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