THE PERFECT EXPERIENCE TO UNDERSTAND LONDON... Like many reviewers here, I've passed the sign for Hogarth House Museum (with little exaggeration) thousands of time on the A4 and always promised myself a visit over the past 20 years. But with a fabulous collection of Hogarth's work housed in the John Soane museum in Central London and shows of his work readily available across the city, the need to go was never quite met with the effort. That was until I found myself at a lose end one sunny Sunday afternoon in March 2017 and decided to make the journey. It's relatively simply from Central London, a tube from Piccadilly Circus to Hammersmith and then change for a 190 Bus towards Richmond & alight at the Hogarth Roundabout stop (around 40 minutes). Things can get tricky from here though, as there is, ironically, absolutely no signage directing to you to the house coming from this direction. But cross the road head back on the pavement to the A4 and start walking away from the pub and you'll find it on your lefthand side (5 minutes max). Google Maps (as ever) isn't particularly helpful for this destination either I found. But once there, I can assure you, your efforts will be amply rewarded. To begin with, this venue really does epitomise everything that's great about London. It's historical (stood here for over 300 years), totally Free (as most of our Museums) and has been saved for the benefit of all (Londoners really understand the importance of keeping things that are or should be treasured). It's been a museum since 1904 and as ever it was a Londoner (as it invariably always is, rather than a council or organisation) that rescued the home and brought it back to it's former glory and turned it into a public museum, a one Lieutenant-Colonel Shipway It was unfortunate that on my visit they had had to close the upstairs floor due to some technical difficulties, but it was amply made up by the fact that they had a temporary exhibition entitled "Treasures from our Stores". A selection of artefacts rarely if ever on public display. I got to see many pieces I was unfamiliar with, but they made me smile just the same. It also reminded me how little has changed in the past 300 years. In his engravings (the largest collection held in the world) Politics is mocked then as it would be today, the stupidity of law, the fads of medical innovation are all mercilessly satirised too (as the photographs will attest). So, why is this the perfect experience to understand London, because we are a city of firsts, Hogarth created the world's first copyright legislation (Hogarth's Act "Engravers Copyright Act), we are a city that protects itself (this is a Grade 1 Listed Building - meaning it will always remain like this), a city that looks after its residents (Hogarth was one of the founders of the Foundling Museum) and a city that can laugh at itself (Hogarth was considered one of the world's greatest satirists). Therefore one quick trip will immerse you in all that's London. And if you're coming from Piccadilly the contrast from heaving metropolis to idyllic riverside countryside (once away from the A4) highlights the diversity of living in our city too. And drop into the The George & Devonshire Pub opposite after your visit (a pub that Hogarth would have likely visited as it's older than the house 1650) - that will show you the Londoners can be hospitable too. A fantastic gem and a must visit.

The grounds are beautiful, but unfortunately we were banned from visiting because Hogarth’s House refuses to welcome any visitors on bicycles. We were told there was nowhere to lock our bicycles, that Hogarth’s House has no bike racks, and that visitors are forbidden from locking their bikes to the benches despite them not being historic pieces of furniture. Museum staff were extremely rude and made it feel like the decision to ban bikes was deliberate. There is plenty of room on the grounds for bike racks, and yet museum administrators have made the explicit choice to exclude visitors riding bicycles. The closest bike racks are at Chiswick House, more than a ten minute walk away—plus ten minutes to return to Hogarth’s, then ten minutes to collect your bike after your visit, making the total detour 30+ minutes. This is even more confusing considering it’s miserable to drive to the museum as it has no parking, and it’s miserable to walk there as it’s located beside the busy and noisy A4, the most polluted road in the borough. Why make it even more difficult to visit Hogarth’s House by refusing to install bike racks? Today was truly disappointing, as I was really looking forward to learning about the history of Hogarth House. The London Borough of Hounslow and Heritage Fund should not be supporting an institution this hostile to cyclists.

