I’m going to London next Wednesday for a day trip. Any ideas on good free museums, and galleries to go?

Posted by admin on March 9th, 2010 and filed under portrait gallery | 6 Comments »

I have a random day off work next wednesday so I’m going to
London. I have already been to Tate, Tate Modern, and Portrait Gallery and Natural History, British, and Science Museums. So I’m looking for something different…and free

You could try the Victoria and Albert Museum, just across the road from the Natural History. It’s free, apart from special exhibitions, and is great for anything artsy. I think the N H Museum now has its winter ice rink set up; for the last couple of years it had some stalls adjacent to it, selling all kinds of things.

Somerset House at Aldwych also has an ice rink (my favourite), but you have to pay to get into their exhibitions.

Just behind Selfridges on Oxford Street is the Wallace Collection, a fairly small art gallery. They often have a small, free, special exhibition downstairs. It also has porcelain and armour, and some very famous paintings like "The Laughing Cavalier" by Hals.

6 Responses

  1. junglejungle Says:

    a bit morbid, but how about highgate cemetery.. or the one in kensal green.

    there are free meusems about also.. local ones..

    or even the peace pagoda in battersea park.

    portabello road (but thats better friday or saturday)
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  2. Curley Says:

    Natural History or the maritime in Greenwich ( you can take a trip into the park too (2 for one as they say :) )
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  3. manxbiker Says:

    a good place to go to is the R A F Museum at Hendon you can get there on the tube and it is very interesting not just about the R A F has a lot of aircraft there from all over you will find a lot to do and see there you can get more information here http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/index.cfm
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  4. chelseablue Says:

    Imperial war museum
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  5. Tim D Says:

    V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road E2 9PA
    No matter how young or old you are you’ll wander round there and find something that makes you say "I remember.." or "I had one.." And it’s free.
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    http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/

  6. Sybaris Says:

    You could try the Victoria and Albert Museum, just across the road from the Natural History. It’s free, apart from special exhibitions, and is great for anything artsy. I think the N H Museum now has its winter ice rink set up; for the last couple of years it had some stalls adjacent to it, selling all kinds of things.

    Somerset House at Aldwych also has an ice rink (my favourite), but you have to pay to get into their exhibitions.

    Just behind Selfridges on Oxford Street is the Wallace Collection, a fairly small art gallery. They often have a small, free, special exhibition downstairs. It also has porcelain and armour, and some very famous paintings like "The Laughing Cavalier" by Hals.
    References :

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