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Best museums in London

11 places from 5 London travel vlogs, most-mentioned first. The play button jumps to that moment in the video.

11 places

  1. British Museum

    Museum ยท Bloomsbury

    One of the finest museums in the world, with millions of treasures spanning thousands of years. It is open every day and free to enter.

  2. Natural History Museum

    Museum ยท South Kensington

    A free museum exhibiting a vast range of specimens from many branches of natural history.

  3. Science Museum

    Museum ยท South Kensington

    A hands-on museum where visitors can see, touch and experience science firsthand, just around the corner from the Natural History Museum.

  4. National Gallery

    Museum ยท Trafalgar Square

    A world-renowned art museum on Trafalgar Square housing over 2,300 paintings.

  5. HMS Belfast

    Museum ยท Southwark

    A 1930s warship that served in World War II, including the D-Day landings. It has been a museum ship open to the public since 1971.

  6. Tate Modern

    Museum ยท Bankside

    A contemporary art museum on Bankside with galleries of sculpture, painting and photography, plus rotating temporary exhibitions.

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5 more picks, each from a single vlog, so not ranked.

  1. Victoria and Albert Museum

    Museum ยท South Kensington

    A major museum near the Natural History Museum in South Kensington.

  2. National Portrait Gallery

    Museum ยท Trafalgar Square

    A free gallery of portraits of notable British figures beside the National Gallery.

  3. Tate Britain

    Museum ยท Millbank

    A free museum of British art from the 1500s to today, set on the Thames at Millbank.

  4. Imperial War Museum

    Museum ยท Lambeth

    A free museum covering conflict and war from the First World War to the present.

  5. Saatchi Gallery

    Museum ยท Chelsea

    Contemporary art gallery just off King's Road.