This is a free to enter interesting museum about the artist William Hogarth and is in his former home

Museum celebrating the achievements of RI members, including Michael Faraday's preserved 1850s lab.

This is a little gem of a museum is highly recommended when visiting London. You need to figure out how to cross the busy highway to get to the house as Google maps isn't that helpful but once you get there, your journey into history begins! The house and the mulberry garden looks amazing and has its own unique facts about its origins but most people will want to discover the Hogarth's plates and poems! It depicts caricature stories of society and the depravity of his time. These are timeless stories that reminds me of the political satire cartoons in the papers of current times. The expression of the faces are fantastic and you could stare at the plates for hours finding all sorts of things in them tickles your brain. Of course there are more things about the house and the Hogarth's family but real reason to visit are the plates. It is only about 20 minutes by underground from London City centre and a great pitstop when visiting Kew gardens.

Amazing to be able to walk around Hogarth's House for free. It's a lovely old building which has been well maintained. There are a lot of Hogarth's prints to see. You can easily spend an hour or two if you want to have a good look at his works.

Relatively quiet tourist attraction but definitely good to have another look at London from an artist of the time, you really see how the UK society and culture was like back in the days, instead of just by historians in textbooks. Hogarth House did a huge and memorable amount of charity back in the day. Good to have a look at the history here. Max you can stay for an hour in this place because it is quite small and cozy.

I did the embossing class here and loved it. Hope they do it again: highly recommend doing their workshops. I also visited the museum, for the second time, and loved it, even more than the first time I went. I recommend setting aside a good amount of time so you can read all the storyboards that go with the etchings and then maybe follow it up with a visit to the paintings at the John Soames museum another time.

An interesting little (and free!) museum tucked away in the West End. Occupying the basement, it displays original instruments used by Faraday, Davey and other scientific pioneers to understand light, heat and electromagnetism among other phenomena. Accessible and interesting for both science and history of science fans, you can also take a look at the (beautifully updated) theatre where Faraday and his peers would have given lectures.

Fantastic visit on the way to Chiswick House. The house itself is fairly interesting and the garden very pleasant but the exhibition of Hogarth's work is phenomenal, a fantastic chronicler of the XVIII century England. And it's all free! Well recommended.

Pretty cool museum

The Faraday Museum is located at 21 Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London,, on the lower floor of the Royal Institution building. Entry is free. It's a small museum with exhibits of Faraday's achievements. The exhibition includes Faraday's magnetic laboratory as it was in the 1850's. The displays provide a lot of information about Faraday's work and of his associates. There's even an exhibit dedicated to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, where the character, Professor Waldman is said to be based on the Cornish scientist, Humphry Davy. There's even a cafe to relax in. On the street there are a number of electric vehicle charging stations.

I loved this house. We came across it by chance. I was thrilled. It's beautifully preserved and very informative. Thoroughly enjoyed my visit.

Lovely garden surrounding an elderly Mulberry Tree that gives the buildings both old and new a great setting

We hugely enjoyed our visit to this charming house, miraculously preserved on the edge of the busy A4. On a rainy Tuesday afternoon, we were alone to stroll through the cosy rooms and study the detail of the many engravings on our own. Free parking can be had: from westbound A4 after Hogarth roundabout, turn off left at the Premier Inn entrance, and immediately right to a special parking area. Ask the museum for a pass, which you need to return and put in the car for two free hours’ parking there.

Know very little about Hogarth,so we went along to his house and really enjoyed it. If you have an hour or so it's well worth your time. Park just down the road and walk back. Chiswick House and grounds is near,so you can combine the two. Hogarths House is free to enter. Toilets on site.

An enjoyable small museum. Its amazing how much of an influence one man can have on humanity. The museum gives you a brief overview of his works and musings. I now feel the need to follow this visit up with some reading to better understand this area of scientific research. Although I have given this museum 5 stars it could easily have been less due to the fact one member of staff was watching a television programme on his mobile device with the volume turned up, couple this with the low level ambient music it was hard to concentrate 100%

Excellent museum to all things Hogarth! Some renovation work outside still on going. Well worth a visit 😁👍

Lovely afternoon learning about drypoint from Elena and Raji (?) I made a print of my dog Cadey

Fascinating to visit the house William Hogarth lived in in Chiswick. Carefully restored and free entry. Parking available in the Chiswick House parking lot just a few minutes walk away.

