Most reviewed Historical place museums in London, United Kingdom to visit (Updated January, 2024)

Most reviewed Historical place museums in London

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 London through these extensively reviewed and popular spots. This list contains 25 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) (~13.17 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) (~10.76 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) (~10.78 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) (~10.73 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) (~11.35 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) (~19.71 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) (~20.96 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) (~11.45 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 (799 reviews) (~11.01 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 (614 reviews) (~28.24 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) (~12.97 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) (~13.39 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 (459 reviews) (~22.23 km from centre)

Marble Hill

Historical place museum

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

4.60 (398 reviews) (~26.29 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 (302 reviews) (~12.49 km from centre)

Ingatestone Hall

Historical place museum

Privately-owned mansion with limited summer opening, with antiques, paintings and extensive gardens.

4.50 (267 reviews) (~29.04 km from centre)

Sambourne House

History museum

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

4.60 (244 reviews) (~16.46 km from centre)

Ranger's House - The Wernher Collection

Art museum

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

4.40 (221 reviews) (~13.91 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 (193 reviews) (~26.15 km from centre)

2 Willow Road

Tourist attraction

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

$$ $$

4.40 (154 reviews) (~11.41 km from centre)

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Most reviewed Historical place museums in London, United Kingdom