Museum
Benjamin Franklin House
Museum in Benjamin Franklin's former London residence near Trafalgar Square.
📍 Craven Street 36 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NF Strand, St James & Mayfair
About
Benjamin Franklin House is a Grade I listed museum in a Georgian terraced house at 36 Craven Street in the West End. The house dates from c. 1730 and was the last-standing former residence of Benjamin Franklin, where he lived and worked from 1757 to 1774. The museum opened to the public in 2006.
Things to do here
tour the Georgian houselearn about Benjamin Franklin's residence in London
Getting there
Stations
Charing Cross · 2 min walk
BakerlooNorthern
Embankment · 2 min walk
BakerlooCircleDistrictNorthern
Leicester Square · 6 min walk
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