Museums
Natural History Museum
The Hintze Hall whale is worth the queue alone. Free, go on a weekday.
Why go
The Hintze Hall whale is worth the queue alone. Free, go on a weekday.
Plan your visit
Check the official site before travelling; hours and prices can change.
Keep exploring
More museums
Sir John Soane's Museum
Museums
Free, tiny, deranged — Soane's own house preserved exactly as he left it in 1837.
The Wallace Collection
Museums
Free national museum in a Manchester Square townhouse — armour, Boucher, the Laughing Cavalier.
The British Museum
Museums
Free, vast, civilisationally heavy — go for one room, not all of them.