Best places: Art museums in London, United Kingdom

Blockbuster exhibitions and permanent decorative arts collection, with design shop and ornate cafe.

Trafalgar Square art museum whose masterworks trace the development of Western European painting.

Recreations of WWI trenches and the Blitz, many tanks and planes and revolving military exhibitions.

Eccentric 19th-century collector's home, packed with classical sculpture, paintings and curiosities.

Elegant gallery with a wide collection of art, including works by Monet, Van Gogh & Cézanne.

Museum showing 17th-century portraits & other works tracing city history, plus a Roman amphitheater.

Former home of Lord Leighton with intricately tiled Arab Hall, paintings & sculpture collection.

Up-and-coming and established contemporary art exhibited in 19th-century Duke of York headquarters.

Neoclassical riverside palace hosting courtyard events, a winter ice rink and the Courtauld Gallery.

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Georgian building displaying 20th-century Italian art, from futurist to figurative works.

Restored Spitalfields home displaying 18th-century lifestyle, with private tours & events.

Contemporary art gallery offering a programme of exhibitions, residencies and courses.

Significant collection of 17th- & 18th-century European Old Masters in a building by Sir John Soane.

12,000-strong collection of packets, adverts and items from the Victorian era to the present day.

The story of first British home for abandoned children, with art collection and Handel memorabilia.

Historic weaponry and armour on display in the White Tower at the Tower of London.

Unique venue tracing history of London's canals, with a Victorian well used to store imported ice.

Old and new exhibitions of Asian, African and Middle Eastern culture, plus a Japanese roof garden.

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