Museums & Galleries of London - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1902910559 ISBN 13 : 9781902910550

Editeur : Metro Publications Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

This newly revised pocket guide provides all the information you'll need to explore London's Museums and Galleries. The book features all the major cultural institutions across the capital as well as obscure specialist attractions and chapters dedicated to London's vibrant commercial art scene, art fairs, archives and libraries.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

London is home to some of the best museums in the world. Cultural icons like the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Natural History Museum are rightly on everyone s must-see list but the capital is rich in less well-known local and specialist museums that can be just as rewarding. Everyone knows that London is the place to see the Crown Jewels, marvel at Magna Carta, and puzzle over the Rosetta Stone but did you know it s also where you can find the world s oldest dress, the Laughing Cavalier, Winston Churchill s dentures, and JMW Turner s catflap? There are museums all over London, from the centre of town to the furthest suburbs and sometimes in the most surprising of locations, from venerable historic houses to ancient church crypts, windmills to wartime bunkers, hospitals to flower markets, and from palaces to pumphouses. Whether you re a long-standing resident, a returning or first time visitor, London s inspirational museums are a brilliant way of exploring the capital and this newly revised pocket guide provides all the information you ll need to unlock this city-sized cabinet of curiosities.

Biographie de l'auteur

Abigail Willis is a freelance arts and gardening writer, based in Somerset. Her obsession with London's museums and galleries was ignited when she arrived in the capital as a fresh-faced history of art graduate to start her first job, at the Courtauld Institute. Her other book titles include The London Garden Book A-Z (Metro Publications), which was shortlisted for the Garden Media Guild awards.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Metro Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1902910559
• ISBN 13: 9781902910550
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 6
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible