Museums & galleries in London & Home Counties, portraits, art, paintings, jewellery, science, antiquities, archaeology, Roman & Egyptian history, theatre, comedy, cartoons, chocolate, rugby, canals & waterways, industry and many more including The Royal Air Force & Imperial War Museums, Natural History & Science Museum, British Museum, Victoria & Albert, National Gallery, national Portrait Gallery, Tate, Tate Modern, Wellcome Foundation, Museum of London and many more.
24 Hour Museum Official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
Bank of England Museum Sometimes known as the "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" it stands, literally and figuratively, at the financial centre of the City. The Museum traces the history of the Bank from its foundation in 1694, to its role today as the nation's central bank.
Location: Bank - Tube
Postcode: EC2R 8AH MAP Telephone: 020 7601 4878
Benjamin Franklin House The House, built circa 1730, is architecturally significant, once the home of Benjamin Franklin who lived and worked there for sixteen years on the eve of the American Revolution. Open Wednesday through Sunday.
Location: London
Postcode: WC2N 5NF MAP Telephone: 020 7839 2006
Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood UK's national collection of toys and games, children's costume, nursery furniture and baby equipment, all in an outstanding red-brick, grade II listed building
Location: Bethnal Green
Postcode: E2 9PA MAP Telephone: 020 8983 5200
British Museum One of the greatest collections of antiquities in the world
Location: Tottenham Court Road - Russell Square - Holborn - Tubes
Postcode: WC1B 3DG MAP Telephone: 020 7323 8299
Cartoon Museum Exhibits the very finest examples of British cartoons, caricature, and comic art from the 18th century to the present day.
Location: London
Postcode: WC1A 2HH MAP Telephone: 020 7580 8155
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Design Museum One of London's most inspiring attractions. Concerned as much with the future as the past, a programme of highly acclaimed exhibitions capture the excitement of design evolution, ingenuity and inspiration through the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Location: South Bank - Tower Bridge
Postcode: SE1 2YD MAP Telephone: 020 7940 8790
Dickens House Museum A museum dedicated to the life and works of Charles Dickens.
Postcode: WC1N 2LF MAP Telephone: 020 7405 2127
Discover Children's Centre New hands-on centre designed to inspire 0-8 year olds to create their own stories. Big hits with small children are the dressing up area and an interactive light and sound installation. Take time to also enjoy the creative Story Garden.
Location: Stratford
Postcode: E15 4QZ MAP Telephone: 020 8536 5555
Fashion and Textile Museum The museum, will recognises Britain's international success in the fashion industry and showcases works of outstanding British and international designers.
Location: Bermondsey
Postcode: SE1 3XF MAP Telephone: 020 7403 0222
Florence Nightingale Museum Florence Nightingale founded the first school of nursing at St Thomas Hospital in 1860, the Hospital and School have preserved and added to a unique collection of Florence Nightingale's personal mementoes, clothing, furniture, books, letters and portraits
Location: London
Postcode: SE1 7EW MAP Telephone: 020 7620 0374
Freud Museum Centrepiece of the museum is Freud's library and study, preserved just as it was during his lifetime
Location: Finchley Road
Postcode: NW3 5SX MAP Telephone: 020 7435 2002
Guards Museum Fine collection of military ephemera spanning 350 years of Regimental history
Location: St James Park - Tube
Postcode: SW1E 6HQ MAP Telephone: 020 7414 3428
Handel House Museum 25 Brook Street is the house in which Messiah, Israel in Egypt, the Coronation Anthems and most of the organ concertos were written, and where Handel died in 1759
Location: Bond Street - Tube
Postcode: W1K 4HB MAP Telephone: 020 7495 1685
Horniman Museum & Gardens Uses its worldwide collections and the Gardens to encourage a wider appreciation of the World, its peoples and their cultures, and its environments
Location: Forest Hill
Postcode: SE23 3PQ MAP Telephone: 020 8699 1872
Imperial War Museum Unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day. It seeks to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and 'war-time experience'
Location: Lambeth North - Tube
Postcode: SE1 6HZ MAP Telephone: 020 7416 5000
Keats House Collection consists of books, manuscripts, letters, prints, paintings and artefacts relating to the life of the poet John Keats (1795-1821), his circle and the English Romantic movement.
