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Natural History Museum vs Tate Modern
Both Natural History Museum and Tate Modern are highly recommended by reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Tate Modern scores slightly higher than Natural History Museum. Tate Modern has a TripExpert Score of 97 with recommendations from 14 sources like Not For Tourists, Departures and Travel + Leisure.
Natural History Museum
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Natural History Museum Cromwell Rd London SW7 5BD
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Fodor's
"The ornate terracotta facade of this enormous Victorian museum is strewn with relief panels depicting living creatures to the left of the entrance and extinct ones to the right."
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Concierge
"This is just one of the three huge galleries (all free) off Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the V&A."
Time Out
"Both a research institution and a fabulous museum, the NHM opened in Alfred Waterhouse’s purpose-built Romanesque palazzo on the Cromwell Road in 1881."
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Let's Go
"Beeline for the back of the museum to see the unrepeatable Cadogan Gallery: a collection of British treasures."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Built by Alfred Waterhouse between 1873 and 1880 to a symmetrical plan, the building is 205m long with two 58m-high central towers above an entrance embellished by arches."
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Tate Modern
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Bankside, London SE1 9TG
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Fodor's
"This spectacular renovation of a mid-20th-century power station is one of the most-visited museums of modern art in the world."
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Concierge
"There is something very glamorous about the vast space, let alone the amazing holdings, which range from Matisse to Matthew Barney."
Frommer's
"Welcoming more than four million visitors a year, Tate Modern is the world's most popular modern art gallery (the free admission helps), and one of the capital's very best attractions."
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Travel + Leisure
"Housed in a hulking converted power station, this vast modern art showplace opened in 2000 but still breaks new ground with installations."
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Time Out
"Thanks to its industrial architecture, this powerhouse of modern art is awe-inspiring even before you enter."
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