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UK's best museums
  • The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square and houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings.

  • The British Museum is dedicated to human history and culture and consists of some eight million objects. 

  • The Roman Baths consists the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum holding finds from Roman Bath.

  • The Victoria and Albert Museum is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects.

  • The Churchill War Rooms is one of the five branches of the Imperial War Museum. Visitors can discover the stories of those who worked underground as London was being bombed above them, and then find out more about the life and legacy of Winston Churchill in the interactive Churchill Museum.

  • The National Railway Museum tells the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It is the home of the national collection of historically significant railway vehicles, as well as a collection of other artefacts and both written and pictorial records.

  • National Museums Scotland was formed by Act of Parliament in 1985, amalgamating the former National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and The Royal Scottish Museum.

  • The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum houses one of Europe's great civic art collections. It is the most visited museum in the United Kingdom outside London.

  • SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship. It was the longest passenger ship in the world from 1845 - 1854.

  • The Natural History Museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items within five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation.

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