All person & artist museums to visit in London

Explore the lives and works of notable individuals at 70 museums in London dedicated to specific persons and artists. These museums offer a deep dive into their contributions and legacy.

Are you curious about the lives of remarkable individuals? Here are the top person and artist museums in London:

  1. Churchill War Rooms1

    Churchill War Rooms

     London
    In the Churchill War Rooms visitors can discover the original Cabinet War Rooms, the wartime bunker that sheltered Churchill and his government during the Blitz. Explore the historic rooms to experience the secret history that lives on underground. Discover the stories of those who worked undergroun
  2. Shakespeare's Globe2

    Shakespeare's Globe

     London
    Shakespeare's Globe is a modern replica of the theatre where some of Shakespeare's plays were staged for the first time. The original theatre was built in 1599 by the Lord Chamberlain's Men, Shakespeare's playing company. It was located roughly 250 metres from where the Globe Theatre stands now. The
  3. National Portrait Gallery3

    National Portrait Gallery

     London
    The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) was the first portrait gallery in the world when it opened in 1856. The gallery houses a collection of portraits of historically important and well known British people. Works in the National Portrait Gallery include photographs, caricatures, paintings, drawings a
  4. Royal Air Force Museum, London4

    Royal Air Force Museum, London

     Edgware
    Royal Air Force Museum, London is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to: social history, archives, personalities, costume and textiles, weapons and war, science and technology and aviation.
  5. Tate Britain5

    Tate Britain

     London
    Tate is a collective name for the National Gallery of British and modern art in England. It comprises four museums: Tate Britain, which was opened in 1897 and was previously known as the Tate Gallery; Tate Liverpool, which was opened in 1988; Tate St. Ives, which was opened in 1993; and Tate Modern, which was opened in 2000. In addition to these physical locations, there is also Tate Online, a website created in 1998 that encompasses all the Tate museums.
  6. The Arsenal Museum6

    The Arsenal Museum

     London
    The Arsenal Museum is situated opposite turnstile E in the Northern Triangle Building. The museum holds many exhibits that were donated by former players who hold a special place in Arsenal’s history. Highlights include Jens Lehmann’s goalkeeper gloves that he wore in the season 2003/4, Michael Thom
  7. Sir John Soane's Museum7

    Sir John Soane's Museum

     London
    Sir John Soane's Museum is a house museum that was formerly the home of the English architect John Soane, who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The museum displays drawings and models of Soane's projects and the collections of paintings, drawings and antiquities collected by Soane.
  8. The Hunterian Museum8

    The Hunterian Museum

     London
    Royal College of Surgeons houses The Hunterian Museum in London. The museum displays thousands of anatomical specimen as well as surgical instruments. It was named after John Hunter, a pioneering surgeon from Scotland. Unfortunately, the museum is now closed due to reconstruction works. It will be r
  9. National Theatre9

    National Theatre

     London
    National Theatre is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to Performing Arts and World Cultures.
  10. Charles Dickens Museum10

    Charles Dickens Museum

     London
    The Charles Dickens Museum is an author's house museum, housed in a typical Georgian terraced house. The house was Charles Dickens's home from 1837 to 1839. The museum features the famous portrait of Dickens known as Dickens's Dream by R. W. Buss, with Charles Dickens surrounded by many of the chara
  11. Old Operating Theatre Museum11

    Old Operating Theatre Museum

     London
    The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret is one of the oldest surviving operating suites (dating from 1822) and a museum of surgical history. The museum consists of the operating suite that was used in the days before anesthetics and antiseptic surgery and the herb garret to store and cure h
  12. Kenwood House12

    Kenwood House

     London
    Kenwood House is a former stately home that served as a seat for the aristocratic Murray and Guinness families. Famous paintings in its collection include The Guitar Player by Johannes Vermeer, Self Portrait with Two Circles, by Rembrandt, Portrait of Pieter van den Broecke, by Frans Hals, Portrait
  13. Leighton House Museum13

    Leighton House Museum

     London
    The Leighton House Museum is the former home of the Victorian artist Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830-1896). The house features the Arab Hall with its golden dome, intricate mosaics and walls lined with Islamic tiles. The house museum holds a collection of paintings and sculpture by Leighton and his co
  14. Apsley House14

    Apsley House

     London
    Apsley House is a Georgian building and is the London townhouse of the Dukes of Wellington. The house is open to the public as a museum and art gallery which has the Wellington Collection on display, a collection of paintings, other artworks and items of the career of the 1st Duke. The rooms inside
  15. Down House - Home of Charles Darwin15

    Down House - Home of Charles Darwin

     Downe
    An intimate window into the life of Englands best known scientist. It was from his study at Down House that Charles Darwin worked on the scientific theories that culminated in a book “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection“ that both scandalised and revolutionised Victorian Britain.
  16. The Foundling Museum16

    The Foundling Museum

     London
    The Foundling Museum tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, the first home for abandoned children established in Britain. The institution was opened in 1739 by the philanthropist Thomas Coram. The collection the museum holds includes paintings and sculptures by well-known British 18th-century ar
  17. Dennis Severs' House17

    Dennis Severs' House

     London
    Dennis Severs was an artist who lived in this house (from 1979 to 1999) in much the same way as its occupants in the 18th century (a family of Huguenot silk weavers) would have done. He used his visitors' imagination as his canvas while they are taken on a historical tour around the house.
  18. Sherlock Holmes Museum18

    Sherlock Holmes Museum

     London
    Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John H. Watson lived at 221b Baker Street (where the Sherlock Holmes Museum is located) between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The house was last used as a lodging house in 1936 and the famous 1st floor study overlooking Baker Street
  19. Freud Museum London19

