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24 Hour Museum - Museum & gallery heritage guides

September 7 2008

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Venues and Listings

London is home to some of the world's greatest museums, galleries and historic buildings - find out here where they are and what's on

You can view the information in this section either as an alphabetical list of venues or of events.

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Venues Events

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L
| M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X

100 Black Men of London

198 Gallery

2 Willow Road (National Trust)

3andahalf centuries of British Jewish Life

A

Adult Education Training Service

Africa Centre, London

Al Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation

Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum

Anaesthesia Heritage Centre

AOP Gallery

Apsley House: No. 1 London

Art In The Park, London

Arts Gallery

Asia House

Asians In Harrow

Association of Art Historians (AAH)

Austrian Cultural Forum, London

B

Baden Powell House

Bank of England Museum

Bankside Gallery

Barbican Art Gallery

Barnet Museum

Battersea Arts Centre (BAC)

Beaconsfield, London

BEARSPACE

Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art

Berkshire & Westminster Dragoons Museum

Bernie Grant Archives at the University of Middlesex

BFI Southbank

Black Cultural Archives

Bramah Museum of Tea and Coffee

Brent Libraries

Brent Museum

British Airways Archive and Museum Collection

British Architectural Library, Drawings Collection

British Association for the Advancement of Science

British Dental Association Museum

British Library, London

British Museum

British Optical Association Museum

British Red Cross Society

Bromley Libraries

Bromley Local Studies Library

Bromley Museum

Bruce Castle Museum

Brunei Gallery

BT Archives

Building Centre Gallery

C

Camden Arts Centre

Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre

Carlyle's House (National Trust)

Carnegie Library and Art Gallery

Cartoon Museum, London

Centre for Ethnic Minority Studies

Charles Dickens Museum, London

Chartered Insurance Institute Museum

Chelsea Physic Garden

Chinese National Healthy Living Centre Oral History Project

Chisenhale Gallery

Chiswick House (English Heritage)

Church Farmhouse Museum, Hendon

City of Westminster Archives Centre

Clarence House

Commonwealth Institute

Connections: Hidden British Histories

Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles

County Hall Gallery

Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Crafts Council

Crofton Roman Villa, Orpington

Croydon Museum and Heritage Service

Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society Museum

Crystal Palace Museum

Cubitt Gallery and Studios, London

Cuming Museum

Cutty Sark

D

Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

Dalí Universe

Dana Centre

Delfina Studio Trust, London

Design Museum

Discover, London

Diversity Art Forum (formerly AAVAA)

Dominion Arts Education Centre

Dorich House Museum, Kingston Vale

Dr Johnson's House

Dulwich Picture Gallery

E

East Ham Nature Reserve

Egham Museum

Eltham Palace (English Heritage)

Embroiderers' Guild

English Heritage

English Heritage, Iveagh Bequest Kenwood

English Heritage, Marble Hill House

English Heritage, Ranger's House (The Wernher Collection)

ENIAR (European Network of Indigenous Rights)

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

Evelyn Oldfield Unit (inc. Refugee Communities History Project)

F

Family Records Centre

Fan Museum

Faraday Museum, London

Fashion and Textile Museum

Fenton House (National Trust)

Festival of Muslim Cultures

Film and Video Umbrella

Firepower! The Royal Artillery Museum

Florence Nightingale Museum

Florence Trust Studios, London

Football Association Library

Forty Hall Museum

Freud Museum

Fulham Palace

Future Histories

G

Gallery one one one

Galton Collection, UCL

Gandhi Foundation

Geffrye Museum

Geology Collections, University College London

George Inn, London (National Trust)

George Padmore Institute

Gilwell Park

Golden Hinde Living History Museum

Grant Museum of Zoology

Greater London Authority

Greenwich Black History Month

Greenwich Heritage Centre

Guards Museum

Guildhall Art Gallery, London

Gunnersbury Park Museum

H

Hackney Archives Department

Hackney Museum

Hall-Carpenter Archives

Ham House (National Trust)

