British Museum in London
WC1B 3DG, London, Great Russell Street 
The British Museum is the central historical and archaeological museum of Great Britain and one of the largest museums in the world. It was founded in 1753 with the permission of the British Parliament. Its exposition occupies 94 galleries, the total length of which is 4 km
Sherlock Holmes Museum in London
London, St.Petersburg. Baker, 221B 
The most famous address in London, where, according to the author, Sherlock Holmes lived with his friend Dr. Watson - Baker Street, 221b, in the Westminster area. Although the creation of works of this address in London was not yet, because Baker Street at that time ended in the hundredth number of houses.
Saatchi Gallery
SW3 4RY, London, King's Rd, Duke Of York's HQ 
The most shocking of all British museums - the Saatchi Gallery - is famous for exhibitions of conceptual contemporary art that is not always accessible to the general public. The exhibits plunge visitors into shock and awe, are often puzzling and almost always astounding.
Tate Gallery
SW1P 4RG, London, Millbank 
Personal Collection, industrialist Sir Henry Tate, formed the basis of the world's largest collection of works of English art of 16-20 centuries - the Tate Gallery. Its original name is the British Art Gallery
Tate Modern Gallery
London, Bankside, Tate Modern 
Externally Tate Modern Gallery is not at all like a museum: A dark, gloomy industrial building looks like a factory or a warehouse. It's funny, but initially it's really an industrial building - the gallery works in a former powerhouse building, and it's not the only original thing here.
Charles Dickens House Museum in London
London, St.Petersburg. Doughty, 48 
In London, in a beautifully restored house on 48 Doughty Street in Holborn, there is a slice of the Victorian era of England, a piece of its history, the life of old England. This is the house-museum of the great English writer Charles Dickens.
Institute for Contemporary Arts in London
London, St. James's, Carlton House Terrace, 10 
Russian tourists get to the gallery of the Institute of Modern Arts not so often - in Russia this museum is little known. But he became famous in Western Europe and the US, visitors from there appear there often. And the bulk of visitors are British
Wallace Collection in London
London, Manchester Square, Hertford House 
Belonged to the collection of the famous collector Sir Richard Wallace (and collected it, on for the most part, Sir Richard's father is the Marquess of Hertford), and after his death the collection was donated to the nation by his wife. The collection was donated together with the house in which it was located and is still there.
"Cupids of London"
London, St.Petersburg. Coventry, 13 
The Cupids of London Museum appeared in 2007 at Piccadilly Circus, the busiest place in the city, and immediately gained popularity among visitors and residents of the city. It was quite unexpected, because Paris is famous as a city of love, and London in this respect is more restrained. But nevertheless.
Museum of Westminster Abbey
London, Yd. Deans, 20 
Westminster Abbey, or St. Peter's Cathedral Church, is a magnificent architectural monument, stunning with its size and luxurious interior decoration. The Gothic church is the main shrine in the country, located in Westminster
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, Rd Cromwell 
Undoubtedly the best museum in Europe for completeness of collections arts and crafts, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is a must-see for every tourist who finds himself in the British capital, even for a couple of days. Fourteenth place among the world's museums (!)
Jeffrey Museum in London
London, Rd. Kingsland, 136 
The Jeffrey Museum is a museum of interiors. Ordinary, domestic, over the past 400 years - since 1600. Here you can see what the merchant's living room looked like at the end of the Tudor dynasty, the bedroom of a poor Dikkens nobleman, the Victorian "tea room" or the hippy studio
Natural History Museum in London
London, Rd. Cromwell, SW7 5BD 
This museum has a very bizarre building - covered with multicolored tiles, a bizarre shape, more like a church than a museum. But as soon as the visitor enters, he forgets about the exterior design, because in the huge entrance hall there is the same huge replica of the diplomat's skeleton.
The museum-ship "Cutty Sark"
London, Greenwich, King William Walk 
Everyone knows the careful-quivering attitude of the English towards their past, represented in sights, castles, cathedrals and, of course, in museums. One of these relic museums, a witness to the history and development of Great Britain, is a ship-museum with the mystical name "Cutty Sark."
