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Family places across London

100 places · 67 museum · 33 attraction

Museum

Transport Museum Depot

Storage and display site for historic transport artefacts
South Acton
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History Museum

The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History

Museum and bar of curiosities in a former call centre in Hackney
London Fields & Mare Street
The Postal Museum Museum

The Postal Museum

Museum of postal history run by the Postal Heritage Trust
Hatton Garden & Theobalds Road
The Cinema Museum Museum

The Cinema Museum

Museum of cinema history and memorabilia in Kennington
Lambeth Walk & North Kennington
The Cartoon Museum Museum

The Cartoon Museum

Museum dedicated to British cartoons, caricatures and comics
Fitzrovia West & Soho
Science Museum Museum

Science Museum

Major museum of science on Exhibition Road in South Kensington
South Kensington
Royal Observatory Greenwich Museum

Royal Observatory Greenwich

Historic observatory where the Prime Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time originated.
Greenwich Town & Park
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Attraction

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Botanic gardens with the world's largest botanical collections
Kew Gardens
Novelty Automation Attraction

Novelty Automation

Amusement arcade of hand-crafted satirical game machines
Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South
Natural History Museum Museum

Natural History Museum

Museum of natural history specimens and dinosaur skeletons
Brompton
National Maritime Museum Museum

National Maritime Museum

Maritime museum in Greenwich with free general admission.
Greenwich Town & Park
National Army Museum Museum

National Army Museum

National museum exploring British Army history from the Civil Wars to today.
Chelsea Manor & Royal Hospital
Myddelton House Gardens Attraction

Myddelton House Gardens

Regency villa with an 8-acre garden developed over three centuries.
Chase & Crews Hill
Museum of Wimbledon Museum

Museum of Wimbledon

Local history museum established in 1916 documenting Wimbledon.
Wimbledon Hill
Museum of the Order of St John Museum

Museum of the Order of St John

Museum telling the story of the Hospitaller Knights and their legacy.
Clerkenwell
Museum of the Home Museum

Museum of the Home

Free museum exploring home and domestic life from 1600 to present.
Shoreditch & Hoxton South East
Museum of Richmond Museum

Museum of Richmond

Local history museum showing Richmond's medieval to modern heritage.
Richmond Central
Museum of Brands Museum

Museum of Brands

Museum documenting consumer culture from Victorian times to today.
Notting Dale
Metropolitan Police Museum Museum

Metropolitan Police Museum

Museum preserving the history of the Metropolitan Police Service.
Sidcup West
Markfield Beam Engine & Museum Museum

Markfield Beam Engine & Museum

A Grade II listed building housing a historic beam engine.
South Tottenham
Marble Hill House Museum

Marble Hill House

A Grade I listed Neo-Palladian villa built in 1724-1729.
Twickenham Marble Hill
Mail Rail Museum Museum

Mail Rail Museum

A postal museum exploring the history of mail delivery.
Clerkenwell
Madame Tussauds Museum

Madame Tussauds

Wax museum displaying figures of famous, historical, and film characters.
Regent's Park
London Zoo Attraction

London Zoo

World's oldest scientific zoo with over 8,000 animals from 300+ species.
St John's Wood North
Museum

London Transport Museum

Museum of London's transport heritage with exhibits and historic artefacts.
Strand, St James & Mayfair
London Museum of Water and Steam Museum

London Museum of Water and Steam

Museum of water pumping steam engines and industrial heritage.
Brentford East
London Museum Docklands Museum

London Museum Docklands

Museum explaining Thames history, Port of London, and the Atlantic slave trade.
Canary Wharf
London Fire Brigade Pop-up Museum Museum

London Fire Brigade Pop-up Museum

Museum covering firefighting history since 1666.
Lambeth Walk & North Kennington
London Canal Museum Museum

London Canal Museum

Museum dedicated to London's canal history.
Pentonville
London Aquarium Attraction

London Aquarium

Public aquarium with over a million annual visitors.
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank
Leicester Square Attraction

Leicester Square

Pedestrianised entertainment hub with cinemas, theatres, and a central park.
Strand, St James & Mayfair
Kirkaldy Testing Museum Museum

