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Florence Nightingale, Les Miserables, Mary Wollstonecraft, Museum of Docklands, Museum of London, Painted Ceiling, Painted Hall, St Barts, the Bronte Sisters, the Pankhursts, V&A Cafe, V&A Museum
The problem with booking a guided walk during winter is you’re never sure what the weather might bring. The walks below all include an option to spend some of time being guided in a museum if the weather turns out to be too wet or cold.
TALENTED WOMEN IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY:
We start with a short walk in the Trafalgar Square area, where you are shown memorials to Florence Nightingale and Nurse Edith Cavell, and are told their stories. Then it’s into the gallery. The ground floor, which concentrates on late 20th and 21st century, is by far the most crowded section, so we’ll take you up the escalator to the uncrowded upper floor to show you paintings of great women of the earlier 20th, 19th and previous centuries. And we will concentrate on women who have been painted as a result of their great talent rather than simply being born to high office. If there are any women in particular you would like us to cover, just let us know. Here are some examples of talented women we can tell you about who have their portrait in the gallery:
The Bronte Sisters, Amy Johnson, the Pankhursts, Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Ellen Terry, Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonencraft, Vanessa Bell, Jenny Lind, Odette, Edith Evans.
SMITHFIELD, ST BARTS & MUSEUM of LONDON: This walk packs in a huge amount of history in a small area. We start in medieval Smithfield, with London’s only remaining priory. We cross over old cobbles to London’s historic indoor meat market to take in its amazing architecture and hear its story. We then see lots of London’s oldest things – oldest church, house, hospital. And we see the greatest piece of a particular style of architecture in Britain and you’ll hear why it’s in such amazing condition. Then we pass through perhaps London’s most interesting small park, which is crammed with history, en-route to the Museum of London. Here we’ll offer you a choice of things to be shown around, from Romans to Suffragettes to the Blitz.
OLD LIMEHOUSE & MUSEUM OF DOCKLANDS:
We start by seeing a charming square full of immaculate Victorian cottages. We also see where a famous Hollywood director lived as a boy, before seeing perhaps the prettiest church and grounds in the East End. Then it’s time to head down a pretty canal which empties out beneath the oldest railway viaduct in the world, still is use to day. We stroll round a beautiful boat basin to see charming Georgian Limehouse, where we can stop off at one of London’s oldest and most charming and historic riverside pubs if you fancy a quick one. Then it’s on to one of our favourite museums, where we offer you a choice of things to be guided around.
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