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Advantages: Free and fascinatinf Disadvantages: Sore feet
I recently decided that a visit to The NationalGallery in Trafalgar Square was long overdue. A few minutes walk from Charing Cross tube, the able bodied can climb the front steps of the Portico Enterance of the NationalGallery and get good views of Trafalgar Square and Big Ben. Alternatively you can enter by the low level Getty Entrance nearby or the Sainsbury Wing entrance more to the left .
I personally prefer to wander around a gallery of my own free will but you can get a variety of audio tours (highlights or themed tours, or choose whichever commentary you wish to listen to from over 1000 paintings) or free guided tours. A voluntary donation is suggested. However, I found the labeling of the paintings quite informative as to the background of most paintings.
My first stop when I arrived was the Espresso Bar, not just ...
Today, as I walked up Pall Mall, I could have easily walked into the NationalGallery through a small entrance in The Sainsbury wing, (a part of the gallery).
However, I wanted to walk further to see how the pigeons were surviving in Trafalgar Square, I can assure you they are fine. So a message to the mayor up-----------up ?---------
and away. I don?t think so, the pigeons stay.
Pigeon feeding is still allowed in front of the NationalGallery, it is allowed although you may be told not to do it by the gallery staff.
You are not allowed to feed the pigeons in the actual square but they are fed early in the morning each day.
Nelson stood proudly as usual and children played in the cascade of water from the central fountain.
Looking down, from the paved area in front of the gallery, the scene reminded me of a playground ...
Advantages: Plenty to see, great for a rainy day! Disadvantages: Restaurant is not too good
. The Museum opened to the public in 1927, with further parts of the building being completed in 1932. It is a rectangular Portland stone building, dominated by a dome (upon which was recently placed a new Welsh dragon sculpture), with impressive stone pillars at the entrance.
The NationalGallery, housed within the Museum, contains the art collection of the former Cardiff Museum of Natural History, Arts and Antiquities, begun in 1882, the first home for which was in 11 police cells and a corridor in the Cardiff Law Courts. The collection was moved to the present building during the 1920's.
--THE COLLECTIONS--
The National Museum and Gallery is unique. The Museum's particular individuality lies in the fact that its diverse and vast collection focuses on both art and science.
Upon entering the Museum the first room to view is ...
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