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Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
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| Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincolns Inn Fields |
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 Museum Collection is open to all and w...
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Free London Museums
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With over 145 galleries to explore and over 4 million items, the V & A is one of the most influential museums of decorative and applied arts in the world. It was originally founded in 1852, wit...
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London Museums and Galleries
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With over 145 galleries to explore and over 4 million items, the V & A is one of the most influential museums of decorative and applied arts in the world. It was originally founded in 1852, w...
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Great London Museums to Visit
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From puppet making to turban tying, there's always a huge range of activities for children of all ages at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Embark upon an adventure across the museum with the museum's...
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London's Museums and Galleries
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London is home to over 300 museums and galleries, making it the epicentre of culture and collections in the northern hemisphere! From the world's largest maritime museum to an art gallery in an old po...
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London's Alternative Autumn Museums
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Having spent a long summer soaking up the sun and lazing in London's parks, the arrival of autumn sparks a mass exodus into London's indoor attractions and museums. Indeed a bracing walk on a wi...
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British Museum
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| Great Russell Street |
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 are housed in this impressive museum of human history a...
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Natural History Museum
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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 from across the natural world, including insects, fossils an...
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Science Museum
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| Exhibition Road |
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 done in a fun and creative way. This museum is...
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Imperial War Museum
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| Lambeth Road |
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 wars. The Imperial War Museum has many weapons of war, inc...
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Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
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| Cromwell Road |
The Victoria and Albert Museum (or V & A as everyone calls it) was originally founded in 1852 to inspire and educate British designers and manufacturers. Today it houses over 4 million items spanning...
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Design Museum
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| 28 Shad Thames |
Located on the banks of the Thames, the Design Museum has two floors and showcases contemporary design in all forms, including fashion, graphic and architectural. There are two main galleries, and the...
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Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms
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| Clive Steps, King Charles Street |
The underground headquarters used by Winston Churchill and the British Government during World War Two are located in the heart of ceremonial London. Visitors can view a complex of 21 historic rooms,...
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Royal Observatory Greenwich
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| National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
This museum of time and space was built by Sir Christopher Wren in 1675. It marks the site of the Greenwich or Prime Meridian - the base point for World Time and the site of Longitude 0. If you time i...
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National Maritime Museum
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| Park Row |
Located in the heart of Greenwich, the National Maritime Museum has a monumental mission: to showcase mankinds association with the sea. The collection dates back to 1823 when a National Gallery of Na...
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London Canal Museum
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| 12-13 New Wharf Road |
The London Canal Museum is housed in a former ice warehouse, which was built in 1862-3 for Carlo Gatti, a well-known ice cream maker. Today the building showcases the life and times of the canal peopl...
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V & A Museum of Childhood
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| Cambridge Heath Road |
The Museum of Childhood houses the UKs largest collection of toys including dolls, dolls houses, puppets, games, and toys. Collections showcase all aspects of childhood, from games throughout the ages...
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Leighton House Museum
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| 12 Holland Park Road |
NOTE: The museum closed on 31 October 2008 and is due to reopen in April 2010.Leighton House is one of the most opulent museums in London, and its small scale makes it easy enough to explore thoroughl...
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Charles Dickens Museum
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| 48 Doughty Street |
The Charles Dickens Museum is the worlds most important collection of material relating to the great Victorian novelist and social commentator. Synonymous with Victorian England, this is the only surv...
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Royal Air Force Museum London
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| Grahame Park Way, Hendon |
Britains National Museum of Aviation, or RAF Museum, comprises several hundred thousand objects ranging in size from aircraft to lapel badges, and spanning more than a century of aviation history. The...
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British Library
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| 96 Euston Road |
With over 150 million items, a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland, artwork by artists such as Antony Gormley and Eduardo Paolozzi , and a host of historically momentous works -...
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Bank of England Museum
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Sorry, no free samples here but you can get your hands on a real gold bar. Housed within the Bank of England, the Bank of England Museum traces the history of the bank from its foundation by Royal Cha...
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The Foundling Museum
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The Foundling Museum is one of Londons real hidden treasures. Originally established in 1739 as a hospital which looked after abandoned children, the museum now tells their story. Using oral testimony...
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The Clink Prison Museum
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| 1 Clink Street, Bankside |
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 the history of the original Clink Prison and the Bankside b...
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Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
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| All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Church Road, Wimbledon |
Visit the “Wimbledon” Lawn Tennis Museum for the history and background to the worlds favourite tennis tournament and one of the most celebrated venues in London. Examine the original Championship tro...
