List of museums in London
List of museums in London
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List of museums in London

Section Title: List of museums in London
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Name	Image	District/ward	Borough	Region	Type	Summary

2 Willow Road	1 2 3 Willow Road Hampstead London 20050924.JPG	Hampstead	Camden	North	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, modernist terrace house designed by Ernő Goldfinger, features a significant collection of 20th-century art

7 Hammersmith Terrace	Hammersmith Terrace 06.JPG	Hammersmith	Hammersmith and Fulham	West	Historic house	Former home of Emery Walker, friend and mentor to William Morris, house features Arts and Crafts style interior

18 Stafford Terrace	-	Holland Park	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Historic house	Also known as Linley Sambourne House, home of the Victorian Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne, features much of his work

575 Wandsworth Road	Clapham	Lambeth	South	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, 18th century terrace house with interiors designed by Kenyan poet and civil servant Khadambi Asalache

All Hallows-by-the-Tower Crypt Museum	-	Tower	City of London	North East	Religious	Saxon-period Anglican church, museum of church's history, including Roman and Saxon artefacts, historic religious artefacts

Anaesthesia Heritage Centre	Fitzrovia	Westminster	North	Medical	History of anaesthesia and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

Apsley House	Apsley House 1.JPG	Hyde Park Corner	Westminster	North	Historic house	Operated by English Heritage, also known as Wellington Museum, home of The Duke of Wellington, significant collections of paintings, porcelain, sculpture and furniture

Arsenal Football Club Museum	Museum Arsenal Football Club Museum.JPG	Holloway	Islington	North	Sports	History and memorabilia of the Arsenal F.C.

Art in Perpetuity Trust	-	Deptford	Lewisham	South East	Art	Contemporary visual art

artsdepot	Artsdepot.JPG	Finchley	Barnet	North	Art	Arts centre with exhibit gallery

Baden-Powell House Exhibition	-	South Kensington	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Biographical	History of Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting

Bank of England Museum	-	City of London	City of London	North East	Numismatic	History of the Bank and its activities, banknotes and coins, books and documents, pictures, furniture, statues, silver

Bankside Gallery	-	Bankside	Southwark	South East	Art	Educational charity, home to the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers

Banqueting House, Whitehall	-	Whitehall	Westminster	North	Historic house	17th century ornate building used for entertaining, designed by Inigo Jones, only remaining component of the Palace of Whitehall

Barbican Centre	-	Barbican Estate	City of London	North East	Art	Arts centre and gallery

Barnet Museum	-	Barnet	Barnet	North	Local	Local history, costumes, domestic items, lace

Battle of Britain Bunker	-	Uxbridge	Hillingdon	West	History	Museum and restored underground operations room at formerly used by No. 11 Group Fighter Command during World War II

Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art	-	St John's Wood	Westminster	North	Art	Jewish art

Benjamin Franklin House	-	Westminster	North	Historic house	18th-century house where Benjamin Franklin lived for 16 years, exhibits on his life, science activities

Bentley Priory Museum	OfficersMessBentley.JPG	Stanmore	Harrow	West	History	Museum in former officers' mess at former RAF base at Bentley Priory, used by the RAF Fighter Command and Royal Observer Corps during World War II, focuses on its role as Headquarters Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain

Bethlem Museum of the Mind	BethlemRoyalHospital.jpeg	Beckenham	Bromley	South East	Medical	Art by patients and historic artefacts of Bethlem Royal Hospital

Borough Road Gallery	-	Southwark	South East	Art	Part of London South Bank University, celebrates the artist David Bomberg and includes the Sarah Rose Collection of his pictures and those of other artists in the Borough Group

Boston Manor House	-	Boston Manor	Hounslow	West	Historic house	17th century Jacobean manor house

Brent Museum	Willesden	Brent	West	Local	Located in the Willesden Green Library Centre, local history and culture, formerly the "Grange Museum of Community History"

British Airways Heritage Centre	Hatton	Hounslow	West	Aviation	History and memorabilia of British Airways, including uniforms, aircraft models and pictures, posters and photographs

British Dental Association Museum	Westminster	North	Medical	History of dental care in the United Kingdom

British Library	-	St Pancras	Camden	North	Library	Changing exhibits of art, history and culture from its collections

British Museum	British Museum from NE 2 (cropped).JPG	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	Multiple	Art, decorative arts, archaeology, antiquities from Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece and the Middle East, coins, galleries on Africa, North America, Mexico, Asia

British Optical Association Museum	Charing Cross	Westminster	North	Medical	History of eye care

British Postal Museum and Archive	Clerkenwell	Islington	North	Philatelic	Postal communications history, stamps, letters, artefacts

British Red Cross Museum and Archives	-	Moorgate	City of London	North East	Medical	History and memorabilia of the British Red Cross, open by appointment only

