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• The Museums and Galleries Commission Established in 1931. Advises the Government on museum affairs.
  
  
• The Royal Air Force Museum Holds the history of aviation in Britain.
  
• The National Army Museum Created in 1960 to hold the history of the British army.
  
• The National Museums and Galleries of Wales Amgueddfeydd ac Orielau Cenedlaethol Cymru. Comprised of various national Welsh museums and galleries.
  
• National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside Controls various museums and galleries in and around Liverpool.
  
• The Victoria and Albert Museum Began in 1852. Holds a collection of fine and applied art and design, plus the museums of Childhood, Theatre and Wellington.
  
• The Natural History Museum Dating from around 1860, the museum contains the national collection of geology and natural sciences.
  
• The Science Museum Opened in 1857 to house collections of transport, agricultural machinery, photography, film and television.
  
• The National Maritime Museum Created in 1934 to demonstrate the seafaring history of the United Kingdom.
  
• The British Museum Dating from at least 1753. Contains the national collection of antiquities, coins, medals and paper money.
  
• The Imperial War Museum Founded in 1917. Occupies the former site of Bedlam Mental Hospital. Records Commonwealth military operations since the First World War.
  
• The Commonwealth Institute Promotes the Commonwealth using exhibitions, collections, educational programmes, a Library and a Resource Centre.
  
• The Museum of London Formed in 1976 to illustrate the history of London.