If you wanted to thoroughly explore the British Museum, it would take months, if not years. Over seven millions objects from all over the world are housed in this impressive museum of human history and culture (many of the artifacts...

To this day the Wellington family still reside in Apsley House: also known as 'Number One London' and 'The Wellington Museum'. It is an aristocratic house dating back to the 1770s, considered to be the only remaining preserved example...

If you want to do something different then visit the Alexander Flemming Laboratory. This slightly out-of-the-way museum is lass than 20years old however, it gives the impression of being far older. It has been designed to take the...

The Age Exchange Reminiscence Centre is an unassuming and charming museum that gives visitors a fascinating insight into what life was like in the Twenties, Thirties and Forties. Rotating displays of social and historical relics form a...

The Bank of England Museum is set inside the historic heart of the English economy: the Bank of England. The museum draws the visitor through the bank's rich and exciting history from its foundation in 1694 with the Royal Charter...

The British Library contains every single book ever published in Britain and Ireland! It hosts more than 150,000,000 books, including works by Eduardo Paolozzi and Antony Gormley, as well as a wide range of historic gems, such as the...

The Benjamin Franklin House was, as its name suggests, home to Benjamin Franklin during 1757 to 1775. A grand senator from America, Franklin was one of the principal founders of the USA. His terraced London residence, which dates back to...

Locates in the heart of Brixton, the Black Cultural Archives are a great place to explore the history of London's and Britain's communities of African descent. The black presence in Europe from 208 AD to the late nineteenth century and...

A striking 16th century manor house situated on 20 acres of parkland, Bruce Castle is a Grade I listed historical monument. The oldest parts of the structure were built by William Compton, a member of Henry VIII's and all around 1500's...

The Thames Tunnel is the oldest section of the London Underground. When it was built, running underneath the River Thames it was the first sub-aqueous tunnel in the world. To celebrate its creation and design a permanent museum has been...

Nestled in Hampstead, North London is Burgh House, a grade I listed building. Of particular note are its stained glass windows, designed by Thomas Grylls, a former resident. He was an established glass designer responsible for the...

Beneath the ceremonial core of London lie Winston Churchill's and the British Government's underground WWII headquarters. Twenty-one rooms are open for viewing, including the Cabinet Room, Transatlantic Telephone Room and Map Room. A...

The only surviving London home of the great Victorian writer, Charles Dickens, is the perfect place to come and learn the life behind the exceptional novelist and social commentator. This house, where he lived between 1837 and 1839,...

The gruesome history of the original Clink Prison (from which all other prisons take their slang name, 'the clink') can be lived through a great museum now based on the same site. It takes its name from the area of London it used to be...

Carlyle's House‏ is located in the historic Cheyne Row, which got its name from the area's original owner, Lord Cheyne. It is a Queen Anne residence and from 1834 to 1881 it was the home of Thomas Carlyle (a famous historian and 'Sage...

A gorgeous Grade 2 listed rural dwelling dating from the mid 1600's, Church Farmhouse Museum offers concurrent regular exhibitions, one in the main rooms and a smaller one in the Dunlop Room, at all times. Part of what's left of old...

The Couper Collection is the first fixed floating museum in Europe that is devoted to Max Couper's works. The museum is housed by a fleet of barges which are anchored on the southern bank of the Thames and the western side of Albert...

Croydon Clocktower Arts Centre was first established in 1993 and is located on Katharine Street at the core of Croydon. Forming the tower of Croydon's Town Hall, the centre has been referred to by Time Out as The Jewel in Croydon's...

Originally created by Joseph Paxton as the staging ground for the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, the Crystal Palace has been a fixture of since 1851. The Crystal Palace Museum brings this exhibition, along with the...