Museums in London

Leighton House

Former home of Lord Leighton with intricately tiled Arab Hall, paintings & sculpture collection.

Freud Museum London

Freud family home from 1938 to the early 1980s, has Sigmund's couch, his many antiquities & books.

Bank of England Museum

Family-friendly museum with interactive exhibitions telling of the Bank's role in today's economy.

Hunterian Museum

Grisly history of surgery and medicine with gruesome instruments and preserved specimens.

The Courtauld Gallery

Elegant gallery with a wide collection of art, including works by Monet, Van Gogh & Cézanne.

Charles Dickens Museum

Manuscripts and personal items displayed in author's former home, where he wrote Oliver Twist.

Wellcome Collection

Rotating exhibits connecting medicine & art, plus a library, reading room & shop.

The Golden Hinde

Actors in period costume inhabit this copy of the first English vessel to circumnavigate the globe.

Discover Children's Story Centre

Venue conceived as an interactive story trail, with an outdoor story garden including a spacecraft.

Moco Museum London

The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities Fine Art & Natural History The Last Tuesday Society

Tiny museum showcasing a unique collection of objects, including unusual taxidermy & occult artwork.

Museum of Brands

12,000-strong collection of packets, adverts and items from the Victorian era to the present day.

Chelsea FC Museum

Exhibition of the iconic soccer club’s trophies, shirts & memorabilia, plus tours of their stadium.

William Morris Gallery

Georgian house set in parkland, celebrating the work of the famed arts and crafts designer.

Fulham Palace

Paintings, archaeology and artefacts tracing the history of the Palace site from prehistoric times.

Museum of the Home

Re-created domestic interiors from 1600 to the present, with a walled herb garden.

The British Museum

Huge showcase for global antiquities, including Egyptian mummies and ancient Greek sculptures.

Jack The Ripper Museum

Grisly museum on 6 floors in a Victorian house recounting stories of the 1888 East End murderer.

Queen's House

16th century mansion now used to display items from the National Maritime Museum's collection.

The Clink Prison Museum

Torture devices & grisly tales about inmates & the former medieval prison on the site.