Featured are 21 art galleries and museums worth a visit while in or visitng the United Kingdom. Most British Museums offer FREE entry

The Barbican offers art in many form - painting, music and theatre

Barbican Centre

Barbican Art offers a wide variety of exhibitions all year round (several of which are free). This site offers a guide to whats on in terms of film, music and exhibitions.

http://www.barbican.org.uk/

British Library Exhibition Galleries

The British Library's collection of over 150 million individual items covers every age and place of written civilisation.

http://www.bl.uk/

Crompton Verney

Compton Verney is an award winning art gallery in Warwickshire. It offers a unique opportunity to view art in the setting of a Grade 1 listed Robert Adam mansion located in 120 acres of spectacular parkland. Compton Verney houses six permanent collections and has a programme of temporary exhibitions.

http://www.comptonverney.org.uk

Design Museum

The Design Museum is the world's leading museum of 20th and 21st century design, architecture and fashion. An educational insight into contemporary design.

http://www.designmuseum.org/

Guildhall Art Gallery

The Guildhall Art Gallery collection comprises 4,000 works of art ranging from Royal portraits and period views of historic London to the work of contemporary artists.

http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/

Hayward Gallery

A purpose-built modern art gallery with a programme focusing on single artists, historic themes and artistic movements, as well as contemporary art.

http://www.hayward-gallery.org.uk/

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery

The Hunterian Museum was built on the grounds of the University of Glasgow which lay then on Glasgow's High Street. Opened to the public in 1807.

http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/

Mall Galleries

The galleries stage a programme of varied exhibitions of work for sale, artists' demonstrations, talks, and workshops.

http://www.mallgalleries.org.uk

Museum of East Asian Art

The Museum of East Asian Art houses a fine collection of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian treasures.

http://www.bath.co.uk/

National Gallery - London

The National Gallery houses the national collection of Western European painting. It has around 2,300 pictures, including many recognisable masterpieces.

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

National Portrait Gallery

Founded in 1956 to collect the likenesses of famous British men and women the collection is now the most comprehensive of its kind in the world.

http://www.npg.org.uk/

New Exhibitions of Contemporary Art

Neca is Britain's most popular on-line listing of contemporary art exhibitions in London, English regions, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Channel Islands.

http://www.newexhibitions.com/

New Walk Contempory Museum and Art Gallery

New Walk Museum has been the inspiration for many people including Lord Attenborough and Sir David Attenborough, who pursued their love of art and natural history as a result of spending their formative years as regular visitors to the galleries

http://www.leicestermuseums.ac.uk/museums/newwalk.html

Scottish Gallery

The Scottish Gallery is the largest private gallery in Scotland. It has exhibited the work of almost all of Scotland's late 19th and 20th century painters.

http://www.scottish-gallery.co.uk/

LS Lowry, The Old House, Salford 1948, © the estate of the artist

Tate

With each piece of art now brilliantly archived for online viewing, this website is a must for any art lover.

All 65,000 works of art can be found on the site, each with its own information page.

http://www.tate.org.uk/

Tate Liverpool

Tate Liverpool is the home of the National Collection of Modern Art in the North of England and the largest gallery of modern and contemporary art outside London.

http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/

Tate Modern

Housed in the former Bankside Power Station, Tate Modern displays the Tate collection of international modern art from 1900 to the present day.

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/

Tate St Ives

Tate St Ives offers a unique introduction to modern art, where many works can be viewed in the surroundings and atmosphere which inspired them.

http://www.tate.org.uk/stives/

The Museum of Modern Art Oxford

The Museum of Modern Art Oxford is a proving ground and a powerhouse of magnificent galleries for temporary exhibitions from all over the world.

http://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/

The Royal Collection

One of the finest art collections in the world, on public display at the principal royal residences and shown in a programme of special exhibitions.

http://194.203.40.17/

Victoria & Albert Museum

The Victoria & Albert Museum in London is home to 145 galleries, including national collections of sculpture, furniture, fashion and photographs.

http://www.vam.ac.uk