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Museum Mile is a general term used to refer to an area with many important museums. In central London↑, England↑, it has been applied to two such areas, namely Bloomsbury and South Kensington.
Bloomsbury, Camden[]
Museum Mile[1][2] is a promotional name for the area between Euston Road↑ to the north and the Embankment↑ on the River Thames↑ to the south.[3] The route includes Woburn Place↑, Russell Square↑, Southampton Row↑, Kingsway↑ and the Aldwych↑.
The museums and related cultural institutions with collections on and close to this route (from north to south) that are included (or have been included) in the scheme are:
- British Library↑
- Wellcome Collection↑
- University College London↑ museums and collections including:
- Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology↑ (closing 2009, collection transferring to the UCL Institute for Cultural Heritage↑)
- Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art↑ (closed 2007, collection transferred to British Museum↑)
- Foundling Museum↑
- Brunei Gallery, SOAS↑
- Charles Dickens Museum↑
- British Museum↑
- Sir John Soane's Museum↑
- The Library and Museum of Freemasonry↑
- Royal Opera House↑
- Hunterian Museum, at the Royal College of Surgeons↑
- Theatre Museum↑ (closed 2007, collection transferred to the [{{wp|V & A]]).
- London Transport Museum↑
- Somerset House↑ including:
South Kensington[]
The term "Museum Mile" has also sometimes used to refer to the museums in the South Kensington↑ area of London (also known as Albertopolis↑, after Prince Albert↑), especially along Exhibition Road↑ and on the adjoining Cromwell Road↑ and Cromwell Gardens↑.[4][5]
There are three major national museums in this area, a legacy of the 1851 Great Exhibition↑:
In addition, in Hyde Park↑ just to the north, there is the Serpentine Gallery↑. The Ismaili Centre↑ also sometimes holds exhibitions.
In 2006, a National Lottery↑ bid for £25 million to improve the area was rejected.[6]
References[]
- ↑ Museum Mile, Visit London. See PDF.
- ↑ London’s Museum Mile, The Sunday Business Post↑, 6 January 2008.
- ↑ Camden Council celebrate the re-launch of Museum Mile, Camden Council↑, 26 November 2007.
- ↑ Great Itineraries — Experience London, Fodors↑.
- ↑ Maev Kennedy, £35m boulevard to transform grubby museum mile, The Guardian↑, 1 February 2005.
- ↑ Tom Teodorczuk, 'Museum Mile' Bid for £25M is Rejected by Lottery, Evening Standard↑, 11 December 2006.