Museum and Art Galleries in London
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Art Collections, University College London
Strang Print Room University College
London Gower Street, WC1E 6BT
Phone: +44 (0)20 7679 2540
Opening Hours: Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 1-5 pm, and by appointment at other times. The other art collections are available by appointment.
Nearest Tube: Euston, Euston Square and Warren Street.
Artillery in the Rotunda, Museum of
Repository Road, Woolwich, SE18 4DN
Phone: +44 (0)20 8781 3127
Opening Hours: 10am - 5pm daily.
Nearest Tube: Jubilee Line to North Greenwich then 15 minute bus ride to Woolwich (161, 422, 472).
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Bank of England Museum
Threadneedle Street, museum entrance on Bartholomew Lane, EC2
Phone: +44 (0)20 7601 5545
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 10am-5pm
Nearest Tube: Bank
Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood
Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9PA
Phone: +44 (0)20 8983 5200
Opening Hours: Mon - Thur and Sat 10:00 - 17:50, Sun 14:30 - 17:50.
Nearest Tube: Bethnal
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Bramah Tea and Coffee Museum
The Clove Building, Maguire Street, SE1 2NQ
Opening Hours: Mon - Sun 10:00 - 18:00 every day except Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Nearest Tube: Tower Hill
British Museum
Great Russell St, WC1
Phone: +44 (0)20 7636 1555
Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12noon-6pm
Nearest Tube: Holborn
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British Optical Association Museum
The College of Optometrists
42 Craven Street, WC2N 5NG
Phone: +44 (0)20 7839 6000
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
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Cabaret Mechanical Theatre
33-34 The Market, Covent Garden,WC2
Phone: +44 (0)20 7379 7961
Opening Hours: Open daily 10am-7pm;Sunday from 11am,Closes 6.30pm in the Winter
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden
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Cabinet War Rooms
King Charles Street,SW1
Phone: +44 (0)20 7930 6961
Opening Hours: Daily 9.30am-6pm
Nearest Tube: Westminster
Clink Prison
1 Clink Street, London, SE1 9DG
Opening Hours: Mon - Sun 10:00 - 18:00
Nearest Tube: London Bridge
Courtauld Gallery
Somerset House, Strand WC2R 0RN
Phone:+44 (0)20 7848 2526
Opening Hours: 10:00am-2:00pm Mondays (except bank holidays)
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden / Holborn
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Crafts Council Gallery
44a Pentonville Road, N1 9BY
Phone: +44 (0)20 7278 7700
Opening Hours: Tues-Sat: 11:00 - 18:00, Sun: 14:00 - 18:00.
Nearest Tube: Angel
Dennis Severs´ House
18 Folgate Street, E1 6BX
Phone: +44 (0)20 7247 4013
Opening Hours: first Sunday in each month between 2 - 5 pm. Then, at lunch time (12 - 2 pm) on the Monday following the first Sunday.
Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street
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Design Museum
Shad Thames, SE1 2YD
Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 11:30 - 18:00, Sat & Sun12:00 - 18:00.
Nearest Tube: Tower Hill
Dickens House Museum
48 Doughty Street, WC1N 2LF
Opening Hours: Mon - Sat 10:00 - 17:00.
Nearest Tube: Russell Square
Dr Johnson's House
17 Gough Square, EC4
Opening Hours: Mon - Sat 11:00 - 17:30
Nearest Tube: Blackfriars Tube
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
39a Canonbury Square, London, N1 2AN
Phone: +44 (0)20 7704 9522
Opening Hours: Wed to Sat 11:00 - 18:00, Sun 12:00 - 17:00
Nearest Tube: Highbury and Islington (Victoria Line)
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Florence Nightingale Museum
2 Lambeth Palace Road, SE1
Phone: +44 (0)20 7620 0374
Opening Hours: Open Tuesday to Sunday and Bank holidays, 10am-4pm
Nearest Tube: Waterloo
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Freud Museum
20 Maresfield Gardens, NW3
Phone: +44 (0)20 7435 2002
Opening Hours:
Nearest Tube: Finchley Road
Garden History, Museum of
Lamberth Palace Road, SE1 7LB
Phone: +44 (0)20 7401 8865
Opening Hours: Open daily 10.30 - 5.00. Contact the Museum for winter opening times.
Nearest Tube: Waterloo or Victoria
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Geffreye Museum
Kingsland Road, E2
Phone: +44 (0)20 7739 9893
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-5pm, Sunday 2pm-5pm
Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street
Guards Museum
Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, SW1
Phone: +44 (0)20 7414 3271
Opening Hours: Daily, 10am-4pm
Nearest Tube: St. James's Park
Guildhall Art Gallery
Guildhall Yard, EC2P 2EJ
Phone: +44 (0)20 7332 1632
Opening Hours: between 10 am and 5 pm from Monday to Saturday and between noon and 4 pm on Sundays.
