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British
Museum Tour
Available
privately daytimes and Thursday/Friday evenings.
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The
British Museum
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A highlights tour of the largest English language museum in
the world. Founded in 1753, the British Museum is home to
one of the world's great collections of treasures from
ancient civilisations and is London's best
loved museum.
Starting in Museum's Great Hall, the fantastic new space
created for the millennium, we set off on a tour of
treasures from ancient Greece, Egypt, Rome and Britain.
Discover the mysteries of the Rosetta stone - the carved
inscriptions that revealed the secret of the
hieroglyphs.
We then head upstairs to investigate the secrets of ancient
Egypt with a visit to the finest collection of mummies
outside Cairo: meet Ginger, a 5000 year old mummy whose body
was preserved perfectly in the sand and say hello to Rameses
the Great, the Pharaoh who had over 70 children. Discover
how a mummy is made. We then visit the classical world of
Greece and the fantastic Elgin Marbles, the beautiful
sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens. We look at the
oldest writing in the world, and see the Lewis Chess set
which inspired the chess pieces in Harry Potter.
Suitable for adults and Children from 8 upwards.
National Gallery, Highlights tour
Available
privately daytimes and Wednesday evenings
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Vincent
Van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888 © The National
Gallery, London
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The National Gallery houses Britain's greatest art
collection - with 2,400 paintings spanning 500 years of
European art history including works by Boticelli,
Michelangelo, Rubens, Titian, Van Gough, Manet and
Monet.
A tour of the gallery's greatest paintings takes in Van
Eyck's masterful oil The Arnolfini Portrait, with its
mysterious symbols. We look at works by the renowned
Florentine artist Boticelli as well as Bronzini's sensual
Venus and Cupid, with its messages of love. We discover the
secrets behind Holbein's imposing Ambassadors and the
troubled times of the Henry VIII, and then on to Leonardo's
Madonna of the Rocks and the great works of Raphael. We
follow the life of Rembrandt in one of the finest
collections of paintings by the Dutch master outside
Holland, and then look at the great British painters:
Constable's most famous work the Haywain, and recently voted
the nation's favourite painting - Turner's Fighting
Temeraire. We finish our tour with the paintings of Manet,
Monet, Renoir and Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
National Portrait Gallery, Great
Britons
Available
privately daytimes and Thursday/Friday
evenings.
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Sir
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, by Walter
Richard Sickert, oil on canvas, 1927 © estate
of Walter Sickert; collection National Portrait
Gallery, London
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Find out more about the people who shaped Britain: meet
Henry VIII and discover the fate of each of his six wives.
We then visit the court of Queen Elizabeth I, and her
favourite men Raleigh and Drake who plundered the Spanish
and created England's first colonies.
We continue with Sir Isaac Newton, the man who discovered
gravity, but did you know he invented the cat flap? Then
follow the career of Winston Churchill Britain's illustrious
war time Prime Minister. Into the photography section to
discuss the lives of John Lennon, the Beatles and Tim
Berners-Lee, who created the world wide web.
Costs
Meet
at the Museum or Gallery: £215 (2 hours) up to 6 people
or combine your visit with a personal London
tour.
If combining your visit, your guide will collect you by car
from your London hotel.
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