Bromley Museum	Orpington	Bromley	South East	Local	Local history and culture

Bruce Castle Museum	-	Tottenham	Haringey	North	Local	Local history, culture

Brunei Gallery	-	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	Art	Part of the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London, historic and contemporary works from and about Africa and Asia, including photography and culture

Brunel Museum	-	Rotherhithe	Southwark	South East	Technology	History of the construction of the Thames Tunnel and its designers, Sir Marc Isambard Brunel

Buckingham Palace	-	Westminster	North	Historic house	Official London residence of the British monarch, public tours of the state rooms, includes Queen's Gallery and Royal Mews

The Building Centre	The Building Centre, Store Street, London.JPG	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	Design	Exhibits on architecture and design

Burgh House & Hampstead Museum	-	Hampstead	Camden	North	Local	Local history, culture, art exhibits

Calvert 22	-	Shoreditch	Hackney	North	Art	Russian and East European contemporary art

Camden Arts Centre	-	Hampstead	Camden	North	Art	Changing exhibits of contemporary art

Campbell Works	Stoke Newington	Hackney	East	gallery	It runs a programme of contemporary art exhibitions, public engagement projects, publications and education schemes.

Canada House Gallery	-	Trafalgar Square	Westminster	North	Art	Canadian historical and contemporary art and artefacts

Carlyle's House	-	Chelsea	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, Victorian period townhouse home of historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle

Cartoon Museum	-	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	Art	Political cartoons, comic strips and comic books

Centre for Recent Drawing	Islington	North	Art	Contemporary drawings

Charles Dickens Museum	-	Holborn	Camden	North	Historic house	Mid-19th century period house with original papers, furniture and items relating to author Charles Dickens

Chartered Insurance Institute Museum	Chartered Insurance Institute, Aldermanbury, London 02.JPG	Aldermanbury	City of London	North East	Firefighting

Chelsea Physic Garden	-	Chelsea	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Medical	Botanical garden with displays on medicinal uses of plants

Chisenhale Gallery	-	Tower Hamlets	North East	Art	Non-profit contemporary art gallery

Chiswick House	-	Chiswick	Hounslow	West	Historic house	18th century neo-Palladian villa with large collection of art and furniture, gardens

Churchill War Rooms	Churchillmuseumcabinetwarrooms.JPG	Whitehall	Westminster	North	Multiple	Includes the World War II-era underground Cabinet War Rooms and the Churchill Museum with exhibits about the life of British statesman Winston Churchill

City of London Police Museum	City of London	City of London	North East	Law enforcement	Uniforms, Victorian-era police equipment, communications devices, famous murders, WWII display

Cinema Museum	-	Lambeth	Lambeth	South West	Media	History and artefacts of film making

Clarence House	-	Pall Mall	Westminster	North	Historic house	Official residence of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

Clink Prison Museum	-	Southwark	Southwark	South East	Prison	Site and history of the notorious prison in use from the 12th century to 1780

Clowns Gallery-Museum	Dalston	Hackney	North	Clowning	Photos, posters, art, costumes and props from clowns

Couper Collection	-	Battersea	Wandsworth	South West	Art	Floating art museum on barges, open by appointment

Courtauld Gallery	-	Strand	Westminster	North	Art	Part of the University of London, located in Somerset House, features Old Masters and Impressionist paintings

Crime Museum	-	Westminster	North	Law enforcement	History, artefacts and crime memorabilia of Scotland Yard, not open to the public

Crofton Roman Villa	-	Orpington	Bromley	South East	Archaeology	Remains of a Roman villa

Crossness Pumping Station	-	Crossness	Bexley	South East	Technology	Victorian sewage pumping station with preserved steam engines

Crystal Palace Museum	-	Crystal Palace	Bromley	South East	History	History and memorabilia of The Crystal Palace

Cubitt Gallery	Finsbury	Islington	North	Art

Cuming Museum	-	Walworth	Southwark	South East	Local	Local history, culture; small collection of Ancient Egyptian objects. Closed since March 2013 due to fire damage.

Cutty Sark Museum	-	Greenwich	Greenwich	South East	Maritime	Mid-19th century clipper, museum ship

Danson House	-	Danson Park	Bexley	South East	Historic house	18th century Georgian house

Dennis Severs' House	-	Spitalfields	Tower Hamlets	North East	Living	Enactments of life in the 18th and 19th centuries

Design Museum	-	Kensington	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Design	Product, industrial, graphic, fashion and architectural design

Dr Johnson's House	-	City of London	City of London	North East	Historic house	18th-century townhouse home of 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson

Dorich House	-	Kingston Vale	Kingston upon Thames	South West	Art	Former studio of the Estonian sculptor Dora Gordine, with a collection of her works and of Russian Imperial art. Part of Kingston University.