Nearest Tube: Bank / St Paul's / Mansion House / Moorgate
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Harrow Museum Heritage Centre
Headstone Manor, Pinner View, Harrow, Middlesex
Phone: +44 (0)20 8861 2626
Opening Hours: Wednesday to Fridays from 12.30pm - 5.00pm. At weekends it open from 10.30am - 5.00pm. It is also open on all Bank Holidays except Christmas.
Nearest Tube: Harrow & Wealdstone
Hayward Gallery
South Bank,SE1
Phone: +44 (0)20 7960 5226
Opening Hours Daily 10am – 6pm. Late nights Tuesday and Wednesday until 8pm.
Nearest Tube: Waterloo
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Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road,SE1
Phone: +44 (0)20 7416 5000
Opening Hours: Daily 10am-6pm
Nearest Tube: Lambeth North
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Jewish Museum, London
Raymond Burton House,
129-131 Albert Street, NW1 7NB
Phone: +44 (0)20 7284 1997
Opening hours: Monday - Thursday 10am - 4pm, Sundays 10am - 5pm. Closed Friday, Saturday, Jewish Festivals and Public Holidays.
Nearest Tube: Camden Town
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Keats House
Keats Grove, NW3
Phone: +44 (0)20 7435 2062
Opening Hours: April - October,Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm;Sat 10am-5pm, closed 1pm-2pm;Sunday 2pm-5pm
Nearest Tube: Hampstead
Kew Bridge Steam Museum
Green Dragon Lane , Brentford , Middlesex, TW8 0EN
Phone: +44 (0)20 8568 4757
Opening Hours: from 11.00 a.m to 5.00 p.m. seven days a week.
Nearest Tube:: Gunnersbury or Kew Gardens
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Livesey Museum for Children
682 Old Kent Road, SE15 1JF UK
Phone: +44 (0)20 7639 5604
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday 10am - 5pm. Saturday 10am - 5pm (Closed 12.30 - 1.00pm)
Nearest Tube: London Bridge or New Cross Gate
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London Transport Museum
The Piazza, Covent Garden
Phone: +44 (0)20 7836 8557
Opening Hours: Daily 10am-6pm(Fri from 11am)
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden
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Madame Tussaud's
Marylebone Road, NW1
Phone: +44 (0)20 7935 6861
Opening Hours: 10am - 5.30pm, Open on Bank Holidays
Nearest Tube: Baker Street
Micheal Faraday`s Museum
The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, W1X 4BS
Phone: +44 (0)20 7409 2992
Web Site
Museum of Culinary History and Alimentation (MoCHA)
63 Bayham Place, NW1 0ET
Phone: +44 (0)20 7419 9429
Nearest Tube: Mornington Crescent
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Museum of London
London Wall, EC2
Phone: +44 (0)20 7600 3699
Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5.50pm, Sun 12noon-5.50pm.
Nearest Tube: Barbican
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Museum of the Moving Image
South Bank, SE1
Phone: +44 (0)20 7401 2636
Opening Hours: Daily 10am-6pm.
Nearest Tube: Waterloo
National Army Museum
Royal Hospital Road,SW3
Phone: +44 (0)20 7730 0717
Opening Hours: Daily 10am-5.30pm
Nearest Tube: Sloane Square
National Gallery
Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN
Phone: +44 (0)20 7747 2885
Opening Hours: Daily 10 am to 6 pm, Wednesday until 9pm. Closed: 1 Jan, Good Friday, 24 - 26 Dec.
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross / Leicester Square / Embankment / Piccadilly Circus
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Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, SW7
Phone: +44 (0)20 7938 9123
Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5.50pm,Sun 11am-5.50pm
Nearest Tube: South Kensington
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National Maritime Museum
Greenwich, London, SE10 9NF
Phone: +44 (0)20 8858 4422
Opening Hours 10.00-17.00
Nearest Tube: Bakerloo Line to Charing Cross, Connex train to Greenwich
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National Portrait Gallery
St Martin`s Place , London , WC2H 0HE
Phone: +44 (0)20 7306 0055
Opening Hours: Monday - Wednesday: 10.00 - 6pm. Thursday - Friday: 10.00 - 9pm. Saturday - Sunday: 10.00 - 6pm. Closed: 1 January, Good Friday, 24-26 December
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square or Charing Cross
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October Gallery
24 Old Gloucester Street, WC1N 3AL
+ 44 (0)20 7242 7367
Opening Hours: from 12:30 to 17:30 from Tuesday to Saturday. The Gallery is closed on Sundays and Mondays, during official holidays and for the entire month of August.
