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National Portrait Gallery vs Science Museum
Both National Portrait Gallery and Science Museum are endorsed by those who travel for a living. Overall, Science Museum scores marginally better than National Portrait Gallery. Science Museum scores 93 with approval from 7 reviews such as Lonely Planet, Travel + Leisure and Frommer's.
National Portrait Gallery
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St. Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE
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Fodor's
"The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 with a single aim: to gather together portraits of famous (and infamous) British men and women."
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Time Out
"Portraits don't have to be stuffy. The National Portrait Gallery has everything from oil paintings of stiff-backed royals to photos of soccer stars and gloriously unflattering political caricatures."
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Let's Go
"The National Portrait Gallery is the Platonic ideal of Facebook."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Founded in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery has since 1896 occupied a late-19C Italian Renaissance-style building neighbouring the National Gallery."
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Travel + Leisure
"Explore portraits of famous citizens from Tudor Kings and Queens like King Henry VII in 1505 to the Bronte Sisters in 1834."
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Science Museum
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Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD
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Fodor's
"This, one of the three great South Kensington museums, stands next to the Natural History Museum in a far plainer building."
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Concierge
"Covering all aspects of science, technology, and medicine, the Science Museum is the star of the trio of museums on Exhibition Road (the others are the V&A and the Natural History Museum)."
Time Out
"The Science Museum features seven floors of educational and entertaining exhibits, including the Apollo 10 command module and a flight simulator."
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Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"This temple to the sciences - 5 floors covering 5ha in all - is remarkable for the richness of its collections, and for the methods it employs to engage visitors."
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Travel + Leisure
"Families flock to this museum, as do school kids taking part in field trips (380,000 visit as part of a school group each year)."
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