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The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising - The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising is the result of consumer historian, Robert Opie, who saw the need to record the history of the products around us. Starting at the age of sixteen with a packet of Munchies, the Collection now extends to all aspects of daily life – toys, comics, magazines, newspapers, technology, travel, royal souvenirs, fashion and design. Robert says, ‘Whilst families tend to save mementoes from special occasions, it struck me that little was being done to keep the everyday material. When the thousands of pieces of this social history are assembled into some giant jigsaw, the picture becomes clearer as to the remarkable journey we have all come through’.
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Natural History Museum - Based in South Kensington near Hyde Park this
museum is our favourite. 
The
entrance is in Exhibition Road, same as for Science Museum and please beware there
is a great possibility of queues so nice, comfortable shoes are a MUST. Skeletons
of reptiles are very good and a new display of T-Rex excellent. Sabre-tooth tiger
and carnivorous reptiles are sights to be seen.
We
can`t give enough praises to curators who have organised such a majestical show.
Insect room is definitely not for people easily scared with bugs and arachnids.
Here you will find real life exhibits, like life cycle of housefly. Ecology gallery,
Mammals gallery, Mineral Gallery and Earth's gallery that holds a 17-carat diamond
and an emerald the size of lemon just call out to you. At the end you will be
presented with Earth Today and Tomorrow where you can see what we as a human beings
are doing to this planet. Pollution and destruction of Mother Earth are shown
here. Open from: Mon-Sat 10am-5:50pm, Sun 11am-5:50pm. Tel: 0207 942 5000.
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Going
south-east to Greenwich or Maze Hill train station you would come upon the National Maritime Museum.
Millions of pounds have been spent in redevelopment programme in preparation of
Millennium celebrations. There is the sight of a 63-foot Royal Barge and Admiral
Nelsons Gallery with his memorabilia. There is fun to be had for a younger audience
in All Hands section and for more mature to take chance to steer a ship out of
harbour on a computer-simulated deck. Open from: daily 10am-5pm. Tel: 0208 858
4422.
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The
RAF Museum - This one is on another side of town and nearest tube station
is Colindale. 
Mind
you, you will have a fair walk after station so if you are elderly or can't walk
try taking local Minicab or hail a Black-cab from the street. Models of planes
are waiting for you and if you have children with you there is a Fun `n` Flight
gallery where you can have a bit of fun. Open from: daily 10am-6pm. Tel: 0208
205 2266.
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Science Museum - close to South Kensington tube. Seven floors filled with items drawn from every
area of science, including space travel, computing, chemistry, medicine and photography.
Interactive displays you can find there are a pleasant change in the life of the
museums. If you have a specific interest in any of the fields we have mentioned
you can get a guided tour from people in museum. Definitely one of the best museums
in London. Open from: daily 10am-6pm. Tel: 0207 938 8123. exhibitions
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Sir John Soane's Museum - The architect Sir John Soane's house,
museum and library at No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields has been a public museum since
the early 19th century. On his appointment as Professor of Architecture at the
Royal Academy in 1806 Soane began to arrange the Books, casts and models in order
that the students might have the benefit of easy access to them. In 1833 Soane
negotiated an Act of Parliament to settle and preserve the house and collection
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Victoria & Albert Museum - This is a home of applied arts. Due to 
the sheer variety and scale of exhibits
there is bound to be something to grab your attention. The world`s largest collection
of Indian art outside India, Chinese, Islamic, Japanese and Korean galleries,
more Constable paintings than the Tate; seven Raphael masterpieces and sizable
collection of miniatures, watercolours and medieval and Renaissance sculpture,
plus many other things. Located near South Kensington tube station, at Cromwell
road, SW7. Tel: 0207 942 2000.
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The
Wallace Collection - The Wallace Collection is both a national
museum and the finest private collection of art ever assembled by one family.
It was bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, widow of Sir Richard Wallace,
in 1897, and opened to the public just over three years later on 22 June 1900.
Its first visitors were variously delighted, amazed and bemused. Among its treasures
are 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 Wallace Collection is located at Hertford House, Manchester Square. Opening
hours - Daily 10.00am until 5.00pm (Sundays 12.00pm until 5.00pm). Tel: 0207 563
9500.
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