Down House	-	Downe	Bromley	South East	Historic house	Operated by English Heritage, home of naturalist Charles Darwin where he wrote "On the Origin of Species"

Dulwich Picture Gallery	Dulwich-picture-gallery-interior.JPG	Dulwich	Southwark	South East	Art	Collection of European Old Masters, mostly of the 17th and 18th centuries

Eastbury Manor House	-	Barking	Barking and Dagenham	North East	Historic house	Owned by the National Trust, 16th century Tudor gentry house, local history displays

Eltham Palace	-	Eltham	Greenwich	South East	Historic house	Operated by English Heritage, 1930s Art Deco house with mediaeval Great Hall

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art	Canonbury	Islington	North	Art	Modern Italian art

Fan Museum	-	Greenwich	Greenwich	South East	Fashion	Art and craft of the fan

Faraday Museum	-	Mayfair	Westminster	North	Science	Located at the Royal Institution, scientist Michael Faraday's 19th century laboratory, activities and people associated with the Institution

Fashion and Textile Museum	-	Bermondsey	Southwark	South East	Fashion	Fashions, textiles and jewellery, both historic and contemporary

Fenton House	-	Hampstead	Camden	North	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, 17th century merchant's house, features collections of early keyboard instruments, paintings, porcelain, needlework pictures and Georgian furniture

Fleming Museum	-	Paddington	Westminster	North	Medical	Located at St Mary's Hospital, London, site and history of Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin, 1928 period laboratory

Fleming Collection	Mayfair	Westminster	North	Art	Exhibitions of Scottish art, both from its collections and elsewhere

Florence Nightingale Museum	Lambeth	Lambeth	South West	Medical	Life and nursing work of Florence Nightingale

Forty Hall Museum	-	Forty Hill	Enfield	North	Multiple	Local history, 17th and 18th century ceramics and pottery, 19th and 20th century china, glassware

Foundling Museum	-	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	Multiple	History of the Foundling Hospital, Britain's first home for abandoned children, art by many of Britain's most prominent 18th-century artists, 18th-century period rooms, room on composer George Frideric Handel and his connection to the hospital

Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum	-	North Finchley	Barnet	North	Cultural	Collection of material relating to the history of Belarus

Freud Museum	-	Hampstead	Camden	North	Historic house	Home of Dr. Sigmund Freud, features his study, exhibits on his life and works, collection of Ancient Egyptian artefacts, contemporary art and Freud-themed exhibitions

Fulham Palace	-	Fulham	Hammersmith and Fulham	West	Historic house	Mediaeval former residence of the Bishop of London, also art gallery

Fusiliers Museum	-	Tower Hill	Tower Hamlets	North East	Military	History of the Royal Fusiliers, uniforms, regalia, medals, weapons and memorabilia, located at the Tower of London

Galton Collection	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	Medical	Part of the University College London, open by appointment only, scientific instruments, papers, and personal memorabilia of Sir Francis Galton

Garden Museum	London garden museum -20 garden and church.JPG	Lambeth	Lambeth	South West	Gardening	Tools and artefacts related to ornamental gardening

Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare	-	Hampton	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Biographical	18th century folly built by actor David Garrick to celebrate the genius of William Shakespeare, includes display on Garrick's life and acting career

Gasworks Gallery	Kennington	Lambeth	South West	Art	Contemporary art organisation with exhibition space and studios

Geffrye Museum	-	Shoreditch	Hackney	North	Art and historic house	Changing style of the English domestic interior in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day. Also historic alms house.

Goldsmiths' Centre	Clerkenwell	Islington	North	Art	Changing exhibits of contemporary jewellery and silversmithing, operated by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths

Golden Hinde	-	Bankside	Southwark	South East	Maritime	Replica museum ship of the Golden Hind, the 16th century galleon used by Sir Francis Drake

Gordon Museum of Pathology	-	Southwark	Southwark	South East	Medical	The largest medical Museum in the United Kingdom, part of King's College London

Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy	-	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	Natural history	Part of the University College London, skeletons, taxidermy, entomology and specimens preserved in fluid.

Greenwich Heritage Centre	-	Woolwich	Greenwich	South East	Local	Local history, culture, Royal Arsenal and the Royal Woolwich Dockyard

Greenwich Visitor Centre	-	Greenwich	Greenwich	South East	History	Also known as Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre, history of the World Heritage Site, its builders and buildings, maritime heritage, local history

Guards Museum	-	Westminster	North	Military	History, artefacts and memorabilia of the five regiments of Foot Guards: the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, and Welsh Guards

Guildhall Art Gallery	-	Bassishaw	City of London	North East	Art	Located in the Guildhall, collection includes art and cultural artefacts about London, Victorian-era works, remains of a Roman amphitheatre in the basement

Gunnersbury Park Museum	The Large Mansion at Gunnersbury ed.JPG	Acton	Hounslow	West	Local	Local history of Hounslow and Ealing boroughs, archaeology, costume, fine art, ceramics, also Edwardian era kitchen rooms

