Museums in London
204 museums in London, United Kingdom. Most visited: National Gallery.
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All museums in London
Most visited first (annual visitors from Wikipedia), then the museums with audio tours and indoor maps on Mooseum.
National Gallery
6,416,724 visitors a year
Discover the vibrant world of art at the National Gallery, an iconic institution located in the heart of London. Housing a stunning collection of over 2,300 masterpieces, this renowned museum invites...
Tate Modern
6,098,340 visitors a year
Discover the vibrant world of contemporary art at the Tate Modern, an iconic museum housed in a former power station along the Thames River in London. This architectural marvel not only captivates...
British Museum
5,820,000 visitors a year
The British Museum, nestled in the heart of London, stands as one of the world's most prestigious cultural institutions, offering visitors an unparalleled journey through human history. Housing a...
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Natural History Museum, London
5,423,932 visitors a year
The Natural History Museum in London stands as one of the world's most stunning and iconic institutions, dedicated to exploring the marvels of the natural world. Nestled within the grandeur of a...
Victoria and Albert Museum
3,967,566 visitors a year
Nestled in the heart of London, the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) is a treasure trove of art and design, captivating visitors with its diverse collections that span over 5,000 years of human...
Science Museum
2,989,000 visitors a year
Puffing Billy, one of the world's oldest surviving steam locomotives, and the Apollo 10 command module that carried three astronauts around the Moon both stand on the ground floor of the Science...
Tower of London
2,741,126 visitors a year
The Tower of London is not a museum you simply walk through—it is a place where nearly a thousand years of history still feel close at hand. Rising beside the Thames, its stone walls, towers, and...
National Portrait Gallery
2,145,486 visitors a year
The first gallery anywhere devoted entirely to portraits, the National Portrait Gallery has collected likenesses of notable Britons since its founding in 1856. Sitters are chosen for who they were...
Tate Britain
1,808,637 visitors a year
Nestled along the banks of the River Thames, Tate Britain stands as a beacon of British art and culture, housing an extensive collection that spans over 500 years. From the masterpieces of the 16th...
Royal Academy of Arts
1,594,140 visitors a year
Artists, not curators, run the Royal Academy of Arts. Founded in 1768 under George III with Joshua Reynolds as its first president, it is governed by its members, the Royal Academicians, and still...
Serpentine Galleries
734,353 visitors a year
Every summer since 2000, the Serpentine Galleries have commissioned an architect who has never built in England to design a temporary pavilion on the lawn beside the gallery. Zaha Hadid designed the...
Kensington Palace
383,286 visitors a year
Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace in 1819 and was living here in 1837 when she learned she had become queen. The palace became a royal home in 1689, when William III and Mary II bought...
Imperial War Museum London
320,542 visitors a year
A pair of 15-inch naval guns, taken from the battleships HMS Ramillies and HMS Resolution, guard the entrance to Imperial War Museum London on Lambeth Road. Behind them stands a domed building that...
Churchill War Rooms
Step into history at the Churchill War Rooms, an extraordinary museum nestled in the heart of London. This iconic site, part of the Imperial War Museums, offers a fascinating glimpse into the...
- Apsley House
- Arsenal Football Club Museum
- Bank of England Museum
- Bankside Gallery
- Barbican Centre
- Barnet Museum
- Ben Uri Gallery
- Benjamin Franklin House
- Bethlem Museum of the Mind
- Borough Road Gallery
- Boston Manor
- Bruce Castle
- Brunel Museum
- Buckingham Palace
- Burgh House and Hampstead Museum
- Carlyle's House
- Cell Project Space
- chairman Gallery
- Charles Dickens Museum
- Chessington World of Adventures
- Chiswick House
- Church Farmhouse Museum
- Cinema Museum
- Clockmakers' Museum
- Clowns Gallery-Museum
- Corvi-Mora
- Courtauld Gallery
- Cuming Museum
- Cutty Sark
- Dairy Art Centre
- Dana Library and Research Centre
- Danson House
- Dennis Severs' House
- Design Museum
- Dr Johnson's House
- Dulwich Picture Gallery
- East End Women's Museum
- Eastbury Manor House
- Eel Pie Island Museum
- Eltham Palace
- Emery Walker's House
- Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
- Fan Museum
- Fashion and Textile Museum
- Fenton House
- Florence Nightingale Museum
- Forty Hall
- Foundling Museum
- Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum
- Freud Museum London
- Fulham Palace
- Garden Museum
- Golden Hinde
- Gordon Museum of Pathology
- Grant Museum of Zoology
- Greenwich Heritage Centre
- Guildhall Art Gallery
- Gunnersbury Park
- Hackney Museum
- Hall Place and Gardens
- Ham House
- Hampton Court Palace
- Handel Hendrix House
- Hayward Gallery
- Headstone Manor
- Headstone Manor and Museum
- Heath Robinson Museum
- Hermitage Rooms
- HMS Belfast
- Hogarth's House
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
- HQS Wellington
- Hunterian Museum
- Institute of Contemporary Arts
- Islington Museum
- Jack the Ripper Museum
- Jewel Tower
- Jewish Military Museum
- Jewish Museum, London
- Keats House
- Kelmscott House
- Kempton Steam Museum
- Kew Palace
- King's Gallery
- Kingston Museum
- Kirkaldy Testing Museum
- Leighton House
- Leverian collection
- Livesey Museum for Children
- London Canal Museum
- London Dungeon
- London Film Museum
- London Fire Brigade Museum
- London Mithraeum
- London Motor Museum
- London Motorcycle Museum
- London Museum of Water and Steam
- London Post Office Railway
- London Transport Museum
- London Zoo
- Madame Tussauds
- Mansion House
- Markfield Beam Engine and Museum
- Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
- Museum of Croydon
- Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Museum of Immigration and Diversity
- Museum of Life Sciences
- Museum of London
- Museum of Richmond
- Museum of Soho
- Museum of the Home
- Museum of Transology
- Musical Museum
- National Army Museum
- National Maritime Museum
- Newport Street Gallery
- Nonsuch Mansion
- October Gallery
- Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
- Orleans House Gallery
- Osterley House
- Peckham Platform
- Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
- Pitzhanger Manor
- Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum
- Pollock's Toy Museum
- Portland Gallery
- Prince Henry's Room
- Pushkin House
- Queen's House
- Queer Britain
- Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
- RAF Museum London
- Ragged School Museum
- Red House
- Royal Academy of Music Museum
- Royal Armouries
- Royal Artillery Museum
- Royal Docks Heritage Railway
- Royal Hospital Chelsea
- Royal Mews
- Saatchi Gallery
- Sambourne House
- Sartorial Contemporary Art
- Sherlock Holmes Museum
- Sir John Soane's Museum
- South London Gallery
- Southside House
- Spencer House
- Strawberry Hill House
- Sutton House
- Syon House
- Tate
- The Advertising Archives
- The Cartoon Museum
- The Charterhouse
- The Clink
- The Crime Museum
- The Guards Museum
- The Photographers' Gallery
- The Postal Museum
- The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History
- The Wallace Collection
- Twickenham Museum
- Twinings Museum
- Type Museum
- Vagina Museum
- Valence House Museum
- Valentines Mansion
- Vestry House Museum
- Walthamstow Pump House Museum
- Wellcome Collection
- Wesley's Chapel
- Westminster Abbey Museum
- Whitechapel Gallery
- Whitehall
- William Morris Gallery
- Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
- Wimbledon Museum
- Winston Churchill's Britain At War Experience
- World Rugby Museum
- Young V&A
Map of museums in London
Museums in London: questions
- How many museums are there in London?
- Mooseum lists 204 museums in London.
- What are the most visited museums in London?
- By annual visitors reported on Wikipedia: National Gallery (6,416,724), Tate Modern (6,098,340) and British Museum (5,820,000).
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All museums in the United Kingdom
Museums are grouped by the nearest city to their location, using place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).