The top 12 museums in London in London, UK
Sir John Soane's Museum
13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3BP, UK
When he wasn’t designing notable buildings (among them the original Bank of England), Sir John Soane (1753-1837) obsessively collected art, furniture...
London Transport Museum
London WC2E 7BB, UK
From the entertaining entrance, where audiovisual recordings of transport systems in New York, Tokyo, Paris, Shanghai and New Delhi, as well as...
Horniman Museum and Gardens
100 London Rd, London SE23 3PQ, UK
The Horniman is an anthropoligical museum contained within an eccentric-looking art nouveau building with extensive gardens. The Natural History...
National Maritime Museum
Romney Rd, London SE10 9NF, UK
Free to visit, the National Maritime Museum is at the heart of the Royal Museums Greenwich (which also includes the Queen’s House next door, Cutty...
Science Museum
Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD, UK
The Science Museum features seven floors of educational and entertaining exhibits, including the Apollo 10 command module and a flight simulator. The...
The British Museum
Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG, UK
When the British Museum was opened in 1759 it was the first national museum to be open to the public anywhere in the world. It was free to visit (and...
Tate Modern
Bankside, London SE1 9TG, UK
The Tate Modern is one of London - and the world’s - most iconic art galleries. As well as having an international collection of modern and...
the Design Museum
224-238 Kensington High St, London W8 6AG, UK
Relocated in 2016 from its former home on the side of the Thames near Tower Bridge, the new-and-improved building in Kensington is both an...
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN, UK
Established in 1824 as a new art collection for the enjoyment and education of all, the National Gallery first consisted of 38 pictures, put on...
Museum of London
Museum of London, Barbican, London, UK
The history of London, from prehistoric times to the present is told in the Museum of London through reconstructed interiors and street scenes,...
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
Both a research institution and a fabulous museum, the Natural History Museum opened in Alfred Waterhouse’s purpose-built Romanesque cathedral of...
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL, UK
It comes to something when a museum can lay claim to having been opened as Queen Victoria’s last public engagement. In 1899, the current premises of...