Hackney Museum	-	Hackney	Hackney	North	Local	Local history and culture

Hall Place	-	Crayford	Bexley	South East	Historic house	16th & 17th century former stately home, exhibits from the Bexley Museum's collections including art, social history, natural history, geology, archaeology, Ancient Egypt, costumes, furniture

Ham House	-	Ham	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, 17th century grand house, fine interiors and historic gardens, collections of textiles and furniture

Hampton Court Palace	-	Hampton	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Historic house	Former royal palace, King Henry VIII exhibition, Tudor kitchen, Tudor-period living history programmes, gardens, maze

Handel & Hendrix in London	-	Mayfair	Westminster	North	Historic house	Museum dedicated to the lives and works of the baroque composer George Frideric Handel and the rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, who lived in adjoining houses two centuries apart

Harrow Museum	Harrow Museum Tithe Barn.JPG	Headstone	Harrow	West	Local	Local history, industry, archaeology, also known as Headstone Manor Museum

Havering Museum	Romford	Havering	North East	Local

Hayward Gallery	-	Southbank	Lambeth	South West	Art	Part of the Southbank Centre, contemporary art

Heath Robinson Museum	Pinner	Harrow	North West	Biographical	Life and work of cartoonist Heath Robinson

HMS Belfast	-	Southwark	Southwark	South East	Maritime	Operated by the Imperial War Museum, originally a Royal Navy light cruiser and served during the Second World War and Korean War

Hogarth's House	Hogarths house 5832.JPG	Chiswick	Hounslow	West	Historic house	Home of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth

Honeywood Museum	-	Carshalton	Sutton	South West	Local	17th-century house with details from different eras of ownership, local history exhibits

Honourable Artillery Company Museum	Armoury House.JPG	Finsbury	Islington	North	Military	Regimental artefacts and memorabilia

Horniman Museum	-	Forest Hill	Lewisham	South East	Multiple	Musical instruments, art, natural history, anthropology, African arts and culture, aquarium, gardens

House of Dreams Museum	East Dulwich	Southwark	South East	Art	House turned into outsider art sculpture by former textile designer and art director Steven Wright

House of Illustration	House of Illustration 02.JPG	Kings Cross	Camden	North	Art	Located at Granary Square, public gallery dedicated to illustration

Household Cavalry Museum	-	Horse Guards Parade	Westminster	North	Military	Regimental artefacts and memorabilia of the Household Cavalry

House Mill	-	Bromley-by-Bow	Newham	North East	Mill	18th–19th century tidal mill

Hunterian Museum	-	Lincoln's Inn Fields	Westminster	North	Medical	Hunterian Collection of preserved anatomical specimens, history, artefacts and developments in surgery, part of the Royal College of Surgeons

ICANDO	Victoria	Westminster	North	Scouting	Formerly the Girl Guide Heritage Centre, exhibits and activities about Girl Guides

Imperial War Museum London	-	Southwark	Southwark	South East	Military	Warfare in the 20th and 21st centuries

Inns of Court & City Yeomanry Museum	-	Lincoln's Inn	Camden	North	Military	Regimental history and artefacts of the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry

Institute of Archaeology Collections	-	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	Archaeology	Part of the University College London, open by appointment only, prehistoric ceramics and stone artefacts, Classical Greek and Roman ceramics

Institute of Contemporary Arts	-	The Mall	Westminster	North	Art	Multi-disciplinary arts centre with exhibit galleries

Islington Museum	-	Finsbury	Islington	North	Local	Local history

Jack the Ripper Museum	-	Tower Hamlets	North East	History	History of the East London in the 1880s, providing a serious examination of the crimes of Jack the Ripper within the social context of the period

Jewel Tower	-	Westminster	Westminster	North	History	Operated by English Heritage, one of only two surviving sections of the mediaeval royal Palace of Westminster, includes an exhibition on the history of Parliament and the building

Jewish Museum London	-	Camden Town	Camden	North	Ethnic	Jewish culture, heritage and traditions in Britain, ceremonial art collection

Keats House	-	Hampstead	Camden	North	Historic house	Early 19th century home of Romantic poet John Keats

Kelmscott House Museum	Kelmscott House.JPG	Hammersmith	Hammersmith and Fulham	West	Art	London home of William Morris, exhibits of his designs

Kennel Club Dog Art Gallery	Westminster	North	Art	Exhibits and collection of dog paintings, open by appointment

Kensington Palace	-	Kensington Gardens	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Historic house	Royal residence

Kenwood House	-	Hampstead	Camden	North	Historic house	Operated by English Heritage, 17th century former stately home, interiors by Robert Adam, features collection of Old Master paintings

Kew Gardens	Marianne North Gallery 821.JPG	Kew	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Multiple	Includes Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Marianne North Gallery, exhibits on plants and conservation, Kew Palace

Kew Palace	-	Kew	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Historic house	Former royal palace located within the Kew Gardens

