London Museums
Visit top Museums in London for free with the London Pass
London is packed with some of the most exciting museums in Europe. Boasting a wide assortment of topics and subjects - there really is a something for every taste.
The Britain at War Experience and The Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms are 2 popular museums that show visitors what life was like in the city during World War II from ordinary folk through to the great leader himself. Both contain memorbilia and artifacts from the period as well as interactive displays that bring the story to life.
Interested in Sport? There are some good London museums dedicated to various British sports such Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum and Twickenham World Rugby Museum. Both of these museums are set within spectacular venues and are not to be missed by any sports fan visiting London.
London is also home to some unique and diverse museums too such as the Cartoon Museum, London Transport Museum, London Motor Museum, and Pollock's Toy Museum to name a few.
Whilst some of London museums are free to enter, the London Pass will give you free entry to charging ones (which includes all of the museums above) allowing holders to make substantial savings.
In total you can visit over 20 museums in London for free with a London Pass - check them out below!
| Places where London Pass will get you in for Free | Normal Gate Entry | |
| Churchill War Rooms | The Churchill War Rooms are dedicated to the life of the ‘greatest Briton’, Sir Winston Churchill, and the secret underground headquarters that were the nerve centre of Britain’s war effort. | |
| Winston Churchill's Britain at War Experience | This top London museum creates a vivid experience of life during wartime and provides essential information about the Second World War in general. | |
| IWM London | The Imperial War Museum London covers conflicts involving Britain from the First World War through to the present day. | |
| Household Cavalry Museum | The Household Cavalry Museum is unlike any other military museum because it offers a unique ‘behind-the-scenes’ look at the work that goes into the ceremonial duties and operational role of The Household Cavalry. | |
| London Transport Museum | Lively exhibitions explore the powerful link between transport and the growth of modern London, its culture and society since 1800. | |
| Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum | This state-of-the-art tennis museum in London has since received thousands of visitors from all over the world. | |
| Twickenham World Rugby Museum & Stadium Tours | The Museum Of Rugby is the ultimate London visitor experience for the world rugby enthusiast – and the Twickenham tours give you backstage access to this hallowed turf. | |
| Guards Museum | The London Guards Museum is a fascinating insight into the history of the military in the capital and is unique among London museums as it was not originally intended for public view. | |
| Design Museum London | The Design Museum in London is dedicated to exhibiting the best contemporary design in every form from furniture to graphics and architecture to industrial design. | |
| The Jewish Museum | The Jewish Museum was reopened in March 2010, following a £10 million renovation which tripled its space creating new exciting exhibition galleries and education facilities. | |
| Florence Nightingale Museum | The Florence Nightingale Museum is dedicated to one of the most influential women of Victorian Britain who inspired so many people who have followed in her footsteps. | |
| National Maritime Museum | The National Maritime Museum houses over 2 million objects related to seafaring; this Greenwich museum has both permanent and changing exhibitions over three floors and possesses the most important holdings in the world on the history of Britain at sea including both British and Dutch maritime art, cartography, manuscripts, and ship models. | |
| The Garden Museum | The Garden Museum in London is the only museum of its kind in Britain. The Museum is a celebration of the design and history of gardens. | |
| Royal Air Force Museum | The Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon offers one of the finest exhibitions on the history of aircraft and aviation in the country. | |
| London Motor Museum | The Museum has a unique collection of classic American Cars that relate to the story of the early motoring experience. | |
| Handel House Museum | One of the many specialist London museums, Handel House Museum celebrates Handel’s life and works, as well his contemporaries in what many consider the golden age of classical music. | |
| The Foundling Museum | The Foundling Museum was originally one of the first houses in London for abandoned children and housed over 27,000 children before its closure. | |
| Cartoon Museum | This highly entertaining London tourist attraction covers the history and development of British cartoons from the 18th Century to the present day.This highly entertaining London tourist attraction covers the history and development of British cartoons from the 18th Century to the present day. | |
| London Canal Museum | The London Canal Museum tells the story of London’s canals from the days when they were a vital part of the city’s industrial and commercial life through years of decline and abandonment to today’s more leisurely pursuits. | |
| Pollock’s Toy Museum | Named after Benjamin Pollock, a famous printer of toy theatres at the turn of the century, Pollock’s Toy Museum opened in 1956 and is dedicated to the traditional English toy theatre. | |
| Firepower Royal Artillery Museum | Firepower is part of The Royal Artillery Museum of Woolwich and charters the history of the Gunners from the earliest cannons to the various artilleries employed today worldwide. | |
| Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising | This museum features over 12,000 original items: household and global brands, toys, sweets, fashions, posters and magazines. | |
| The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret | The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret is one such London museum offering a fascinating insight into the medical profession of the past. | |
| Fan Museum | The museum is set in two grade II listed buildings dating from the 1720s that have been sensitively restored to their original grandeur in order to exhibit these wonderful items in suitably lavish surroundings. | |