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Museums -- England -- London Benjamin Franklin House 
 Introduction to the London house (near Trafalgar Square) that Benjamin Franklin occupied from 1757-1775, and which opened as a museum on Jan. 17, 2006, Franklin's 300th birthday. Includes a brief biography and a summary of his scientific discoveries from that period in his life. Also find newsletters and a guide for visitors. http://www.benjaminfranklinhouse.org Topics: Home & Housing, Notable People, Notable People: Government, Science, Technology Last updated Feb 20, 2006 Design Museum
This London museum focuses on industrial design, architecture, design movements, and design-related technologies of the 20th and 21st centuries. The site features browsable information about significant designers, from Alvar Aalto through Michael Young. The "Digital Design Museum" provides a description of "what web designers choose as the most inspiring developments of design on the web." http://www.designmuseum.org/ Topics: Museums, Museums by Place Last updated Oct 13, 2003 Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
This London museum "is known internationally for its core of Futurist works, as well as figurative art and sculpture dating from 1890 to the 1950s. It features paintings by Futurism's main protagonists: Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, Gino Severini, Luigi Russolo and Ardengo Soffici" as well as others. The site features brief artist biographies with images, and information about exhibits. http://www.estorickcollection.com/ Topics: Art by Region, Museums, Museums by Place, Schools of Art Last updated May 5, 2008 Freud Museum, London
This museum (housed in Freud's home after he fled the Nazis) celebrates the life and work of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, and his daughter Anna Freud. The site features photos of the museum (including Freud's psychoanalytic couch), historical photos, and essay on topics such as Freud and religion, and the interpretation of dreams. Lists museum events commemorating the 150-year anniversary of his birth in 2006. http://www.freud.org.uk Topics: Health & Medical Disciplines, Medical Treatments & Devices, Museums by Place, Notable People Last updated May 11, 2006 Geffrye Museum
This London museum "shows the changing style of the English domestic interior in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day." The site features virtual tours of interiors and the garden, information about special exhibits, and activities for children (such as designing Tudor, Victorian, and modern rooms). http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk Topics: Arts and Humanities, Home & Housing, Museums, Museums by Place Last updated Jul 25, 2005 Handel House Museum
This London museum was "home to the baroque composer George Frideric Handel from 1723 until his death in 1759. It was here that he composed some of the greatest music in history, including 'Messiah.' ... The Museum celebrates Handel's life and works, displaying portraits of Handel and his contemporaries in finely restored Georgian interiors." The site provides a chronology, images of the house, and visitor information. Also include links to related sites. http://www.handelhouse.org Topics: Museums by Place, Musicians Last updated Nov 30, 2005 IWM [Imperial War Museum] Collections Online
Database of film and video material, sound recordings and oral histories, documents, art, and other items from the expanding Imperial War Museum (London, England) collections, which cover "all aspects of twentieth century conflict." Themes include war on land, at sea, and in the air; war and peace; prisoners; civilians; the Commonwealth; truth and propaganda; and burial and remembrance. http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/ Topics: History, History By Place, International Governments, Military, Museums, Museums by Place, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Mar 28, 2006 Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA)
This interior design museum, part of Middlesex University in Britain, offers exhibitions that "give a vivid picture of domestic life in the first half of the twentieth century while also looking at contemporary design, art and issues related to the domestic environment." The site features a description and online catalog of the collection (use the "light box" to access records with selected images), information about exhibits, online teaching resources, and links to related sites. http://www.moda.mdx.ac.uk Topics: Home & Housing, Home & Housing, Museums, Museums by Place Last updated Jul 25, 2005 Museum of London
This museum "represents a quarter of a million years of history and over seven million modern Londoners. Our collections include over a million items." The site features an overview of the collections (including panoramas of galleries), online exhibits, and a searchable and browsable library of over 1,400 images. Searchable. Some material available in several different languages. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ Topics: History By Place, Museums by Place Last updated Apr 3, 2006 Museum of London: Ceramics and Glass
Images and descriptions of hundreds of ceramic and glass items in the collection of the Museum of London. Browsable by time period and type of ware, such as Bronze Age and Iron Age ceramics, medieval unglazed ware, porcelain, studio/art pottery, Roman glass, Venetian-style glass, and bottles (medicine, wine, milk, ink, scent, and more). Also includes a bibliography and information about museums in and near London with related collections. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ceramics/ Topics: Beverages, Crafts, Fish, Meat, & Dairy, Museums by Place Last updated May 6, 2006 The National Army Museum
This "is the British Army's own museum. It is the only museum to tell the story of the Army as a whole from Agincourt in the Fifteenth Century to peace-keeping in the Twenty-first Century." The site features an illustrated history of the army, highlighting events such as the American War of Independence, the Crimean War, the First and Second World Wars, the deployment of troops to Northern Ireland in August 1969, and the Falklands Conflict. http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk Topics: History, History By Place, Military, Museums, Museums by Place Last updated Jul 25, 2005 National Maritime Museum; Royal Observatory Greenwich
These organizations, located in Greenwich, England, work "to illustrate for everyone the importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars." The site features searchable and browsable images of over 7,500 artifacts; a maritime art collection; and the "Search Station," which provides access to over 1,800 objects based on themes. Also includes information about the discovery of calculating longitude, and much more. Searchable. http://www.nmm.ac.uk/ Topics: Astronomy, Museums, Museums by Place, Transportation Last updated Oct 20, 2003 National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery was "founded in 1856 to collect the likenesses of famous British men and women." The site contains a database of images and descriptions of the Gallery's "paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings and photographs." Searchable by sitter, artist, name of portrait, and more. Also features news, a history of the Gallery, online exhibits, and resources for teachers and students. http://www.npg.org.uk/index.php Topics: Museums, Museums by Place, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Sep 15, 2009 Sir John Soane's Museum
"The architect Sir John Soane's house, museum and library at No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields [London] has been a public museum since the early 19th century." The site includes a description of the museum's collections (from Egyptian and classical antiquities to paintings by William Hogarth) and exhibits, a bibliography, a chronological list of Soane's building projects (1779-1831), museum news, and related links. http://www.soane.org/ Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, Museums, Museums by Place, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Victoria and Albert Museum: Search the Collections
"You may search here for over 30,000 works and over 50,000 images from the V&A collections. The database covers a wide range of objects, including ceramics, fashion, furniture, glass, metalwork, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, and textiles." There is no browsing feature, but if you leave the "search" form empty all of the images will come up in thumbnail form. From the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London. http://collections.vam.ac.uk// Topics: Arts and Humanities, Crafts, Museums, Museums by Place Last updated Jan 19, 2009 The Wallace Collection
This London museum houses "one of the best collections of French 18th-century pictures, porcelain and furniture in the world, a remarkable array of 17th-century paintings and a superb armoury." The site features a tour through the museum, a history of the collections, images of selected objects (ceramics, glass, paintings, drawings, and watercolors), and artist biographies. Searchable. http://www.wallacecollection.org/ Topics: Art by Region, Museums, Museums by Place Last updated Jul 8, 2008 |
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