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Dulwich Picture Gallery

Address: Gallery Rd., Dulwich Village, Southwark, London, SE21 7AD
Phone: 020/8693-5254
www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: South Bank

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Fodor's Review:

A small but distinguished gallery in the London arts scene, Dulwich Picture Gallery (pronounced Dull-ich) was Europe's first purpose-built art museum when it opened in 1811. The permanent collection includes impressive works by Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Rubens, Poussin, and Gainsborough, and it also hosts three major international exhibitions each year. As one British art critic puts it, "we would all travel bravely for a day in Tuscany or Umbria in order to see much less." Most of the land around here belongs to Dulwich College, a local boys' school, which keeps strict control over development. Consequently, Dulwich Village feels a bit like a time capsule, with old-fashioned street signs and handsome 18th-century houses strung out along its main street. Take a short wander and you'll find a handful of bijou clothing and crafts stores; a fine Victorian pub once frequented by Dickens; and the well-manicured Dulwich Park, with lakeside walks and a fine display of rhododendrons in late May.

Cost: £5-£9 Free guided tours weekends at 3
Open: Tues.-Fri. 10-5, weekends 11-5
Tube: National Rail: West Dulwich from Victoria or North Dulwich from London Bridge

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