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Museums and Galleries 34 ...continued from page 33 crosses the Swiss border and gives up its arms. Glacier Garden Tel: +41 41 410 43/40 Web: www.gletschergarten.ch Natural glacial potholes from the Ice Age 20,000 years ago, fossilized shells and palm leaves from 20 million years ago. Also the labyrinth of mirrors “Alhambra”, a wonderful maze that amuses all generations. Zurich Jacobs Museum Museum of Coffee Culture Tel: +41 44 388 6151 Web: www.johann-jacobsmuseum.ch Museum houses an exhibition of various things that have something to do with the social world of coffee drinking. Porcelain, coffee advertisements, Japan coffee boxes and various other exhibitions to the theme coffee UK Bath Fashion Museum Assembly Rooms Bath Tel: +44 (0)1225 477173 Fax: +44 (0)1225 477743 E-m: fashion_bookings@ bathnes.gov.uk Web: www.fashionmuseum. co.uk Special displays for 2010: Photographing Fashion - British Style in the 1960s from 27 March, Dress of the Year “ And what’s on our programme for tomorrow?” Opening Hours: MUSEUM, SHOP and CAFÉ: Daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Steinenvorstadt 1, CH-4051 Basel Tel. +41 (0)61 225 95 95 www.puppenhausmuseum.ch The building is accessible by wheelchair. throughout 2010, Dresses from History throughout 2010, Hats, Shoes and Bags from December 2010. Dressing up opportunities in the Corsets and Crinolines display. The Roman Baths Abbey Church Yard Tel: +44 (0)1225 477785 Fax: +44 (0)1225 477743 E-m: romanbaths_bookings@ bathnes.gov.uk Web: www.romanbaths.co.uk One of the finest thermal spas of the ancient world, built 2000 years ago around the country’s only hot springs. Fine Roman museum, audio guides in eight languages, computer animations and costumed Roman characters bring the experience to life. A special audio tour for children and a ‘Bryson at the Baths’ audio tour - both free. Open daily. Brockenhurst Beaulieu Hampshire Tel: Groups 01590 614645 Email. groups@beaulieu.co.uk www.beaulieu.co.uk Over 250 vehicles from every motoring era from some of the earliest examples of motoring to legendary World Land Speed “ The Dolls’ House Museum in Basel.” Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke), Luzern, Switzerland Foto: © Luzern Tourismus & AURA Record Breakers including Bluebird and Del Boy’s Reliant Regal, an International collection Championship Superbike Ducatis. Take a trip in a space age pod - Wheels, a dark ride through motoring history. London Discover Greenwich Tel: +44 020 8269 4747 Fax: +44 020 8269 4757 E-m: info@ greenwichfoundation.org.uk Opening in April 2010 discover the colourful past of the Old Royal Naval College and Maritime Greenwich in the new £6 million contemporary cultural venue. Discover Greenwich will inspire visitors to explore the rich history of the Old Royal Naval College and the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. Florence Nightingale Museum 2 Lambeth Palace Road London SE1 7EW Tel: +44 020 7620 0374 Web: www.florence-nightingale. co.uk The Museum holds a unique collection of artefacts and is the only place where you can learn the full story of this remarkable icon. From Florence’s slate she used as a child, her pet owl Athena, to the Turkish lantern used in the Crimean War, the collection spans the life of Florence Nightingale, the Crimean War and Florence’s nursing legacy up to the present day. Household Cavalry Museum Horse Guards Parade Tel: +44 (0) 1753 755194 Web: www.householdcavalry. co.uk This new museum will give visitors a unique view of the proud history of the Household Cavalry, its modern day operational role as well as a privileged ‘behind the scenes’ insight into the working stable block and the famous ceremonial duties. HMS BELFAST London SE1 Tel: +44 (0)207 940 6300 A cruiser, moored on the River Thames. She served throughout the Second World War, playing a leading part in the destruction of Scharnhorst, and the Normandy Landings Imperial War Museum London Tel: +44 (0)207 416 5320 / 5321 The wars of the twentieth century have affected each and every one of us in some way, and the Imperial War Museum is here to tell all our stories, covering all aspects of life in wartime. You can see all editions of the Guide and magazine at www.ontheroad.co.uk London Transport Museum Covent Garden Piazza Tel: +44 0207 379 6344 E-m: groupvisits@ltmuseum. co.uk Re-opened after major renovations completed