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Name: | Bank of England Museum |
| Address: | Threadneedle St | |
| London | ||
| EC2R 8AH | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 601 5545 | |
| Fax: | 0171 601 5808 | |
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| Collections: | Bank Notes | |
| Regal Coinage | ||
| Weighing Equipment | ||
| Prints, Books, Pictures |
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Name: | Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood |
| Address: | Cambridge Heath Road | |
| London | ||
| E2 9PA | ||
| Telephone: | 0181 983 5200 | |
| Fax: | 0181 983 5225 | |
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| Collections: | The national collection of toys | |
| including dolls, dolls' houses, games | ||
| puppets and childrens books |
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Name: | British Library |
| Address: | Great Russell St | |
| London | ||
| WC1B 3DG | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 412 7513 | |
| Fax: | 0171 412 7453 | |
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| Collections: | Books and Manuscripts |
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Name: | Britsih Museum |
| Address: | Great Russell St | |
| London | ||
| WC1B 3DG | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 6361555 | |
| Fax: | 0171 3238118 | |
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| Collections: | Works of man | |
| Egyptian | ||
| Greek and Roman | ||
| Prehistoric and Romano-British | ||
| Medieval and Later |
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Name: | Commonwealth Institute |
| Address: | Kensington High Street | |
| London | ||
| W8 6NQ | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 603 4535 | |
| Fax: | 0171 602 7374 | |
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| Collections: | 3 floors of permanent exhibition galleries on Commonwealth countries |
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Name: | Courtauld Institute of Art |
| Address: | The University of London | |
| Somerset House | ||
| Strand | ||
| London | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 873 2526 | |
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| Collections: | Art | |
| Old Masters - Prints and Drawings |
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Name: | Croydon Museum Service |
| Address: | Croydon Clocktower | |
| Katherine Street | ||
| Croydon | ||
| CR9 1ET | ||
| Telephone: | 0181 760 5400 | |
| Fax: | 0181 253 1003 | |
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| Collections: | Museum about local people's lives; Riesco collection of Chinese porcelain. |
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| Gallery for changing exhibitions |
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Name: | Crystal Palace Museum |
| Address: | Anerley Hill | |
| London | ||
| SE19 2BA | ||
| Telephone: | 0181 676 0700 | |
| Fax: | 0181 676 0700 | |
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| Collections: | Housed in the former Crystal Palace School of Engineering. The museum houses display cabinets containing articles connected with the Palace from 1850 - Present day. The Museum tells the Crystal Palace story in pictures and audio/visual with a display of rare objects from the Palace. |
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| Open Sundays & Bank Holidays 11:00 - 17:00 | ||
| Admission FREE |
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Name: | Cumin Museum |
| Address: | 155 - 157 Walworth Road | |
| London | ||
| SE17 1RS | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 701 1342 | |
| Fax: | 0171 703 7415 | |
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| Collections: | The Cuming Museum is the home of the Cuming Collection and the museum of Southwark's history.The Cuming Collection contains over 40,000 objects from around the world, including Ancient Eqyptian artefacts, Roman objects and much, much more. |
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Name: | Cutty Sark Clipper Ship |
| Address: | King William Walk | |
| Greenwich | ||
| London | ||
| SE10 9HT | ||
| Telephone: | 0181 853 3445 | |
| Fax: | 0181 853 3589 | |
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| Collections: | Displays on board telling the story of the ship. | |
| Largest collection of merchant ship figureheads displayed in lower hold. |
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Name: | Florence Nightingale Museum |
| Address: | St Thomas's Hospital | |
| Lamberth Palace Rd | ||
| London | ||
| SE1 7EW | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 620 0374 | |
| Fax: | 0171 922 8079 | |
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| Collections: | Florence Nightingale Costumes | |
| Books | ||
| Personal Possessions | ||
| Period Rooms |
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Name: | Garden History (Museum of) |
| Address: | Lamberth Palace Rd | |
| London | ||
| SE1 7LB | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 401 8865 | |
| Fax: | 0171 401 8869 | |
