London It is a city full of culture and very interesting attractions, which means that for many days you are there you always have many places to see. You can find a lot of super interesting museums that tell you the history of different aspects of the city, the country or the world, as well as others dedicated to a specific sector and that are most curious. One of these is the Bank of England Museum, which is on one of the sides of the Bank of England.
This fantastic museum has some 1,000 square meters and, unsurprisingly, it exposes the entire history of the bank, which it does in chronological order, in addition to having the reconstruction of a bank office from the end of the 18th century that seems to move to that time. Among the many things it exhibits there are a large number of images of the bank reconstruction between the different wars and various figures of the time with the costume that each wore at that time.
You can also see wide banknote collections, coins, books, pictures, documents, furniture, statues and a lot of other elements from different stages of English financial history. Famous clients such as Horatio Nelson, the Duchess of Marlborough or George Washington They are represented here thanks to various documents that show the commercial relationship that existed between each of them and the bank. In an area called «The bank today» you can see the most modern technologies to explain how the financial system works and this specific bank currently.
The Bank of England Museum is in Bartolome Lane and it opens from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (the latest they let you in is at 4:45 p.m.). They are closed on weekends and holidays, so the ideal is that you plan a visit to the area during the week to visit it as it is worth it.
Discover the Bank of England Museum (April 2024)
- London
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