Madame Tussauds
Be part of the celebrity world, visiting the world
famous wax museum of Madame Tussauds. Visit the
interactive secular party «Blush». Upon arrival, you will
remove the paparazzi, then will be interviewed on the subject
of the latest masterwork with your participation and advise
that it is better to wear to the premiere. However, to feel like a
star of the screen, you will have to endure rather big queue for tickets.
Sherlock Holmes Museum
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle lived on 221-B Baker
Street,. The heroes of his works lived in the house 221-B Baker
Street, too. Today it is a museum of Sherlock Holmes. The
museum is very well transferred to the atmosphere of the
Victorian era. The famous study on the second floor overlooks
the Baker Street is still preserved in the form in which it existed
at the writer's life.
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How many printed books and manuscripts does the Brinish Museum contain?
Where’s the Tate Modern located?
In which museum can we see the samples of all banknotes?
Which museum includes models of the first London bus?
Where can you get acquainted with the history of the fleet?
Where’s the collection of dinosaurs and cartoon exhibition?
Where can we see the collection of Muslim countries?
In which museum all the paintings are exhibited in chronological order?
What was the address of Sherlock Holmes?
Now I’d like to tell you about London’s theatres as theatre in the United Kingdom
plays an important part in British culture. By medieval period theatre had developed
with mummers’ plays. These were folk tales retelling old stories and actors travelled
from town to town performing these for their audience in return for money. Now
there are over 50 theatres in London’s West End. The most famous are:
The Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre which combines three
theaters that show a variety of plays and performances.
Besides musicals and actors, the theatre is known for its
ghosts, for example, the ghost of a man, dressed in a grey
suit and a cocked hat. According to the legend he was killed
in the theatre building in the 18-19 century. Another ghost
named Joseph Grimaldi, a clown, which is said to help
nervous actors on stage.
The Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre, which is located in
Kensington and Chelsea, made an enormous contribution
to the development of modern theatre. It was founded in
1870. It’s interesting that the original theatre was located
in a reconstructed church, and only in 1888 moved to its