The collections at London Transport Museum comprise more than 450,000 objects which cover all aspects of public transport in London from 1800 to the present day.
Author: kajsa
Loughborough Bell Foundry Museum
An extensive range of exhibits and memorabilia tells the story of one of the oldest manufacturing industries in the world.
Madame Tussauds
The ultimate celebrity experience invites you to take the perfect photo with wax figures of the world’s most famous faces.
Marianne North Gallery
Open to the public since 1882, every available wall space is occupied by the botanical paintings of Marianne North, which are arranged according to the continent from which the plant is found. Together they form a breathtaking compendium of the world’s flora and fauna.
Mark Dion Archaeology – Tate Thames Dig
In 1999, artist Mark Dion and a team of local volunteers combed the forehsore of the river in front of Tate Modern, and Tate Britain. The collection of material remains, the artefacts buried within the Thames tells the story of London’s rich industrial and cultural history.
Mary Rose
Step into the fateful day in 1545 when Mary Rose sank under the horrified gaze of Henry VIII. The decks are set out as they would have been in the 16th century and one end of the museum houses a display about the day-to-day lives of the ship’s crew.
Mechanical Music Musuem
The World of Mechanical Music is a living museum displaying the extraordinary variety of self-playing (mechanical) musical instruments and automata.
Museum of Fulham Palace
The historic house and garden of the Bishop of London since 704, now open to all to discover 1300 years of British history.
Museum of Knots and Sailor’s Ropework
The Museum of Knots and Sailor’s Ropework is a small private museum with an unique collection of sailor’s ropework, both practical and decorative.
Museum of London
See here the history of London, from prehistoric times to the present, told through reconstructed interiors and street scenes, alongside displays of original artefacts found during the museum’s archaeological digs.
Museum of London Docklands
Housed in a historic warehouse, the Roman, Danish and Saxon history of the river and its docks is presented via exhibits and a series of videos.
Museum of Methodism & Wesley’s Chapel
Wesley’s Chapel, City Road in London was built in 1778 by the founder of Methodism, John Wesley. Onsite are the 18th century house in which Wesley lived in the last twelve years of his life as well as his grave, to the rear of the Chapel, where he was buried in 1791. The Museum of Methodism is located in the Chapel’s crypt; this charts the Methodist movement from its beginnings to the present day.
Museum of Transport
Greater Manchester’s delightful Museum of Transport has one of the largest collections of its kind in the country and is run by the volunteers of the Greater Manchester Transport Society.
Museum of Witchcraft
The Museum of Witchcraft is home to the largest collection of authentic witchcraft paraphernalia and artefacts in the world. This lively and eccentric collection illuminates a mysterious and fascinating element of England’s rich folk history.
National Fruit Collection
The National Fruit Collection is one of the largest fruit collections in the world and includes over 3,500 named Apple, Pear, Plum, Cherry, Bush fruit, Vine and Cob Nut cultivars. Located at Brogdale Farm, near Faversham (Kent), it is part of an international programme to protect plant genetic resources for the future.
National Gallery
The National Gallery houses the national collection of paintings in the Western European tradition from the 13th to the 19th centuries.
National Maritime Museum
Experience the world’s largest maritime museum, filled with inspirational stories of exploration and endeavour at sea and packed to the gunwales with intriguing objects and fascinating galleries.
National Museums Scotland
The National Museums Scotland hold collections of national and international importance, presenting and interpreting them for a broad audience.
National Slate Museum
The Llanberis Slate Museum tells the history and politics of this important natural resource.
National Trust
The National Trust is a conservation charity, protecting historic places and green spaces, and making them available for everyone.
Natural History Museum
Barbara Nicholson (1906-1978) illustrated a number of botanical books in addition to a series of educational posters that were commissioned by the Natural History Museum. These compositions showed the diverse range of British ecological communities which were not only very popular and informative and most importantly, scientifically accurate.
New Art Centre
The New Art Centre features some of the world’s most remarkable pieces of modern art in the timeless surroundings of rolling Wiltshire countryside.
New London Architecture
A museum in the broader sense, this has regular exhibitions about the future of architecture and planning in London. Includes an incredible scale model of London in its lobby.
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Shoe Collection
The collections at Northampton Museums include social history, fine and decorative art as well as 5000 items of military history, 35,000 geological specimens and 5000 items of leather. The shoe collection of 12,000 shoes, is the largest collection of shoe heritage in the world.
