Museums in London

Imperial War Museum: a study of Britain at war.… more

Is Eltham Palace one of England’s most haunted places?… more

221B Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes’ legendary address in London.… more

Australia's oldest-running bullion mint and a record-breaking producer of gold coins, Perth mint is as historic as it is controversial.… more

Leighton House Museum: one man's legacy in London born from the love of two sisters.… more

The Museum of London Docklands: shedding light on the former execution capital of Europe.… more

Belmont Mansion, home to the Underground Railroad Museum, which explores America’s fight for freedom from slavery, is one of the finest examples of Palladian architecture in the United States.… more

The Foundling Museum commemorates the Foundling Hospital, which is thought to be the world's first incorporated charity and an inspiration for Dickens' Oliver Twist.… more

Sir John Soane's Museum is the former home of one of England's greatest architects.… more

Old Royal Naval College has had many uses; it was a hospital, a college, the birthplace of a king, and the memorial of a Lord. Today it is but one thing; a place of “outstanding universal value”.… more

The King Center honors one of the most pivotal figures in American Civil Rights history.… more

Kew Palace is a regal jewel nestled within the natural beauty of Kew Gardens in the leafy borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, London.… more

As the oldest surviving public building in the Boston, the Old State House Boston is a key landmark in the city.… more

A perfectly preserved Victorian cartoonist’s domestic and artistic domicile, located in Stafford Terrace, Kensington.… more

The Viktor Wynd Museum: where else can you find old master etchings alongside celebrity faeces; Happy Meal toys next to shrunken heads.… more

The AKC Museum of The Dog has more canine-related memorabilia and art pieces than anywhere else in the world.… more

Tudor Place: a remarkable relic of American history.… more

Over eight centuries old, Bethlem Royal Hospital (aka Bedlam Asylum) offers a harrowing look into England's past mistreatment of the mentally ill.… more

Frozen in time: The Tenement House in Glasgow is a rare time capsule depicting daily life in 20th century Glasgow.… more

Handel and Hendrix were born over two hundred years and one thousand miles apart, but, despite this, they had a lot in common. For one , they were neighbours. For another, they both played pivotal roles in the history of Bristish music.… more

Chau Chak Wing Museum: born from the remarkable pursuit and collection of Sir Charles Nicholas.… more

The Mummers Museum is the only museum in the world which celebrates a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.… more

Winchester Palace was one of the largest and most important buildings in Mediaeval London. Now it lies in ruins.… more

The Museum of Curiosities helps satisfy your curiosities about a range of things from human skulls to haunted dolls.… more

Before there was Starbucks, before there was Coca Cola, before there was even the USA, there was the Twinings tea shop.… more

The Portico Library is one of Manchester’s longest-running institutions.… more

The Hellenic Museum in Melbourne is the only museum in Australia solely dedicated to Greek art, history, and culture.… more

The Wren’s Nest is where stories from the American South come to life.… more

The Mary Baker Eddy Library is the legacy of one woman’s resilience and determination, which resulted in the birth of a new religion.… more

Provand’s Lordship is the oldest surviving medieval house in Glasgow.… more

The Nichols House Museum is housed in an 1804 Bulfinch townhouse, one of the earliest of its kind on Beacon Hill.… more

A site of mills since Doomsday (the book, not the end of time), Three Mills Island is part of the oldest recorded example of a tidal mill system, and over the years its mills have ground it all, from flour to gunpowder to grain for gin.… more

Visit the caves of Nottingham at the Museum of Nottingham Life at Brewhouse Yard.… more

'I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's.' In this house lived William Blake: poet, visionary, rebel, genius.… more