Nearest Tube: Holborn
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Old Operating Theatre, Museum Herb and Garret
9A St Thomas` Street, SE1 9RY
Phone: +44 (0)20 7955 4791
Opening Hours: every day from:10.30am to 5.00pm. Open Bank Holidays except Christmas Day (closed 15th Dec - 5th Jan)
Nearest Tube: London Bridge
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Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
53 Gordon Square, WC1H OPD
Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 10:30 - 17:00.
Nearest Tube: Euston Square/Piccadilly.
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
University College, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
Phone: +44 (0)20 7504 2825
Nearest Tube: Euston Square
Queen`s Gallery (The)
Buckingham Palace, SW1A 1AA
Phone: +44 (0)20 7799 2331
Nearest Tube: Victoria
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Ragged School Museum
46 - 50 Copperfield Road, E3 4RR
Phone: +44 (0)20 8980 6405
Opening Hours: Wednesday, Thursday 10am - 5pm. First Sunday of the month 2pm - 5pm
Nearest Tube: Mile End
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Royal Air Force Museum
Grahame Park Way, NW9
Phone: +44 (0)20 8205 2266
Opening Hours: Open Daily 10am-6pm
Nearest Tube: Colindale
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Science Museum
Exhibition Road, SW7
Phone: +44 (0)20 7938 8008
Opening Hours: Daily 10am-6pm
Nearest Tube: South Kensington
Web Site: http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/
Sherlock Holmes Museum, The
221b Baker Street, NW1 6XE
Phone: +44 (0)20 7738 1269
open every day (except Christmas Day) 9.30 am -6pm
Nearest Tube: Baker Street
Web Site
Sir John Soane's Museum
13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2
Opening Hours: Tue - Sat 10:00 - 17:00
Nearest Tube: Holborn
South London Gallery
65 Peckham Road, SE5 8UH
Phone: +44 (0)20 7703 6120
Opening Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday Ilam to 6pm. Thursday Ilam to 7pm. Saturday and Sunday 2pm to 6pm. Closed Monday.
Nearest Tube: Elephant & Castle
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Tate Gallery
Millbank, SW1P 4RG
Phone: +44 (0)20 7887 8008
Opening Hours: Daily, 10.00-17.50. Closed 24, 25, 26 December (open as usual 1 January)
Nearest Tube: Pimlico, Vauxhall or Westminster
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Tate Modern
Sumner Street, Bankside, SE1 9TG
Phone: +44 (0)20 7887 8000
Opening Hours: Sunday to Thursday, 10.00-18.00; Friday to Saturday, 10.00-22.00 (galleries open at 10.15am)
Nearest Tube: Southwark, Blackfriars
Web Site
The Horniman Museum & Gardens
Forest Hill, SE23 3PQ
Phone: +44 (0)20 8699 1872
Rail: five minutes walk from Forest Hill Station.
Web Site
Theatre Museum
Russell Street, Covent Garden, WC2E 7PA
Opening Hours: Mon - Sat 11:00 - 19:00
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, SW7
Phone: +44 (0)20 7938 8441
Opening Hours: Daily 10am-5.45pm
Nearest Tube: South Kensington
Web Site
Wallace Collection
Hertford House Manchester Square, W1U 3BN
Phone: +44 (0)20 7563 9527
Opening Hours: Mon - Sat 10:00 - 17:00, Sun 14:00 - 17:00
Nearest Tube: Bond Street
Westbourne Gallery
34 Porchester Road - 1st Floor The Colonnades, W2 5ES
Phone: +44 (0)20 7243 4633
Nearest Tube: Royal Oak
William Morris Gallery
Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP
Phone: +44 (0)20 8527 3782
Opening Hours: Tue -Sat and
1st Sun each month 10.00 - 1.00, 2.00 - 5.00. (Closed: Mondays and Public Holidays)
Nearest Tube: Blackhorse Road
Web Site
Whitechapel Art Gallery
80-82 Whitechapel High Street
Phone: +44 (0)20 7522 7888
Opening Hours:Tuesday - Sunday: 11am-5pm, Wednesday: 11am-8pm, Closed Mondays.
Nearest Tube: Aldgate East
Web Site
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
All England Club, Church Road, Wimbledon, SW19
Opening Hours: Tue - Sat 10:30 - 17:00, Sun 14:00 - 17:00
Nearest Tube: Southfields