Novelty Automation
Novelty Automation is a home for arcade machines, with some guest machines made by kindred spirits.
Oriental Museum
The collections cover a huge area from North Africa to South East Asia.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
The Museum is an important centre for research and teaching, and is organised into Life Collections, Earth Collections, and Archival Collections.
Parliamentary Art Collection
The Parliamentary Art Collection is owned jointly by the House of Commons and the House of Lords and is administered by a committee in either house.
People’s History Museum
The People’s History Museum in Manchester is the national museum of democracy. The Museum aims to engage, inspire and inform diverse audiences by showing ‘There have always been ideas worth fighting for’.
Petrie Museum
With its 80,000 exhibits, the Petrie is bursting at its seams with items from the Nile valley dating back 5,000 years. On display are everyday Egyptian objects such as pots, bowls, jewellery, combs and tiles.
Pimlico Underground Murals
The underpass at Pimlico Underground Station is decorated with murals, painted in the early 1970s, which depict artworks from the collection of Tate Britain, a short walk away from the station.
Pitt Rivers Museum
The Pitt Rivers Museum holds one of the world’s finest collections of anthropology and archaeology, from around the world and throughout human history.
Pollocks Toy Museum
Pollock’s Toy Museum is an intriguing place where you can encounter toys from your own childhood.
Powell-Cotton Museum
Extraordinary collection of natural history, ethnography and fine and decorative arts. Quex House, the Powell-Cotton family home, invites you into the lives of this remarkable family. You can also step back into the world of Victorian horticulture by exploring the beautiful gardens
Red House
The only house commissioned, created and lived in by William Morris, founder of the Arts & Crafts movement, Red House is a building of extraordinary architectural and social significance
RIBA
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) was founded in 1834 is a professional body for architects in the UK and abroad. The RIBA Library collection includes over four million books, journals, photographs, drawings and archives.
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
At the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum the bard’s words are brought to life through objects such as his writing kit and audio clips of his poetry.
Royal Academy of Music Museum
The academy’s museum boasts hundreds of different musical instruments.
Royal Air Force Museum
The Royal Air Force Museum tells the story of the Royal Air Force through its people and collections, with sites at Hendon in North London and Cosford in the Midlands. The Museum’s collections include over 200 military aircraft, from very early aircraft designs through to the latest modern day jets.
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
RAMM is housed in a magnificent gothic revival building brought up to date by an almost complete refurbishment just two years ago. The collection numbers more than a million objects from every part of the globe, but particularly from Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.
Royal Armouries
Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom’s national museum of arms and armour, including artillery.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
From the Roxburgh Collection, ‘Tamarindus indica’ gouache on paper, unknown Indian Artist, c.1790s
Royal Pavillion, Brighton Museum
A former royal residence, the extravagant pleasure palace was built as a seaside retreat for the Prince Regent in 1811.
Science Museum
The Science Museum was founded in 1857 and now holds a collection of over 300,000 items – from agriculture to computing and medical history.
Scotland’s Jute Museum Verdant Works
Scotland’s Jute Museum @ Verdant Works weaves the tale of jute with the life and work of old Dundee, from the incredible rise of the industry to its subsequent decline.
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
The Gallery has an outstanding collection of international post-war work and the most important and extensive collection of modern Scottish art.
Seamus Heaney Archive
Built around 1619 by Sir Baptist Jones, Bellaghy Bawn is a fortified house and bawn (the defensive wall surrounding an Irish tower house) Explore the history and background of the area that inspired Heaney’s poetry, including the library devoted to his work.
Shell Grotto
Welcome to the Shell Grotto where you’ll find 4.6 million shells, 70 ft. of winding underground passages leading to a rectangular chamber, 2,000 sq. ft. of mosaic and one big mystery.
Sherlock Holmes Museum
A privately run museum in London dedicated to the famous factional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Sir John Soane’s Museum
It’s stuffed with curios and is almost exactly as Soane left it when he died in 1837. Among the treasures are an Egyptian sarcophagus that Soane was so elated at acquiring that he partied for three days.
Snowshill Manor
Extraordinary treasures collected over a life time by Charles Wade. From tiny toys to Samurai armour, musical instruments to fine clocks, thousands of objects are laid out for you to see just as Mr Wade intended. You can discover his passion for craftsmanship, colour and design.
Special Collections at Chelsea College of Arts Library
The Special Collections at Chelsea College of Arts Library are used for teaching, learning, research and curating, and have a strong emphasis on modern and contemporary art.