Location: Hampstead
Postcode: NW3 2RR MAP Telephone: 020 7332 3868
London Canal Museum See inside a narrowboat cabin, learn about the history of London's canals, about the cargoes carried, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and the horses that pulled their boats
Location: Kings Cross
Postcode: N1 9RT MAP Telephone: 020 7713 0836
London's Transport Museum Uncover the story of two hundred years of London and its public transport, the oldest in the world. Explore fascinating and colourful displays, meet characters from the past, drive bus & tube simulators. Children's school holiday events.
Location: Covent Garden
Postcode: WC1E 2BB MAP Telephone: 0343 222 5000
Museum of Comedy The Museum of Comedy is a new interactive immersive museum for all the family featuring iconic props & artefacts from a rich comedic history, one of the most comprehensive collections of comedy memorabilia ever to be amassed.
Location: Bloomsbury Way
Postcode: WC1A 2SR MAP Telephone: 020 7534 1740
Museum of London Docklands The largest, most comprehensive city museum in the world, telling the fascinating story of London from prehistoric times to the present day.
Location: Barbican - St Paul's - Moorgate - Bank - Tubes
Postcode: EC2Y 5HN MAP Telephone: 020 7600 3699
Museum of Rugby and Twickenham Stadium Tours From the moment you pass through the authentic Twickenham turnstile you'll be immersed in a world of rugby union history
Location: Twickenham
Postcode: TW1 1DZ MAP Telephone: 020 8892 8877
Museum of the Home Museum of the Home in Hoxton runs free school holiday workshops and activities on the theme of home. Suitable for children aged 2 - 16.
Location: Hoxton
Postcode: E2 8EA MAP Telephone: 020 7739 9893
Museums ot the The Royal College of Surgeons One of the greatest museums of comparative anatomy, pathology, osteology in the world. There are four museums in the College. The Hunterian and Odontological Museums contain collections of historical and scientific interest and are open to the public.
Location: Holborn
Telephone: 020 7869 6560
National Army Museum The British Army's own museum. It is the only museum to tell the story of the Army as a whole from Agincourt in the Fifteenth Century to peace-keeping in the Twenty-first Century.
Location: Sloane Square
Postcode: SW3 4HT MAP Telephone: 020 7730 0717
National Maritime Museum The largest maritime museum in the world covering every aspect of ships and seafaring, in peace and at war, from pre-history to today
Location: Greenwich
Postcode: SE10 9NF MAP Telephone: 020 8858 4422
Natural History Museum National museum of natural history, and a centre of scientific excellence in taxonomy and biodiversity
Location: South Kensington - Tube
Postcode: SW7 5BD MAP Telephone: 020 7942 5011
Petrie Museum Has one of the most inspiring collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the world
Location: Goodge Streeet - Tube
Postcode: WC1E 6BT MAP Telephone: 020 7679 2884
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology One of the most inspiring collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the world, illustrating life in the Nile Valley from prehistory through Pharaonic to Roman and Islamic times.
Postcode: WC1E 6BT MAP Telephone: 020 7679 2884
Pitzhanger Manor-House Designed by the architect John Soane in 1800, PM Gallery & House has become a major cultural venue in West London. As well as exhibiting contemporary professional artwork, it also owns the largest collection of Martinware in the country. Free entry.
Location: Ealing
Postcode: W5 5EQ MAP Telephone: 020 8567 1227
Pump House Gallery Dedicated public contemporary visual arts space on the lakeside in Battersea Park South West London. It plays a leading role in the cultural life of Wandsworth and is the highest profile public visual arts space in the borough.
Location: Battersea Park
Postcode: SW11 4NJ MAP Telephone: 020 7350 0523
Queen's House The upper floor of the House has been partly refitted and furnished to give an impression of its use as a Royal residence of the 1670s, and to display the NMM's early art collection
Location: Greenwich
Postcode: SE10 9NF MAP Telephone: 020 8858 4422
Ragged School Museum The purpose of the museum is to make the unique history of the East End of London, and in particular of the Copperfield Road Ragged School. Opened in 1990 in three canalside warehouses in Copperfield Road
Location: Stepney
Postcode: E3 4RR MAP Telephone: 020 8980 6405
Royal Air Force Museum Britain's National Museum of Aviation, celebrates the story of aviation from before the Wright Brothers to the RAF of the 21st Century with one of the world's finest collections of legendary aircraft and associated exhibits
Location: Colindale
Postcode: NW9 5LL MAP Telephone: 020 8205 2266
Royal Artillery Museum Visitors to 'Firepower' can find out for themselves how artillery developed from the Roman ballista to modern missiles, how it works, and about the men and women of the Royal Artillery
Location: Woolwich Arsenal
Postcode: SE18 6ST MAP Telephone: 020 8855 7755
Science Museum Welcomes over a million visitors a year
Location: South Kensington
Postcode: SW7 2DD MAP Telephone: 0870 870 4868
Sir John Soane's Museum Soane designed this house to live in, but also as a setting for his antiquities and his works of art. After the death of his wife (1815), he lived here alone, constantly adding to and rearranging his collections.
