Museums in London
iBarbican Centre
Opens 8amCity of London
FreeiBritish Museum
Opens 10amBloomsbury
iChurchill War Rooms
Opens 9:30amWestminster
iCourtauld Gallery
Opens 10amWest End
FreeiDesign Museum
Opens 10amKensington
iDulwich Picture Gallery
Opens 10amDulwich
iHayward Gallery
Opens 10amSouth Bank
FreeiHorniman Museum
Opens 10amForest Hill
FreeiImperial War Museum
Opens 10amLambeth
FreeiJewish Museum London
Opens 12pmWest Hampstead
FreeiLondon Museum
Opens 10amSmithfield
iLondon Transport Museum
Opens 10amCovent Garden
FreeiMuseum of Youth Culture
Opens 11amCamden
FreeiNational Gallery
Opens 10amWest End
FreeiNational Maritime Museum
Opens 10amGreenwich
FreeiNational Portrait Gallery
Opens 10:30amWest End
FreeiNatural History Museum
Opens 10amSouth Kensington
FreeiRAF Museum
Opens 10amHendon
iRoyal Academy of Arts
Opens 10amPiccadilly
FreeiSaatchi Gallery
Opens 10amChelsea
FreeiScience Museum
Opens 10amSouth Kensington
FreeiSerpentine Gallery
Opens 10amKensington
FreeiSir John Soane's Museum
Opens 10amHolborn
FreeiTate Britain
Opens 10amWestminster
FreeiTate Modern
Opens 10amBankside
iThe Photographers' Gallery
Opens 10amSoho
iTower of London
Opens 9amCity of London
FreeiVictoria and Albert Museum
Opens 10amSouth Kensington
FreeiWallace Collection
Opens 10amMarylebone
FreeiWellcome Collection
Opens 10amEuston
FreeiWhitechapel Gallery
Opens 11amWhitechapel
Opens 8amBarbican Centre
City of London
Opens 10amBritish Museum
Bloomsbury · Free
Opens 9:30amChurchill War Rooms
Westminster
Opens 10amCourtauld Gallery
West End
Opens 10amDesign Museum
Kensington · Free
Opens 10amDulwich Picture Gallery
Dulwich
Opens 10amHayward Gallery
South Bank
Opens 10amHorniman Museum
Forest Hill · Free
Opens 10amImperial War Museum
Lambeth · Free
Opens 12pmJewish Museum London
West Hampstead · Free
Opens 10amLondon Museum
Smithfield · Free
Opens 10amLondon Transport Museum
Covent Garden
Opens 11amMuseum of Youth Culture
Camden · Free
Opens 10amNational Gallery
West End · Free
Opens 10amNational Maritime Museum
Greenwich · Free
Opens 10:30amNational Portrait Gallery
West End · Free
Opens 10amNatural History Museum
South Kensington · Free
Opens 10amRAF Museum
Hendon · Free
Opens 10amRoyal Academy of Arts
Piccadilly
Opens 10amSaatchi Gallery
Chelsea · Free
Opens 10amScience Museum
South Kensington · Free
Opens 10amSerpentine Gallery
Kensington · Free
Opens 10amSir John Soane's Museum
Holborn · Free
Opens 10amTate Britain
Westminster · Free
Opens 10amTate Modern
Bankside · Free
Opens 10amThe Photographers' Gallery
Soho
Opens 9amTower of London
City of London
Opens 10amVictoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington · Free
Opens 10amWallace Collection
Marylebone · Free
Opens 10amWellcome Collection
Euston · Free
Opens 11amWhitechapel Gallery
Whitechapel · Free
Image credits
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- Barbican CentreJulian Herzog / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
- British MuseumHam / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Churchill War RoomsJenny Poole / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Courtauld GalleryAnthony O'Neil / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Design MuseumDaderot / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
- Dulwich Picture GalleryJulian Osley / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hayward GalleryMykReeve / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Horniman Museumacediscovery / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Imperial War MuseumPeter Trimming / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jewish Museum LondonGraham Hale / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- London MuseumMatt Brown / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- London Transport MuseumColin Park / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- Museum of Youth CultureDebbie Sears / Museum of Youth Culture
- National GalleryCarlos Delgado / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- National Maritime MuseumВвласенко / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Portrait GalleryIstvánka / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Natural History MuseumDiliff / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- RAF MuseumAnk Kumar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Royal Academy of ArtsYair Haklai / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Saatchi GalleryAnthony O'Neil / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Science MuseumChristine Matthews / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Serpentine GalleryTxllxt TxllxT / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sir John Soane's MuseumSarah Smith / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Tate BritainJulian Herzog / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
- Tate ModernAcabashi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Photographers' GalleryThe wub / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tower of LondonBob Collowan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Victoria and Albert MuseumDiliff / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Wallace CollectionSimon Burchell / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wellcome CollectionOsama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Whitechapel GalleryGrindtXX / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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