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| Collections: | Garden Tools and Equipment | |
| Replica Knot Garden |
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Name: | Geffrye Museum |
| Address: | Kingsland Road | |
| London | ||
| E2 8EA | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 739 9893 | |
| Fax: | 0171 729 5647 | |
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| Collections: | Primary collections of English | |
| furniture and paintings. | ||
| Displays of English urban domestic interiors 1600 to 1950s in a series |
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| of period rooms. |
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Name: | Gunnersbury Park Museum |
| Address: | Gunnersbury Park | |
| Popes Lane | ||
| London | ||
| W3 8LQ | ||
| Telephone: | 0181 992 1612 | |
| Fax: | 0181 752 0686 | |
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| Collections: | Archaeology | |
| History | ||
| Topography | ||
| Costume & Toys | ||
| Stanhope Printing Press |
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Name: | Imperial War Museum |
| Address: | Lambeth Road | |
| London | ||
| SE1 6HZ | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 416 5320 | |
| Fax: | 0171 416 5374 | |
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| Collections: | All aspects of warfare in the 20th century where British and Commonwealth forces have been engaged. Collections include: Art Collection (including paintings, drawings, prints, posters, art medals) Documents (personal letters, diaries, manuscripts, unpublished memoirs, foreign documents & war crimes trials records) Exhibits & Firearms (three-dimensionalobjects- artillery, vehicles, small craft, uniforms, insignia, weapons, flags etc) Film & video Archive (footage shot by service cameramen, official films, documentaries, TV compilations & feature films) Photograph Archive(photographs by official military, professional and private photographers) Printed Books (books, pamphlets, periodicals, maps,technical drawings, aerial leaflets & ephemera) Sound Archive (oral history interviews, speeches, broadcasts, sound effects, lectures, poetry readings) |
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Name: | Kew Bridge Steam Museum |
| Address: | Green Dragon Lane | |
| Brentford | ||
| Middlesex | ||
| TW8 0EN | ||
| Telephone: | 0181 568 4757 | |
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| Collections: | Victorian Waterworks | |
| Pumping Engines | ||
| Water Supply Artefacts | ||
| Water History Gallery |
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Name: | Kingston Museum |
| Address: | Wheatfield Way | |
| Kingston | ||
| Surrey | ||
| KT1 2PS | ||
| Telephone: | 0181 547 6465 | |
| Fax: | 0181 547 6747 | |
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| Collections: | Eadweard Muybridge moving image photography collection, borough archives, archaeology and local histroy collections |
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Name: | Livesey Museum |
| Address: | 682 Old Kent Road | |
| London | ||
| SE15 1JF | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 639 5604 | |
| Fax: | 0171 277 5384 | |
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| Collections: | The Livesey Museum is a lively interactive museum for children up to 12 years. Exhibitions are based on the National Curriculum. Currently showing 'Arty Fact', an exhibition introducing children to art. |
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Name: | London (Museum of) |
| Address: | London Wall | |
| London | ||
| EC2Y 5HN | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 600 3699 | |
| Fax: | 0171 600 1058 | |
| Email: | info@museum-london.org.uk | |
| Collections: | History of London | |
| "London Now" Gallery | ||
| Fine and decorative art |
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Name: | London Canal Museum (The) |
| Address: | 12/13 New Wharf Road | |
| Kings Cross | ||
| London | ||
| N1 9RT | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 713 0836 | |
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| Collections: | Artefacts and photographs of the inland waterways of the london region |
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Name: | London Transport Museum |
| Address: | Covent Garden | |
| London | ||
| WC2E 7BB | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 379 6344 | |
| Fax: | 0171 836 4188 | |
| Email: | garyj@ltmuseum.co.uk | |
| Collections: | London's Public Transport Systems | |
| Vehicles | ||
| Photographic andd Graphic Art Collections |
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Name: | MCC Museum |
| Address: | Lord's Ground | |
| London | ||
| NW8 8QN | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 2891611 | |
| Fax: | 0171 2899100 | |
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| Collections: | Believed to be the most comprehensive cricketing collection in existence |
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Name: | Micheal Faraday's Museum |
| Address: | The Royal Institution | |
| 21 Albemarle Street | ||
| London | ||
