Somerset House is the Duke of Somerset's 16th century palace rebuilt by
Sir William Chambers. It is one of Britain's great architectural treasures, encompassing
the Courtauld Institute of Art gallery and the Hermitage Rooms.
Stanley Picker Gallery
Kingston University, Knights Park,
Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 2QJ.
www.stanleypickergallery.org
Tate Galleries
www.tate.org.uk
The Tate Britain is a gracious lady who resides on Millbank, alongside the Thames. Her permanent exhibition
includes the finest set of PreRaphaphaelite paintings in the country, and encompasses the Clore Gallery, which houses
an extensive collection of the paintings of William Turner. In addition to the permanent collection are several exhibitions each year.
Her younger sister, the Tate Modern, resides downriver at Bankside, a restored Art Deco building. Here, you can see a retrospective
of every 'ism' from Impressionism onwards; Expressionism,
Futurism, Fauvism, Vorticism and so on.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, SW7
www.vam.ac.uk
It is easier to describe what the Victoria and Albert Museum
is not. It does not contain the scientific, biological and technological
artifacts of the nearby Science Museum and Natural History Museum. Among its
treasures are Italian interiors, historic musical instruments and an
incomparable collection of male and female dress from times past. It also has a
collection of paintings.
Victoria Miro Gallery
16 Wharf Road
London N1 7RW
www.victoria-miro.com
Wallace Collection
Hertford House
Manchester Square
London W1V 3BA
www.wallacecollection.org
The Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, near Oxford
Street is a treasure trove of Dutch and French paintings, furniture, china
tea-set, snuff boxes, suits of armour…aaah! Leave the shopping and go inside.
www.wellcome.ac.uk
The Wellcome collection is housed at 183 Euston Road and
is second only to the London Dungeon in its hoard of instruments of
torture.
Whitechapel Gallery
Whitechapel High Street
London E1
www.whitechapel.org
The White Cube
Hoxton Square
London N1
www.whitecube.com
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