City of London Museum
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The museum of London is terrific. Since it is in The Barbican near St Pauls, it makes a convenient combination.<BR><BR>I try to take new folks there every trip to London. Whole history of the region is laid out chronologically and there are some wonderful hands-on exhibits. There are usually also special short-term exhibits
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You heard aright. There is no museum of British history, so the Museum of London gives the best grounding for touring in England. Their web site is www.museum-london.org.uk/ The displays are good, and attractive.<BR><BR>Welcome to London.<BR><BR>Ben Haines
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I dont know why the Museum of London is so little known, because it is wonderful. I too only discovered it about 3 years ago and it has become a must visit every visit. A near-perfect morning in London is to get to the Museum around 10 am, spend a couple of hours there, walk down towards St Pauls, pick up a sandwich and other lunch stuff at Benjys Takeaway on Cheapside, eat the lunch on a bench in the Postmans Park, then attend the 1:10 pm concert at St Ann & St Agnes church.
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It's also great for kids. There are so many things and displays that some of it is sure to appeal to everyone. There is a fabulous surgeon's suitcase with old operating tools, a brief history of the suffragettes, a huge royal coach, maps and models...love it!
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As a born-and-bred Londoner I love the Museum of London too, but just one word of warning - they are beginning to modernise and expand the entrance areas, and the last time I went had just completed a re-vamp of the 19th-century area. The combined effect was to put the 20th century materials (such as the mockup of a WW2 bomb shelter, the Woolworths shop counter - ah happy memories - the cinema frontage and Selfridges lift) into storage. <BR><BR>Be prepared to be guided in through a side door, but once inside the very old favourites are still there - the Roman interiors, the Cheapside Hoard of jewellery and so on. The bookshop's quite interesting too.
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