2. The British Museum was established in 1753 on the basis of three collections - a collection of famous British physician and naturalist Hanse Sloan, the collection of Count Robert Harley and antiquarian Robert Cotton's library, which became the basis of the British Library. Creation of the museum was an act of the British Parliament approved. Originally, the museum is housed in Montague House - an aristocratic mansion, located in London's Bloomsbury district. It opened to the public in 1759. Collection expanded through the acquisition of antique vases William Hamilton (1772), so-called. marbles, Townley (1804, 1814), a collection of minerals Greville (1810). In 1814-1815 years the parliament bought at Lord Elgin priceless work of the Athenian Parthenon. Many of the museum's acquisitions (such as the Rosetta Stone) were brought to England in the darkest circumstances. Greece and Egypt, which were taken from ancient monuments still require them to return back. From the history of the British Museum

3. London's National Gallery - Museum in London, with more than 2000 samples of Western painting XIII - beginning of XX century. Pictures in the gallery are exhibited in chronological order.

4. Tate Britain, bearing the year 2000 the name of the Tate Gallery (Tate Gallery) - Art Museum in London, the world's largest collection of British art XVI-XX centuries. Was founded by industrialist Sir Henry Tate. Now part of the Tate.

5. The National Portrait Gallery in London - the world's first portrait gallery, founded in 1856, in order to perpetuate images of the British past centuries - not only portraits in oil, but the miniatures, drawings, sculptures and photographs. Since 1896 he has held the Neo-Renaissance building next to Trafalgar Square.

7. Victoria and Albert Museum - Museum in London, the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design. Founded in 1852. Located in South Kensington. Admission is free. According to The Art Newspaper, the museum is on the 14th place in the world in attendance for all the art museums (2,789,400 visitors per year)

8. Imperial War Museum - London museum. His collection includes military equipment, weapons, items of the war years, public library, a photographic archive and art collection dedicated to the armed conflict, from XX century, especially those involving the United Kingdom, the British Empire and Commonwealth.

10. The Manchester Museum - museum of archeology, natural history and anthropology in the University of Manchester, one of the largest university museums in the UK. Created in 1867 on the basis of the museum's collection of Manchester Society of Natural History. Museum Fund as of 2010 - about 6000 exhibits.

11. Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology - the oldest public museum in the UK. This is one of the four museum institutions operating at the University of Oxford. The current building was erected in 1841-45 years. in the style of Neoclassicism

13. Scottish National Portrait Gallery - Art Gallery in Edinburgh. The gallery consists mainly of portraits of famous Scots - governors, national heroes, poets, revolutionaries, and other historical figures.

14. National Gallery of Scotland - an art gallery in Edinburgh, the oldest in Scotland. Located in the city center at The Mound, in a building designed by the famous Scottish architect William Henry Playfair. In operation since 1859.

16. Royal Armouries - the oldest national museum in Britain, containing a collection of arms and armor. Has three branches: Main Collection (Leeds) Tower of London (London) Collection of Artillery (Portsmouth)

17. Sherlock Holmes Museum - London house-museum of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, a literary character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

18. Tower of London - fortress. Tower of London - one of the main symbols of the United Kingdom, holds a special place in the history of the English nation.

19. Madame Tussauds - Wax Museum in London's Marylebone, with branches in 10 cities of Amsterdam, Las Vegas, Copenhagen, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Washington, Vienna and Berlin. He was a sculptor Marie Tussaud established.