University College London Museums & Collections

University College London
Gower Street
London
Greater London
WC1E 6BT
England

Website

www.ucl.ac.uk/museums

E-mail

Digital Resources Manager

s.washington@ucl.ac.uk

All information is drawn or provided by the venues themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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UCL is the first university to be established in England after Oxford and Cambridge. It was also the first to admit students regardless of class, race, gender or religion. Founded in 1826 in the heart of London's Bloomsbury, UCL today is a world class research-led university. It is home to more than 18 000 students, 30% of who come from more than 140 overseas countries.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

The University campus is open to the public Mon-Sat 09.00-17.00. Each Museum and collection within UCL has its own opening times. Please see the website for details.

 Admission charges

Free of Charge

UCL is home to four museums and eleven collections. These were gathered and developed from the 1820s to assist UCL's academic staff in their teaching and research. Today many of them are open to the public. They cover a diverse array of subjects from science and archaeology to geology, natural history and art and reflect 175 years of collecting.

Collection details

Archaeology, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Natural Sciences, Personalities, Science and Technology, Social History, World Cultures

Key artists and exhibits

  • UCL Art Collections
  • Galton Collection
  • Earth Sciences Collections
  • Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
  • Institute of Archaeology Collections
  • Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
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