Procure museus e pinturas

Luton / Reino Unido

Luton é uma cidade situada no sul da Inglaterra, a 51 km ao norte de Londres. Historicamente Luton faz parte do condado de Bedfordshire, todavia desde 1997 o município é autônomo. Luton, juntamente com as localidades de Dunstable e Houghton Regis, formam a "Área Urbana de Luton/Dunstable", cuja população supera os 258 mil habitantes.A cidade de Luton, está localizada cerca de 40 km de Londres, capital do Reino Unido. O aeroporto de Luton, é um dos maiores da Inglaterra e durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, foi muito utilizado pela RAF. A Universidade de Bedfordshire fica localizado dentro do município. Na cidade de Luton, também está localizada a sede da empresa Vauxhall, montadora de veículos da General Motors para o Reino Unido.

Wardown Park Museum

Luton / Reino Unido

Wardown House Museum and Gallery formerly Wardown Park Museum and, before that, the Luton Museum & Art Gallery in Luton, is housed in a large Victorian mansion in Wardown Park on the outskirts of the town centre. The museum collection focuses on the traditional crafts of Bedfordshire, notably lace-making and hat-making. There are samples of Bedfordshire lace from as early as the 17th century.

Stockwood Discovery Centre

Luton / Reino Unido

Stockwood Discovery Centre, formerly known as Stockwood Craft Museum, is one of two free admission museums situated in Luton . The museums in Luton are a part of a charitable trust, Luton Culture. The discovery centre displays collections of local social history, archaeology, geology and rural crafts. It also houses the biggest collection of horse-drawn carriages in Europe, the Mossman Collection. The external part of the Discovery Centre features extensive gardens. The Period Gardens, ranging from the Elizabethan Knot Garden to the Dig for Victory Garden, were created by Luton Council from the mid-1980s onwards. Redevelopment work in 2007 included the building of the Sensory Garden, World Garden and Medicinal Garden. It is one of the few places in the country where the work of acclaimed artist Ian Hamilton Finlay can be seen on permanent display. Improvement Garden is a classical garden in which Ian Hamilton Finlay sculptures are an integral part of the landscape.