London’s Art Galleries and Museums
Design Innovation Management MSc student, Nichamon has written a blog on three of her favourite art galleries and museums – which are FREE to visit!
#1 Tate Modern
If you are a contemporary art lover, you can’t miss this gallery. Tate Modern has a various collection of international modern and contemporary art including some famous art work of Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Marc Chagall.
Opening times:
Sunday to Thursday: 10am-6pm
Friday to Saturday: 10am-10pm
#2 Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum is one of the largest decorative arts and design museum’s in the world. It holds many permanent collections of the UK’s architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, and theatre and performance.
Opening times:
Monday to Thursday & Saturday to Sunday: 10am-5.45pm
Friday: 10am-10pm
#3 Saatchi Gallery
If you have had enough of classical art, Saatchi Gallery offers you contemporary art, opened by Charles Saatchi in order to exhibit his collection to the public. This gallery is trendy and unique and is a world leading museum on social media.
What is lovely, many artists shown at the gallery are unknown to both the public and commercial artist world, so showing at the gallery has helped launch careers!
You can also enjoy a shop in the gallery and some tasty food in the Saatchi café and restaurant nearby.
Opening times:
Monday to Sunday: 10am-6pm
London is full of other galleries and museums (many of which are free) including The National Gallery, The Wallace Collection, Camden Arts Centre, South London Gallery and Tate Britain.
Loughborough University London would like to thank Nichamon for writing this blog and expressing her interest in art and culture.