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Museums

Practical London guides tagged Museums.

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The Royal Albert Hall's red-brick and terracotta rotunda under a blue sky, with the Prince Consort memorial column and its bronze statue of Albert in front, and pedestrians crossing the plaza and steps below

Plan your trip

Where to Stay in South Kensington — and Why a Victorian Tunnel Decides It

A 433-metre tiled tunnel runs from the Tube to the museums, and it is the reason to sleep here. South Kensington hotels compared, the evening nobody warns you about, and the areas nearby.

  • Where to stay
  • Hotels
  • South Kensington
  • Museums
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The vast Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, with visitors dwarfed by the space

Things to do

The Best Art Galleries in London: 19 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.

  • Galleries
  • Art
  • Free things to do
  • Museums
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The glass-roofed Great Court at the British Museum, with the circular Reading Room at its centre

Things to do

The Best Museums in London: 17 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.

  • Museums
  • Free things to do
  • London attractions
  • Things to do
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Georgian terraces on Bloomsbury Street looking towards Bedford Square

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.

  • Bloomsbury
  • British Museum
  • Neighbourhoods
  • Museums
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Visitors carrying umbrellas through Trafalgar Square on a rainy day

London itineraries

Thirteen One-Day London Itineraries for Different Interests

Thirteen one-day London plans — first-time sights, theatre, museums, families, food, royal London, a free day, a rainy day, views, books, markets, film locations and a night out — each grouped so you barely use the Tube.

  • One-day itineraries
  • Theatre
  • Museums
  • Family travel
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The terracotta towers of the Natural History Museum lit by low evening sun

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.

  • South Kensington
  • Museums
  • Family travel
  • Neighbourhoods
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