Great museum and free to get in. Really interesting and helpful staff. Only a short walk from Chiswick high street and Turnham Green station. Recommended.

Amazing place, I've been here many times and keep inviting my friends to share Hogarth's art. Thank you so much for this opportunity.

So much history packed into a small museum. Well worth a visit

Delightful small museum ,friendly welcome from the lady at the door. Beautiful little garden. You can't believe how this area must have been when it was countryside .

Unassuming place. Free entry. Puts together Hogarth's etchings and prints and gives them context. The moralising reflects the period they were made but also are relevant today.

Great small museum. Lovely to go there when you have seen all the big ones

Faraday Museum

An understated and well hidden gem (not even a mention on the front door). This was were a fantastic collection of breakthroughs were made and the original equipment (including the tube that explained why the sky is blue) is on display.

Great

Great place to visit especially if you are into science and it is a working museum.

The place preserves the equipment used by legends like Michael Faraday, Humphrey Davy and Lawrence Bragg. There's no entry fee. For people who love science it's an excellent place to visit. I got goosebumps looking at the laboratory used by Faraday.

Great place for lovers of Hogarth's work. All the classics are here Currently there's also a very good little exhibition of Paula Rego, who's a fan. I loved her wine labels and nursery rhyme pictures.

Great place, knowledgable staff, learnt some wonderful things and has a new learning centre, worth a visit if you are in the area. Just a shame there's a great big road running on the outside of the original walls

Was so good visiting and staff were really nice, would highly recommend

See the wonderful Paula Rego exhibition whilst you're there. It's free!

small place but free to visit, and wonderful to imagine how it was in Hogarth's day with the roar of the motorway next to you!

Small museum brimming with facts about the house and garden.

Small house with three rooms upstairs; admission is free; many of his famous engravings are recreated and you get background on his family / his wife’s family and the families of surrounding area of Chiswick

Hogarth's story, and key artworks, laid out sympathetically in his old out-of-town house. Lots of biographical detail and artefacts flesh out your visit to what is in reality a small cottage.

Small but interesting and free. Great to see so many Hogarth prints and fun playing skittles in the garden.

Really interesting visit. Not a big house but we'll set out and fabulous to see Hogarths artwork so well displayed. Very informative, makes a change from stately homes and free to visit.

Very interesting exhibition and learned a lot from it. The volunteers were very friendly and helpful too. However, our day was a bit marred by the less than user-friendly car park for Chiswick House. You can't pay by cash. You can either only pay by phone 📱 which my partner tried to do but it was impossible to hear the voice prompts due to constant air and road traffic. I also tried to pay on my mobile online which was equally unsuccessful so after waste about half an hour faffing about, we left to find alternative parking. At least we didn't have to pay. Apart from that, it was a very worthwhile visit.

This was a great place to visit . Yes , parking is a slight issue and it is on a busy main road but once inside , staff were incredibly informative and helpful. The history of the house was amazing and fascinating. This is a free to enter museum and is definitely worth a visit.

Excellent small museum. Great if you like science but also general interest. Small cafe which I didn't try. Really good displays. Free but take donations. Worth a visit!

A hidden gem in the centre of mayfair. If you are into Physics at any level, this is a must in London

A very small exhibit in the basement. I won't take more than an hour, but if interesting and enjoyable for your inner nerd.

Small museum but definitely worth visiting.