in Autumn 2007. Experience journeys from a bygone era as and discover a range of historical vehicles. Take control, driving a specially modified bus or having a go on a Tube simulator. Winston Churchill’s Britain at War Experience Tooley Street, London Bridge London SE1 2TF Tel: +44 (0)20 74033171 Fax: +44 (0)20 74035104 Web: www.britainatwar.co.uk Winston Churchill’s Britain at War Experience Adventure back in time to the dark days of the Second World War. Experience the fury and danger of the London Blitz with amazing special effects and see what everyday life was like. Experience air raids,BBC studios war broadcasts, the atmosphere of Drury Lane and much more. Fascinating for adults and children (special school curriculum educational packages available) Museum of London 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN Tel: +44 (0)20 7001 9844 Web: www.museumoflondon. org.uk/groups FREE entry! Step inside Museum of London for an unforgettable journey through the capital’s turbulent past. Lower galleries shut for an exciting redevelopment until Spring 2010 but you can still enjoy London’s history up to 1666.Travel back in time and discover prehistoric London, see how the city changed as Romans gave way to Saxons, and wonder at the splendour of medieval London. Visit our website for benefits for groups. Museum of London Docklands West India Quay, Canary Wharf, London E14 4AL Tel: +44 (0)20 7001 9844 Web: www.museumoflondon. org.uk/groups Kids go FREE! From Roman settlement to Docklands’ regeneration, Museum of London Docklands reveals the long history of London as a port through stories of trade, migration and commerce. 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...continued from page 34 floors, visitors can see paintings, still are shaped by war and and events, this is one of the capital’s real hidden gems. Visit our website for benefits for groups. rare editions, manuscripts, original furniture and many items relating to the life of one of the most popular and beloved personalities of the Victorian conflict. The award-winning building by international architect Daniel Libeskind is a symbol of our world torn apart by conflict and is situated at The Quays, a National Maritime Museum Park Row London SE10 9NF Tel: +44 0208 312 6608 The Museum has the most important holdings in the world on the history of Britain at sea, including maritime art, ship models and plans, scientific and navigational instruments Royal Observatory Greenwich Tel: +44 0870 608 2000. E-m: tic@greenwich.gov.uk. The Observatory was built to help solve the problem of finding longitude - one’s exact position east and west - while at sea and out of sight of land. It is a centre of excellence for modern astronomy. age. The Fan Museum Greenwich Tel: +44 020 8305 1441 Web: www.fan-museum.org The first and only museum in the world entirely devoted to all aspects of the ancient art and craft of the fan. The Sherlock Holmes Museum London NW1 Tel: +44 (0)20 7935 8866 Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson’s home. It is open as a museum dedicated to the life and times of Sherlock Holmes, and the interior has been faithfully maintained for posterity exactly as described in the published stories. waterfront destination 2 miles from Manchester city centre. The Lowry Salford Quays Tel: +44 0870 787 5780 The Lowry houses the biggest public collection of works by L S Lowry and now numbers around 350 paintings and drawings, ranging across Lowry’s artistic career. Also enticing displays of contemporary and historical art in three exciting spaces. Oxford Ashmolean Museum Tel: +44 01865 278000 Fax: +44 01865 278018 Web: www.ashmolean.org The Charles Dickens Manchester Museum London WC1 Tel: +44 (0)207 405 2127 The only surviving London home of Dickens (from 1837 until 1839) was opened as a Museum in 1925 and is still welcoming visitors from all over the world On four Imperial War Museum North Manchester Tel: +44 (0)161 836 4000 Imperial War Museum North is about people and their stories, about how lives have been and Belgium Sportimonium Hofstade-Zemst Tel: +32 015/618.222 Trace the story of sports and games and the history behind them. Admire personal belongings of great heroes of sport. The gloves of Jean-Marie Pfaff, the rainbow jersey of Johan Museeuw, the motocross bike of Joël Smets and the sledge of Dixie Dansercoerand more England Henley on Thames River & Rowing Museum Oxfordshire