Best places: Museums in Westminster, United Kingdom

Imposing gallery with historic and contemporary British art, notable for its JMW Turner collection.

Museum of world-sourced antiques, sculpture, artworks and armour, set within a palatial townhouse.

👍👍 The main part of this building is the Faraday Museum. It illustrates the contributions and inventions of the great Michael Faraday along with other scientists who worked at the Royal Institution. In display are Faraday's egg, coils used by him for his invention on electromagnetism, his lab behind th...

Museum in the Iron Duke's Georgian house with a fine art collection & a Canova statue of Napoleon.

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

A grand collection of royal transport including horses, cars & the fancy 1762 Gold State Coach.

Wood and marble line this light-flooded brasserie for European cuisine in a grand 1930s institute.

Free-entry art galleries hosting world-renowned temporary exhibitions on either side of the lake.

Museum with Victorian decor in the home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous fictional detective.

Exhibition detailing the history of Foot Guards and the Household Cavalry, with tours and talks.

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

A wide collection of memorabilia brought together by General Sikorski, a Polish officer during WWII.

Museum tracing the development of British cartooning from the early 18th century to the present day.

🫤 The exhibition is great! It was so original and interesting. So I recommend 100% visiting it. My 2 stars is due to not having enough time to see it and the unhelpful staff.They recommend 1:30h as the time to explore all the exhibition. When the venue was about to close, we were still half-way throu...

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

Museum telling the story of Fleming's Nobel prize-winning discovery of the antibiotic, penicillin.

👍👍 Great music museum. A must visit if you're in the area.

😐 There is a plaque on the wall indicating that San Martin was there, but it is not open to the public nor is there anything that says it is a museum. Nearby there is a park and the famous Sherlock Holmes house, 221B Basker St and the souvenir shop. If you are in the area, it is advisable to go in pas...