Top 10 Tourist Attractions London
The British Museum
The museum gathers historical wonders from all around the world and it was founded in 1753
exhibiting collections of Sir Hans Sloane. British Museum opened for the first time in Montagu House in Bloomsbury; being a human history and culture museum with more then 7 million historical objects collected from Greek, Assyrian, Chinese, Indian, Inuit and Aztec remains. Rosetta Stone is hosted at British Museum as well as Mildenhall treasures, sculptures of Parthenon, the Sutton Hoo and the Portland Vase.
Visitors entrance is free of charge. However, there are special temporary exhibitions for which you must buy a ticket in order to visit. There are 94 Galleries stretched over 54 600 square meters (the Museum total area) and the museum receives millions of visitors each year.
Underground is the most common way of transportation in London. Holborn, Tottenham Court Road and Russle Square are the nearest tube stations.
British Museum comprises 10 Departments:
- Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan
- Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities
- Department of the Middle East
- Department of Asia
- Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Department of Coins and Medals
- Department of Prehistory and Europe
- Department of Conservation, Documentation and Science
- Libraries and Archives
Here is a plan of the galleries and museum floors. 
On our website photo gallery you can find more photos of British Museum, its exhibitions and objects.
The London Eye
In the same way Paris has its Eiffel Tower and New York the Empire
State Building, the British Capital has its The London Eye (Millennium Wheel), the largest observation "ferries wheel" in the world, located at Western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames, London, near London Aquarium.
The nearest London Underground stations are Waterloo and Westminster. You can visit Londons Eye Official website here
Tickets and Prices differ according to the type of package. Children younger then 5 years old do not have to pay any fees.
Tate Modern Museum
Britain's national museum of international modern and contemporary art, or Tate Modern,
S was founded for the first time in 2000 and is hosted by a former power station on the banks of the River Thames, at Bankside, London SE1. Visitors can admire works by Bourgeois, Cezanne, Matisse, Dali, Rothko, Bonnard, Pollock, Warhol or Picasso.
The closest tube station is Southwark, although Waterloo station or Blackfriars tube station and a short walk over Blackfriars Bridge is also convenient.
Information about opening hours, entrance fees and special exhibitions can be obtain at Tate Modern Official Website
The National Gallery
London National Gallery exhibits a large collection 
of Western European paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Turner, Gainsborough, Renoir and many other famous artists. National Gallery also hosts lectures, special exhibitions and other programmes for adult people as well as for kids. Guided tour are also available.
The entrance is for free. The nearest underground station is Covent Garden Tube.
More info:
- Address:
- Trafalgar Square, London
- Tel:
- 44 (0)20 7747 2885
- Fax:
- 44 (0)20 7747 2423
- Email:
- information@ng-london.org.uk
- Website:
- www.nationalgallery.co.uk
- Schedule:
- Every day between 10 am and 6 pm; Wednesdays from 10 am to 9 pm.
Natural History Museum
The museum hosts five big collections
(Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology) comprising more then 70 million objects relevant to life and earth science specimens. The museum also hosts specimens collected by Darwin in his voyages around the Globe.
Natural History Museum has a famous collection of dinosaur skeletons, the interior being compared with a cathedral of nature (astonishing Diplodocus skeletons dominate the central hall of the museum).
More Info
- Address:
- Cromwell Road, London
- Tel:
- 44 (0)20 7942 5000
- Fax:
- 44 (0)20 7942 9066
- Website:
- www.nhm.ac.uk
You can reach Natural History Museum by underground. The nearest stop is South Kensington Tube station.
Science Museum
London Science Museum exhibits 300 000 items 
and the history of the most important human innovations and inventions, like the Appollo 10 module, Puffing Billy (the oldest steam locomotive) or Stephenson Rocket. You can also watch 3D movies with astonishing special effects.
The Entrance is free and the nearest underground (Tube) station is South Kensington Station.
More Info
- Address:
- Exhibition Road, London
- Tel:
- 44 (0)20 7942 4000
- Fax:
- 44 (0)20 7938 8118
- Website:
- www.nmsi.ac.uk
Madame Tussauds
Madame Tussauds is a very famous wax 
figures museum in London. The brand Madame Tussauds is present in several other major cities in the World. But if you came to London, you would see the most famous of all Madame Tussauds museums. The museum was founded for the first time by Marie Tussauds was sculptor.
Prices:
- Adult
- £12.50 to £25.00 / ticket
- Child
- £9.00 to £21.00 / ticket
- Family
- £72.00 to £78.00 / ticket
More Info
- Address:
- Marylebone Road, London
- Tel:
- 0870 4003000
- Website:
- www.madame-tussauds.co.uk
The Tower of London
Filled with secrets and fortified with walls made of ancient stones,
The Tower of London was first built by William the Conqueror in 1066 and has a dark reputation of being in the past a place where people were tortured. But this was later a royal palace and inside visitors can admire the Crown Jewels, guarded by the Yeoman Warders.
The tower itself held famous prisoners and if one carefully looks around the rooms of imprisonment, can read graffiti and inscriptions left by the prisoners on the walls 500 years ago.
Entrance Prices:
- Adult online price
- £16.50
- Adult
- £16.50
- Child (aged 5 -15) online price
- £9.50 child
- Family online price
- £46.00 / ticket
- Family (2 adults, 3 children)
- £46.00 / ticket
- Senior/Student (with valid id)
- £14.00 discount
- Senior/Student (with valid id) online price
- £12.00 discount
More Info
- Address:
- London
- Tel:
- 0844 4827777
- Website:
- www.hrp.org.uk
National Maritime Museum
The museum is located in Greenwich 
and it may be the largest maritime museum in the World, opened for the first time in 1934. The collection comprises more then 2 million items, maritime Dutch and British art, cartography (old maps) objects, old manuscripts, models and schemes and plans of old ships, navigational instruments, as well as scientific instruments for time-keeping and astronomy. The museum also exhibits famous portraits of Horation Nelson and Captain James Cook.
Visitor admission is free. You can get there by rail (Greenwich zone 2), DLR (Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich) and by boat from London's central piers.
More Info
- Address:
- Greenwich, Romney Road, London
- Tel:
- 44 (0)20 8312 6565
- Website:
- www.nmm.ac.uk
Victoria and Albert Museum
V&A Museum is the largest museum 
of design and decorative arts in the world, hosting a permanent collection of more then 4 million objects. The museum was founded in 1852 and it was named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The museum is divided in 145 galleries and exhibits contemporary objects as well as 5000 years old decorative items, collected from Europe, North Africa, Asia and North America. Visitors can admire ceramics, textiles, silver and iron works, jewellery, furniture, old costumes, glass decorative works, sculpture, drawings, photographs,medieval objects and much much more.
The museum is placed in the "Albertopolis", an area of London which also hosts the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and other cultural, scientific and educational institutions.
The nearest tube station is South Kensington.
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