Tel: +44 01491 415600 Henley is known throughout the world as an important centre for rowing. Its famous regatta has been running since 1839. Through The Collection you can explore the museum's extensive collection of rowing objects and images. Liverpool Liverpool Football Club Museum & Tour Centre Tel: +44 0151 260-6677 Visitors can combine a trip to the club's museum with a guided tour of the ground. As well as showing off artefacts from the club's rich history it allows people to see behind the scenes. London Stamford Bridge Chelsea Football Club Tel: 0871 9841 905 (UK) Tel: +44 20 7915 2900 (Intl.) Guided tour will take you to Chelsea FC Home Team dressing rooms, the press rooms, the players tunnel, the managers dug-out and the Centenary Museum which documents over 100 years of one of the most famous football clubs in the world! Lord’s Cricket Ground & Museum Tel: +44 0207 616 8595 Tours of Lord's - behind the scenes at MCC's historic ground, see many of the most famous sights in world cricket.. The museum has paintings, photographs and artefacts, covering 400 years of cricket history. Twickenham Twickenham Stadium Tours & Museum of Rugby Tel: +44 (0)20 8892 8877 Twickenham's Museum of Rugby chronicles the history of the game across the globe, challenging myths and legends, setting records straight and giving handson entertainment to visitors Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum Wimbledon Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum Tel: +44 020 894 66131 Web: www.wimbledon.org/ museum Highlights of Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum include the Championship Trophies, a 200° cinema screen and a 'walkthrough' of the men's dressing room as it was in the 1980s, with John McEnroe. The museum is open throughout the year, Germany Cologne German Sports & Olympia Museum Tel +49 (0)221 / 33 609 - 0 Web: www.sportmuseum.info Only national sports museum; exhibitions on the social development of national, international and Olympic sports culture from classical antiquity to the present. Cologne’s highest sports-ground; Café and shop Netherlands NIJMEGEN VELORAMA National Bicycle Museum Tel: (0)24-3225851 E-m: info@velorama.nl Collection of over 250 authentic veteran cycles. This includes bicycles, tricycles and quadricycles, starting with the very first "hobbyhorse" which was invented in 1817 Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken Ski Museum and Jump Tower Tel: +47 22 92 32 00 The Holmenkollen national ski facility is open all year.The ski simulator allows visitors to experience a real “Holmenkollen jump”and downhill races at Kvitfjell by Lillehammer. The ski Founded in 1683, the Ashmolean is Britain’s first public museum and home to the University of Oxford’s world-class collections of art and archaeology.The Museum was reopened by the Queen in December 2009. Portsmouth Royal Naval Museum Historic Dockyard Tel: +023 9283 9766 Web: www.historicdockyard. co.uk. See, touch, hear and even smell the history of the Royal Navy. Here is the most significant collection of permanent exhibitions in the UK devoted to the Battle of Trafalgar and Nelson, including a breath taking walk through Trafalgar Experience The galleries devoted to the 20th century Navy focus on the changing face of the senior service from the launch of the Dreadnought to the Falklands War. museum exhibits the history of skiing over 4000 years. Scotland Glasgow Scottish Football Museum - Hampden Tel: + 0141 616 6139 0141 616 6104 d/l CL Fax: + 0141 616 6101 E-m: info@ scottishfootballmuseum.org.uk Web: www. scottishfootballmuseum.com A goal-den day out - Hampden Park, Scotland’s National Stadium and the Home of Scottish Football. Over 2500 exhibits in 14 galleries, Stadium Tours, Gift Shop and Café. Spain Barcelona Olympic and Sports Museum Tel: + 932 925 379 Web: www. fundaciobarcelonaolimpica.es Opened April 2008 Discover the Olympic movement and sport. A comprehensive historic, recreational, ethical and educational overview of the different sporting disciplines and types, Switzerland Lausanne Olympic Museum Tel: +41 21 621 65 11 2 exhibitions – the origins of the Olympic movement, and the athletes and their performances. A modern interactive environment. Group tours arranged. You can see all editions of the Guide and magazine at www.ontheroad.co.uk 35 Museums and Galleries Sporting Museums
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