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Tate Modern - UK Art Galleries
 Formerly the Bankside Power Station, the Tate Modern’s imposing dark brick structure is home to one of the world’s most impressive collections of modern art, making it more than just a gallery - it is the UK’s national museum of modern art. Opened in 2000, Tate Modern has gone on to become one of the UK’s leading tourist attractions with millions passing through its five levels of galleries every year. . Home to works by leading lights such as Lichtenstein, Picasso, Warhol, Kapoor and Rothko, and with some of the most jaw-dropping installations of recent times in the five-storey Turbine Hall, Tate Modern is unlikely to disappoint even the most sceptical of art fans.
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National Maritaime Museum - Greenwich / London
 The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich displays a great combination of history, art and geography, all in a stunning setting. The National Maritime Museum is one of London's more picturesque attractions, situated between the Thames, the old Royal Naval College (now Greenwich University), Greenwich Park and the Royal Observatory. The Museum incorporates the Royal Observatory and Queen's House, and is part of the Greenwich Maritime World Heritage site.
The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich welcomes over one and a half million visitors a year, making it one of the leading UK attractions. Many come to see the Nelson exhibition - Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) was the iconic vice-admiral who galvanised the nation with victories over the French and Spanish navies, eventually dying at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. He was posthumously elevated to almost god-like status in Britain.
The Maritime Museum has over two million objects, including an extensive collection of blood-curdling arms, such as mortars, cannons, cannonades, muskets, swords and daggers. There is also an unrivalled collection of naval models, and the portrait collection is second only in importance to that of the National Gallery.
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West End - London
 London’s West End is an undefined area that takes up much, if not all of the London Borough of Westminster. While it would be incorrect to call the West End a London Attraction, it is true to say that it contains large number of top London attractions in the form of palaces, abbeys, theatres, markets, shops, nightclubs, cinemas, bridges, galleries and museums.
West End can apply to the shopping areas around Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street. West End can also be referred to as the areas of entertainment around Leicester Square and Covent Garden, with their rich reputations for theatre, cinema and nightclubbing.
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British Museum
 Established in 1753, The British Museum chronicles human history, from its earliest known origins up until the present day, through culture with over 13 million works of art and artefacts collected from all continents, making the collection one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in the world.
Apart from being a leading London attraction, the British Museum is also a well respected institute for cultural research, with teams of experts continually working with the collection to discover just who we are and where we come from.
Museum Highlights include: The Rosetta Stone – dating back to 196 BC, the Stone has been key in the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphs, and the Great Court, opened in 2000, the glass-roofed Court houses the Round Reading Room and is now a UK attraction in its own right.
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Sir Elton John
 An average pianist with a flair for song-writing, a complex about his hair, a penchant for coke and rent boys, and tendency for hissy fits, is how some might describe Sir Elton John, but not us here at You2UK.com. Sir Elton has certainly lived the rock-n-roll lifestyle, tinkling the ivories of anyone within reach during the raucous Seventies - partying with the likes of David Bowie and Gary Glitter, losing all his hair in the process; marrying a trophy wife (if the trophy was for simply taking part); and nearly winning a trophy as the chairman of Watford F.C. Yes the pint-sized pianist from Pinner, has had it all, done them all, and notched up a few hit records along the way.
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