Most reviewed Historical place museums in Brixton, United Kingdom to visit (Updated February, 2024)

Most reviewed Historical place museums in Brixton

Explore the city's most talked-about destinations, sorted by the number of reviews. The higher the position on the list, the greater the number of reviews for each place. Discover the pulse of Brixton through these extensively reviewed and popular spots. This list contains 22 places from Historical place museum category.

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Churchill War Rooms

History museum

Secret underground headquarters where Prime Minister Winston Churchill lived and worked during WWII.

4.60 (12.9K reviews) (~4.64 km from centre)

Kenwood House

Heritage building

A 17th-century country house within Hampstead Heath with restored interiors and notable artworks.

4.60 (5.2K reviews) (~12.76 km from centre)

London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE

Historical place museum

Archeological remains of a temple dedicated to Roman god Mithras at Bloomberg's 3.2-acre complex.

4.50 (2.7K reviews) (~5.94 km from centre)

Charles Dickens Museum

History museum

Manuscripts and personal items displayed in author's former home, where he wrote Oliver Twist.

4.50 (2K reviews) (~6.93 km from centre)

The Clink Prison Museum

Historical place museum

Torture devices & grisly tales about inmates & the former medieval prison on the site.

4.10 (1.9K reviews) (~5.34 km from centre)

Fulham Palace

Museum

Paintings, archaeology and artefacts tracing the history of the Palace site from prehistoric times.

4.50 (1.7K reviews) (~7.03 km from centre)

Chiswick House and Gardens

Manor house

Mansion inspired by Earl of Burlington's grand tours of Italy, with restored gardens & statuary.

4.60 (1.4K reviews) (~10.22 km from centre)

The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret

Historical place museum

Apothecary displays share a church roof space with a partly restored former surgical theatre.

4.60 (1.1K reviews) (~5.21 km from centre)

Brunel Museum

Historical place museum

Exploring Brunel's projects in an engine house above his Thames Tunnel, plus tunnel shaft tours.

4.20 (804 reviews) (~6.24 km from centre)

Strawberry Hill House & Garden

Historical place museum

Restored Gothic castle, once home to Horace Walpole, with a landscaped garden, tours & a cafe.

4.60 (622 reviews) (~15.4 km from centre)

Handel Hendrix House

Historical place museum

Handel's home from 1723-1759, with period Georgian features, instruments and scores, plus recitals.

4.50 (583 reviews) (~6.12 km from centre)

Jewel Tower

Historical place museum

Tower of the original 14th-century Palace of Westminster, with ribbed-vault ceiling and exhibition.

4.00 (528 reviews) (~4.2 km from centre)

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery

Art gallery

Modern art exhibitions venue in Pitzhanger Manor, a house designed by Sir John Soane in 1800.

4.70 (463 reviews) (~14.36 km from centre)

Marble Hill

Historical place museum

Palladian villa in riverside parkland, with hand-painted Chinese wallpaper & Georgian artworks.

4.60 (400 reviews) (~13.76 km from centre)

Benjamin Franklin House

Historical place museum

World's only remaining Franklin home, with live period performances plus science and study centres.

4.20 (303 reviews) (~5.2 km from centre)

Sambourne House

History museum

Edward L. Sambourne's 19th-century house, with Aesthetic Movement period interiors.

4.60 (245 reviews) (~7.12 km from centre)

Ranger's House - The Wernher Collection

Art museum

19th-century diamond magnate's sometimes bizarre collection of jewellery, porcelain and paintings.

4.50 (233 reviews) (~8.01 km from centre)

Turner's House (Sandycombe Lodge)

Historical place museum

👍👍 My name is Marc A Turner and on my recent visit to Turner’s house I was greeted with, “Welcome back Mr Turner, I knew then how J M W Turner would have felt when his Farther said those same words, it made me feel at home, our tour guide was perfect and was so enthusiastic, I was lucky enough to meet...

4.50 (196 reviews) (~13.93 km from centre)

National Trust - 2 Willow Road

Tourist attraction

Erno Goldfinger's innovative 1939 Modernist house includes his modern art and furniture collections.

$$ $$

4.40 (156 reviews) (~11.29 km from centre)

Crystal Palace Museum

Historical place museum

Photos, documents & ceramics tracing history of the grand glass building destroyed by fire in 1936.

4.20 (117 reviews) (~5.36 km from centre)

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Most reviewed Historical place museums in Brixton, United Kingdom