Spitalfields Life
A collection of architectural details and wonders from Spitalfields, London.
SS Great Britain, Bristol
The world’s first ocean-going liner was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and launched in 1843. Engaging displays tell the story of a vessel that changed maritime history, as well as of its late-20th-century recovery and restoration.
St Bartholomew’s Museum
After a short video explaining the history of Bart’s and its founding in 1123, this museum offers a crash course in the changing face of London hospitals and how Bart’s developed.
Stained Glass Museum
The Stained Glass Museum was established in the 1970s to rescue and preserve stained glass and now houses a national collection of British stained glass.
Strangers’ Hall
Originally the collection of Leonard Bolingbroke a local solicitor. The museum now has one of the largest domestic life collections in the country, encompassing everything from jelly moulds to jigsaw puzzles, from vacuum cleaners to Valentines.
Streetmuseum app
These amazing images are part of a series launched by the Museum of London’s Streetmuseum app which lets you walk side by side with Londoners from the 19th and 20th century.
Sutton House
Built in 1535 by a prominent courtier of Henry VIII, Sutton House retains much of the atmosphere of a Tudor. Discover oak-panelled rooms, original carved fireplaces and a charming courtyard.
Tate Britain
Tate Britain is part of the Tate network of galleries in England, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It is the oldest gallery in the network, having opened in 1897. It houses a substantial collection of the works of J. M. W. Turner.
The Homewood
This extraordinary early 20th-century country villa is a masterpiece of Modernist design, in the midst of a picturesque woodland garden not far from Esher in Surrey.
The Knife
The Knife
On the 11th of July 2023, Mr and Mrs Boetti discover on the side of a walking trail between les Carroz d’Arraches and Samoens in the French Alps, a neatly folded pile of women clothing. They have not met anybody for more than two hours and intrigued by the idea that someone culd have left the trail, naked—and to go where?—the couple empty the pockets and only find a wallet. The full content of this wallet is represented on this scarf.
After having called the police and slightly shaken by the discovery, they return to Turin where they live. The first night, both of them have the same dream. They are in a bar somewhere in the midwest, in the States.. In their dream, a young woman seat at their table despite the place being rather empty. For Mrs Boetti she is blonde, for Mr Boetti, she is dark haired and reminds him of Pocahontas from the Disney movie. After what seems to be a slightly uncomfortable silence the young woman ask them if they would like to see something. They suddenly feel at ease and nod positively to her request to realise the content of her wallet is already spread across the table.
This is the story our friend Charlotte told us in what has become a detailed description of what was on the table that night. We have found or recreated each element to translate visually what had remained a story which haunted us for a while.
Åbäke
*This Scarf, co-published by Mapoésie and Dent-De-Leone is sometimes performed with the story of the objects represented.
The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery
Travel back in time and discover the history of The Potteries including the world’s greatest collection of Staffordshire ceramics, a World War II Spitfire, decorative arts and natural history.
Type Archive
The Type Archive holds the National Typefounding Collection, purchased with grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
UK Embassy/Magna Carta
The longstanding relationship between the United Kingdom and Mexico is a vitally important partnership. We support a range of British interests in Mexico, working together through a number of bilateral programmes, including political, commercial and economic activities of interest to both countries.
University of Warwick Art Collection
A collection of 900 artworks instigated by architect Eugene Rosenberg.
V&A Museum of Childhood
This Museum houses the national childhood collection.
Victoria & Alferd Museum
Victoria and Alferd museum, a not-for-profit institution founded by Prune Victoria and Ingalil Alferd. The collection is based on personal curiosity, an interest for mistakes and tautological anomalies.
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects.
Wellcome Collection
The Wellcome Collection explores the connections between medicine, life and art in the past, present and future.
Wiener Library
The world’s oldest establishment dedicated to collecting information about the Holocaust.
William Morris Gallery
The William Morris Gallery is devoted to the life and legacy of William Morris: designer, craftsman, socialist.
World Rugby Museum
Wander round this evocative and interactive collection of oval-ball artefacts and memorabilia and view permanent exhibits showing how the sport has spread around the world from its roots in English public schools.
Writers Museum–Edinburgh
The Writers’ Museum celebrates the lives of three great Scottish writers – Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson
ZSL London Zoo
The London Zoo is a major city zoo and research centre helping to conserve numerous species in naturalistic habitat.