| W1X 4BS | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 409 2992 | |
| Fax: | 0171 629 3569 | |
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| Collections: | A unique collection of original | |
| equipment and apparatus and | ||
| manuscripts, pictures and | ||
| personal memorabilia showing | ||
| Faraday as man and scientist |
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Name: | Moving Images (Museum of) |
| Address: | South Bank | |
| Waterloo | ||
| London | ||
| SE1 8XT | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 401 2636 | |
| Fax: | 0171 928 7938 | |
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| Collections: | Development of Moving Images | |
| Cinema and Television |
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Name: | Museum of Culinary History and Alimentation (MoCHA) |
| Address: | MoCHA | |
| 63 Bayham Place | ||
| London | ||
| NW1 0ET | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 419 9429 | |
| Fax: | 0171 419 9429 | |
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| Collections: | New concept Under Development |
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Name: | National Army Museum |
| Address: | Royal Hospital Rd | |
| Chelsea | ||
| London | ||
| SW3 4HT | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 730 0717 | |
| Fax: | 0171 823 6573 | |
| Email: | nam@enterprise.net | |
| Collections: | British Army | |
| Army Medals | ||
| Army Paintings | ||
| Army Weapons | ||
| Army Uniforms |
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Name: | National Gallery |
| Address: | Trafalgar Square | |
| London | ||
| WC2N 5DN | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 747 2885 | |
| Fax: | 0171 930 4764 | |
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| Collections: | Western European Paintings | |
| 13th to 20th century |
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Name: | National Maritime Museum |
| Address: | Greenwich | |
| London | ||
| SE10 9NF | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 858 4422 | |
| Fax: | 0171 312 6722 | |
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| Collections: | Maritime history, Astronomy and time | |
| Navigation, Ship Technology | ||
| Maritime Art, Hydrography and Cartography |
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| Applied and Decorative Art |
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Name: | National Portrait Gallery |
| Address: | St Martin's Place | |
| London | ||
| WC2H 0HE | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 3060055 | |
| Fax: | 0171 3060056 | |
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| Collections: | Likenesses of British men and women |
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Name: | Natural History Museum (The) |
| Address: | Cromwell Rd | |
| South Kensington | ||
| London | ||
| SW7 5BD | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 938 9555 | |
| Fax: | 0171 938 9290 | |
| Email: | webadmin@nhm.ac.uk | |
| Collections: | Natural History |
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Name: | Old Operating Theatre, Museum Herb and Garret |
| Address: | 9A St Thomas' Street | |
| London | ||
| SE1 9RY | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 955 4791 | |
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| Collections: | Britain's oldest operating theatre, dating from before the use of anasthetics. |
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| Herbal medicine |
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Name: | Queen's Gallery (The) |
| Address: | Buckingham Palace | |
| London | ||
| SW1A 1AA | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 799 2331 | |
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| Collections: | Annual exhibitions based on various aspects of the Royal Collections |
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Name: | Ragged School Museum |
| Address: | 46 - 50 Copperfield Road | |
| London | ||
| E3 4RR | ||
| Telephone: | 0181 980 6405 | |
| Fax: | 0181 983 3481 | |
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| Collections: | Social history material relating to the history of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. |
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Name: | Royal Botanic Gardens |
| Address: | Kew | |
| Richmond | ||
| Surrey | ||
| TW9 3AB | ||
| Telephone: | 0181 3325000 | |
| Fax: | 0181 3325197 | |
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| Collections: | Botanic Garden |
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Name: | Science Museum |
| Address: | Exhibition Rd | |
| London | ||
| SW7 2DD | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 9388000 | |
| Fax: | 0171 9388118 | |
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| Collections: | Science |
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Name: | South London Gallery |
| Address: | 65 Peckham Road | |
| London | ||
| SE5 8UH | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 703 6120 | |
| Fax: | 0171 252 4730 | |