Kingston Museum	-	Kingston upon Thames	Kingston upon Thames	South West	Local	Local history, Eadweard Muybridge gallery of photographs, exhibits of art, photography, culture

Kirkaldy Testing Museum	-	Southwark	Southwark	South East	Technology	Materials testing machines used by engineer David Kirkaldy

L-13 Light Industrial Workshop	Clerkenwell	Islington	North	Art	Contemporary art space

Lambeth Palace	-	Lambeth	Lambeth	South West	Historic house	Tours of the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Landmark Arts Centre	-	Teddington	Richmond upon Thames	West	Art	Arts centre with visual art gallery, located in the former St Alban's Church

Langdon Down Museum of Learning Disability	Teddington	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Medical	Operated by the Down's Syndrome Association in the Langdon Down Centre, history of treating people with learning disabilities

Lethaby Gallery	Kings Cross	Camden	North	Art	Located at Granary Square, art gallery of Central Saint Martins, features contemporary and historic works from its collections of art and design

Leighton House Museum	Leighton House 02.JPG	Holland Park	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Art	Victorian house of painter Frederic, Lord Leighton, features paintings, sculpture, Middle Eastern tiles

Library and Museum of Freemasonry	Freemasons' Hall, London.JPG	Holborn	Camden	North	Masonic	Library, artefacts and regalia of Freemasonry

Little Holland House	-	Carshalton	Sutton	South West	Historic house	Arts and Crafts home of the artist Frank Dickinson (1874–1961) with interior influenced by John Ruskin and William Morris

London Canal Museum	-	Kings Cross	Islington	North	Transportation	History of London's canals

London Film Museum	Covent Garden	Westminster	North	Media	Props, costumes, sets and artefacts from British films, history of moviemaking

London Fire Brigade Museum	Southwark	Southwark	South East	Firefighting	Open by appointment only, history of the London Fire Brigade, equipment, apparatus

London Motor Museum	Hayes	Hillingdon	West	Transport	Includes classic cars from the 1960s, '70s and '80s

London Motorcycle Museum	-	Greenford	Ealing	West	Transportation	Over 150 classic and British motorcycles

London Museum of Water & Steam	-	Brentford	Hounslow	West	Technology	Water supply technology and a collection of water pumping steam engines, also operating narrow gauge railway; formerly the Kew Bridge Steam Museum

London Sewing Machine Museum	Wimbledon	Merton	South West	Technology	Collection of sewing machines

London Transport Museum	-	Covent Garden	Westminster	North	Transportation	Public transportation including the railway, underground, buses, memorabilia

London Transport Museum Depot	-	Acton	Ealing	West	Transportation	Houses the majority of the museum's collection, open day visits and tours

Madame Tussauds London	MadameTussaudMuseumLondon.JPG	Westminster	North	Wax	Wax figures of celebrities in acting, music, politics, sports, history, royalty and fiction

Magic Circle Museum	Camden	North	Magic	Magic tricks, props, posters, artefacts, open by appointment

Mansion House	-	City of London	City of London	North East	Historic house	Guided tours of the public rooms of the official residence of the Lord Mayor of the City of London, includes city regalia, 17th Century Dutch and Flemish paintings, gold and silver plate collections

Marble Hill House	-	Richmond	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Historic house	Operated by English Heritage, 18th century Palladian villa with Georgian interior

Markfield Beam Engine and Museum	-	Tottenham	Haringey	North	Technology	Victorian 100 horsepower beam pumping engine

MCC Museum	St John's Wood	Westminster	North	Sports	History and memorabilia of cricketing, located at Lord's Cricket Ground

Mall Galleries	Trafalgar Square	Westminster	North	Art	Gallery exhibits of the Federation of British Artists

Media Space	South Kensington	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Art	Located on the second floor of the Science Museum, showcases the collection of the National Media Museum, explores relationships between, and lesser-known histories of, photography, science, art and technology

Merton Heritage Centre	Morden	Merton	South West	Local	Local history

MOCA, London	-	Peckham Rye	Southwark	South East	Contemporary Art	Museum dedicated to Contemporary Art of varied media. Curated by Michael Petry

Morley Gallery	South Bank	Lambeth	South West	Art	Part of Morley College, exhibitions include painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, ceramics, textiles, installations, digital and sound art

Museum of Army Music	-	Twickenham	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Music	Open Wednesday afternoons and by appointment, history of British military bands and music, includes musical instruments, banners, uniforms, paintings, model bands

Museum of Asian Music	Acton	Ealing	West	Music	Musical instruments, music extracts and video clips of music from across Asia

Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising	-	Notting Hill	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Media	Advertising, packaging and brand memorabilia and artefacts, including domestic products, packaging, posters, toys and games

Museum of Comedy	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	Media	Located in the undercroft of St. George's, Bloomsbury, photos, posters, memorabilia, scrips, video and film about the history of British comedy

