The original tower was been built in 1078 by the William the Conqueror. Generally the tower is been recognized with its white tower. Actually the tower has many building with its construction making it a complex of numbers of buildings. The tower is surrounded by two rings of wall which act as the moat and the defensive wall.

Primarily the tower was used as a prison, a royal house as well as fortress. The prison was been used for high profile prisoners such as Queen Elizabeth I and the Princes in the tower. Thus the statement “sent to tower” came in use which means send to the prison. Since the early 13th century it was use to house the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. The tower did also served as a place of an observatory, execution as well as torture, the royal Mind, an armoury, a public record building, a zoo and also a treasury.

The tower of London, these days in looked after by an autonomous charity.  It receives no sponsorship from the government.

A dry waterway surrounds the whole tower also you can use the stone bridge if you are willing to cross the ditch at the south western side. The stone bridge leads to the Byward tower. The middle tower has a gateway called the Lion tower. Today, The Tower has became the most popular tourist destination. Beside the tower there is a huge collection of Royal armouries. Also a relic of the wall that belongs to the Roman fortress is kept on the display.

Yeomen Warders act as a tour guide. They are commonly known as the Beefeaters. They provide security to the tourists. It can be truly said that they are the tourist’s attraction in their own way.

Every evening a ceremony of keys take place and the warders participate in such a ceremony. To secure the tower at night they warders stay in the tower at night. It is expected that the warders should possess his house outside the tower.

The Tower of London is also famous for being the most haunted building in England. A beheaded ghost of Queen Anne Boleyn as well as ghosts of Henry VI, Margaret Pole as well as Jane Grey is also seen walking around the tower.

London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is the nearest located airport. The nearest under ground station to the tower is the Tower Hill on the district as well as circle lines. The Tower gateway station is located very near to the tower on the Docklands light railway. The London Fenchurch Street is with in the proximity of the national rail. You can also use the waterways as the Thames Clipper as well as the cruise boats do stop at the Tower Millennium Pier. The best time to visit the city is from October to January. The working time of the tower is 09:00 to 16:30 from Tuesday to Saturday and 10:00 to 16:30 from Sunday to Monday. The entrance ticket costs £17.00 for an adult and £9.50 for children.

Established in the 17th century the British museum is mostly based on the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. Sir Hans Sloane is a well know scientist as well as physician. The museum was first opened for the public to visit was on January 15, 1759. The museum was located in the Montagu house in Bloomsbury. The expansion of the museum nearly required two and a half centuries. A Branch of British museum was established in 1887 in South Kensington and was named as British Museum of Natural History. British Museum Reading Room which was opened 1997 was unique in its own way as it was a national museum of antiquities as well as the national library at the same time in the same building.

Being a non-departmental public body the museum is a sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Like any other museums in United Kingdom the British museum does not charge entry fee, may be you might be required to pay a small amount for the temporary extraordinary exhibitions. The director of the museum since year 2001 is Neil Mac Gregor.

For the last few years of the nineteenth century the number of the items in the collections increased drastically. The collection increased to such a number that the building of the museum was not sufficient for the items to be kept for the display. In year 1895 the trustees decided and purchased the nearby area surrounding the Museum. The surrounding area of the museum had 69 well constructed houses, it was than decided that to expand the museum the house were needed to be demolished. The initial stage of expansion started in year 1906 with the construction of the northern wing of the museum.

The Museum celebrated its bicentenary in the year 1953. It was first time that the publication and in house designer was appointed for the full-time.

They were appointed in the year 1964. Later a friends organization, an education service and publication house was introduced in year 1968, 1970 and 1973 respectively. New administrative reforms were introduced in year 1963 with a new act of Parliament. According to this act it became much easy to lend any item from the museum moreover the board of trustees was changed which made the Natural History Museum much independent. In the year the display of the medals and coin which was destroyed during the war-time was constructed again and was opened for the public display.

Few of the most attractive items in the museums are: The Rosetta Stone, List of the kings of Egypt from the Temple of Ramesses II, Limestone statue of a husband and wife, Granite statue of Senwosret III, Colossal bust of Ramesses II, the “Younger Memnon”, Mummy of Cleopatra from Thebes, Colossal granite head of Amenhotep III, Obelisk of Pharaoh Nectanebo II, Colossal head from a statue of Amenhotep III, Colossal limestone bust of Amenhotep III, Amarna tablets, Fragment of the beard of the Great Sphinx, Mummy of ‘Ginger’ which dates to about 3300 BC, Limestone false door of Ptahshepses.