Category Archives: Best Places to Visit

Victoria and Albert Museum – London’s Best Places to Visit

V & A Museum, South Kensington, London

Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, UK. The Museum was established in 1852, following the enormous success of the Great Exhibition the previous year. Its founding principle was to make works of art available to all, to educate working people and to inspire British designers and manufacturers.

V & A Museum, South Kensington, London
The Museum was established in 1852, following the enormous success of the Great Exhibition the previous year. Its founding principle was to make works of art available to all, to educate working people and to inspire British designers and manufacturers. Continue reading

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The Old Operating Theatre Museum – London’s Best Places to Visit

The Old Operating Theatre Museum

The Old Operating Theatre Museum in St Thomas Street, London, UK
This fascinating museum was my absolute Favorite Place to visit in London. I spent hours listening to what happened in the operating theatre before anaesthetics and studying the primitive instruments used on patients. Continue reading

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St Thomas’s Hospital – London’s Best Places to Visit

Good Old Days in Theatre

St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, UK, is one of London’s most fascinating places to visit, especially the herb garrett and operating theatre. Continue reading

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Kensington Palace – London’s Best Places to Visit

Kensington Palace South Front with its parterres engraved by Jan Kip, 1724

Kensington Palace – One of London’s Best Places to Visit. Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. Continue reading

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Royal London Hospital – London’s Best Places to Visit

1752 Royal LondonHospital

The Royal London Hospital – London’s Best Places to Visit
The hospital was founded in September 1740 and was originally named The London Infirmary. The name changed to The London Hospital in 1748 and then to The Royal London Hospital on its 250th anniversary in 1990. Continue reading

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Buckingham Palace – London’s Best Historic Places

1837 Buckingham Palace as built for George IV with Marble Arch as the front gate.

Buckingham Palace has been the official main residence of the British monarch since the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. Continue reading

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