London Museum
London, London Wall, 50 
There are many museums in the world dedicated to the history of this or that city, but the Museum of London stands out among them. Firstly, because he is one of the world's largest urban museums. Secondly, because it is interactive and child-oriented.
Madame Tussauds Museum
NW1 5LR, London, Marylebone Rd 
Today Madame Tussauds Museum is the most a large and well-known museum of wax figures in the world, museum branches are scattered throughout 10 cities of the world. Stars of cinema and show business, presidents and prime ministers of different countries, kings and queens - who are not in the exposition!
Museum "Prison Klink" in London
London, SE1 9DG, St. Petersburg. Clink, 1 
The clinging to the prisons located near the London City Quarter and the Red Quarter, the name "Klink" occurred in the 14th century. Almost six hundred years, drunks, rowdy, debtors, harlots, petty thieves, heretics and other heterogeneous people were brought to prison for any, even petty fault
Freud Museum in London
London, Maresfield Gardens, 20 
The founder of the theory of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud, with his wife and daughter Anna in 1938, with great difficulty left Vienna (Austria), escaping Nazi persecution, and settled in London, in a quiet, a cozy and quite nice area of Hampstead.
National Gallery in London
WC2N 5D N, London, Trafalgar Square 
The National Gallery is one of the largest art galleries in the UK capital. It exhibited more than two thousand masterpieces of Western European painting from the 12th to the 20th centuries
National Portrait Gallery of London
London, St Martin's Pl 
Gallery was created in middle of the 19th century by three patrons, and at the time of its opening in 1856 it was the first portrait gallery in the world. Most of the exhibits were portraits from the founders' personal collections and the gifts of their acquaintances who liked their undertaking
The best places to get acquainted with the world culture and the history of Great Britain naturally sheltered London, the cradle of royal dynasties . The pearl in the crown of the museum heritage of the country undeniably can be considered the British Museum, the largest museum of the world and the pride of the British . Here free of charge, everyone can enjoy the collections of the eminent British physician and naturalist Hans Sloan, Earl of Robert Hurley and the library of Robert Cotton's antiquary . Rare art objects of Ancient Egypt and Nubia, the Ancient East, East and South Asia, Africa, Mesoamerica, Oceania, Europe are constantly attracting interest not only among connoisseurs of history, but also among ordinary people . Unique it's a pleasure to bring a visit to the library, but only those who have registered with the institution in advance can use the huge book fund. .
As for the unusual museums, London also does not lack: for example, the charming Museum of Teddy Bears, dedicated to English cubs Teddy Bear
The most powerful museum of design and arts and crafts checked by time and fleeting fashion The Victoria and Albert Museum is on Cromwell Road, South Kensington subway station.
Bypass the London National Gallery, whose wealth is about 2000 fine specimens of paintings from 13-20 centuries, is a real crime. It is located directly on Trafalgar Square. After a quiet walk through quiet, pompous gallery corridors, a breath of fresh air will be the trek to Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, the most famous symbol of London.
As for non-ordinary museums, London also does not lack: for example, the charming Museum of Teddy Bears, dedicated to English cubs Teddy Bear, in which live bears from rare collections or belonging to historical or famous personalities . Walking through the streets of London involuntarily recall the legendary heroes detective troubles of Sherlock and Watson and even more delight you feel by looking in the private museum of Sherlock Holmes . Guess where he is? Of course, on Baker Street, house 239 . The doors to the monastery of the brilliant detective are open daily from 10:30 to 18:00, the symbolic entrance is 6 EUR .
You can have fun at the Museum of dragonflies, inhabited by thousands of different species of these insects, and a visit to the Museum of lawn mowers will add to the collection of knowledge about the history of the appearance of this garden unit and the mechanical features of its work. The highlight of the exposition is the presentation of cars converted from lawn mowers.