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The Sherlock Holmes Museum
Despite the fact that the man in question never actually existed and the fact that the address itself was a total fabrication, there is still a huge following of the stories relating to London’s first Consulting Detective. When Conan Doyle put pen to paper and wrote those first incredible detective stories, the numbers of the [...]
Ripley’s Believe it or Not
If you have an interest in the unusual, odd and downright bizarre, then head to Ripley’s Believe It or Not situated in Piccadilly Circus. Here you will be amazed and astounded by the sheer number of original and authentic and highly unbelievable exhibits like a crystal encrusted mini cooper and an upside down tea party. [...]
Museum of London
The Museum of London tells the colourful tale of this incredible city and those who live within it. There are in excess of 2,000,000 exhibits in the collections and it is what is considered to be Europe’s largest archaeological archive. A new gallery was opened in 2010 at the cost of £20 million which is [...]
The Museum of London’s Docklands
The Museum of London’s Docklands is the product of an amalgamation of two earlier museums, the London Museum that was founded in 1912 and the Guildhall that dates back to 1826. The amalgamation provided a mixture of exhibits for the new museum from ancient Roman mosaics to modern costume and art. Even now the museum [...]
The Horniman Museum
Situated in Forest Hill in South London, the Horniman Museum offers plenty of exhibits and attractions to amuse and bewilder the whole family, and what’s more, it’s free. Though you may never have heard of it the museum has actually been in existence since the reign of Queen Victoria. It was a gentleman by the [...]
The Cartoon Museum
The quirky Cartoon Museum opened in London in 2006. Packed with British comic strips and cartoons it features a little bit of everything, including some incredible caricatures from the 18th century right up to modern publications like the Beano and the Dandy. You may have walked past it on your way to the British Museum [...]
The Old Operating Museum and Herb Garret
High in the roof space of an old English Church there is an old English operating theatre. This is not here for novelty value, nor has it been placed there for publicity purposes. It is what it is, an operating theatre. It can be found in the church of St Thomas in the borough of [...]
Charles Dickens Museum
If you’re a literary fan, you cannot visit London without slipping into the Charles Dickens Museum for the afternoon (certainly no more, it’s not the largest of museums). Located in the northern area of the city, in Holborn (48 Doughty Street), the museum is housed in a typical Georgian terrace. Quite unassuming from the front, [...]
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