Hammersmith & Fulham Archives and Local History Centre

Hammersmith & Fulham Irish Centre

Hampstead Museum (Burgh House)

Hampton Court Palace

Handel House Museum

Haringey Libraries Archives and Museum Service

Harrow Civic Centre Library

Harrow Club Arts Centre

Harrow Council Library Services

Harrow Museum and Heritage Centre

Hayward Gallery (SBC)

Hellenic Centre, London

Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House

HMS Belfast

Hogarth's House

Horniman Museum & Gardens

Hounslow Manor

House Gallery

House Mill, Three Mills Island

House of Homosexual Culture, London

HTTP Gallery

Hungarian Cultural Centre, London

Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons

I

Imperial War Museum London

inIVA

Inns of Court & City Yeomanry Museum

Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Institute of Contemporary Arts

Investigate Centre

Islam Awareness Week

Island History Trust, Isle of Dogs

Islington Education Artefacts Library

Islington Local History Centre

Islington Museum

J

Japan Society

Jersey Galleries, The National Trust

Jerwood Space, London

Jewel Tower

Jewish East End Celebration Society (JEECS)

Jewish Military Museum & Memorial Room

Jewish Museum, Camden Town

Jewish Museum, Finchley

John Wesley's House & The Museum of Methodism

Judith Clark Costume Gallery (closed)

K

Keats House

Kelmscott House

Kenwood House (English Heritage)

Kew Bridge Steam Museum

Kew Transport Museum

Kids Club Network

Kinetica: Museum of Kinetic, Electronic and Experimental Art

Kingsley Hall Community Centre

Kingston Museum & Heritage Service

Kufa Gallery, London

L

Laban Centre for Movement and Dance Library & Archives, London

Lambeth Archives

Lambeth Black History Month

Lambeth Palace Library

Lauderdale House

Laure Genillard Gallery - CLOSED

Leighton House Museum

Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive

Lewisham Black History Month

Linley Sambourne House

Linnean Society of London

Livesey Museum for Children - CLOSED

Local Studies Library & Archives

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

London Borough Of Camden Culture And Library Services

London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Arts Development

London Canal Museum

London Fire Brigade Museum

London for Londoners

London Irish Centre Heritage Project

London Jewish Cultural Centre

London Metropolitan Archives

London Pearly Kings and Queens Society

London Print Studio Gallery

London Transport Museum

London Zoo Millennium Conservation Education Centre

Lothbury Gallery & Time Present and Time Past Museum

Lowewood Museum

Lux Centre

Lyndons Arts Trust

M

Magic Circle Museum At the Centre For the Magic Arts

Mall Galleries

Markfield Beam Engine and Museum

Marylebone Cricket Club Museum

Matt's Gallery, London

MLA London

MLA South East

Museum and Contemporary Collection, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Museum in Docklands

Museum No.1, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising

Museum Of Croydon

Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA)

Museum of Garden History

Museum of London

Museum of Richmond

Museum of Rugby, Twickenham

Museum of Soho

Museum of the Order of St John

Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons

Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

N

National Army Museum

National Art Library at the V&A Museum

National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts

National Gallery, London

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

National Portrait Gallery

National Theatre Archive Collection

National Theatre, London

Natural History Museum, London

Newham Heritage Services

Newham Museum at Manor Park Library

North Woolwich Old Station Museum

Novas Gallery, Camden

O

October Gallery

Office of Science and Technology

Old Operating Theatre Museum, London

Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Old Speech Room Gallery, Harrow School

Orleans House Gallery

Osterley Park (National Trust)

Oval House Theatre Gallery, London

P

Paintings In Hospitals

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

Photofusion Photography Centre & Gallery

Photographers' Gallery

Pleasance Theatre Islington Foyer Exhibitions

PM Gallery & House

Polish Cultural Institute

Pollock's Toy Museum

Poverest Road Bath House and Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Orpington

