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London Motor Museum... Classic Car museum in London, Name as London Motor museum we display a wide range of Classic American cars of the 50’s 60’s and 70’s. The museum represents a unique collection of cars and their power to relate the story of the motoring exp... read more on London Motor Museum The Natural History Museum... (Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5000) is famous for its huge dinosaur skeletons that loom over visitors in the grand halls, but there’s oh so much more than that. Your family can learn about their home ... read more on The Natural History Museum The Science Museum... (Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD) is the model for how interactive museums should be. There’s so much fun to be had pressing buttons and twirling knobs that your kids wont even know they’re learning. If you’re with five c... read more on The Science Museum Victoria & Albert Museum... (Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2RL) is a must if you have a fashion conscious teenager in tow. The museum houses an incredible collection of fashion through the ages, from waist cinching corsets to towering 1970’s platforms; n... read more on Victoria & Albert Museum The London Transport Museum... (Covent Garden Piazza, London) is located right in the Covent Garden market. On the face of it the subject might seem a little drab - the inner working of buses and trains are perhaps not everyone’s cup of tea. But this museum has done an a... read more on The London Transport Museum The British Museum... The ultimate museum of ‘stuff from everywhere’. Housing around seven million objects under its roof you’d better set aside a big part of the day to see it all. But if you don’t think the kids will last a whole day looking at old coins and b... read more on The British Museum National Theatre Museum... The National Theatre Museum, situated in Tavistock Street, is right in the heart of Covent Garden so if you can tear yourself away from all that fresh coffee, Danish pastries antiques and toy shops and all the rest for an hour or two you’ll... read more on National Theatre Museum Clink Prison Museum... Take the tube to London Bridge to visit the Clink prison – one of many in the metropolis of course, but this is the one that gives us the slang term ‘the Clink’ for any prison. It also gives its name to the Street - find it at 1 Clink Stre... read more on Clink Prison Museum Science Museum... At the Science Museum visitors can witness and learn from significant scientific advances over the course of the last 300 years. The museums 40 galleries allow visitors to immerse themselves in the disciplines of science, history, techno... read more on Science Museum Bramah Museum of Tea and Coffee... The Bramah Museum of Tea and Coffee is the world’s first museum dedicated to, as the name suggests, tea and coffee. Founded by Edward Bramah who began his career working as a planter on a tea estate only to became of the world’s leading exp... read more on Bramah Museum of Tea and Coffee Cartoon Museum... With just over 900 works in their collection, the Cartoon Museum is an example of the serious business of cartooning. Many over the works contained in the museum are very rare and old including original cartoons, caricatures, drawings, sket... read more on Cartoon Museum Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery... The Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery is among the most famous London art galleries and was founded ""to expand the understanding of the visual arts in this country"" and houses some of the country’s best-loved artworks including world fam... read more on Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art... The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art is housed in a gorgeous Georgian building and makes for a very relaxing break while taking in sculptures and Futurist paintings. The gallery holds many influential works of Italian Futurism a... read more on Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art Fan Museum... The Fan Museum, located in Greenwich not too far from the Greenwich Meridian is housed in in a building that date to the 1720s that has been restored to its original grandeur. The museum is the first and only devoted entirely to all aspe... read more on Fan Museum Firepower The Royal Artillery Museum... Firepower is The Royal Artillery Museum and here you and the kids will have an opportunity to learn about the proud history of the gunners, their artillery, and the role that they’ve played in the nation’s history. You’ll discover how ar... read more on Firepower The Royal Artillery Museum The Foundling Museum... Early in the 20th century The Foundling Hospital was well known for a place of refuge for thousands of abandoned children--in fact it housed over 27,000 children before its closure. In the time since it has transformed itself into a The ... read more on The Foundling Museum Sigmund Freud Museum... See the Sigmund Freud Museum where Freud and his family lived after fleeing the Nazis in 1938. It remained the family home until Anna Freud, the youngest daughter, died in 1982. The museum offers visitors a chance to see the Freud home a... read more on Sigmund Freud Museum Kew Bridge Steam Museum... Housed in a magnificent 19th century waterworks, Kew Bridge Steam Museum is located right next to Kew Bridge and is an incredible place to learn about the technology that powered the industrial revolution and kick-started Britain’s industri... read more on Kew Bridge Steam Museum Victoria and Albert Museum... Opened in1899, the Victoria and Albert Museum has a collection of more than 4 million objects and is the world’s largest museum of the decorative arts housed in 146 galleries. It also houses the National Art Library. Address: Cromwell Ro... read more on Victoria and Albert Museum Pollock's Toy Museum... Pollock’s Toy Museum is named after Benjamin Pollock of toy theatre fame, opened in 1956 and demonstrates traditional examples of English toy theatre. Toy theatre (or paper theatre) was popular in the 19th century. Toy theatre consisted ... read more on Pollock's Toy Museum Sherlock Holmes Museum... Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived in a Victorian lodging house at 221b Baker Street between 1881 to 1904 according to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The building, which now houses the Sherlock Holmes Museum, was built ... read more on Sherlock Holmes Museum London Canal Museum... The London Canal Museum tells the story of London’s canals from the days when they were a vital part of the city’s industrial and commercial life through years of decline and abandonment. This is the only London museum of inland waterways a... read more on London Canal Museum Museum of London... The Museum of London documents the history of London--from the Paleolithic to the present day. The museum contains a series of chronological galleries containing original artifacts, models, pictures and diagrams of the social and economi... read more on Museum of London National Gallery... The National Gallery is one of the greatest art galleries in the world. Founded by Parliament in 1824, the Gallery houses the nation’s collection of Western European paintings from the late thirteenth to the early twentieth century. No othe... read more on National Gallery Livesey Museum for Children... The Livesey Museum is one of only a handful of children’s museums in London and offers a completely new hands-on exhibition every year. Exhibitions are suitable for children under twelve years of age and admission is free. Past exhibitio... read more on Livesey Museum for Children National Portrait Gallery... The National Portrait Gallery has every kind of painting, sculpture and statue from the 16th-century onwards – all depicting Britons past and present. The galleries are arranged in chronological order, starting with a masterpiece – Queen El... read more on National Portrait Gallery Museum of Brands... By walking through the Museum’s time tunnel you can trace the changes in social taste and tempo, the whims of style and fashion, the advent of the motor car, the jazz age, the gradual emancipation of women and the passing of the domestic se... read more on Museum of Brands London International Gallery of Children’s Art... The London International Gallery of Children’s Art hosts exhibitions of children’s art from every corner of the world including artwork by local English children. The gallery offers a memorable visit for both children and parents. Devoted t... read more on London International Gallery of Children’s Art


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