The Science Museum was founded in 1857 as part of the South Kensington Museum, and gained independence in 1909. Today the Museum is world renowned for its historic collections, awe-inspiring galleries and inspirational exhibitions.
The Science Museum as an institution has been in existence for about a century and a half. It has its origins in the Great Exhibition of 1851, held in Hyde Park in the huge glass building known as the Crystal Palace. The popularity of the exhibition ensured a large financial surplus, which its patron Prince Albert suggested should be used to found a number of educational establishments on the land available nearby. The first of these was the South Kensington Museum, opened in 1857 on land which is now part of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Adresse:
Visitor Experience Manager
The Science Museum
Exhibition Rd
South Kensington
SW7 2DD

Telephon: 0870 870 4868 (020 7942 4000)
E-Mail: feedback@nmsi.ac.uk

Opening times:

Mo to Fri: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sat / Sun: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Internet:

www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections) are among the foremost museums of the world. A total of twelve museums offer a thematic diversity that is exceptional for its kind.

The museum originated in the collections of the Saxon electors, several of whom were also kings of Poland. Historical sources show that August I, Elector of Saxony, founded the electoral Kunstkammer (literally “art chamber”) in the Residenzschloss Dresden (Dresden Royal Palace) in 1560. August the Strong and his son, August III, King of Poland, were important patrons and remarkable connoisseurs. They developed their art collections in a systematic fashion; in the process, they not only provided a foundation of extraordinary masterpieces for the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, but also made these works accessible to select circles in their own time. To the present day, the organisers of the collections consider it their duty to preserve tradition while developing their visions and helping to shape the future.

The year 2010 marks 450 years of collecting in Dresden – an appropriate occasion for the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen to celebrate their tradition and future.

Adresse:
Besucherservice der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Residenzschloss
Taschenberg 2
D-01067 Dresden

Telephon: +49 – (0)351 – 49 14 2000
Fax: +49 – (0)351 – 49 14 2001
E-Mail: besucherservice@skd.museum

Opening times:

Mo to Fri: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sat / Sun: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Internet:

www.skd.museum

Over 400 years of Sweden’s deep relationship with the sea have been transformed into entertaining and informative exhibits in Gothenburg’s maritime museum. Military actions, shipbuilding, and fishing are given the spotlight here as they have been integral to Swedish society for centuries. The second part of the museum, the aquarium, focuses on what lies beneath the surface of Sweden’s chilly waters. A sample of indigenous marine life is displayed in its natural habitat.

www.sjofartsmuseum.goteborg.se

Adresse:
KARL JOHANSGATAN 1-3, 414 59 GÖTEBORG

Reception: 031- 368 35 50
Arkiv: 031- 368 35 58
Visningar: 031- 368 35 69
Kafé: 031- 24 87 33

Opening times:

Tuesday-Sunday: 10.00 – 17.00
Wednesday: 10.00 – 20.00

The new Acropolis Museum was designed with two objectives: the first to offer the best conditions for the exhibition of its exhibits and secondly to be a Museum that welcomes and befriends its visitors.
A walk through its galleries is a walk through history – between the masterpieces of the Archaic and Classical periods, but also in the ancient neighborhoods of Athens.
The Museum offers many opportunities for rest and recreation, as well as a visitor friendly environment for some of the most emblematic works of antiquity.

Dimitrios Pandermalis – President

http://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/

Address & Contact details
Address: Acropolis Museum, 15 Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, Athens 11742
Tel.: +30 210 9000900
Email: info@theacropolismuseum.gr

Entrance
The main entrance of the Acropolis Museum is at the Dionysiou Areopagitou Street. A bus drop off point for tour buses is available at Hatzichristou Street and entrance for groups is at Mitseon Street.

Hours
Tuesday to Sunday: 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.
Last admission: 7.30 p.m.
Galleries cleared at 7.45 p.m.
The Museum is open every Friday until 10 p.m.
Monday: Closed.
Closed: 1 January, 25 March, Easter Sunday, 1 May, 25 December & 26 December.

