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Leighton House Museum
Leighton House Museum
Leighton House Museum, 12 Holland Park Road, London, W14 8LZ

Victorian house of painter Frederic, Lord Leighton, features paintings, sculpture, Middle Eastern tilesRead more

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Dr Johnson's House
Dr Johnson's House
Dr Johnson's House, 17 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DE

18th-century townhouse home of 18th-century English writer Samuel JohnsonRead more

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Florence Nightingale Museum
Florence Nightingale Museum
Florence Nightingale Museum, 2 Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EW

Life and nursing work of Florence NightingaleRead more

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Sherlock Holmes Museum
Sherlock Holmes Museum
Sherlock Holmes Museum, 221b Baker Street, London, NW1 6XE

Dedicated to the fictional detective Sherlock HolmesRead more

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Benjamin Franklin House
Benjamin Franklin House
Benjamin Franklin House, 36 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NF

18th-century house where Benjamin Franklin lived for 16 years, exhibits on his life, science activitiesRead more

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Avenue House
Stephens Collection
Avenue House, 17 East End Road, London, N3 3QE

Life of Dr Henry Stephens, inventor of an indelible blue-black ink, and his son Henry Charles Stephens, their ink...Read more

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Dorich House
Dorich House
Dorich House, London, SW15 3SE

Former studio of the Estonian sculptor Dora Gordine, with a collection of her works and of Russian Imperial art. Part...Read more

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Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare
Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare
Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare, Hampton Court Road, London, TW12 2EJ

18th century folly built by actor David Garrick to celebrate the genius of William Shakespeare, includes display on...Read more

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Heath Robinson Museum
Heath Robinson Museum
Heath Robinson Museum, 50 West End Lane, London, HA5 1AE

Life and work of cartoonist Heath RobinsonRead more

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Kelmscott House
Kelmscott House Museum
Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, London, W6 9TA

London home of William Morris, exhibits of his designsRead more

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Blue Plaques in London

Monty Python Blue Plaque - Monty Python  film maker  lived here  1976-1987
George Du Maurier Blue Plaque - George Du Maurier 1834-1896 artist and writer lived here 1863-1868
James Clerk Maxwell Blue Plaque - James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) physicist lived here
Robert Willan Blue Plaque - Dr Robert Willan (1757-1812), Dermatologist, lived here.
Eleanor Marx Blue Plaque - Eleanor Marx 1855-1898 Socialist Campaigner lived and died here
James Scott White Plaque - A.D.  MMIX  This building stands on the site of the former coach-house of Monmouth House, constructed in 1681/2 for James, Duke of Monmouth, eldest illegitimate son of King Charles II, who was executed three years later following an abortive Rebellion.

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