London - Museums guide

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

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Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum

St Mary's Hospital,Praed Street, London, W2 1NY Tel: +44 (0)20 7886 6528 Visit the birthplace of penicillin at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington where you can see a reconstruction of Alexander Fleming's laboratory as it was in 1928.

Fan Museum

12 Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London, SE10 8ER Tel: +44 (0)20 8858 7879 Located in the heart of Greenwich is the world's only museum dedicated to every aspect of the fan. Beautifully restored 18th-century buildings house a collection of over 3,000 fans from around the world, dating from the 11th century onwards.

Florence Nightingale Museum

2 Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EW Tel: +44 (0)20 7620 0374   Florence Nightingale is famous around the world for her influence on modern nursing. Her reputation is well deserved. Now is your opportunity to find out why.

Guards Museum

Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London, SW1E 6HQ Tel: +44 (0)20 7414 3271 Opposite St James's Park, next to the Wellington Barracks, you'll find the Guards Museum, which explores the history of the Guards regiments of the British Army.

Jewish Museum, The (Camden Town)

Raymond Burton House, 129-131 Albert Street, Camden Town, London, NW1 7NB Tel: +44 (0)20 7284 1997, Fax: +44 (0)20 7267 9008 Website: www.jewishmuseum.org.uk The Jewish Museum explores the history and religious life of the Jewish community in Britain and beyond.

Kew Bridge Steam Museum

Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 0EN Tel: +44 (0)20 8568 4757 All the steam engines are powered by REAL steam and can be seen in action every weekend. The 1846 Grand Junction 90 inch engine, described by Charles Dickens as 'a monster', is the world's largest working beam engine.

National Maritime Museum

Romney Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NF Tel: +44 (0)20 8858 4422 Greenwich is the home of the largest maritime museum in the world. It embraces the traditions, the smells and the sounds of the sea that washes its feet and includes some of the most classically beautiful buildings in Britain.

Pollock's Toy Museum

1 Scala Street, London, W1 Tel: +44 (0)20 7636 3452 Pollock's Toy Museum is named after Benjamin Pollock, a famous printer of toy theatres at the turn of the century. This fascinating museum, opened in 1956, is dedicated to the traditional English toy theatre, and displays the puppets and stages that were used.

Royal Air Force Museum

Grahame Park Way, London, NW9 5LL Tel: +44 (0)20 8205 2266 A world-class collection of over 70 aircraft, artefacts and memorabilia. Don't miss the interactive gallery for hands-on entertainment.

British Museum

Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DE Tel: +44 (0)20 7323 8000 Visually the most impressive of all the London Museums, a huge neo-classical building with an exterior consisting of a series of enormous and most magnificent pillars.