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Good smaller/quieter museums in London



Notters

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Oct 20, 2003
24,865
Guiseley
Hi, got to pop up to London later but was thinking about stopping off at a museum. Obviously likely to be chaos on a Bank Holiday, does anyone have any recommendations of places that are likely to be a bit quieter, i.e. not the Natural History Museum?


Thought I might try the Museum of London.
 




ForestRowSeagull

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Jan 6, 2011
951
Now Brixton
Visited the Museum of London yesterday, was relatively busy but not overly crowded. Modern history is more my bag and I really enjoyed a lot of the exhibits, would recommend. As a side, we also booked onto a tour of the Royal Courts of Justice and the Old Bailey, for £6 it was unbelievable value and was really interesting.
 




Barham's tash

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Jun 8, 2013
3,612
Rayners Lane
Hi, got to pop up to London later but was thinking about stopping off at a museum. Obviously likely to be chaos on a Bank Holiday, does anyone have any recommendations of places that are likely to be a bit quieter, i.e. not the Natural History Museum?


Thought I might try the Museum of London.

Museum of London gets my vote as would a quick stop in Lincoln's Inn to visit both the Sir John Soames Museum - two converted townhouses crammed full of artifacts that he collected over his life - and/or the museum at the Royal college of surgeons across the square.
 




dougdeep

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May 9, 2004
37,732
SUNNY SEAFORD
Not a museum as such but The National Portrait Gallery is an experience.
 


Machiavelli

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Oct 11, 2013
16,560
Fiveways
We went to the Museum of London before the Millwall game, and there's no end to see there, so that's a good call in my book. If you want a gallery that's not a big name, then the Whitechapel usually has some interesting stuff on, and has been (beautifully) refitted recently.
 


JackJ

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Apr 16, 2012
15
The Horniman museum is amazing although a bit of a trek from Central. The overground to forest hill from London bridge gets you there. Definitely worth a visit if you have the time and has a stuffed walrus.
 












beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,265
Not a museum as such but The National Portrait Gallery is an experience.

i was going to suggest. be sure to see the Statemen of World War 1, Churchill has an prophetic prominance given the time of the painting.
 










Boys 9d

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Jan 3, 2012
1,788
Lancing
Not sure if your trip was today, if so it is too late for me to recommend the Wallace Collection north of Oxford Street which as well as fine Art has a substantial gallery of arms and armour. The other possibility is the Clink Prison Museum on the South Bank.
 


..Another vote for the Museum of London for me. The Golden Hinde replica on the South Bank is also worth a visit, guided tour of around an hour was great for kids. We had a guide who was in full on "horrible history" mode - you would not believe the uses that poo and wee were put to on a Tudor warship and as for the gallery at the rear where the officers pooed, we were told that they had used the one on the replica until the Starbucks opposite complained!
 


Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
73,371
West west west Sussex
There's a museum in the basement of The Royal Society NOBODY knows about.
 






Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
59,199
The Fatherland
Hi, got to pop up to London later but was thinking about stopping off at a museum. Obviously likely to be chaos on a Bank Holiday, does anyone have any recommendations of places that are likely to be a bit quieter, i.e. not the Natural History Museum?


Thought I might try the Museum of London.

Have you just met a new girl? You'll be asking about picnics and Thai restaurants next :lolol:
 



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