Museums in London

Sir John Soane's Museum

Eccentric 19th-century collector's home, packed with classical sculpture, paintings and curiosities.

The Postal Museum

Churchill War Rooms

Secret underground headquarters where Prime Minister Winston Churchill lived and worked during WWII.

The Wallace Collection

Museum of world-sourced antiques, sculpture, artworks and armour, set within a palatial townhouse.

Natural History Museum

Landmark museum of animals and natural phenomena, with hands-on exhibits and animatronic dinosaurs.

Cutty Sark

Museum arranged around the eponymous ship that used to speed tea from Asia to Victorian Britain.

The Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace

A grand collection of royal transport including horses, cars & the fancy 1762 Gold State Coach.

Twist Museum

Young V&A

Toys, clothes and interactives in 1872 hangar with marble floor and visible cast iron skeleton.

Science Museum

A vast treasury of science & invention, famous for its state-of-the-art interactive exhibits.

The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace

A wide-range of Royal Collection treasures, including Lucian Freud's portrait of the Queen.

London Museum Docklands

Georgian sugar warehouse, now home to a museum chronicling London's history as a trading port.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Blockbuster exhibitions and permanent decorative arts collection, with design shop and ornate cafe.

HMS Belfast

9-deck WWII warship-turned-museum with naval guns, permanently moored on the Thames.

London Transport Museum

World's leading museum of urban transport with galleries of vintage London trams, trains & buses.

Imperial War Museum

Recreations of WWI trenches and the Blitz, many tanks and planes and revolving military exhibitions.

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Museum with aquarium, stuffed animal and musical instrument collections, set in landscaped gardens.

The Sherlock Holmes Museum

Museum with Victorian decor in the home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous fictional detective.

The National Gallery

Trafalgar Square art museum whose masterworks trace the development of Western European painting.

National Maritime Museum

Exploring British naval history, with a ship simulator, nautical oddities and interactive games.