Looking Closely at London – Trafalgar Square, British Museum and other famous museums and galleries Tereza Krchňáková
Trafalgar Square In central London, built around Charing Cross The name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar At its centre is Nelson's Column - statue of Horatio Nelson The National Gallery, Admiralty Arch, South Africa House, Charing Cross Road, Canada House and fountains Used for political demonstrations and community gatherings
British Museum In the Bloomsbury area of London Human history, art and culture – about 8 million works Established in 1753 and based on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane The Parthenon Marbles, the Rosetta Stone, sculptures from the Parthenon, the Sutton Hoo and Mildenhall treasures, the Portland Vase, Saxon jewellery collection, groups of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Pablo Picasso and other, and the famous Easter Island statues Hoa Hakananai'a and Moai Hava
National Gallery An art museum, an exempt charity Founded in 1824 Over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 Paintings by masters like Giotto and Piero della Francesca, Correggio, Titian and Raphael, seventeenth-century Dutch, Flemish, Italian and Spanish Old Masters and works by the French Impressionists and post-Impressionists
Natural History Museum On Exhibition Road in South Kensington The world's most prestigious museum of natural history with about 80 million items Main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology Famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons and ornate architecture Established 1881 Patron of the museum: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Imperial War Museum In the London Borough of Lambeth Founded in 1917 Was intended to record the civil and military war effort and sacrifice of Britain and its Empire during the First World War Archives of personal and official documents, photographs, film and video material
Design Museum Located by the River Thames near Tower Bridge in central London Founded in 1989 Industrial, graphic, fashion and architectural design
National Portrait Gallery Art gallery at St. Martin's Place Collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people Opened in 1856 Best-known images: portrait of William Hogarth, Eduarda VI, sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë and sculpture of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in medieval costume
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