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What to do and see in Southbank, England: The Best Museums
The crown jewels, Buckingham Palace, Camden Market…in London, history collides with art, fashion, food, and good British ale. A perfect day is different for everyone: culture aficionados shouldn't miss the Tate Modern and the Royal Opera House. If you love fashion, Oxford Street has shopping galore. For foodies, cream tea at Harrod’s or crispy fish from a proper chippy offers classic London flavor. Music and book buffs will love seeing Abbey Road and the Sherlock Holmes Museum (at 221B Baker Street, of course).
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1. Skylark Galleries
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4.5 based on 8 reviews
Skylark Galleries is a collective hub of 30 London artists who work together to show and sell work from their gallery on London's South Bank and online. Visitors enjoy meeting and connecting with the artists either in the physical gallery in Gabriel's Wharf or online. There is a wide variety of original art for sale; paintings, prints and ceramic sculptures in various styles, check our website for details.
2. Studio Fusion Gallery
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
Studio Fusion Gallery exhibit a unique range of exciting contemporary jewellery in diverse materials including gold and silver, plastics, 3D printing, leather, enamel, aluminium, wood and paper. Throughout the year we have a diverse program of exhibitions featuring new artists from the UK and abroad. Visit us and be inspired by this ever-changing selection.
3. Hayward Gallery
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4.0 based on 175 reviews
Hayward Gallery is a world-renowned contemporary art gallery and a landmark of brutalist architecture. The year-round exhibition programme focuses on presenting a wide range of adventurous and influential artists from across the world.
Reviewed By alisonccooper - London, United Kingdom
Located in the Hayward Gallery on the rooftop of the Southbank Centre, 'Among the Trees' exhibition, gives many different views of the humble tree. Installations, sculptures paintings and animations carve a path through their structures, shapes, textures and movements. Impressive charcoal drawings on paper recreate their image. Finally being allowed to experience an exhibition in person provides a welcome break from the computer screen. Watch out for the one way system as it can mean running several rings around the exhibits.
4. The London Dungeon
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4.0 based on 10,761 reviews
The London Dungeon, one of the UK’s most iconic attractions, has reinvented itself now as a bigger, bolder and better attraction in the vast underground vaults of County Hall on the South Bank, next to the EDF Energy London Eye. The all new multi-million pound attraction will bring 1000 years of authentic London history to life with a unique mix of talented live actors performing in scarily funny shows, stunning special effects, edge of your seat surprises and two exciting thrill rides. Guests will embark on a journey through a dramatic London landscape going back ten centuries. They will be guided through ghastly plague-ridden streets, witness Guy Fawkes’ dramatic plot to blow up Parliament, travel back to Jack the Ripper’s bleak Whitechapel and walk beneath London’s foreboding medieval gates. There are new shows and rides which are more dramatic and surprising than ever, new funnier scripts, more theatrical costumes and styling and more talented actors to play even more colourful villains and blaggards.
Reviewed By BeckyLondon - London, United Kingdom
We had a great time at the London Dungeon in August 2020. It was much scarier than the old venue at Tooley St. Great interaction with the actors and interesting historical overview of London including the Guy Fawkes, The Great Fire, Jack the Ripper and Sweeney Todd. Excellent social distancing maintained throughout the experience. Highly recommend this day out.
5. Meet Vincent Van Gogh
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3.5 based on 25 reviews
Reviewed By PhilthetravellerXI - Avoca Beach, Australia
This is an amazing exhibition if you get the chance to visit. We saw it in London just prior the lockdown. It has been put together by the folk of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and shows the story of his life and many of his major works all assembled in a digital format with some interactive components. It takes about 90 minutes to wander through and you can sit down at various stations and listen to the audio guide whilst admiring Vincent’s work. There is a very good book and souvenir shop at the end of the exhibit. We have seen the Museum in Amsterdam and love Vincent’s work but this show revealed some aspects we were unaware of and we all enjoyed it immensely.
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7. Catherine Marche Ethical Fine Jewellery
With some of her latest creations hosted at the iconic OXO Tower creative hub, in the Jedeco gallery and showroom, Catherine Marche's fine ethical jewellery will delight discerning visitors looking to purchase something precious and unique with an elegant European design flair. Her exclusive designs are handmade with recycled gold and silver sourced locally. Come and be tempted.
