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* Leighton House
* Lloyd's Building
* London Aquarium
* London Dungeon
* London Planetarium
* London Transport Museum
* London Zoo
* Madame Tussaud's
* Monument
* Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green
* Museum of London
* National Army Museum
* National Portrait Gallery
* Oxo Tower
* Piccadilly Circus
* Regent's Park
* Royal Academy (of Arts)
* St Bartholomew-the-Great
* St Bride
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* St James's Park
* St James's Piccadilly
* St James's Street
* St Katharine's Dock
* St Stephen Walbrook
* Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition
* Sir John Soane's Museum
* Soho
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* Spencer House
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* Wallace Collection
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* Winston Churchill's Britain at War
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In The Know
Did You Know?
( Do not miss )
Reputed to be the most comprehensive city museum in the world, the award-winning Museum of London tells you everything you ever wanted to know about the history of the capital. The displays are attractive and the captions punchy and entertaining. There's a lot to see, but you don't have to do it all at once as your admission ticket allows free re-entry within one year.
Displays are chronological, beginning with the Prehistoric Gallery then progressing to Roman London. The latter is a highlight, with reconstructed rooms and superb sculptures from the Temple of Mithras. Trot briskly from the Dark Ages to Stuart times. Here you will find Oliver Cromwell's death mask, the splendid Cheapside (jewellery) Hoard, plague exhibits and the Great Fire Experience, accompanied by a reading from the diary of Samuel Pepys.
The lower-level galleries, from late Stuart times to the present, feature many fascinating large-scale exhibits. Most handsome of all is the opulent Lord Mayor's State Coach, made in 1757. London's dark side is represented by the reconstructed Wellclose Square cell and part of the chilling Newgate Prison. Move on and cheer yourself up with the artistic achievements of the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Best of all for many visitors are the remaining galleries, Imperial Capital (with some excellent shop reconstructions), early 20th-century London (Selfridge's art deco lift is an unlikely but unmissable highlight) and World War II. London Now brings the story bang up to date.
Address: London Wall
Phone: (020) 7600 3699. Information line (020) 7600 0807 WEBSITE: www.museumoflondon. org.uk
Open: Mon-Sat 10-5:50, Sun 12-5:50. Last admission 5:30. Closed 24-26 Dec, 1 Jan
Restaurant: Good café-restaurant (Inexpensive)
Metro: Barbican, St Paul's, Moorgate
Accessible: Excellent
Admission: Moderate/expensive. Children free. Entrance ticket valid for free return within one year. Free admission after 4:30
Practical: Family events, including costumed actors, most Suns and during school hols
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