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Serpentine Gallery
Young peoples' Creative Film Experiments course   Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
London
W2 3XA
England
Photograph © Benedict Johnson 2008
Collection details
Architecture, Decorative and Applied Art, Film and Media, Fine Art
Facilities
Parking: yes Shop: yes Guided tours: yes Baby changing facilities: yes Wheelchair access: yes Visual disability facilities: yes
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Education:
The Serpentine Gallery offers a range of Education Programmes for all audiences, including family activities, education previews, workshops for schools and colleges, film screenings, projects, artist residencies, and publications. Information/bookings:
Sally Tallant, Head of Education Programming: 0207 298 1514
Eleanor Farrington, Education Organiser: 0207 298 1516

Travel:
Underground Knightsbridge, Lancaster Gate, South Kensington
Buses 9, 10, 12, 52, 24
Parking meters in Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park now
operate on Sundays and on Bank Holidays.
Contact details
Information (Tel) : 020 7402 6075
Recorded information (Tel) : 020 7298 1515
General information (Fax) : 020 7402 4103
Information : information@serpentinegallery.org
Website : www.serpentinegallery.org
Open
Gallery open daily from 10am to 6pm

Admission charges
Admission free
Description
The Serpentine Gallery, situated in the heart of Kensington Gardens in a 1934 tea pavilion, was founded in 1970 by the Arts Council of Great Britain. Today the Gallery attracts over 400,000 visitors a year and is one of London's most loved places for seeing modern and contemporary art and architecture.
Collections description
The Serpentine is right at the heart of contemporary culture in London and is one of the country's most popular public galleries, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors a year. The Serpentine organises up to six exhibitions annually and is the only publicly funded gallery in London to consistently maintain free admission.

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General Information
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Pre-booking service for groups
Information point provided
Guided tours
Disability Access
Braille information and/or interpretation
Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
Large print information and/or interpretation
Parking for disabled available
Toilets for disabled
Wheelchair access to all public areas
Children and Families
Activities for pre-school children
Baby changing facilities
Events and resources for children and families
General Education
Academic publications and resources available
Adult lectures and courses held
Education facilities available
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Schools Education
Direct teaching services for schools
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Secondary school education service available
Facilities
Facilities for private functions and events
Shop
 
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