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Bank of England Museum
Threadneedle Sreet, EC2.
The Bank of England Museum is located on the eastern side of the Bank of England in the City of London.
The museum outlines the history of the Bank from its foundation in the late 1600s and includes a full sized reconstruction of Sir John Soane's late 18th century banking hall.
The displays cover the history of the bank in roughly chronological order including many images showing the rebuilding of the Bank in the inter-war years.
Another section, called The Bank Today, uses interactive computers to bring the Bank's current activities to a wider audience. The collections include banknotes and coins, books and documents, pictures, furniture, statues, silver and even a real gold bar that can be handled.
The museum is open to the public free of charge on weekdays only.
Nearest tube: Bank.
www.bankofengland.co.uk
The Bank of England
Threadneedle Street, EC2
Designed by architect Sir John Soane in 1788, it is Britain's central bank. The bank's museum is open Monday-Friday 10-5.
To see other highlights of the City of London just click the image of the Bank of England.
Dr. Johnson's House
17 Gough Square, EC4
Near to Samuel Johnson's House is the historic pub Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, much frequented by Johnson and Oliver Goldsmith, who lived nearby.
Dr Johnson's House is open Mon-Sat 11am-5.30pm, (until 5pm) in winter months.
Fleet Street
See the church on Fleet Street, (St Bride's), built by Christopher Wren, that inspired the first tiered wedding cake. The church was built after the Great Fire of London.
Fleet Street was home to Britain's national newspapers before most relocated to wapping in the 1980's.
St.Paul's Cathedral
Just below the dome is an epitaph written for Christopher Wren by his son: (Reader,if you seek his monument, look around you.)
The American Memoral Chapel in the apse of the cathedral commemorates the 28,000 US soldiers based in Britan who lost their lives in WWII.
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