Museums in London

Jewish Museum London

Modern museum with a re-created Victorian Jewish Quarter, historical artefacts & Holocaust tales.

London Transport Museum Depot

The Cartoon Museum

Museum tracing the development of British cartooning from the early 18th century to the present day.

Foundling Museum

The story of first British home for abandoned children, with art collection and Handel memorabilia.

The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret

Apothecary displays share a church roof space with a partly restored former surgical theatre.

Garden Museum

Charming church-turned museum featuring horticultural exhibits & an elegant cafe.

The Fan Museum

Extensive fan collection in an 18th-century house plus displays of the art of fan-making.

Dr. BR Ambedkar House

Vagina Museum

V&A East Storehouse

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

Georgian building displaying 20th-century Italian art, from futurist to figurative works.

Dennis Severs' House

Restored Spitalfields home displaying 18th-century lifestyle, with private tours & events.

Wellcome Collection

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

Museum of Illusions London

Tower Bridge Engine Rooms

Exhibition featuring 42m-high bridge walkway with city views, plus Victorian engine rooms access.

Novelty Automation

Gunnersbury Park Museum

Former home of Nathan de Rothschild, this museum has local artefacts from all over West London.

Apsley House

Museum in the Iron Duke's Georgian house with a fine art collection & a Canova statue of Napoleon.

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

The Royal Institution