The Serpentine Gallery is in the centre of Hyde Park. The nearest stations are Lancaster Gate, Bayswater and High Street Kensington. If you are wandering through Hyde Park and enjoy contemporary art, then perhaps it’s worthwhile visiting this medium sized white building. The Serpentine Gallery typically has one exhibition on at a time, which are available for roughly two months. You can either find out about the exhibitions online or just walk in. I recall the last time I visited and saw Rachel Whiteread’s ‘House’ exhibition, which was very popular. However, because of the size, free admission and busy hours, the gallery got packed. Therefore, if you are pottering around with a child’s buggy or a lot of kids, consider it carefully as there's not a lot of space to roam around. Plus, it gets quite stuffy. Overall, unless you are absolutely in love with contemporary art or determined to see a specific artist’s work, I wouldn’t recommend going through the trouble. If you want contemporary art, then go to the Tate Modern and/or National Portrait Gallery.

The Serpentine gets some great exhibitions of contemporary / modern art packed into a fairly small space..... and admission is FREE.... wooo!!

I loved hearing the stories about the Wombles. Here they live.