Kirkaldy Testing Museum

Museum of historic testing machines and industrial heritage.
Borough & Southwark Street
Kingston Museum Museum

Kingston Museum

Accredited museum built by Andrew Carnegie with free admission and three permanent exhibitions.
Kingston East & Norbiton West
Kempton Steam Museum Museum

Kempton Steam Museum

Museum home to two large triple-expansion steam engines from the 1920s.
Hanworth South
Islington Museum Museum

Islington Museum

Museum dedicated to the history of the London Borough of Islington.
Clerkenwell
Hyde Park Attraction

Hyde Park

Historic 350-acre Royal Park with lakes, Speakers' Corner and seasonal events.
Knightsbridge, Belgravia & Hyde Park
Horniman Museum Museum

Horniman Museum

Museum with anthropology, natural history and extensive taxidermied animal collections.
Forest Hill West
Horniman Museum and Gardens Museum

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Museum with anthropology, natural history and extensive taxidermied animal collections.
Forest Hill West
HMS Belfast Museum

HMS Belfast

Museum warship moored on the Thames operated by the Imperial War Museum.
Bermondsey North
Heath Robinson Museum Museum

Heath Robinson Museum

Museum dedicated to artist and illustrator William Heath Robinson.
Pinner Central
Havering Museum Museum

Havering Museum

Local museum housed in a historic brewery building in Romford.
Central Romford
Harrow Museum Museum

Harrow Museum

Local history museum for the London Borough of Harrow.
Headstone Lane
Handel & Hendrix Museum

Handel & Hendrix

Museum dedicated to Baroque composer Handel and rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Fitzrovia West & Soho
Hackney Museum Museum

Hackney Museum

Local history museum exploring Hackney's diverse heritage and immigration
Hackney Central
Grant Museum of Zoology Museum

Grant Museum of Zoology

London's last university natural history museum with rare zoological specimens
Fitzrovia East & Bloomsbury West
Gordon Museum Museum

Gordon Museum

One of the world's largest pathology museums at King's College London
Borough & Southwark Street
Garden Museum Museum

Garden Museum

Britain's only museum dedicated to the history and design of gardens
Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank
Fulham Palace Museum

Fulham Palace

Former bishop's palace with historic rooms, museum, and botanical gardens
Fulham Palace & Hurlingham Park
Foundling Museum Museum

Foundling Museum

Museum dedicated to Britain's first children's charity and its artistic supporters
Bloomsbury East
Forty Hall Museum Museum

Forty Hall Museum

Grade I manor house from the 1620s with historical grounds in Enfield
Carterhatch & Forty Hall
Fenton House Museum

Fenton House

17th-century merchant's house with a large walled garden in Hampstead.
Hampstead Town
Fashion and Textile Museum Museum

Fashion and Textile Museum

Museum dedicated to fashion and textiles in a distinctive Bermondsey building
Bermondsey North
Eel Pie Island Museum Museum

Eel Pie Island Museum

Museum telling the story of Eel Pie Island's historic boatyards and music scene
Twickenham Town
Eastbury Manor House Museum

Eastbury Manor House

Grade I Elizabethan manor house open to the public
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside
Dr Johnson's House Museum

Dr Johnson's House

Former home of 18th-century writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson.
City of London
Design Museum Museum

Design Museum

Museum exhibiting product, industrial, graphic, fashion and architectural design.
Holland Park
Dennis Severs' House Museum

Dennis Severs' House

Historical recreation of a Huguenot silk weaver's home in Georgian Spitalfields.
Spitalfields
Cutty Sark Museum

Cutty Sark

Historic 19th-century clipper ship displayed in dry dock at Greenwich.
Greenwich Town & Park
Crossness Pumping Station Museum

Crossness Pumping Station

Victorian sewage pumping station with ornate cast ironwork, now open as a museum.
Crossway Park
Crofton Roman villa Museum

Crofton Roman villa

Remains of a Roman villa inhabited from approximately 140 to 400 AD.
Crofton

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