London's best free museums
the world's best, for nothing
London quietly runs some of the greatest museums on earth and charges you nothing to walk in. Here are the ones worth building a day around, from the big hitters to the small obsessive gems.
Free · Across London · 12 places
- British Museum — Bloomsbury, nearest tube Tottenham Court Road.
- Natural History Museum — South Kensington, nearest tube South Kensington.
- The V&A — South Kensington, nearest tube South Kensington.
- Science Museum — South Kensington, nearest tube South Kensington.
- National Gallery — Trafalgar Square, nearest tube Charing Cross.
- National Portrait Gallery — Trafalgar Square, nearest tube Leicester Square.
- The Wallace Collection — Marylebone, nearest tube Bond Street.
- Sir John Soane's Museum — Holborn, nearest tube Holborn.
- Wellcome Collection — Euston, nearest tube Euston Square. Official site
- Imperial War Museum London — Lambeth, nearest tube Lambeth North. Official site
- National Maritime Museum — Greenwich, nearest tube Cutty Sark (DLR). Official site
- Horniman Museum — Forest Hill, nearest tube Forest Hill. Official site
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