It is only a short walk from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square and The Houses of Parliament.  While the building is absolutely stunning from Parliament Square, it is well worth walking over Westminster Bridge to enjoy the view from the South Bank.
In the early modern period back through the Middle Ages there were the four separate kingdoms of Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and England. These later developed separate parliaments. The 1800 Act of Union included Ireland under the Parliament of the United Kingdom and Ireland, the 1707 Acts of Union brought …

The Natural History Museum is one of the three large museums in London. The other two are the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Science Museum. The museum is the home of the earth and life science specimens which make up some 70 million items within five main collections which include Zoology, Paleontology, Mineralogy, Entomology, and Botany. The museum is a known the world over as a center of research, specializing in conservation, identification and taxonomy. Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as …

Don’t think that the British Museum is only full of artifacts from old England. There were days when the incredible English warriors brought back the treasures of distant shores and placed them and the British Museum. Some of those treasures include the earliest known image of Christ, the Easter Island statue, and the Rosetta stone. There are also a lot of Ancient Egyptian and Greek treasures including the Elgin Marbles.
Today the British Museum was founded as a universal museum although it was originally founded as a museum of cultural art …

The Tate Modern has an imposing position opposite St. Paul’s Cathedral along the Thames River and is situated within a converted power station. It is free to the public and the modern art displays change quite frequently. Immediately outside is the Millennium Bridge.
Britain’s national museum of international modern art is known as the Tate Modern and is, with Tate Online, Tate St. Ives, Tate Liverpool, and Tate Britain are simply known as Tate.
The Tate galleries are housed in the former Bankside Power Station, which was built in two stages between …

If you’re interested in the history of London then the Museum of London is the place to visit. The museum displays some of its amazing wealth of material in their collections in its seven permanent galleries.
The history of London from the prehistoric to the present day is documented in the Museum of London. The museum is near the Barbican Center and is part of the Barbican building complex. It is within a few minutes’ walk of St. Paul’s Cathedral and overlooks the Roman city wall remains. It is near the …