Photo: 24 Hour Museum Chairman, Loyd Grossman officially launches the Discover London Trails at London's Transport Museum. Photo - Jon Pratty © 24 Hour Museum.
Loyd Grossman, 24 Hour Museum chairman and co-chair of Museums and Galleries Month 2004 launched the new Discover London Trails at London’s Transport Museum yesterday.
"London is indisputably the museum capital of the world and I thought I'd seen all of them," said Loyd. "But looking at these trails, I've discovered a few that even I haven't been to!"
The 10 trails have been developed by London’s Smaller Museums and Galleries Group as part of MGM 2004, which runs for the whole of May.
Linking the capital’s smaller institutions with attractions of interest, they take in the whole of the capital from Wimbledon in the south to Hendon in the north, Docklands in the east and Kew in the west.
Photo: © London's Transport Museum.
"The idea of the trails is to encourage visitors to take a day and plan to discover some of the very, very different museums and attractions in the capital," said Ashley Jones of London's Smaller Museums and Galleries Group.
The trails can be found on the Visit London website and can be accessed in downloadable PDF format by clicking on this link and at the end of this story.
Made possible with support from ALM London (Archives, Libraries, Museums London), they are printable three to four page guides offering half and full day tours.
Whether it’s a taste of west end glamour with the Theatre Museum, or a voyage into London’s industrial past at the Museum in Docklands, the trails offer an experience for all areas of interest.
Photo: at the launch visitors heard from Abe Gibson, Writer in Residence at London's Transport Museum. Photo: Jon Pratty © 24 Hour Museum.
Each museum involved will also be taking part in the MGM London Weekend, May 21-23, when a wide range of special events in museums and galleries throughout the capital.
Londoners and visitors who explore the trails during that weekend will receive a give-away at many of the museums and galleries on the route. For more information take a look the MGM website by clicking on this link.
At the trail launch, visitors were treated to some of the wisdom of Abe Gibson, writer in residence at London's Transport Museum. Find out more about the project by visiting the museum website: www.ltmuseum.co.uk/
Photo: the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon is on hand for all your aviation needs. © RAF Museum Hendon.
Click on one of the links below to head out on a trail of capital discovery:
