London Museums

If you’d like to give a Christmas present that lasts longer than the festive season – and won’t end up forgotten in a drawer – consider giving them an annual museum or gallery membership. Most major museums offer some form

A new Shakespeare museum in East London that was due to open this year has been delayed and doesn’t have an opening date at the moment. The Museum of Shakespeare surface building (c) ianVisits When it opens, the Museum of

The V&A Museum is filled with chunks of architecture saved from demolition, but an ornate staircase I had assumed was the same turns out not to be at all. Found at the museum’s northwest corner, this is the appropriately named

The London Fire Brigade could soon have a museum once again — a decade after its previous one closed and went into storage. From the old museum in 2009 (c) ianVisits The former museum, based in Southwark, was intended to

London will get a new museum next April, as the V&A has confirmed the delayed opening date for its V&A East Museum in the Olympic Park. V&A East Museum – Oct 2022 (c) ianVisits The five-storey hermit crab shaped building

‘Tis fast approaching the season to sit in front of your computer on a video call wearing nothing except a Christmas Jumper. You might not be commuting to work as much these days, but there’s still no excuse not to

A new museum will open in London next year, as the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration has confirmed its delayed opening date. New River Head buildings (c) ianVisits The new museum will be housed in a 300-year-old former waterworks in

The historic Dr Johnson’s House in the City, home to the famous dictionary writer, is to start opening on Sundays for a few months to make it easier to visit at weekends. Dr Johnson’s House (c) ianVisits Discover the famous