Guide to... Local History Museums in London

Geffrye Museum

Changing style of the English domestic interior in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day. Also...Read more

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Dennis Severs' House

Enactments of life in the 18th and 19th centuriesRead more

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Jewel Tower

Operated by English Heritage, one of only two surviving sections of the mediaeval royal Palace of Westminster,...Read more

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Foundling Museum

History of the Foundling Hospital, Britain's first home for abandoned children, art by many of Britain's most...Read more

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Burgh House & Hampstead Museum

Local history, culture, art exhibitsRead more

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Guildhall Art Gallery

Located in the Guildhall, collection includes art and cultural artefacts about London, Victorian-era works, remains...Read more

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Greenwich Heritage Centre

Local history, culture, Royal Arsenal and the Royal Woolwich DockyardRead more

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Greenwich Visitor Centre

Also known as Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre, history of the World Heritage Site, its builders and buildings,...Read more

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Hackney Museum

Local history and culture[9]Read more

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Islington Museum

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Barnet Museum

Local history, costumes, domestic items, laceRead more

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Brent Museum

Located in the Willesden Green Library Centre, local history and culture, formerly the "Grange Museum of Community...Read more

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Bromley Museum

Local history and culture[3]Read more

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Bruce Castle Museum

Local history, cultureRead more

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Honeywood Museum

17th-century house with details from different eras of ownership, local history exhibitsRead more

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Crystal Palace Museum

History and memorabilia of The Crystal Palace[6]Read more

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Cuming Museum

Local history, culture; small collection of Ancient Egyptian objects. Closed since March 2013 due to fire damage.Read more

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Forty Hall Museum

Local history, 17th and 18th century ceramics and pottery, 19th and 20th century china, glasswareRead more

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Gunnersbury Park Museum

Local history of Hounslow and Ealing boroughs, archaeology, costume, fine art, ceramics, also Edwardian era kitchen...Read more

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Harrow Museum

Local history, industry, archaeology, also known as Headstone Manor MuseumRead more

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Havering Museum

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Jack the Ripper Museum

History of the East London in the 1880s, providing a serious examination of the crimes of Jack the Ripper within the...Read more

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Kingston Museum

Local history, Eadweard Muybridge gallery of photographs, exhibits of art, photography, cultureRead more

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Merton Heritage Centre

Local history[14]Read more

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Museum of Croydon

Local history, culture, social history, Riesco Gallery with collections of Chinese pottery and ceramics, and Roman...Read more

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Museum of Immigration and Diversity

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Museum of London

City's history, culture, archaeologyRead more

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Museum of Richmond

Local history, cultureRead more

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Museum of Wimbledon

Local history, culture[15]Read more

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Redbridge Museum

Local history, culture, located on the second floor of Ilford Central Library[16]Read more

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Twickenham Museum

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Upminster Tithe Barn Museum of Nostalgia

Artefacts of rural domestic and agricultural lifeRead more

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Valence House Museum

Local history, archaeology, maritime and fishing industry, artRead more

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Vestry House Museum

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