Museum of Croydon	Croydon	Croydon	South West	Local	Local history, culture, social history, Riesco Gallery with collections of Chinese pottery and ceramics, and Roman and Anglo-Saxon collections

Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture	Colindale	Barnet	North	Art	Open by appointment only, research museum of Middlesex University, 19th and 20th century decorative arts for the home including textiles and wallpaper

Museum of Immigration and Diversity	-	Spitalfields	Tower Hamlets	North East	History

Museum of Life Sciences	-	Southwark	Southwark	South East	Natural history	Historic biological and pharmaceutical collections, including skeletons, fluid-preserved material, taxidermy, and fossils; part of King's College London

Museum of London	-	Barbican Estate	City of London	North East	History	City's history, culture, archaeology

Museum of London Docklands	-	Isle of Dogs	Tower Hamlets	North East	Maritime	Area maritime, river and local history

Museum of Richmond	-	Richmond	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Local	Local history, culture

Museum of the Order of St John	-	Clerkenwell	Islington	North	Medical	History of the Order of St John and its medical care in the community

Museum of Wimbledon	-	Wimbledon	Merton	South West	Local	Local history, culture

Musical Museum	-	Brentford	Hounslow	West	Music	Collection of music boxes and automatic instruments

National Army Museum	-	Chelsea	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Military	History and artefacts of the British Army

National Gallery	-	Trafalgar Square	Westminster	North	Art	National collection of Western European painting from the 13th century to 1900

National Maritime Museum	EH1211481 National Maritime Museum 10 (cropped).JPG	Greenwich	Greenwich	South East	Maritime	History of Britain at sea, includes maritime art, ship models and plans, scientific and navigational instruments, instruments for time-keeping and astronomy.

National Portrait Gallery	-	Trafalgar Square	Westminster	North	Art	Portraits of historically important and famous British people

Natural History Museum	-	South Kensington	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Natural history	Also includes the Geological Museum, collections focus is botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology.

Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret	-	Southwark	Southwark	South East	Medical	19th century operating theatre, herb garret and museum of surgery

Old Royal Naval College	-	Greenwich	Greenwich	South East	Historic site

Old Speech Room Gallery and Museum, Harrow School	The Old Schools, Harrow School.JPG	Harrow	Harrow	West	Art	Egyptian and Greek antiquities, English watercolours, Modern British paintings, sculpture, printed books and natural history

Orleans House Gallery	-	Twickenham	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Art	Municipal art gallery, also the Stables Gallery

Osterley Park and House	-	Isleworth	Hounslow	West	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, late 18th-century palace designed by Robert Adam, ornate interiors, gardens

Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art	-	Hackney	North	Art	Exhibitions of works by international contemporary artists working in various media

Peckham Platform	Peckham Platform small.jpeg	Southwark	South East	Art	Contemporary art

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology	-	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	Archaeology	Artifacts from Ancient Egypt, part of the University College London

The Photographers' Gallery	-	Soho	Westminster	North	Art	Photography

Pitzhanger Manor	-	Ealing	Ealing	West	Historic house	Also known as PM Gallery and House, manor designed by architect John Soane with PM Gallery for contemporary art. After a 3 year restoration project Pitzhanger Manor will reopen on 16 March 2019.

Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum	-	South Kensington	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Military	Contributions of the Polish Armed Forces in the West in World War II

Pollock's Toy Museum	-	Fitzrovia	Camden	North	Toy	Toys, games, dolls, puppets, folk toys

Pushkin House	-	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	Art	Russian art and culture

Queen Charlotte's Cottage	-	Kew	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Historic house	Located within the Kew Gardens, 18th century rustic country retreat built for Queen Charlotte, open seasonally

Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge	Hunting Lodge Chingford.JPG	Chingford	Waltham Forest	North East	Historic house	Tudor hunting lodge

Queen's Gallery	-	Westminster	North	Art	Exhibitions of items from the Royal Collection, located at Buckingham Palace

Queen's House	The Queen's House, Greenwich.JPG	Greenwich	Greenwich	South East	Art	Marine art gallery of the National Maritime Museum

Ragged School Museum	-	Tower Hamlets	North East	Education	History of the Victorian-era charity schools

Rainham Hall	-	Rainham	Havering	North East	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, 18th-century Queen Anne house

Ranger's House (Wernher Collection)	-	Greenwich	Greenwich	South East	Art	Operated by English Heritage, Georgian villa with fine and decorative art collection, including silver and jewels, paintings and porcelain

Red House	The Red House, Bexleyheath.JPG	Bexleyheath	Bexley	South East	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, 19th-century house commissioned, created and lived in by William Morris, founder of the Arts and Crafts Movement

Red Mansion Foundation	Portland Place	Westminster	North	Art	Gallery exhibits of contemporary Chinese art

