Museums in London
iBarbican Centre
Open until 11pmCity of London
FreeiBritish Museum
Open until 5pmBloomsbury
iChurchill War Rooms
Open until 6pmWestminster
iCourtauld Gallery
Open until 6pmWest End
FreeiDesign Museum
Open until 6pmKensington
iDulwich Picture Gallery
Open until 5pmDulwich
iHayward Gallery
Open until 6pmSouth Bank
FreeiHorniman Museum
Open until 5:30pmForest Hill
FreeiImperial War Museum
Open until 6pmLambeth
FreeiJewish Museum London
Closed todayWest Hampstead
FreeiLondon Museum
Open until 6pmSmithfield
iLondon Transport Museum
Open until 6pmCovent Garden
FreeiMuseum of Youth Culture
Opens 11amCamden
FreeiNational Gallery
Open until 6pmWest End
FreeiNational Maritime Museum
Open until 5pmGreenwich
FreeiNational Portrait Gallery
Open until 9pmWest End
FreeiNatural History Museum
Open until 5:50pmSouth Kensington
FreeiRAF Museum
Open until 5pmHendon
iRoyal Academy of Arts
Open until 6pmPiccadilly
FreeiSaatchi Gallery
Open until 6pmChelsea
FreeiScience Museum
Open until 6pmSouth Kensington
FreeiSerpentine Gallery
Open until 6pmKensington
FreeiSir John Soane's Museum
Open until 5pmHolborn
FreeiTate Britain
Open until 6pmWestminster
FreeiTate Modern
Open until 9pmBankside
iThe Photographers' Gallery
Open until 6pmSoho
iTower of London
Open until 5:30pmCity of London
FreeiVictoria and Albert Museum
Open until 5:45pmSouth Kensington
FreeiWallace Collection
Open until 5pmMarylebone
FreeiWellcome Collection
Open until 6pmEuston
FreeiWhitechapel Gallery
Opens 11amWhitechapel
Open until 11pmBarbican Centre
City of London
Open until 5pmBritish Museum
Bloomsbury · Free
Open until 6pmChurchill War Rooms
Westminster
Open until 6pmCourtauld Gallery
West End
Open until 6pmDesign Museum
Kensington · Free
Open until 5pmDulwich Picture Gallery
Dulwich
Open until 6pmHayward Gallery
South Bank
Open until 5:30pmHorniman Museum
Forest Hill · Free
Open until 6pmImperial War Museum
Lambeth · Free
Closed todayJewish Museum London
West Hampstead · Free
Open until 6pmLondon Museum
Smithfield · Free
Open until 6pmLondon Transport Museum
Covent Garden
Opens 11amMuseum of Youth Culture
Camden · Free
Open until 6pmNational Gallery
West End · Free
Open until 5pmNational Maritime Museum
Greenwich · Free
Open until 9pmNational Portrait Gallery
West End · Free
Open until 5:50pmNatural History Museum
South Kensington · Free
Open until 5pmRAF Museum
Hendon · Free
Open until 6pmRoyal Academy of Arts
Piccadilly
Open until 6pmSaatchi Gallery
Chelsea · Free
Open until 6pmScience Museum
South Kensington · Free
Open until 6pmSerpentine Gallery
Kensington · Free
Open until 5pmSir John Soane's Museum
Holborn · Free
Open until 6pmTate Britain
Westminster · Free
Open until 9pmTate Modern
Bankside · Free
Open until 6pmThe Photographers' Gallery
Soho
Open until 5:30pmTower of London
City of London
Open until 5:45pmVictoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington · Free
Open until 5pmWallace Collection
Marylebone · Free
Open until 6pmWellcome 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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