A visit to the Van Gogh Museum is a unique experience. The museum contains the largest collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh in the world. It provides the opportunity to keep track of the artist’s developments, or compare his paintings to works by other artists from the 19th century in the collection. The museum also holds an extensive offer of exhibitions on various subjects from 19th century art history.

http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/

Address
The Van Gogh Museum is on Museumplein in Amsterdam, between the Rijksmuseum and the Stedelijk Museum. The museum entrance is at Paulus Potterstraat 7 (see the map below for exact location).

Postal address
P.O. Box 75366
1070 AJ Amsterdam
T +31 (0)20 570 5200
F +31 (0)20 570 5222
info@vangoghmuseum.nl

At the Natural History Museum, we want to make sure the visitor experience is always improving and that we reach a wide variety of people. Through our long tradition of visitor studies, we carry out audience research, evaluation and consultation on many of our exhibitions, activities and programmes. Find out more below.

Our vision is to advance our knowledge of the natural world, inspiring better care of our planet.

Our mission is to maintain and develop our collections, and use them to promote the discovery, understanding, responsible use and enjoyment of the natural world.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

Location:

Cromwell Road

London, United Kingdom, SW7 5BD

+44 (0)20 7942 5000

The National Archaeological Museum is the largest museum in Greece and one of the world’s great museums. Although its original purpose was to secure all the finds from the nineteenth century excavations in and around Athens, it gradually became the central National Archaeological Museum and was enriched with finds from all over Greece. Its abundant collections, with more than 20,000 exhibits, provide a panorama of Greek civilization from the beginnings of Prehistory to Late Antiquity.

The museum possesses a rich photographic archive and a library with many rare publications, the latter of which is constantly enriched to meet the needs of the research staff. There are also modern conservation laboratories for metal, pottery, stone and organic materials, a cast workshop, a photographic laboratory and a chemistry laboratory. The museum has temporary exhibition spaces, a lecture hall for archaeological lectures and one of the largest shops of the Archaeological Receipts Fund.

Location:

National Archaeological Museum

44 Patission St., Athens (Prefecture of Attiki)

Telephone: +30 210 8217724
Fax: +30 210 8213573, 8230800
Email: eam@culture.gr

Athens Archaeological Museum

The history of the museum, of its building is quite unusual. In the centre of Paris on the banks of the Seine, opposite the Tuileries Gardens, the museum was installed in the former Orsay railway station, built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900. So the building itself could be seen as the first “work of art” in the Musee d’Orsay, which displays collections of art from the period 1848 to 1914.

Location:

Museo de Orsay
62, rue de Lille
75343 Paris Cedex 07
France

http://www.musee-orsay.fr/

The In Flanders’ Fields Museum is devoted to the study of World War I and occupies the second floor of the Cloth Hall, Ypres in Belgium. The building was virtually destroyed by artillery fire during the Battles of Ypres and has been reconstructed. The curator, Piet Chielens, is a World War I historian. The museum is named for the famous poem by Canadian John McCrae.

Visitors to the museum will find no glorification of war; rather the museum suggests the futility of war, especially as seen in Flanders in World War I.

Address

The Rijksmuseum, in its handsome neo-Renaissance brick building, is best known for paintings from the Golden Age of Dutch art. Masterpieces include Rembrandt’s The Night Watch and works by Vermeer, Van Ruisdael, van Heemskerck, Frans Hals and Jan Steen. The museum also has sections devoted to prints, sculpture, furniture including exquisite dolls houses, glass, porcelain and Asiatic art.

As a large museum, the Rijksmuseum naturally relies on a large organisation – it has an annual budget of approx. 40 million euro and a staff of more than 350. In 1995, the Rijksmuseum became an independent organisation and was reorganised as a Foundation run by a supervisory board of trustees. Each year the Rijksmuseum publishes an annual report. Besides the yearly government subsidy, the museum requires extra funds to finance its numerous activities. Money which is generated by ticket sales, hiring rooms and involving sponsors.

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Postbus 74888

1070 DN Amsterdam

Phone number: +31 (0)20 6747000

http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/