Redbridge Museum	Ilford Central Library.JPG	Ilford	Redbridge	North East	Local	Local history, culture, located on the second floor of Ilford Central Library

RCM Museum of Music	-	South Kensington	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Music	Musical instruments, art, documents and accessories, part of the Royal College of Music

Riverside Gallery	Richmond	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Art	Municipal art gallery

Rivington Place	-	Shoreditch	Hackney	North	Art	International visual arts centre, home to InIVA and Autograph ABP

Rose Theatre Exhibition	Bankside	Southwark	South East	Archaeology	Excavations of an Elizabethan theatre

Royal Academy of Arts	-	Piccadilly	Westminster	North	Art	Located in Burlington House

Royal Academy of Music Museum	-	Regent's Park	Westminster	North	Music	Musical instruments and artefacts of the Royal Academy of Music

Royal Air Force Museum London	-	Colindale	Barnet	North	Aviation	History of aviation and the British Royal Air Force

Royal Armouries, Tower of London	Armour of William Somerset.003 - Tower of London.JPG	Tower Hill	Tower Hamlets	North East	Military	Arms and armour dating from the Middle Ages onwards

Royal College of Physicians Museum	-	Regent's Park	Camden	North	Medical	Portraits, silver, medical instruments and artefacts

Royal Hospital Chelsea Museum	-	Chelsea	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Military	Military artefacts and memorabilia, items related to The Duke of Wellington

Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum	-	Whitechapel	Hackney	North	Medical	History of the hospital and medical care in the East End

Royal Mews	Le Royal Mews de Londres-007.JPG	Westminster	North	Transportation	The Queen's stables, features State vehicles including horse-drawn carriages and motor cars, and the Gold State Coach

Royal Observatory, Greenwich	-	Greenwich	Greenwich	South East	Horology	Part of the National Maritime Museum, features astronomical and navigational tools, a planetarium

Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum	Lambeth	Lambeth	South West	Medical	British pharmacy history, medicines and artefacts

St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum	-	Smithfield	City of London	North East	Medical	History of the hospital and its work, historic surgical instruments, sculpture, mediaeval archives, works of art including paintings by William Hogarth

St Paul's Cathedral	-	Ludgate Hill	City of London	North East	Religious	Anglican cathedral with religious art, sculpture, architecture, tombs, decorative arts

Saatchi Gallery	-	Chelsea	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Art	Contemporary art

Science Gallery London	Southwark	Southwark	South East	Science and art	Exhibitions of art illuminating scientific topics

Science Museum	-	South Kensington	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Science	National museum of science and technology, transportation, medicine, steam engines

Serpentine Galleries	20110606 London 96.JPG	Kensington Gardens	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Art	Serpentine Gallery and Serpentine Sackler Gallery in Kensington Gardens, exhibitions of contemporary art, architecture and design

Shakespeare’s Globe Exhibition	-	Southwark	Southwark	South East	Theatre	Backstage tours and history of the theatre, costumes, music, theatrical effects, recreation of a 17th-century printing press

Sherlock Holmes Museum	-	Regent's Park	Westminster	North	Biographical	Dedicated to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes

Shirley Windmill	-	Shirley	Croydon	South West	Mill	Restored mid-19th-century tower windmill

The Showroom	Westminster	North	Art	Contemporary art gallery

Sir John Soane's Museum	-	Holborn	Camden	North	Art	Fine art, architecture, antiquities, sculpture

Somerset House	-	Strand	Westminster	North	Art	Arts centre with gallery and Courtauld Gallery

Soseki Museum in London	-	Clapham	City of London	North East	Historic house	London home of Japanese author Natsume Sōseki

South London Gallery	-	Camberwell	Southwark	South East	Art	Contemporary art

Southside House	-	Wimbledon	Merton	South West	Historic house	17th century period house

Spencer House	-	St James's	Westminster	North	Historic house	18th-century mansion with restored state rooms and garden

Stephens Collection	Avenue house finchley.JPG	Finchley	Barnet	North	Biographical	Life of Dr Henry Stephens, inventor of an indelible blue-black ink, and his son Henry Charles Stephens, their ink company and local history

Strawberry Hill	-	Twickenham	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Historic house	Gothic villa home of Horace Walpole

Studio Voltaire	Clapham	Lambeth	South	Art	Contemporary art

Sutton House	-	Hackney	Hackney	North	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, 16th century Tudor house

Syon House	Syon House West Aspect.JPG	Brentford	Hounslow	West	Historic house	Family residence of the Duke of Northumberland, 18th-century house with interior by Robert Adam, collections of paintings and furniture, gardens, park

Tate Britain	-	Millbank	Westminster	North	Art	National collection of historical and contemporary British art

Tate Modern	-	Bankside	Southwark	South East	Art	National collection of modern art

Tower Bridge	-	Tower Hamlets	North East	Technology	Steam engines, workings of the bridge

