Pollock’s Toy Museum

Pollock’s Toy Museum occupies two houses joined together in the heart of Fitzrovia, one 18th century, one 19th; the rooms are small and connected by narrow winding staircases. The whole place exudes atmosphere and evocations of those special times of childhood. Every corner…
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Tate Modern

Tate Modern is the national gallery of international modern art. Located in London, it is one of the family of four Tate galleries which display selections from the Tate Collection. The Collection comprises the national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present…
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Tate Britain

Tate Britain is the national gallery of British art. Located in London, it is one of the family of four Tate galleries which display selections from the Tate Collection. The other three galleries are Tate Modern, also in London, Tate Liverpool, in the north-west, and…
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Geffrye Museum

The Geffrye Museum depicts the quintessential style of English middle-class living rooms. Its collections of furniture, textiles, paintings and decorative arts are displayed in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day. The displays lead the visitor on a walk through time, from…
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Hackney Museum

Hackney Museum is about local history with a difference. It explores why people from all over the world have been settling in this part of London for hundreds of years. Hackney Museum, which opened in 2002, looks at the stories of some of the amazing people…
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V&A Museum of Childhood

Welcoming over 400,000 visitors through its doors every year, the V&A Museum of Childhood in London's Bethnal Green houses the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection of childhood-related objects and artefacts, spanning the 1600s to the present day. The collection features toys -…
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National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum comprises three sites: the Maritime Galleries, the Royal Observatory and the Queen's House. Together these constitute one museum working to illustrate for everyone the importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars and their relationship with people.
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Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum first opened its doors to the public on Easter Monday in 1881, but its origins go back more than 250 years. With more than 70 million specimens, ranging from microscopic slides to mammoth skeletons, the Museum is home to the largest and most important…
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British Museum

The British Museum was founded in 1753, the first national public museum in the world. From the beginning it granted free admission to all and visitor numbers have grown from around 5,000 a year in the eighteenth century to nearly 6 million today. The original collection of the…
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National Army Museum

The National Army Museum has always offered its exhibitions, galleries, and public events programme to the public free of charge. It communicates the importance of the history and heritage of the British Army through its contribution to the delivery of the National Curriculum and lifelong…
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