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Sights and Attractions near Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum

 
 
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020 7942 2000 
 
OPENING TIMES
Selected galleries open until 22:00 on Fridays.
 
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FREE (Adult), FREE (Child) | Charges apply to major temporary exhibitions.
 
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Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Science Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Exhibition Road, London, South Kensington, London SW7 | 4 minutes walk from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
The Science Museum in South Kensington houses one of the most comprehensive collections looking at the development of science and industry, and it is all... More
 
 
 
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Natural History Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Cromwell Road, London, South Kensington, London SW7 | 4 minutes walk from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
The Natural History Museum is sure to impress even the most jaded of children. This ornate museum is home to more than 70 million specimens... More
 
 
 
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Museum of Instruments
London > Attractions > Museums
Royal College of Music Prince Consort Road, London, South Kensington, London SW7 | 6 minutes walk from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
The RCM Museum of Instruments was started in 1894 with a donation from Sir George Donaldson. Today it features over six hundred instruments, some of... More
 
 
 
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National Trust: Carlyle's House
London > Attractions > Museums
24 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London, Chelsea, London SW3 | 21 minutes walk from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
A Queen Anne Town House occupied by historian and 'Sage of Chelsea' Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane from 1834-1881. A man of letters, Thomas... More
 
 
 
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Leighton House Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
12 Holland Park Road, London, Holland Park, London W14 | 31 minutes walk from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
Leighton House is one of the most opulent museums in London, and its small scale makes it easy enough to explore thoroughly in an afternoon.... More
 
 
 
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Handel House Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
23-25 Brook Street, London, Mayfair, London W1K | 37 minutes walk from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
Handel House, a beautifully restored Georgian house in Mayfair, is where the baroque composer George Frideric Handel lived and died. It was here that he... More
 
 
 
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Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
London > Attractions > Museums
Colville Mews, Lonsdale Road, London, Notting Hill, London W11 | 1.8 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
From Cornflakes to Ker-plunk, Spacedust to Spacehoppers, take a nostalgic tour through 200 years of British consumerism with Robert Opie's unique creation. Enter the Museum... More
 
 
 
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Churchill War Rooms
London > Attractions > Museums
Clive Steps, King Charles Street, Westminster, London SW1A | 1.9 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
Winston Churchill directed the troops during World War II from a small warren of underground rooms, which are now open to the public. Visitors to... More
 
 
 
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Household Cavalry Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Horse Guards, Whitehall, London, Westminster, London SW1A | 2 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
Visitors to the Household Cavalry Museum can watch troopers working with their horses in the original 18th century stables (via a glazed screen) and hear... More
 
 
 
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Garden Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Lambeth Palace Road, London, South Bank, London SE1 | 2.3 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
Situated in the restored church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, adjacent to Lambeth Palace on the banks of the River Thames, the Garden Museum provides an insight... More
 
 
 
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Shepherds Bush Library
London > Attractions > Museums
6 Wood Lane, London, W12 | 2.3 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
In the shadow of the Westfield Shopping Centre, the £2 million Shepherds Bush Library easily competes with the sharp architectural lines and bright lights of... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
London Transport Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Covent Garden Piazza, London, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 2.5 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
After a two-year, £22 million refurbishment the London Transport Museum reopened on 22 November 2007 revealing more exhibition space than before. The museum travels back... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
London Film Museum Covent Garden
London > Attractions > Museums
45 Wellington Street, London, WC2E | 2.5 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
The London Film Museum, located on the site of the Theatre Museum in the original Flower Cellars in the heart of Covent Garden, is the... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Cartoon Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
35 Little Russell Street, London, Bloomsbury, London WC1A | 2.5 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
Combining art with humour, this addition to London's museum-cum-gallery scene is refreshingly vibrant. From political cartoons of Thatcher, Brown, Bush and Blair to rare originals... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Poetry Library
London > Attractions > Museums
Level 5, Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, London, South Bank, London SE1 | 2.5 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
The most comprehensive and accessible collection of poetry from 1914 in Britain, The Poetry Library within the Southbank Centre contains 90,000 items and is still... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
British Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Great Russell Street, London, Bloomsbury, London WC1B | 2.5 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
If you wanted to thoroughly explore the British Museum, it would take months, if not years. Over seven millions objects from all over the world... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
London > Attractions > Museums
Malet Place, University College London, Bloomsbury, London WC1E | 2.6 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
The Petrie Museum, located within University College London, is one of the largest and most fascinating collections of Egyptian archaeology anywhere in the world. There... More
 
 
 