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| Collections: | The South London Gallery was founded in 1891 to bring art to the residents of South London. It is now one of London's foremost contemporary art spaces, with a changing programme of exhibitions. It also has a collection of Victorian and later British paintings, currently in store. |
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Name: | Tate Gallery |
| Address: | Millbank | |
| London | ||
| SW1P 4RG | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 8878000 | |
| Fax: | 0171 8878007 | |
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| Collections: | National collection of British art | |
| International 20th century art |
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Name: | Theatre Museum |
| Address: | Russell Street | |
| Covent Garden | ||
| London | ||
| WC2 | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 836789 | |
| Fax: | 0171 836514 | |
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| Collections: | Nataional collection of material relating to performing arts |
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| Video archive of stage performances | ||
| Regular special exhibitions |
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Name: | The Design Museum |
| Address: | Butler's Wharf | |
| Shad Thames | ||
| London | ||
| SE1 2YD | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 4036933 | |
| Fax: | 0171 3786540 | |
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| Collections: | Devoted to international product and graphic design |
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Name: | The Dickens House Museum |
| Address: | 48 Doughty Street | |
| London | ||
| WC1N 2LF | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 4052127 | |
| Fax: | 0171 8315175 | |
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| Collections: | Charles Dickens' home from 1837 to 1839 | |
| Books, manuscripts, pictures, furniture and personal possesions |
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Name: | The National Gallery |
| Address: | Trafalgar Square | |
| London | ||
| WC2N 5DN | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 8393321 | |
| Fax: | 0171 930 4764 | |
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| Collections: | Outstanding collection of western paintings | |
| Over 2,300 pictures from the 13th century to the early 20th century |
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Name: | Time Present and Time Past |
| Address: | 41 Lothbury | |
| London | ||
| EC2P 2BP | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 726 1642 | |
| Fax: | 0171 726 1441 | |
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| Collections: | History of branch banking since the 17th century. | |
| Information on effects to mechanism and computers and banking life to present day. |
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Name: | Tower Bridge |
| Address: | London | |
| SE1 2UP | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 4033761 | |
| Fax: | 0171 3577935 | |
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| Collections: | Story of the bridge using video and animatronics | |
| Display of Victorian steam pumping engines and hydraulic system |
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Name: | Victoria and Albert Museum |
| Address: | Cromwell Rd | |
| South Kensington | ||
| London | ||
| SW7 2RL | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 9388500 | |
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| Collections: | History of art, craft and design |
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Name: | Wandle Industrial Museum |
| Address: | Vestry Hall Annexe | |
| London Road | ||
| Mitcham | ||
| Surrey | ||
| CR4 3UD | ||
| Telephone: | 0181 648 0127 | |
| Fax: | 0181 685 0249 | |
| Email: | seanlo@globalnet.co.uk | |
| Collections: | The tobacco & textile industries, William Morris & Arthur Liberty |
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Name: | Wellington Museum |
| Address: | Apsley House | |
| Hyde Park Corner | ||
| London | ||
| W1V 9FA | ||
| Telephone: | 0171 499 5676 | |
| Fax: | 0171 493 6576 | |
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| Collections: | Duke of Wellington | |
| Paintings | ||
| Porcelain | ||
| Sculptures | ||
| Silver |
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Name: | Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum |
| Address: | The All England Lawn Tennis Club | |
| Church Road | ||
| Wimbledon | ||
| London | ||
| SW19 5AE | ||
| Telephone: | 0181 9466131 | |
| Fax: | 0181 9446497 | |
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| Collections: | Artefacts associated with the story of lawn tennis | |
| Costume, trophies, equipment and paintings | ||
| Videos, intercative exhibits | ||
| A chance to view the famous Centre Court |
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Name: | Wimbledon |
| Address: | Wimbledon Society Museum of Local History | |
| 22 Ridgeway | ||
| London | ||
| SW19 4NQ | ||
| Telephone: | 0181 395 7147 | |
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| Collections: | Water colurs, photographs, books, maps |