Fan Museum

Visit the only museum in the UK devoted to the history of fans and the art of fan making. Nestled in the heart of historic Greenwich, The Fan Museum is home to a diverse collection of fans from around the world, dating from the 12th century to the present day.

Our collections are displayed in changing exhibitions exploring the different themes which have inspired fan makers throughout history: politics, fashion, fine art and architecture to name but a few.

Gairloch Heritage Museum

The museum takes you on a journey through time showing how local people lived and worked in Gairloch through the ages.

● Marvel at how stone age and bronze age people existed with relatively limited technology and (to us) primitive utensils.

● Fathom the mysteries of a Pictish symbol stone.

● Examine the crofting tools of a more recent age that still relied on skill rather than technology.

● Relive life in the croft house, the school room and the village shop that are all a world away from the Internet.

● Imagine the locals joining in an impromptu ceilidh at the end of another hard day on the croft, sustained by the produce of the dairy but fuelled by the product of the illicit whisky still.

● Examine the locally built and owned fishing boats and compare the rigours of earning a living off the sea in these small, open craft with today’s purpose-built, sea-going trawlers.

● Reflect on the relief of the seaman as the beam from one of the largest lenses assembled by the Northern Lighthouse Board guides him to safety without the help of radar or satellite navigation.

Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery is the world’s first purpose-built public art gallery: it was founded in 1811 when Sir Francis Bourgeois RA bequeathed his collection of old masters “for the inspection of the public”.

Today the Gallery is a vibrant cultural hub hosting some of the UK’s leading exhibitions alongside its Permanent Collection of Baroque masterpieces while staging a wide-ranging programme of public events, practical art and community engagement.

Charles Dickens Museum

Welcome to the Charles Dickens Museum in London. This is where the author wrote Oliver Twist, Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby. It’s where he first achieved international fame as one of the world’s greatest storytellers.

Visit us to discover the Dickens family home. Uncover the private world behind the author’s public image. Explore his study, the family bedchambers, and the servants’ quarters below stairs. See treasures including Dickens’s desk, handwritten drafts from the novels he wrote here, and his young wife’s engagement ring. Walk through rooms dressed with their furniture, table ware, portraits, marble busts, china ornaments and paintings.

Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum

The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum – Formerly The Smith Institute – has played a very special part in Stirling since its foundation in 1874.

Clifton Park Museum

The Museum highlights the history of the borough in a way that appeals to all ages and helps to bring both our lives, and those of our ancestors into sharp focus.

York Art Gallery

York Art Gallery in York, England is a public art gallery with a collection of paintings from 14th-century to contemporary, prints, watercolours, drawings, and ceramics. It closed for major redevelopment in 2013, reopening in summer of 2015.

British Architectural Library (Library and Photographs Collection)

Browse books and periodicals and view items from the Rare Books Collection and the Robert Elwall Photographs Collection in the RIBA Library, located on the third floor.

Please note that there is a mixture of open and closed access to the books and periodicals*, with timed retrievals for offsite items at midday and 3pm; access to the Rare Books Collection is available on demand; and access to the Robert Elwall Photographs Collection is by appointment only.

British Dental Association Museum

​The British Dental Museum has approximately 25,000 items that reflect the development of the dental profession in the UK.​ Spanning the 17th century to the present day, the highlights of the collection include dental chairs, dentures, drills, oral hygiene products, and of course Waterloo teeth.