Tower of London	Armour of William Somerset.003 - Tower of London.JPG	Tower Hill	Tower Hamlets	North East	Multiple	Historic fortress, prison and former royal residence, includes the Royal Armouries, Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, regimental museum of the Royal Fusiliers

Twinings Museum	-	Strand	Westminster	North	Food	History of Twinings, tea caddies and tea history

Twickenham Museum	-	Twickenham	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Local	Local history

Two Temple Place	-	Westminster	North	Art	Late Victorian mansion, now an art gallery to showcase publicly owned art from UK regional collections, only open during exhibitions

Type Museum	Brixton	Lambeth	South West	Media	Collection of typesetting equipment and artefacts, currently[when?] not open to the public

UCL Art Museum	-	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	Art	Part of the University College London, exhibits in the Strang Print Room (South Cloisters)

UCL Geology Collections	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	Natural history	Part of the University College London, rocks, minerals, fossils on display in the Rock Room, limited opening hours

Upminster Tithe Barn Museum of Nostalgia	-	Upminster	Havering	North East	History	Artefacts of rural domestic and agricultural life

Upminster Windmill	Upminster mill 150912.JPG	Upminster	Havering	North East	Mill	19th century windmill, exhibits on its history

Valence House Museum	Valence House Museum.JPG	Dagenham	Barking and Dagenham	North East	Local	Local history, archaeology, maritime and fishing industry, art

Valentines Mansion	-	Ilford	Redbridge	North East	Historic house	Country house with recreated Victorian kitchen and Georgian rooms, contemporary art exhibits, 18th-century gardens

Vestry House Museum	-	Walthamstow	Waltham Forest	North East	Local	Local history, culture

Victoria and Albert Museum	-	South Kensington	Kensington and Chelsea	West	Multiple	National collection of applied arts, includes ceramics, glass, textiles, costumes, silver, ironwork, jewellery, furniture, mediaeval objects, sculpture, prints and printmaking, drawings and photographs, theatre and performing arts, Asian art and decorative arts, architecture

The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History	-	Hackney	Hackney	North	Multiple	Includes natural and scientific curiosities, art, pop culture objects

V&A Museum of Childhood	-	Bethnal Green	Tower Hamlets	North East	Toy	Toys, dolls, children's playtime and lives

Wallace Collection	-	Marylebone	Westminster	North	Art	Old masters and decorative arts

Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum	-	Walthamstow	Waltham Forest	North East	Transportation	The museum is due to become the Lea Valley Experience, pioneering achievements in road, rail, air and sea transport in the River Lea valley from the early 19th century.

Wandle Industrial Museum	Mitcham	Merton	South West	Industry	Industries along the River Wandle, including flour and textile mills

Wandsworth Museum	-	Wandsworth	Wandsworth	South West	Local	Local history

Wellcome Collection	Wellcome-110.JPG	Camden	North	Medical	Medical artefacts and original artworks exploring 'ideas about the connections between medicine, life and art', exhibits from the collections of the Wellcome Library

Wellington Arch	-	Hyde Park Corner	Westminster	North	History	Triumphal arch with exhibits about its history

Wesley's Chapel, Museum of Methodism and John Wesley's House	-	Islington	North	Religious	History of Methodism from its founding by John Wesley to the present

Westminster Abbey Museum	-	Westminster	Westminster	North	Religious	Royal and other funeral effigies, religious artefacts

Westminster Dragoons Museum	Fulham	Hammersmith and Fulham	West	Military	Regimental artefacts, regalia and memorabilia, collection currently in storage

White Lodge Museum and Ballet Resource Centre	-	Richmond	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Ballet	History of the Royal Ballet School, daily life of its students, history and development of Classical ballet, history of White Lodge, visits by appointment

Whitechapel Gallery	Whitechapel Gallery in August 2014.JPG	Whitechapel	Tower Hamlets	North East	Art	Contemporary art

Whitehall	-	Cheam	Sutton	South West	Historic house	Tudor house with elements from different eras

Whitewebbs Museum of Transport	Crews Hill	Enfield	North	Transportation	Cars, trucks, motorcycles, model railway

Wiener Library	Wiener Library 02.JPG	Bloomsbury	Camden	North	History	Exhibits of art and history from its collections about the Holocaust and genocides around the world

William Morris Gallery	William Morris Gallery-001.JPG	Walthamstow	Waltham Forest	North East	Art	Arts and Crafts movement furniture, textiles, ceramics and glass

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum	-	Wimbledon	Merton	South West	Sports	History of tennis

Wimbledon Windmill Museum	-	Wimbledon	Merton	South West	Mill	19th century windmill, exhibits on its history and other windmills

World Rugby Museum	-	Twickenham	Richmond upon Thames	South West	Sports	Rugby union history and the England national rugby union team, players, memorabilia, history of Twickenham Stadium

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Heath Robinson Museum is the museum in London.

final_sentence: Heath Robinson Museum is the museum in London.