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London Museums and Art Galleries

If you're looking for culture then you are assured of a great time in London where world class art galleries and museums abound.

And, with London Pass in your pocket, you will be able to make the very most of your time and your budget!

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London's Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery is housed in magnificent Somerset House, next to the Thames. With London Pass you get free entry to an amazing collection, including Old Masters, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works, as well as other special offers.

The Queen's Gallery in Buckingham Palace is another London art gallery that demands to be visited. A huge collection of fabulous arts and treasures, items from the Royal Collection as well as works held in trust for the nation by the Queen. The Queen's Gallery was built from the ruins of Buckingham Palace's private chapel, hit by bombs during World War II.

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At the National Portrait Gallery, which you'll find at the rear of the National Gallery, you will discover the most comprehensive portrait collection in the world, and one of London's most impressive art collections. Over 1,000 works dating from the Tudor age to the present day are showcased at the National Portrait Gallery.

In north east London, there is the wonderful Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, famous internationally for its Futurist pieces. The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art is the only art gallery in London or the UK as a whole to focus on the importance of modern Italian art to European art and culture; it is also housed in a stunning Georgian building.

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Take the short trip to Greenwich and you will be delighted by some of London's finest buildings set in beautiful parkland as well as the largest maritime museum in the world, the National Maritime Museum. You are also certain to want to see the Royal Naval College, the Old Royal Observatory and the Queen's House in this lovely area of London.

You're a sports fan? Then get along, with your London Pass, to the Museum of Rugby at Twickenham Stadium in south west London. Find out all about the history of the game of rugby and take a free Twickenham Stadium tour that includes a visit to the England dressing room.

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