London's Best Museums & Galleries

1.

Tate Modern

Power Station / Modern Art Mecca
53 Bankside, SE1 9TG
sun-thu: 10:00-18:00
fri-sat: 10:00-22:00
Free
Tube: Southwark, London Bridge

2.

Design Museum

Contemporary Design Mecca
Shad Thames, Tower Bridge South, SE1 2YD
7 Days: 10:00-17:15
£8.50. £6.50 conc. £5 student
Tube: London Bridge, Tower Hill

3.

V&A

World's greatest art&design museum
Cromwell Road, Kensington, SW7 2RL
sun-thu: 10:00-17:45
fri: 10:00-22:00
sat: 10:00-17:45
Free
Tube: South Kensington

4.

The British Museum

7m objects from human history
Great Russell St, Holborn, WC1B 3DG
7 Days: 10:00-17:30
Free
Tube: Totenham Crt Rd, Holborn

5.

Science Museum

300,000 items, some famous
Exhibition Rd, Kensington, SW7 2DD
7 Days: 10:00-18:00
Free
Tube: South Kensington

6.

Natural History Museum

70m life & earth science specimens
Cromwell Rd, Kensington, SW7 5BD
7 Days: 10:00-17:50
Free
Tube: South Kensington

7.

Sir John Soane's Museum

His former house – now Architecture & antiquities museum
13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, WC2A 3BP
tue-sat: 10:00-17:00
Free
Tube: Holborn

8.

Imperial War Museum

Excellent, Interactive. WWI-Present
Lambeth Rd, SE1 6HZ
7 Days: 10:00-18:00
Free
Tube: Waterloo, Lambeth North

9.

Museum of London

London's urban history
150 London Wall, EC2Y 5HN
sun: 10:00-18:00
mon-fri: 09:15-18:00
sat: 10:00-18:00
Booking: 020 7001 9844
Tube: Barbican, St Pauls

9.

National Gallery

West Euro painting 13-19th centuries
Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN
sun-thu: 10:00-18:00
fri: 10:00-21:00
sat: 10:00-18:00
Free
Tube: Leicester Square, Charring Cross

10.

Geffrye Museum

English home interiors, 1600-now
136 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch, E2 8EA
sun: 12:00-17:00
tue-sat: 10:00-17:00
Free
Tube: Hoxton, Old Street

11.

Tate Britain

British Art since 1500
Millbank, Westminster, SW1P 4RG
7 Days: 10:00-18:00
Free
Tube: Pimlico

12.

Whitechapel Gallery

Great art to the people since 1901
77-82 Whitechapel High St, E1 7QX
sun: 11:00-18:00
tue-wed: 11:00-18:00
thu: 11:00-21:00
fri-sat: 11:00-18:00
Free
Tube: Aldgate East, Liverpool St

13.

Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)

UK’s original, not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary arts centre
The Mall, SW1Y 5AH
sun: 12:00-21:00
wed: 12:00-23:00
thu-sat: 12:00-01:00
Entry Free
Tube: Piccadilly Circus, Charring Cross

14.

National Portrait Gallery

Portraits of Famous Britons
St Martin's Place, WC2H 0HE
sun-wed: 10:00-18:00
thu-fri: 10:00-21:00
sat: 10:00-18:00
Free
Tube: Leicester Square, Charring Cross

15.

Wellcome Collection

An exciting destination for explorers of the human condition
183 Euston Rd, NW1 2BE
sun: 11:00-18:00
tue-wed: 10:00-18:00
thu: 10:00-22:00
fri-sat: 10:00-18:00
Free
Tube: Euston, Euston Square

16.

Barbican Centre

The largest multi-arts centre in Europe; art, film, music, theatre, dance & education
Barbican Centre, Silk St, EC2Y 8DS
sun: 11:00-23:00
mon-sat: 08:00-23:00
Tube: Barbican, Moorgate

17.

Southbank Centre

Gallery, Exhibition & Performance space (gallery opening times)
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX
7 Days: 10:00-18:00
Tube: Waterloo, Embankment