Design Museum
The Design Museum was opened in 1989 as part of Terence Conran's 'village' on Butler's Wharf, and is now a national museum.
The Design Museum is an international museum of 20th and 21st century design, fashion and architecture.
A changing exhibition programme encompasses interiors, products, fashion, architecture, engineering, creative technology and graphics. The museum's collection of classic 20th century design also appears within changing themed displays.
Nearest tube station:
Bermondsey (852 yards)
Tel: 0870 909 9009
Web: www.designmuseum.orgTel: 0870 909 9009
Open: Daily 10am-5.45pm (last admission 5.15pm)
Prices: £8.50 (conc £6.50; students £5); Under 12s free
News & features about Design Museum
- Museum founder Edward Bramah dies (13 Feb 2008)
- Honorary doctorate for Sir Terence Conran (26 Nov 2007)
- Mayor: I "strongly support" Berkeley Homes at Potters Fields (24 Oct 2007)
- SE1 arts organisations tour South London summer festivals (18 Jul 2007)
- Design Museum relocation to Bankside abandoned (17 Jul 2007)
- Zaha Hadid - Design & Architecture at the Design Museum (16 Jul 2007)
- Isabella Blow dies at 48 (8 May 2007)
- Tate Modern extension gets green light (28 Mar 2007)
- Greenpeace stages anti-nuclear protest off Butler's Wharf (8 Mar 2007)
- Celebrity buskers at Butler's Wharf (17 Nov 2006)
- Architecture Foundation HQ gets green light from planners (31 Oct 2006)
- Gorillaz appearance brings crowds to South Bank Centre (28 Oct 2006)
- Design Mart at the Design Museum (26 Sep 2006)
- Is it a dining table oar a life raft? (16 Sep 2006)
- Putting Bermondsey on the map (30 May 2006)
- Puppet Journeys at London Bridge (12 May 2006)
- Interview with Nick Stanton, Southwark Lib Dem leader (21 Apr 2006)
- 19 local projects benefit from final round of PLP small grants (3 Apr 2006)
- Budget boost for South Bank and Bankside 'cultural quarter' (26 Mar 2006)
- South Bank loyalty card launched by Mayor (23 Mar 2006)
- Designer of the Year at the Design Museum (18 Mar 2006)
- Design Museum announces new director (14 Mar 2006)
- Design Museum announces relocation plan (1 Feb 2006)
- Bermondsey gets the Lonely Planet treatment (17 Jan 2006)
- Four designers shortlisted for Design Museum prize (14 Jan 2006)
Forum discussions about Design Museum
- Model T Ford
- Obscenity at the Design Museum
- Is Kwan Thai any good?
- Berkeley Homes @ Potters Fields & ex-St Olave's Grammar School
- Potters Fields Park cafe outlet feedback
- Wedding dress shop - Ah! Help!
- Tower Block Horror to go ahead
- Tate extension
- Celeb sightings in SE1
- Inside Out and Loyalty Card
- Breakfast/Brunch on Saturday/Sunday Mornings
- Design Museum Relocating
- Thames fireworks c.10.15pm last night
- Sandwich board man
- Good pubs?
- Saul Bass
- Hairdressers (womens)
- I'm a Stranger Here Myself
- Bogus charity collector - river walkway
- Save the moorings
Restaurants, pubs & bars close to Design Museum
- Blueprint Cafe (6 yards)
- Design Museum Cafe (12 yards)
- Ask Pizza (40 yards)
- Browns (60 yards)
- All Bar One (88 yards)
- Bengal Clipper (114 yards)
- Cantina del Ponte (140 yards)
- Zizzi (156 yards)
- Butler's Wharf Chop House (170 yards)
- Teapod (182 yards)
- Hing Lee (200 yards)
- Pizza Express (208 yards)
- Le Pont de la Tour (224 yards)
- Coffee Kiosk (228 yards)
- The Circle Deli (238 yards)
- Kai Thai Fusion (246 yards)