London Museums

The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret - Britain's oldest surviving operating theatre. Provides history of the museum, details of its facilities, a virtual tour and mailing list.

The Musical Museum - Describes its collection of automatic mechanical musical instruments; activities; volunteer opportunities; and links.

The Library and Museum of Freemasonry - Offers publicly available collections of Masonic material in the world. Includes collection, catalogue, news, events and exhibitions.

The Science Museum - Providing information for visitors, details of the collections, exhibitions and events, online shop and newsletter.

The Wallace Collection - French 18th century collection of paintings, porcelain, furnishings and armoury. Includes information for visitors, news, exhibition details and ordering information for the gift shop.

The Island History Trust - Community history project dedicated to recording and preserving the history of the Isle of Dogs. Includes information about the organisation and their location.

The Sherlock Holmes Museum - The Baker Street home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective, maintained as described in the novels. Virtual tour of the museum, online souvenir shop and free membership to Sherlock Holmes International Soc

Natural History Museum - Includes details of the permanent exhibitions, special events and education programmes, along with visitors information and online interactive exhibitions.

The Horniman Museum and Gardens - Natural history collection containing animals, plants, anthropological and geological specimens.

The Tower of London - Includes history, information on each tower, the crown jewels, the ravens and famous prisoners, along with ghost stories, traditions and interviews with the yeomen warders.

The Geffrye Museum - Specialist collection of English furniture and decorative arts set in 18th century almshouses. Period room displays date from 1600 to 2000.