Museums

34 Cork Street, Mayfair, W1S 3NQ [map]

10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, WC2E 7NA [map]

35-43 Lincolns Inn Fields, Holborn, WC2A 3PE [map]

Housed in a grand building occupied by the Royal College of Surgeons, the Hunterian Museum displays the collection of pioneering surgeon John Hunter (1728-93).

Nash House, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH [map]

The centre for international contemporary arts in Britain with 3 galleries (exhibitions changing approximately every 8 weeks).

245 St John Street, Islington, EC1V 4NB [map]

The New Islington Museum explores the borough’s history through a number of exciting ways.

171 Union Street, Southwark, SE1 0LN [map]

Raymond Burton House, 129-131 Albert Street, NW1 7NB [map]

The Jewish Museum is currently closed to the public while it undergoes a huge re-development project.

26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, W6 9TA [map]

Visit the Craft workshop and William Morris' Albion Press Coach House and library to see changing exhibitions of Morris embroideries and Pre-Raphaelite drawings as well as original designs.

Old Spitalfields Market, behind 63-65 Brushfield Street, E1 6AA [map]

Kinetica is the UK's first museum of kinetic art.

110-116 Kingsgate Road, Hampstead, NW6 2JG [map]

99 Southwark Street, SE1 0JF [map]

Working equipment and exhibition about the machinery David Kirkaldy designed to experiment and test the strength of materials to uniform standards.

Western Kurdish Association, Palingswick House, 241 King Street, W6 9LP [map]

The first museum devoted to Kurdish heritage and culture in Europe, London’s Kurdish Museum and Library was founded in 2007 and opened to the public in 2008.