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Museum Of Fulham Palace
London > Attractions > Museums
Bishop's Avenue, London, SW6 | 2.6 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
The long history of Fulham Palace, previously home to the Bishops of London, is told through the on-site museum which opened in April 2007. Through... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Sir John Soane's Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Holborn, London WC2A | 2.7 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
An appealingly higgledy-piggledy treasure trove of artefacts, the extraordinary Sir John Soane's Museum elegantly located on Lincoln's Inn Fields is well worth an exploratory rummage.... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
London > Attractions > Museums
Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, Holborn, London WC2A | 2.8 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
The home of the Royal College of Surgeons boasts a host of enlightening, permanent and temporary, galleries and exhibitions. Housed in the college, the Hunterian... More
 
 
 
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Hunterian Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Holborn, London WC2A | 2.8 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
The Hunterian Museum within the Royal College of Surgeons boasts a host of enlightening, permanent and temporary, galleries and exhibitions. Housed in the college, the... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Imperial War Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Lambeth Road, London, Southwark, London SE1 | 2.8 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
This museum of 20th century warfare offers a thoughtful look at what day-to-day life was like for both citizens and soldiers in the two world... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Foundling Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
40 Brunswick Square, London, Bloomsbury, London WC1N | 3 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
The Foundling Museum is one of London's real hidden treasures. Originally established in 1739 as a hospital which looked after abandoned children, the museum now... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
British Library
London > Attractions > Museums
96 Euston Road, London, King's Cross, London NW1 | 3 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
With over 150 million items, a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland, artwork by artists such as Antony Gormley and... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Jewish Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Raymond Burton House, 129-131 Albert Street, London, Camden Town, London NW1 | 3 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
The Jewish Museum in Camden reopens on Wednesday 17th March 2010 following a £10 million transformation which brings the collections of the Jewish Museum and... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Charles Dickens Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
48 Doughty Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1N | 3.1 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
Charles Dickens brought London to life with his imaginative depictions of city life and his fascination and passion for the foggy Victorian streets have inspired... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Cuming Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
151 Walworth Road, London, Southwark, London SE17 | 3.3 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
The worldwide collection of the Cuming Family accompanies exhibitions on the history of Southwark (from Roman times to the 19th century) in this unique museum.... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
London Canal Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
12-13 New Wharf Road, London, King's Cross, London N1 | 3.4 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
A trip to the Canal Museum reveals there's more to London's man-made waterways than just enjoying a day out in a narrow boat. You'll learn... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Museum and Library of the Order of St John
London > Attractions > Museums
St. Johns Gate, 26 St. John's Lane, Clerkenwell, London, Clerkenwell, London EC1M | 3.5 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
This 16th century gatehouse was formerly the southern entrance to the Priory of the Medieval Order of St John and contains furniture, painting, silver, coins... More
 
 
 
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The Clink Prison Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
1 Clink Street, Bankside, London, Bankside, London SE1 | 3.6 miles from Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
Located on what was once the London estate of the Bishops of Winchester (known as the 'Liberty of the Clink'), the Clink Prison Museum unlocks... More
 
 
 
 
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The Eduardo Niebla Experience
Concerts | On 1st June 2012 

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The Spanish guitarist plays flamenco jazz with his band....More

Heatherwick Studio: Designing The Extraordinary
Heatherwick Studio: Designing The Extraordinary
Exhibitions | Until 30th September 2012 

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As part of a season of events celebrating British Design, the V & A is staging a major showcase of ...More

 
Golden Spider Silk
Exhibitions | Until 5th June 2012 

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Contemporary textiles, featuring a brocaded shawl made from the silk of over a million female golden orb-weaver spiders collected in ...More

Transformation And Revelation: Gormley To Gaga. UK Design For Performance 2007-2011
Exhibitions | Until 30th September 2012 

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A celebration shown through drawings, scale model designs, photographs, costumes and installation, of over 30 British theatre designers, architects and ...More

British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
Exhibitions | Until 12th August 2012 

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British Design celebrates post-war art and design in Britain since the time of the last Olympic Games to be held in ...More

 
Japanese Enamels: The Seven Treasures
Exhibitions | Until 19th August 2012 

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More than 120 cloisonne-enamelled objects and vases from the late-17th century to the 20th century by artists and designers including ...More

Beatrix Potter Country: A Legacy In Lakeland And Beyond
Exhibitions | Until 10th June 2012 

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Drawings and paintings reflecting Potter's deep connections with the Lake District, exploring the role of her legacy in the preservation ...More

Beautifully Bitten: Acid-etched Metal In Europe 1500-1750
Exhibitions | Until 30th June 2012 

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Historical weapons, armour, tools and locks with etched-metal designs, from southern Germany and northern Italy....More

Jain Manuscripts
Exhibitions | Until 31st December 2012 

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Highly detailed illustrated manuscript pages from the 15th to the 19th century, together with book covers and paintings on cloth....More

Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950
Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950
Exhibitions | Until 6th January 2013 

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The fashion gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum has been revamped and will be opening with the exhibition Ballgowns: ...More

 
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