The Sir John Ritblat Gallery in the Library’s St Pancras building hosts a permanent display, drawn from the many millions of items in the collections. See over 200 beautiful and fascinating items: sacred texts from many faiths, maps and views, early printing, literary, historical, scientific and musical works from over the centuries and around the […]
Tate Britain
The home of British art from 1500 to the present day. The Tate has a huge collection of iconic works of art, including The Painter and his Pug by William Hogarth Newton by William Blake Horse Attacked by a Lion by George Stubbs Giovanna Baccelli by Thomas Gainsborough Sketch for Hadleigh Castle by John Constable […]
Grand Pier
Due to re-open in the summer of 2010, the Grand Pier is closed for the re-construction of a brand new state of the art pavilion. Wednesday 3rd February saw the “Topping Out Ceremony” carried out on Weston super Mare’s Grand Pier. The re-building of the famous landmark, which was devastated by fire in July 2008, […]
Victoria and Albert Museum
So much to see! The Victoria and Albert is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. Collections include ceramics, fashion, furniture, glass, metalwork, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture and textiles. The museum is home to a wide range of events from concerts to catwalk fashion […]
Sheffield Winter Garden
One of the largest temperate glasshouses to be built in the UK during the last hundred years has created a stunning green world in the heart of the city. Adjacent to the Peace Gardens and the Millennium Galleries the Winter Garden provides visitors with a unique pedestrian link through the city centre. There are more […]