London's most famous museums

Here you will find London's most famous museums listed by category and mostly with some small information on where they are located and whether they are free. I know, I am repeating myself in this article, but I want to make sure you know that these are obviously not all of the msueums around. These are th eones I consider the most famous and best. In case you are looking for a very pecial area of interest, see if the official Visit London website can help you.

Most of the museums in this category are actally free, even though they might have special exhibitions that require a ticket or a membership with the museum. They range from modern art to portraits only and are spread all over the city:

• the Tate Modern (Southwark area, free, modern art)
• the Tate Britain (Millbank area, free, classical art)
• the Saatchi Gallery (Chelsea area, free)
• Design Museum (are, free)
• National Gallery (at Trafalgar Square, free)
• National Portrait Gallery (at Trafalgar Square, free)

These museums are mostly absolutely modern showcasing the history of London, the world or specific topics in a realy lively way.

• Imperial War Museum (free)
• Victoria & Albert Museum (South Kensington area, free)
• Natural History Museum (South Kensington area, free)
• British Museum (free)
• Imperial War Museum (free)
• Churchill War Rooms (not free)
• Museum of London (free)
• Museum of Docklands (free)
• National Army Mueum (Chelsea area, free)
• Museum of Childhood (free)

There are plenty of world famous people that have lived in London at least for some time. Most of their homes were converted into small museums about their lives, work and with their private collections.

• Florence Nightingale Museum
• Alexander Fleming Museum
• Sherlock Holmes Museum
• Sir John Soane's Museum
• Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeology
• and many, many, many, many more

These are museums that specialised on a very specific kind of collection as well as others that have changing topics and thus are hard to put into any other category.

• Clockmaker Museum (not free)
• Postal Museum (not free)
• Transport of London Museum (Covent Garden, not free)
• Science Museum (South Kensington area, free)
• Foundling Museum (students free)
• Madame Taussads (not free)
• Wellcome Collection (Euston area, changing topics, free)
• Royal Hospital Museum (Chelsea, free)
• The British Library (Euston area, changing topics, free)

Of course, I am missing quite a portion of the museums in the city. These are just the most famous ones people choose to see on a holiday.

Also, there are plenty of institutions and sights that host their own little exhibition, but these can barealy be called museum. Amongst these are the Tower of London, the City Hall and also the Tower Bridge. You can look at the information mostly about the buildngs histories when visiting them regularly.