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Freud Museum
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| 20 Maresfield Gardens |
Sigmund Freuds family home in Hampstead. A comfortable couch covered in chenille cushions atop an exotic, richly coloured Iranian rug forms the centrepiece to this museum celebrating the life and wor...
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Sir John Soane's Museum
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| 13 Lincolns Inn Fields |
An appealingly higgledy-piggledy treasure trove of artefacts, the extraordinary Sir John Soanes Museum elegantly located on Lincolns Inn Fields is well worth an exploratory rummage. Lurking in nooks a...
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Musical Museum
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| 368 High Street |
Experience the fascinating world of automatic musical instruments at this unusual, melodious museum. The many instruments housed here were all designed to provide music at the flick of a switch or the...
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Museum of London Docklands
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In keeping with its waterside location, the Museum of London Docklands focuses on the history of the East End with particular emphasis on the River Thames and the lives that have ebbed and flowed with...
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Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
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Hidden away in the roof space of the old St Thomas Baroque church, this restored 1821 womens operating theatre is the oldest operating theatre in England. The 19th century Old Operating Theatre is loc...
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Fashion and Textile Museum
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| 83 Bermondsey Street |
The fashionista behind the Fashion and Textile Museum is Zandra Rhodes, the colourful designer who won the Designer of the Year award in 1972 and in 1974. Despite her flamboyant and out there designs...
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The Cartoon Museum
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Combining art with humour, this addition to Londons museum-cum-gallery scene is refreshingly vibrant. From political cartoons of Thatcher, Brown, Bush and Blair to rare originals on loan from The Bean...
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Fan Museum
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| 12 Crooms Hill |
This unique museum houses the worlds finest collection of fans including exquisite examples from the 18th and 19th centuries. The Fan Museum is housed in a beautifully restored 1721 building which pro...
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Cuming Museum
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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. The permanent exhibition at the Cuming M...
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Geffrye Museum
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There arent many museums that can have William Morris and Ikea under the same roof, but the Geffyre is one of them. The focus of this quirky museum is the changing style of English domestic interior,...
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Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
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Unique museum charting British consumerism. From Cornflakes to Ker-plunk, Spacedust to Spacehoppers, take a nostalgic tour through 200 years of British consumerism with Robert Opie's unique creation....
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Hunterian Museum
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| 35-43 Lincolns Inn Fields |
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 Hunterian Museum collection is o...
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The Poetry Library
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| Level 5, Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road |
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 growing. The Arts Council collection...
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Shepherds Bush Library
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| 6 Wood Lane |
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 the modern shopping mall. Stuffy, dusty an...
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Museum Of Fulham Palace
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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 interactive dispalys and a detailed 3D model of the...
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Household Cavalry Museum
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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 accounts of their demanding training. At diffe...
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London Shopping
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London is the shopping capital of the world. From the boutiques of Bond Street to the teeming Oxford Street fashion stores and vibrant street markets, there is something to suit even the most discerni...
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Science Museum IMAX
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| Exhibition Road, Knightsbridge |
The huge IMAX screen - ten times bigger than the average screen - at the Science Museum is one of the few places in London where you can get the full cinematic experience in 3D. With digital surround...
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St Magnus the Martyr
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St Magnus was built by Sir Christopher Wren between 1671-76, and boasts a steeple dating from 1705. Henry Yevele, Richard IIs master mason, is buried here. The ashes of Miles Coverdale, the translator...
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White Cube Mason's Yard
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| 25-26 Masons Yard, Off Duke Street |
In 2000, Jay Joplings pioneering White Cube gallery - the spiritual home of the Young British Artists - upped sticks from its home in St Jamess for a big new space on Hoxton Square. It seems Jopling (...
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Mansion House
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Mansion House, the Palace of the London Mayor, was originally for the Lord Mayor to represent the City in appropriate style, Sir Crispin Gascoigne was the first Lord Mayor to take up residence in 1752...
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Museum of London
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NOTE: THE LOWER GALLERIES - WHICH EXPLORE LONDONS HISTORY FROM 1666 ONWARDS - ARE CLOSED UNTIL 2010. SIGNIFICANT WORKS ARE TAKING PLACE WHICH MAY DISRUPT YOUR VISIT.Experience the real flavour of Lond...
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Tower Bridge Exhibition
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Competing with the London Eye for the capitals most vertiginous experience, Tower Bridge offers one of the best vantage points in the city from its spectacular high walkways, elevated 140ft above the...
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