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Sights and Attractions near Natural History Museum

ADDRESS

Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD

TELEPHONE

020 7942 5000

OPENING TIMES

10am-5.45pm Daily, last admission 5.30pm | Closed Dec 24-26

PRICES

Charges apply to major temporary exhibitions.

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Science Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Exhibition Road, London, South Kensington, London SW7 | 1 minute from Natural History 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

Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Cromwell Road, London, South Kensington, London SW7 | 4 minutes walk from Natural History Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (or V & A as everyone calls it) was originally founded in 1852 to inspire and educate British designers and... More

Museum of Instruments
London > Attractions > Museums
Royal College of Music Prince Consort Road, London, South Kensington, London SW7 | 4 minutes walk from Natural History 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

National Trust: Carlyle's House
London > Attractions > Museums
24 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London, Chelsea, London SW3 | 22 minutes walk from Natural History 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

Leighton House Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
12 Holland Park Road, London, Holland Park, London W14 | 27 minutes walk from Natural History 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

Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
London > Attractions > Museums
Colville Mews, Lonsdale Road, London, Notting Hill, London W11 | 1.7 miles from Natural History 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

Handel House Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
23-25 Brook Street, London, Mayfair, London W1K | 1.8 miles from Natural History 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

Churchill War Rooms
London > Attractions > Museums
Clive Steps, King Charles Street, Westminster, London SW1A | 2.1 miles from Natural History 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

Shepherds Bush Library
London > Attractions > Museums
6 Wood Lane, London, W12 | 2.2 miles from Natural History 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

Household Cavalry Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Horse Guards, Whitehall, London, Westminster, London SW1A | 2.2 miles from Natural History 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

Garden Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Lambeth Palace Road, London, South Bank, London SE1 | 2.5 miles from Natural History 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

Museum Of Fulham Palace
London > Attractions > Museums
Bishop's Avenue, London, SW6 | 2.5 miles from Natural History 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

London Transport Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Covent Garden Piazza, London, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 2.6 miles from Natural History 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

The Cartoon Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
35 Little Russell Street, London, Bloomsbury, London WC1A | 2.6 miles from Natural History 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

London Film Museum Covent Garden
London > Attractions > Museums
45 Wellington Street, London, WC2E | 2.6 miles from Natural History 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

The Poetry Library
London > Attractions > Museums
Level 5, Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, London, South Bank, London SE1 | 2.7 miles from Natural History 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

British Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Great Russell Street, London, Bloomsbury, London WC1B | 2.7 miles from Natural History 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

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
London > Attractions > Museums
Malet Place, University College London, Bloomsbury, London WC1E | 2.7 miles from Natural History 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

Sir John Soane's Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Holborn, London WC2A | 2.9 miles from Natural History 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

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 | 2.9 miles from Natural History 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

Hunterian Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Holborn, London WC2A | 2.9 miles from Natural History 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

Imperial War Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Lambeth Road, London, Southwark, London SE1 | 3 miles from Natural History 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

The Foundling Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
40 Brunswick Square, London, Bloomsbury, London WC1N | 3.1 miles from Natural History 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

Jewish Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Raymond Burton House, 129-131 Albert Street, London, Camden Town, London NW1 | 3.1 miles from Natural History 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

British Library
London > Attractions > Museums
96 Euston Road, London, King's Cross, London NW1 | 3.2 miles from Natural History 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

Charles Dickens Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
48 Doughty Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1N | 3.2 miles from Natural History 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

Cuming Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
151 Walworth Road, London, Southwark, London SE17 | 3.5 miles from Natural History 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

London Canal Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
12-13 New Wharf Road, London, King's Cross, London N1 | 3.6 miles from Natural History 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

Freud Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
20 Maresfield Gardens, London, NW3 | 3.6 miles from Natural History Museum
Sigmund Freud's family home in Hampstead has been turned into a fascinating museum which features the psychoanalytic couch on which Freud's patients would recline while being... More

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 | 3.7 miles from Natural History 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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Near Natural History Museum

Animal Inside Out
Exhibitions | Until 16th September 2012

Natural History Museum At Natural History Museum

Adapted from Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds, Animal Inside Out presents nearly 100 plastinated animals from the impressively large - ...More

Comparative Anatomy: Talk
Exhibitions | On 28th May 2012

Natural History Museum At Natural History Museum

A scientist discusses the exhibition Animal Inside Out....More

Ten Climate Stories
Exhibitions | Until 28th September 2012