Kind of boring honestly🤣😂

A little difficult to find once you're inside the building (go down the stairs!) But lots of pieces of scientific history are here. The museum is very small compared to other main museums in London but it still manages to have lots of information and exhibits. The museum could do with modernising and expansion as I'm sure there's more things that could be on display

The best thing about this place that they have preserved Faraday's lab as such. Being a person from science background , i felt bit emotional seeing that. They have kept annu rare pieces like first xrd machine and all. There is no entry fee . There is a all cafe inside and free wifi.

The museum is a wonderful experience for visitors & locals😇. Don't miss the chance to see every artist interpretation.

Michael Faraday is one of my favorite scientists, so I had to stop off here while I London. It is actually a very nice little museum and well worth a visit. It's located near enough to other sites that will not be out of the way.

It is a small museum located in Mayfair; however, it is not easy to find - my advice is to look for The Royal Institution instead, as the Faraday Museum is on the lower ground floor of this building. This is one of those places that needs to be combined with other tourist attractions or if you are in the area; or if you are indeed a far of Michael Faraday as the collection is not big but you will get to see Faraday’s old lab. I just wish the museum is a bit more interactive and engaging as I didn’t find it stimulating enough; however, it is also part of the Young Scientist Centre – a space for young people and their teachers to experiment science and technology; so that is an excellent initiative.

Museum about scientist Michael Faraday and the history of electricity

A very interesting morning. Spend some time to read about not just Faraday but many other of the era changing all aspects of day to day life. In addition to front desk staff which where very polite and welcoming there is a lovely little cafe hide away just downstairs😁.

Go and see where many exciting discoveries originated. See the first safety latern for miners, the origins of electricity and even the thermos flask. Great building and fantastic lecture theatre as seen on 'The Christmas Lectures'! Forgot to add the periodic table wall, have a go trying to remember as many as you can with the help of a natty tune you'll be humming all day.

Hidden gem of an attraction, free entry. Friendly staff.

Cool house but very difficult to get to hy car.

Fantastic piece of history

Be advised Hogarth’s House is closed until 25 March 2019 according to a sign on the front gate.

Interesting little house with helpful staff. Well worth a visit and it's free.

Hogarth only lived here for a relatively short time and so it is perhaps appropriate that one can only visit here for a brief time (40 minutes). So you are not going to see much of Hogarth's possessions, it is more a gallery of some of his works. Entry is free and the house is now owned by the local Council.

A simple modest display, making famous Royal research institute former achievements. But not for professional scientific audience.

Excellent exhibition, small but perfectly formed

This museum houses multiple of Michael Faraday's instruments and apparatuses. In case you don't know Faraday made significant contribution to the field of electromagnetism. The dynamo which generates electricity is his contribution

Free entrance. Great drawings. Charming old house

It's great if you have an interest in Faraday or similar scientists. Much smaller than I expected though which was a little disappointing, I was in and out in about 25 minutes and I was a bit confused as to where it was in the building so I had to ask someone but they were helpful. You should definitely visit!

Small but interesting! Free to attend and worthwhile.

Little gem. If you like the history of science you’ll enjoy these exhibits.

Neat self guided walk through. Surprising amount of information about the discoveries made by the faculty of scientists associated with the society.

Great place to see the discoveries of the royal institute and their additions to basic technology of society.

Nice small museum with some cool aterfacts. Shouldn't take too long to visit but free and well curated

Lovely

There are not many places in the world you can stand that have such significance. Faraday is a giant of science and this is his laboratory.

Really nice museum as part of our science week. A little on the small size but insightful.

For the scientist in you

(Translated by Google) For scientists, you must visit Faraday's laboratory! (Original) Para los científicos, imperdible visitar el laboratorio de Faraday!

This is a little gem. It may be small, but it is well worthwhile visiting if you have an hour or two spare. Lots of interesting items on display; Faraday's lab exists in the same location that it used to and lots of his equipment and apparatus is available to see. First electromagnets, batteries, specialised glasswork. Many other famous scientists are talked about - pop in, you won't be disappointed.

Small but worth it for niché audience

A place rich of history and important scientific discovery. Unmissable

Great experience to be at this place known from phisics lessons.