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Wander from King’s Cross to the River Thames and discover an intriguing collection of 13 extraordinary museums. Feed your curiosity in this unique cultural neighbourhood. From the HUNTERIAN THE LONDON SIR JOHN UCL MUSEUMS: WELLCOME MUSEUM AT LIBRARY AND TRANSPORT SOANE’S ART, GRANT unusual to the unparalleled – COLLECTION THE ROYAL MUSEUM OF MUSEUM MUSEUM AND PETRIE choose your own adventure! 183 Euston Road COLLEGE OF FREEMASONRY Covent Garden Piazza 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields MUSEUMS London NW1 2BE London London WC2A 3BP +44 (0)20 7611 2222 SURGEONS Freemasons’ Hall UCL, Gower Street wellcomecollection.org Take in the beauty of Van Gogh 60 Great Queen Street +44 (0)20 7565 7298 +44 (0)20 7405 2107 London WC1E 6BT 35–43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields ltmuseum.co.uk soane.org admission free at The Courtauld Gallery and London WC2A 3PE London WC2B 5AZ +44 (0)20 7679 2884 +44 (0)20 7395 9257 admission charge admission free ucl.ac.uk/museums Incorporating an extraordinary Shakespeare’s First Folio at the +44 (0)20 7869 6560 mix of exhibitions, events and hunterianmuseum.org freemasonry.london. Discover the story of London’s Step back in time with a visit admission free museum the world-famous Wellcome British Library. Marvel at 400 admission free transport system and how it to Sir John Soane’s Museum University College London admission free has shaped the lives of people – virtually unchanged since Library, Wellcome Collection years of anatomical history at Revealing 400 years of medical (UCL) houses unique collections explores what it means to be Discover one of the world’s living and working in the city. his death in 1837. Behind an of art and artefacts. See a dress the Hunterian Museum and the history, from one of the oldest Showcasing original artworks elegantly severe façade lie human. With a delightful shop anatomical collections in the finest collections of Masonic older than the pyramids at the and café, the ‘free destination material housed at the home of and advertising posters, historic architecturally stunning interiors Petrie Museum of Egyptian mix of art with medical science world to the latest advances vehicles including the iconic which contain world-class for the incurably curious’ offers in minimal access surgery. English freemasonry, including Archaeology, a jar of moles at the chance to find inspiring at Wellcome Collection. From the pottery, porcelain, glass, silver, Routemaster bus and the collections of art, sculpture, the Grant Museum of Zoology, Highlights include surgeon world’s first underground steam furniture, antiquities, casts, connections between life, intimate to the iconic, the local John Hunter’s collection of furniture, clocks and regalia. prints by Rembrandt and science and art. The ceremonial areas of the train. Train simulators and stained glass, books and models Turner at the Art Museum and human and animal specimens, Wellcome Images, London. and global collections that make amazing art deco Freemasons’ interactive exhibits make the – all contributing to a veritable fossilised footprints up close in Lister’s first antiseptic spray and visit enjoyable for all ages. ‘academy of architecture’, just as up Museum Mile promise inspiring Winston Churchill’s false teeth. Hall are also available to view. the Rock Room. London by Design gallery. Soane intended. Bernard Picart, The Freemasons, 1736. Specimens from the Grant Museum. discoveries for all. Anatomical specimens from the Engraving. The Dome Area, Sir John Soane’s © UCL Museums. Hunterian Collection. Museum. Photo: Gareth Gardner. museum-mile.org.uk @MuseumMileLDN THE BRITISH LIBRARY 96 Euston Road BL NW1 2DB P MID OSSU
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