Museums & Galleries

There are so many different museums in London that everyone can find something to visit.

Historic and cultural museums:

Discover 13 of the city’s most extraordinary museums with the Museum Mile:

- The British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB (free entry) - King's Cross, St Pancras or Euston underground station

- British Museum, Great Russel Street, WC1B 3DG (free entry) - Tottenham Court Road or Holborn underground stations

- Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG (free entry) - Goodge Street or Russel Square underground stations

- The Charles Dickens Museum, 48 Doughty Street, WC1N 2LX - Russell Square underground station

- The Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, WC2R 0RN - Temple, Charing Cross, Embankment, Covent Garden underground stations

- The Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AZ - Russell Square underground station

- The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3PE (free entry) - Holborn and Temple underground stations

- The Library and Museum of Freemasonary, Freemasons' Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, WC2B 5AZ (free entry) - Covent Garden and Holborn underground stations

- London Transport Museum, The Piazza, Covent Garden, WC2E 7BB - Covent Garden underground station

- Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, WC2E 9DD (free entry) - Covent Garden underground station

- Sir John Soane's Museum, 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3BP (free entry) - Holborn underground station

- UCL Museums and Collections, UCL, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT (free entry) - Euston Square, Tottenham Court Road or Goodge Street underground stations

- Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE (free entry) - Euston Square and Euston underground stations.

Other Museums

- Tower of London, EC3N 4AB - Tower Hill underground station

- Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, SE1 6HZ   - Lambeth North or Elephant & Castle underground stations and the HMS Belfast, Morgan's Lane, Tooley Street, SE1 2JH - London Bridge underground station

- Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD - South Kensington underground station

- Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, SW7 2DD - South Kensington underground station

- The Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL - South Kensington underground station

- National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, Greenwich, SE10 9NF - Cutty Sark and Greenwich DLR stations

Art Museums and Galleries:

- Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 9TG - Blackfriars underground station

- National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN - Charring Cross underground station

- Tate Britain, Millbank, SW1P 4RG - Pimlico undergound station

- National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, WC2H 0HE - Charring Cross and Leicester Square underground stations

- Somerset House, Strand London WC2R 1LA - Temple underground station

- Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BD - Green Park and Picadilly underground stations

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