Location: Holborn
Postcode: WC2A 3BP MAP Telephone: 020 7440 4263
St Albans Museums The collections and services of St Albans museums including the Roman Verulamium museum, 3rd largest city in Roman Britain and Museum of St Albans with new exhibitions every few months.
Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire
Postcode: AL3 4SW MAP Telephone: 01727 751810
The Cuming Museum Home of the worldwide collection of the Cuming Family and the museum of Southwark's history. It houses a diverse collection that includes archaeology, ethnography, social history and natural history. A mix of permanent and changing exhibitions.
Location: Elephant and Castle
Postcode: SE17 1RY MAP Telephone: 020 7525 2332
The Foundling Museum The Foundling tells the story of London's first home for abandoned children, the Foundling Hospital, and chronicles the lives of the children through a fascinating social history exhibition.
Location: Brunswick Square, London
Postcode: WC1 1AZ MAP Telephone: 020 7841 3600
The Grant Museum of Zoology The Grant Museum is the only remaining university zoological museum in London. It houses around 62,000 specimens, covering the whole Animal Kingdom. Many of the species are now endangered or extinct.
Location: London
Postcode: WC1E 6BT MAP Telephone: 020 7679 2647
The Jewish Museum A leader in celebrating Jewish life and cultural diversity. Engage with people of all ages, backgrounds, faiths to explore Jewish culture & heritage. Exhibitions, education programmes & activities.
Location: Camden Town
Postcode: NW1 7NB MAP Telephone: 020 7284 7384
The London Museum of Water & Steam The museum is housed in a magnificent 19th Century Pumping Station and centres around the station's five world famous Cornish Beam Engines, two of which can be seen, in steam, every weekend
Location: Brentford
Postcode: TW8 0EN MAP Telephone: 020 8568 4757
The Photographers' Gallery The largest public gallery in London dedicated to photography. From the latest emerging talent, to historical archives and established artists the place to see photography in all its forms.
Location: Oxford Circus
Postcode: W1F 7LW MAP Telephone: 020 7087 9300
Twickenham Museum The history centre for Twickenham, Whitton, Teddington and the Hamptons is set on Twickenham Embankment in a delightful 18th century riverside house.
Location: Twickenham
Postcode: TW1 3DU MAP Telephone: 020 8408 0070
UCL Art Collections UCL Art Collections contain over 10,000 objects including paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture dating from 1490 to the present day. Works on paper are housed in the Strang Print Room, with paintings and sculpture displayed in public rooms around UCL.
Location: Strang Print Room, UCL, Gower Street
Postcode: WC1E 6BT MAP Telephone: 020 7679 2540
Vestry House Museum Vestry House Museum presents the history of Waltham Forest in the Grade II listed Vestry House. Originally built as a workhouse in 1730, Vestry House has since been a police station and a private house, before it opened as a Museum in 1931.
Location: Walthamstow
Postcode: E17 9NH MAP Telephone: 020 8496 4391
Victoria and Albert Museum The V&A is the worldıs greatest museum of design and the arts: its collections cover two thousand years up to the present, in virtually every medium and from Britain, Europe and Asia
Location: South Kensington
Postcode: SW7 2RL MAP Telephone: 020 7942 2000
Wallace Collection Both a national museum and the finest private collection of art ever assembled by one family. It was bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, widow of Sir Richard Wallace, in 1897, and opened to the public just over three years later on 22 June 1900
Location: Marylebone
Postcode: W1U 3BN MAP Telephone: 020 7563 9500
William Morris Gallery The William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow is the only public Gallery devoted to William Morris, designer, craftsman, writer, socialist & conservationist. It displays an internationally important collection illustrating his life, achievements & influence.
Location: Lloyd Park, Walthamstow
Postcode: E17 4PP MAP Telephone: 020 8496 4390
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum and Tours Led by an experienced professional guide and just over an hour in duration excluding time spent in the Museum, this exclusive tour will take you behind the scenes of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Location: Wimbledon
Postcode: SW19 5AE MAP Telephone: 020 8946 6131
