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Museums
Practical London guides tagged Museums.
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Natural History Museum London: Tickets, Dinosaurs, Route & Tips
How to visit the Natural History Museum: the free entry ticket, which of the three entrances to use, a two-to-three-hour route, cafés, cloakrooms, step-free access and 2026–2027 exhibition prices.
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British Museum: Free Entry, Opening Hours and the Bayeux Tapestry
The British Museum is free, with a free timed ticket for busy days. Where the Bayeux Tapestry tickets stand, the entrances, opening hours, and what to see in one or two hours.
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The Best Museums in London, Compared: Most of Them Free
Beyond the British Museum — a house preserved by Act of Parliament, 68,000 zoological specimens in one room, and a train through the Post Office's own tunnels.
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The Best Art Galleries in London, Compared
The world's first purpose-built public gallery, 54,000 square feet behind a plain Bermondsey frontage, and a vault of silver under Chancery Lane.
London itineraries
Thirteen One-Day London Itineraries for Different Interests
Thirteen one-day London plans — first-time sights, theatre, museums, families, food, a step-free day, royal London, a free day, a rainy day, views, books, markets and film locations — each grouped so you barely use the Tube.
London areas
Bloomsbury Area Guide: The British Museum, Garden Squares and Bookshops
A complete Bloomsbury guide: the British Museum without the crowds, the garden squares, Lamb's Conduit Street, and the small museums almost nobody visits.
London areas
South Kensington Area Guide: The Museum Quarter and Exhibition Road
A complete South Kensington guide: the three free museums, the tunnel from the station, when to book timed entry, and how to avoid museum fatigue.
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Sherlock Holmes in London: Everything a Fan Can Actually Do
The Sherlock Holmes Museum costs £19 and sits between numbers 237 and 241. The BBC series filmed its 221B a mile east, near Euston Square. Prices, real addresses and the tours worth booking.
Stay
Where to Stay in South Kensington: Hotels by the Museums
A 433-metre tiled tunnel runs from the Tube to the museums, and makes sleeping here worthwhile. South Kensington hotels compared, the evening nobody warns you about, and the areas nearby.