National Museums and Galleries
There are hundreds of museums and galleries around the country. The following you have to know: Beamish British Museum Ironbridge Gorge National Gallery National Museum of Photography, Film and Television National Railway Museum Natural History Museum Science Museum Tate Gallery Tate Modern Royal Armouries
Many of the major visitor attractions in the United Kingdom are located in towns and cities that are of historic interest or are visitor attractions in their own right. The major visitor attractions tend to be located where there is a large population, or good travel links to that location.
What you have to do… Visit the websites of three museums and find out: 1. How much does it cost you as a student to enter? 2. How much travel would be involved for you in getting there?
Beamish The North of England Open Air Museum Beamish, County Durham, DH9 0RG
British Museum Great Russell Street, London WC1
Ironbridge Gorge Ironbridge Gorge Museum Coalbrookdale, Telford Shropshire TF8 7DX
National Gallery The National Gallery Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5DN
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television National Media Museum, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 1NQ
National Railway Museum Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ
Natural History Museum Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Science Museum Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD
Tate Gallery – there are three Millbank London SW1P 4RG Albert Dock Liverpool L3 4BB Porthmeor Beach St Ives Cornwall TR26 1TG
Tate Modern International modern and contemporary art Bankside London SE1 9TG James Aldridge: Cold Mouth Prayer 18 August 2007 – 18 August 2009
Royal Armouries – Can be found in three locations. Royal Armouries Museum, Armouries Drive, LEEDS, West Yorkshire. LS10 1LT. Royal Armouries, HM Tower Of London, Tower Hill, LONDON. EC3N 4AB. Royal Armouries Fort Nelson, Portsdown Hill Road, FAREHAM, Hampshire, PO17 6AN.