Museums
Victoria & Albert Museum
Decorative arts done at scale. The cafe in the tiled room is the prettiest cafeteria in London.
Why go
Decorative arts done at scale. The cafe in the tiled room is the prettiest cafeteria in London.
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.