London is home to many amazing
attractions but one of the official top
ten most popular it's time to take a
look from a different perspective
where can you get up close and personal
with celebrities and royalty at number
10 it's the original Madame Tussauds
more than 250 precise measurements are
taken to accurately create a wax figure
fancy a journey to the center of time
and space at number nine the Royal
museum's Greenwich a group of three
attractions in a world heritage site
stare a ship into port at the National
Maritime Museum explore the beautiful
Queens house that dropped in numerous
feature films
climb aboard the cutty sark the last
surviving T clipper ship
hop from one hemisphere to the other
over the Prime Meridian at the Royal
Observatory Greenwich have you seen the
dazzling crown jewels
the mighty Tower of London is at number
eight established in 1066 to keep
hostile forces at bay you can stand on
the spot where amberle in one of Henry
the eighth's six wives lost her head
do you know where you can see da Vinci's
notebook and Mick Jagger's jumpsuit the
Victoria and Albert Museum is at number
seven immerse yourself in over 3,000
years of fashion art and design from
sculptures to jewelry textiles to
photographs
prepare to be inspired
now it's time to travel back in time and
peer into the future at number six the
Science Museum from steam trains to
space rockets and everything in between
embark on an historic journey charting
the world's greatest ever inventions
where can you enjoy amazing city views
stretching 25 miles in every direction
at number five is the London Eye on
average the London Eye receives more
visitors per year than the Taj Mahal and
the Great Pyramids which art gallery
used to power the city Tate Modern is at
number four from Damien Hirst to Rothko
prepare yourself for contemporary art on
a truly spectacular scale
next up is a place where you can see 70
million specimens from the microscopic
to the mammoth the Natural History
Museum is at number 3 explore the
wonders of nature in one of London's
finest museum buildings come face to
face with animals from the past and the
present and watch out for the dinosaurs
where can you see masterpieces by van
Gogh
Turner Michelangelo and Rembrandt for
free at number 2 the National Gallery
sitting proudly on Trafalgar Square this
landmark attraction houses over 2,300 of
the world's finest paintings so what's
in the top spot an amazing destination
documenting over 2 million years of
human history at number one it has to be
the one and only British Museum
the museum tells the story of human
culture from its beginnings to the
present day including world famous
objects such as that artha non
sculptures and the Rosetta Stone
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