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London - Natural History Museum

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The Natural History Museum is ane of 3 large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England (the others are the Science Museum, in addition to the Victoria in addition to Albert Museum). Its principal frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is an exempt charity, in addition to a non-departmental world torso sponsored past times the Department for Culture, Media in addition to Sport. An 1881 computer program showing the master copy organization of the Museum The museum is habitation to life in addition to basis scientific discipline specimens comprising some seventy ane grand one thousand items within 5 principal collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology in addition to Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising inwards taxonomy, identification in addition to conservation. Given the historic menstruum of the institution, many of the collections cause got peachy historical every bit good every bit scientific value, such every...

London - London Eye

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London Eye The EDF Energy London Eye (commonly the London Eye, or Millennium Wheel, formerly the Merlin Entertainments London Eye as well as earlier that, the British Airways London Eye) is a giant 135-metre (443 ft) tall Ferris bike situated on the banks of the River Thames, inwards London, England. Since twenty Jan 2014, it has been officially known equally the EDF Energy London Eye[2] next a three-year sponsorship deal. Model of the London Eye inwards Legoland Windsor It is the tallest Ferris bike inwards Europe, as well as the well-nigh pop paid tourist attraction inwards the United Kingdom, visited past times over 3.5 meg people annually.[3] When erected inwards 1999, it was the tallest Ferris bike inwards the world, until surpassed commencement past times the 160 1000 (520 ft) Star of Nanchang inwards 2006, as well as thus the 165 1000 (541 ft) Singapore Flyer inwards 2008. It is withal described past times its operators equally "the world's tallest cantilevered observa...

London - Scientific Discipline Museum

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Entrance to the Science Museum The Science Museum is i of the iii major museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London inward the Royal Borough of Kensington together with Chelsea. It is business office of the National Museum of Science together with Industry. The museum is a major London tourist attraction. DNA reconstruction model built past times Crick together with Watson inward 1953 Like other publicly funded national museums inward the United Kingdom, the Science Museum does non levy an admission charge. Temporary exhibitions, however, do ordinarily incur an admission fee. Stephenson's Rocket Apollo 10 Command Module inward the Modern World Gallery Collections The Science Museum at i time holds a collection of over 300,000 items, including such famous items equally Stephenson's Rocket, Puffing Billy (the oldest surviving steam locomotive), the commencement jet engine, a reconstruction of Francis Crick together with James Watson's model of DNA, some of the earli...

London - Tower Of London

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The Tower of London, seen from the River Thames, amongst a persuasion of the water-gate called "Traitors' Gate"   Her Majesty's Royal Palace in addition to Fortress, to a greater extent than normally known every bit the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the northward banking concern of the River Thames inwards fundamental London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern border of the City of London yesteryear the opened upwards infinite known every bit Tower Hill. A innovation of Tower of London in addition to its Liberties inwards 1597  It was founded towards the terminate of 1066 every bit component of the Norman Conquest of England. The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built yesteryear William the Conqueror inwards 1078, in addition to was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London yesteryear the novel ruling elite. The castle was used every bit a prison theatre since at to th...