London - Museums guide

Museums

Unique range: The British Museum and London's Transport Museum plus toy, military and medical collections.

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Sherlock Holmes Museum

221b Baker Street, London, NW1 6XE Tel: +44 (0)20 7738 12 T he stories of Sherlock Holmes are inextricably linked with the popular view of Victorian London - mist rising off rain-soaked cobbles as dark mysterious figures lurk in the shadow of the gaslights.

Fashion & Textile Museum

The Fashion and Textile Museum (FTM), founded by British designer Zandra Rhodes, is the first exhibition space in London solely dedicated to recognising and celebrating the achievements of a global industry.

Firepower Royal Artillery Museum

Explore the science of artillery from slingshot to supergun, and the stories of the men and women who served the guns. Find out the facts and figures using interactive touch screens, put theory into practice in the hands-on gallery and have a go on the hi-tech rifle simulator.

Handel House Museum

Handel House is where the great baroque composer George Frideric Handel lived and died, and where he wrote such timeless masterpieces as Messiah, Zadok the Priest and Fireworks Music. The beautifully refurbished interiors create the perfect setting for our collection of 18th century furniture and art, evoking the spirit of Handel's age, and this landmark address is brought to life through an inspiring programme of live music recitals and varied activities for adults and families.

London Canal Museum

The London Canal Museum tells the story of London's canals, from the days when they were important trade routes to today's more leisurely pursuits. The building itself was an ice-warehouse where canal boats would deliver their cargoes of ice to be distributed in Victorian London.

Museum in Docklands

The Museum in Docklands unlocks the history of London's river, port and people in a spectacular early nineteenth-century warehouse at West India Quay. Originally used to house imports of exotic spices, rum and cotton, it now holds a wealth of objects from enormous whale bones to WWII gas masks, which provide tantalising glimpses of a lost and forgotten world.

Museum of London

London is a vibrant and evolving city. Discover its story at the Museum of London. London has survived Viking invasions, a Great Fire and two world wars. It has been home to Roman settlers, great monarchs and dangerous criminals.

Old Operating Theatre, Museum and Herb Garret

Hidden in the roof of St Thomas's Church is a 300 - year old herb garret which houses Britain's only surviving 19th-century operating theatre, complete with wooden operating table and observation stands, from which spectators witnessed surgery performed without anaesthesia or antiseptics.

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