Home
to lions, tigers, deadly poisonous snakes, alligators and hippos this
is where to come to meet the most exotic animals in tow
Barnet Museum
21 Wood Street, EN5 4BE Tel: 020 8440 8066
This small local history museum is home to thousands of artefacts
stretching from the 15th century right through to the present day.
Bexley Museum
Hall Place, Bourne Road, Bexley, DA5 1PQ Tel: 01322
356839
Hall Place and Gardens offers 62 hectares of beautiful grounds and a
working nursery. It is also home to the Bexley Museum Collection.
The British Library
96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB Tel: 0870 444 1500
One of the world’s biggest and best known libraries,
housing over 13 million books.
The British Museum
Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG Tel: 020
7323 8000/8299
Open since 1753, the British Museum has an amazing
collection of artefacts from around the world. See statues from Easter
Island, and one of the earliest known images portraying Christ.
It is free to get in and current exhibitions include
Inhuman Traffic: The Business of the Slave Trade that explores over 500
years of slavery.
Bromley Museum
The Priory, Church Hill, BR6 0HH
Highlights include a children’s archaeology gallery
and a collection of games, clothes, activities and books from the 1950s.
Geffrye Museum
Kingsland Road London E2 8EA Tel: 020 7739 9893
The Geffrye Museum shows how styles have changed in
the English home from 1600 to the present day.
Greenwich Heritage Centre
Artillery Square, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich SE18 4DX
Tel: 020 8854 2452
Hackney Museum
Technology and Learning Centre, 1 Reading Lane,
Hackney, E8 1GQ
Tel: 020 8356 3500
This small and charming museum charts the history of
Hackney.
Handel House Museum
25 Brook Street, Mayfair, W1K 4HB Tel: 020 7495 1685
£5.00 adults, children get free entry on Saturdays
HMS Belfast
Morgan's Lane, Tooley Street, SE1 2JH Tel: 0207 940
6300
Children under 16 free when accompanied by an adult.
Explore this great World War II vessel docked on the
river near Tower Bridge.
Horniman Museum
100 London Road Forest Hill London
SE23 3PQ Tel: 020 8699 1872
Founded by John Horniman in 1901, this museum is home
to specimens and artefacts from around the world.
Entrance to the museum and gardens is free. Open
daily: 10.30am-5.30pm.
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ Tel: 0207 416 5000
The national war museum was opened in Crystal Palace
in 1920 to display material from the First World War. The museum later
moved to the central portion of Bethlem Royal Hospital, or Bedlam, as
it was commonly known.
Kingston Museum
Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2PS
Tel: 20 8547 6460
Discover this great collection of archaeology, old
coins and medals, costumes and Textiles.
Livesey Museum for Children
682 Old Kent Road, London, SE15 1JF Tel: 020 7635 5829
Great little museum in Peckham for kids under-12.
Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green
Explore childhood past and present and this newly
re-launched museum in East London.
Museum of London
London Wall, EC2Y 5HN Tel: 0870 444 3851
Museum in Docklands
West India Quay, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4AL Tel:
0870 444 3851
Museum exploring the story of London's River, Port and
People, from Roman times to the present - a 2000 year storyline.
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF Tel: 020 8312
6565
Find out all about Britain’s history at sea.
Natural History Musuem
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD Tel: 020 7942 5000
Hundreds of exciting, interactive exhibits about
nature at the Natural History Musuem.
Ragged School Museum
The Ragged School Museum, 46-50 Copperfield Road,
London, E3 4RR
Tel: 020 8980 6405
This museum was set up to celebrate the history of
London’s East End, particularly Copperfield Road Ragged School.
Redbridge Museum
Central Library, Clements Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1EA
Tel: 020 8708 2317
This museum is dedicated to the history of the London
borough of Redbridge.
Science Museum
Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD Tel:
0870 870 4868
Founded in 1857 with objects shown at the Great
Exhibition, the museum is today one of the most famous in the world.
All children must be accompanied by at least one
adult, and no adult may bring more than five children. Bookings: 020
7942 4749. The cost of the day is £25 per child and £5 per
adult. All days feature an IMAX film included in the price.
Wandsworth Museum
The Courthouse, 11 Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, London,
SW18 4AQ Tel: 020 8871 7074
This collection of artefacts from Wandsworth dates
back to prehistoric times.
Victoria & Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2RL Tel:
020 7942 2000
The V&A is celebrating its 150th anniversary this
year. Home to one of the world’s greatest art and design collections,
last year the museum saw over 2.5 million visitors.
