London museums

London museums

Kristi MesakAutumn 2009

The National Gallery

The National Gallery

• Founded in 1824.• Address: Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N

5DN.• Open: Monday to Sunday 10:00-18:00• Visitors: 4-5 million people per year.• Transportation: Metro

Works

• Over 2300 paintings• “Doge Leonardo Loredan” Giovanni Bellini• “Sunflowers” Vincent van Gogh• “The Virgin of the Rocks” Leonardo da Vinci• “The Madonna of the Pinks” Raphael

Reason to visit.

• Get into great art• Get creative• Meet• Listen and enjoy• Learn about art• Have a good lunch• Shop• Relax

The British Museum

The British Museum

• Founded in 1753.• Address: Great Russell Street, London, WC1.• Open: Saturday to Wednesday 10:00-18:00

Thursday and Friday 10:00-20:30• Visitors: 6 049 000 (2007–2008)• Transportation: Metro, bus

• More than seven million objects.• Plenty Old-Egypt works (animal’s mummies,

stone sculptures, mummy cases )• To 1973 was library too

Tate Gallery

• Tate Britain• Tate Modern• Tate Liverpool• Tate St Ives

Tate Modern

Tate Modern

Information

• Founded in 2000• Address: Bankside, London SE1 • Visitors: 5 235 000 (2006-2007)• Open: Every day 10:00-17:00• Transportation: Metro

• Poetry from art• Workshops• Music & Performance• Tate Tours for Two

Thank You very much for listening

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery_%28London%29

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate• http://www.tate.org.uk/• http://www.britishmuseum.org/• http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/index.php