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The National Gallery
National GalleryTop Pick
Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN

0.38km

National collection of Western European painting from the 13th century to 1900.Read more

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London Transport Museum
London Transport MuseumTop Pick
London Transport Museum Covent Garden Piazza , London, WC2E 7BB

0.43km

Public transportation including the railway, underground, buses, memorabiliaRead more

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London Film Museum
London Film MuseumTop Pick
London Film Museum, 45 Wellington Street, London, WC2E 7BN

0.44km

Props, costumes, sets and artefacts from British films, history of moviemakingRead more

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National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

0.34km

Portraits of historically important and famous British peopleRead more

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The Photographers' Gallery
The Photographers' Gallery
The Photographers' Gallery, 16-18 Ramillies Street, London, W1F 7LW

0.35km

PhotographyRead more

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Canada House Gallery
Canada House Gallery
Canada House Gallery, Canada House, 5 Trafalgar Square, London, SW1Y 5BJ

0.38km

Canadian historical and contemporary art and artefactsRead more

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The Cartoon Museum
Cartoon Museum
The Cartoon Museum, 35 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HH

0.39km

Political cartoons, comic strips and comic booksRead more

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Museum of Comedy
Museum of Comedy
Museum of Comedy, St George’s Church, Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2SR

0.41km

Located in the undercroft of St. George's, Bloomsbury, photos, posters, memorabilia, scrips, video and film about the...Read more

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Kennel Club Dog Art Gallery
Kennel Club Dog Art Gallery
Kennel Club Dog Art Gallery, London

0.43km

Exhibits and collection of dog paintings, open by appointmentRead more

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The Building Centre
The Building Centre
The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT

0.44km

Exhibits on architecture and design[4]Read more

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British Optical Association Museum
British Optical Association Museum
British Optical Association Museum, 42 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NG

0.44km

History of eye careRead more

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Mall Galleries
Mall Galleries
Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH

0.45km

Gallery exhibits of the Federation of British ArtistsRead more

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The Library & Museum of Freemasonry
The Library & Museum of Freemasonry
Freemasons Hall 60, Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2B 5AZ

0.45km

Offers publicly available collections of Masonic material in the world. Includes collection, catalogue, news, events...Read more

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The Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Library and Museum of Freemasonry
The Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 60 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5AZ

0.46km

Library, artefacts and regalia of FreemasonryRead more

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Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), 12 Carlton House Terrace, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH

0.47km

Multi-disciplinary arts centre with exhibit galleriesRead more

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British Museum
The British Museum
British Museum, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1B 3DG

0.47km

Art, decorative arts, archaeology, antiquities from Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece and the Middle East, coins, galleries...Read more

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

0.47km

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

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Russian Cultural Centre (London)
Pushkin House
Russian Cultural Centre (London), 5A Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA

0.5km

Russian art and cultureRead more

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Pollock's Toy Museum
Pollock's Toy Museum
Pollock's Toy Museum, 1 Scala Street, London, W1T 2HL

0.52km

Toys, games, dolls, puppets, folk toysRead more

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The Royal Institution of Great Britain
The Royal Institution of Great Britain
21 Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 4BS

0.53km

The Royal Institution of Great Britain (often abbreviated as the Royal Institution or Ri) is an organisation devoted...Read more

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Somerset House
Somerset House
Somerset House, Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA

0.53km

Arts centre with gallery and Courtauld GalleryRead more

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Faraday Museum
Faraday Museum
Faraday Museum, Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS

0.53km

Located at the Royal Institution, scientist Michael Faraday's 19th century laboratory, activities and people...Read more

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Household Cavalry Museum
Household Cavalry Museum
Household Cavalry Museum, London, SW1A 2AX

0.59km

Regimental artefacts and memorabilia of the Household CavalryRead more

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Courtauld Institute of Art
Courtauld Gallery
Courtauld Institute of Art, Strand, London, WC2R 0RN

0.6km

Part of the University of London, located in Somerset House, features Old Masters and Impressionist paintingsRead more

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Wiener Library
Wiener Library
Wiener Library, 29 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DP

0.6km

Exhibits of art and history from its collections about the Holocaust and genocides around the worldRead more

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Blue Plaques in London

John Peake Knight Green Plaque - John Peake Knight 1828-86 Inventor of the world's first traffic lights which were erected here 9th Dec. 1868
George Orwell Blue Plaque - George Orwell Author 1903 - 1950 Drank here !
William Johnson Cory Black Plaque - William Johnson Cory Ionicus 1823-1892 teacher, scholar and poet lived and died in this house. An assistant master at Eton College 1845-1872 he composed the words for the Eton Boating Song.
Charles Wesley, Charles Wesley, And Samuel Wesley Blue Plaque - Charles Wesley 1707-1788 divine and hymn writer lived and died in a house on this site, and his sons Charles 1757-1834 and Samuel 1766-1837 musicians also lived here
Austin Dobson Blue Plaque - Austin Dobson (1840-1921), poet and essayist, lived here.
Frederick Douglass Blue Plaque - Frederick Douglass 1818-1895  American Social Reformer  Author, Orator and Statesman  stayed in a house on this site  1846

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