Proud Heritage

Pump House Gallery, London

Pumphouse Educational Museum, Rotherhithe

Puppet Centre Trust, London

Q

Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge, Chingford

R

Ragged School Museum, London

Redbridge Museum

Renue the Millennium Initiative

RIBA Architecture Gallery

Riverside Studios Gallery

Romanian Cultural Centre, London

Rose Theatre

Royal Academy of Arts

Royal Academy of Music Museum

Royal Aeronautical Society: 100 Years of Flight

Royal Air Force Museum, London

Royal Armouries at HM Tower of London

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Arts Service

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal College of Art

Royal College of Music Museum of Instruments

Royal College of Music, Department of Portraits and Performance History

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Royal College of Physicians of London Heritage Centre

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Trust

Royal Exchange

Royal Hospital Chelsea - Museum

Royal London Hospital Archives & Museum

S

Saatchi Gallery, London (temporarily closed)

Salvation Army International Heritage Centre

Science & Society Picture Library

Science Museum, London

Science Project

Serpentine Gallery

Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition

Sherlock Holmes Museum

Sikorski Museum, London

Sir John Soane's Museum

Slade School of Art

Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies

Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

Society of Antiquaries

Somerset House

Soseki Museum, London

Sotheby's

South London Gallery

Southside House

Southwark Anglican Cathedral

Southwark Black Heritage Organisation

Southwark Blue Plaques

SPACE

Speke Hall, Garden & Estate

Spelthorne Museum, Staines

Spencer House

SS Robin Gallery

St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives & Museum

St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace

Standpoint Gallery and Studios

Start Gallery London

Stephen Lawrence Gallery at the University of Greenwich

Stephens Collection

Strikethrough

Stuckism International Centre

Studio 1.1 Art Gallery, Shoreditch

Sutton House (National Trust)

T

Tate Britain

Tate Modern

The Anne Frank Trust UK

The Art Fund

The Biochemical Society

The British Postal Museum & Archive

The Brunel Museum

The Building Exploratory

The Centre Of Attention

The Civic

The Clockmakers' Museum

The De Morgan Centre

The Foundling Museum

The Goldsmiths' Company

The Huguenot Society of Great Britain & Ireland

The Lea Valley Experience Museum Project

The Library & Museum of Freemasonry

The London Sewing Machine Museum

The M.P. Birla Millennium Art Gallery at the Bhavan Centre

The Making Place

The Millennium Commission

The Museum of Immigration and Diversity

The National Archives

The Nehru Centre, London

The Newsroom - Guardian and Observer Archive and Visitor Centre

The Poetry Lounge

The Political Cartoon Gallery

The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace (The Royal Collection)

The Reminiscence Centre, Blackheath

The Royal Mews

The Runnymede Collection at Middlesex University

The Spitz Gallery - Element 3

The Swadhinata Trust

The Tower of London

The Twickenham Museum

The Type Museum (closed)

The Women's Library

the.gallery@oxo, London

Theatre Museum, London

Tibet Foundation Gallery, London

Tower Bridge, London

Town & Crown Exhibition, Windsor (closed)

TUC Library Collections

U

UCL Art Collections

UCL, Institute of Archaeology

Undercroft Museum and Treasury, Westminster Abbey

Understanding Hinduism at the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (BAPS)

University College London Museums & Collections

University of London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art

V

V&A Museum of Childhood, London

Vestry House Museum, Walthamstow

Victoria and Albert Museum

Viewfinder Photography Gallery, Greenwich

W

Wallace Collection, London

Wallspace, London

Wandsworth Museum - CLOSED

Watermans

Wellcome Collection, London

Wellcome Library, London

Wellington Arch

West Ham United Football Club Museum

Westminster Abbey Chapter House, Pyx Chamber and Abbey Museum

Whitechapel Art Gallery

William Morris Gallery

William Morris Society

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum & Tour

Wimbledon Society Museum of Local History

Wimbledon Windmill Museum

Winston Churchill's Britain At War Experience

X

X5 Studio & Gallery

IN SEARCH OF THE REAL JAMES BOND AT THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM LONDON

Celebrating the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth, the Imperial War Museum is delving into the life of the creator of James Bond with a major exhibition that examines both the famous author and the man he created.

Click here to find out more...

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