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Tate Modern — A wonderful day out for the whole family. The building alone (a former power station) is an art piece. A great permanent collection of modern art as well as too many temporary exhibitions to mention here, but see their website.
Open Sunday - Thursday 10am - 6pm

Francis Bacon - 11 Sept - 4 January 2009.
Rothko 26 September - 1 February 2009

There's a couple of cafes for snacks and a fine bistro style restaurant for those who'd like to spend a full day exploring the gallery.
T: Blackfriars or London Bridge
www.tate.org.uk
Bankside, London SE1 9TG

Churchill Museum - Lectures the month of October — Starting in October and continuing through the May 2009 will be a series of lectures based on Churchill's career, strategies and political power. See below for full program and dates and times. Tickets are required for all sessions. This is the only museum dedicated to the former Prime Minister and includes replica of the Cabinet War rooms and the history of the former statesman.
www.iwm.org.uk
Clive Steps, King Charles St, London SW1A 2AQ

Skeletons at the Wellcome Gallery — Bits and pieces of people uncovered from burial sites across London....Hmmm...bonecollector fans will enjoy this exhibition. A selection of 26 bones have been taken from the Museum of London for a very special display in collaboration with the Wellcome collection.

See their site for other exhibition on Life, Art and Medicine

Open: Tue-Sat 10am-6pm, Thur until 10pm, Sun 11am-6pm (closed Mon except bank hols).
Tube: Euston/Euston Square


www.wellcomecollection.org
183 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2BE

Thomas Hope: Regency Designer — An important 19th century designer and design reformer. He brought back influences from his travels in Europe, Greece, Turkey and Egypt into the homes English aristocracy. The exhibition looks at his influence of English interiors and is a must for those who enjoy the history of interior design and want to better understanding the Regency style that swept across Europe.
www.vam.ac.uk
Victoria and Albert Museu, Cromwell road

Miro, Calder, Giacometti, Braque - The Royal Academy of Arts — This exhibition is dedicated to the art exhibited by the Galerie Maeght (an outstanding art-dealer, exhibition-maker and publisher) in Paris since 1945. The work, over 140 paintings, sculptures, ceramics and prints, will feature the above artists and explore the new spirit of art in France after the war year.
Entry Adults £9, C: £4 under 7 free.

4 October 2 January 2009
Tube: Piccadilly or Green Park.
www.royalacademy.org.uk
Burlington House, Piccadilly W1J 0BD

National Portrait Gallery —
Entry free (special exhibition excluded)
T: Charing Cross or Leicester Square
www.npg.org.uk
St Martin’s Place WC2H 0HE t: 020 7306 0055

The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition — Held each year in August, and now in its 236th year, the theme for 2008 was "Man Made". Whilst anytime is good to visit the gallery and its many exhibitions, one major attraction is the Summer Exhibition, particularly if you would like to purchase art from the Academy.

Works are submitted by renown and unknown artists in the categories of paintings, sculptors, print-makers and photography. They are judged and then submitted for exhibition and sale.

9 June - 17 August: 2009 dates to be posted.

Byzantium 22 October - 22 March 2009 - all the splendour of the Byzantine Empire, over 300 objects including icons, paintings, ivories, enamels, gold and silver works, this collection has never been assembled in the UK, a rare treat.
Tube : Green Park or Piccadilly Circus
Closed Fridays 10am – 6pm
www.royalacademy.org.uk
Burlington House Piccadilly

Victoria and Albert Museum — This popular museum has numerous exhbitions:

Theatre and Performance Galleries to open in March 2009 - explore the process of performance from the initial concept through to design and then audience's reactions. Free.

The Half: Photographs by Simon Annand at the National Theatre. 22 Sept - 9 Nov. See his initimate works of modern actors, Daniel Craig, Judi Dench.

Fashion Vs Sport - examining the influence of sport on fashion and vice versa. How the big designers are changing our once casual dress approach to playing sport.
www.ac.uk
Cromwell Rd, South Kensington