    Freud Museum London

     London
    The Freud Museum London is housed in the home of the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud, who spent the last year of his life there with his family. The main feature of the museum is his intact study with his desk and the famous psychoanalytic couch and many ancient artefacts including his old library
  20. William Morris Gallery20

    William Morris Gallery

     London
    The William Morris Gallery is the only public gallery devoted to the life and legacy of William Morris: designer, craftsman, socialist. The William Morris Gallery features exhibits related to: design, decorative and applied art, fine art, literature, costume and textiles and social history. Key them
  21. Osterley Park and House21

    Osterley Park and House

     Isleworth
    Osterley Park and House is a museum in Osterley, Middlesex. The museum features exhibits related to: architecture, social history, fine art and decorative and applied art. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: robert adam.
  22. Jewish Museum London22

    Jewish Museum London

     London
    In the Jewish Museum London visitors learn about the life of British Jews, their history and their culture. The museum was established in 1932 and it comprises of four permanent galleries and two temporary exhibition spaces. The collection includes Jewish ceremonial art, paintings, drawings, photogr
  23. Kew Palace and Queen Charlotte's Cottage23

    Kew Palace and Queen Charlotte's Cottage

     Richmond
    Kew Palace and Queen Charlotte's Cottage is a museum in Richmond. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, coins and medals, architecture and social history.
  24. Chiswick House and Gardens24

    Chiswick House and Gardens

     London
    Chiswick House is a Palladian villa that was built and designed by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, who completed it in 1729. The garden of the house is one of the earliest examples of the English landscape garden, designed by William Kent. Burlington was one of 18th-century Britain's greatest
  25. Florence Nightingale Museum25

    Florence Nightingale Museum

     London
    The Florence Nightingale Museum is housed in the St Thomas' Hospital and is devoted to Florence Nightingale, covering her Victorian childhood, her life in the Crimean and her life as an ardent campaigner for health reform. Inthe museum visitors learn more about the legacy of Florence Nightingale and
  26. Clarence House26

    Clarence House

     London
    Clarence House is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to Architecture, Fine Art, Design and Personalities. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include English porcelain and silver, Bowes-Lyon family history, Graham Sutherland, Augustus John, John Piper, WS Sickert and
  27. Dr Johnson's House27

    Dr Johnson's House

     London
    Dr Johnson's House is a 300-year-old townhouse where Samuel Johnson, the writer and wit, lived and worked in the 18th century, compiling his great Dictionary of the English Language in the Garret. The museum houses a collection relating to Johnson, a research library, restored interiors and original
  28. Handel & Hendrix in London28

    Handel & Hendrix in London

     London
    The Fine Art Society is a renowned gallery with locations in both London and Edinburgh's New Town. Established in 1876, the gallery has a rich history and has been a significant player in the art world for over a century. It has been home to many notable exhibitions and has a focus on British art and design from 1600 to the present day. The Edinburgh branch specializes in Scottish art from the same period.
  29. Red House29

    Red House

     Bexleyheath
    Red House is a museum in Bexleyheath. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, architecture, social history, decorative and applied art and design. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: dante gabriel rossetti, edward burne-jones, william morris and philip webb.
  30. Royal Hospital Chelsea30

    Royal Hospital Chelsea

     London
    The National Army Museum, the premier museum of the British Army, is situated in the Chelsea district in the heart of London. It is conveniently located next to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, making it an accessible destination for tourists exploring the city. The museum offers a deep dive into the history and heritage of the British Army, providing a unique perspective on the country's military past.
  31. Two Temple Place31

    Two Temple Place

     London
    Two Temple Place is a museum in London that is dedicated to promoting culture and philanthropy. The museum displays publicly owned art from regional collections in the United Kingdom. It is mostly known for its architecture and its collection includes works of William Silver Frith, Sir George Frampt
  32. Fenton House and Garden32

    Fenton House and Garden

     London
    Fenton House is a 17th-century merchant's house. The house was bought by Lady Binning in 1936. She filled it with her decorative collections of porcelain, Georgian furniture and 17th-century needlework. In addition to this, the museum houses the Benton Fletcher collection of early keyboard instrumen
  33. Cartoon Museum33

    Cartoon Museum

     London
    The Cartoon Museum is a museum in London that is devoted to British cartoons, caricatures, and comic strips. The museum organizes temporary exhibitions with more than 250 pieces from the collection of over 1,700 original cartoons and prints.
  34. Forty Hall and Estate34

    Forty Hall and Estate

     Enfield
    Forty Hall and Estate is a museum in Enfield. The museum features exhibits related to Fine Art, Archives, Archaeology, Coins and Medals, Industry, Architecture, Natural Sciences, Social History, Toys and Hobbies, Weapons and War, Costume and Textiles, Design, Decorative and Applied Art and Personali
  35. Benjamin Franklin House35

    Benjamin Franklin House

     London
    Home to Benjamin Franklin between 1757 and 1775, 36 Craven Street is the location where the famous US statesman conducted numerous important experiments such as measuring the effects of the Gulf Stream, exploring Daylight Saving Time and inventing bi-focal lenses. In 1998 the house was restored and
  36. 18 Stafford Terrace36

    18 Stafford Terrace

     London
    18 Stafford Terrace is a former home of a Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne that now serves as a museum that brings insight into his family life.
  37. Keats House37

    Keats House

     London
    Keats House is where the poet John Keats (1795-1821) lived from 1818 to 1820. Here he wrote some of his best known poetry, including "Ode to a Nightingale". The house is a Grade 1 listed building set in a peaceful garden in Hampstead. It has been open to the public since 1925. Keats House features e
  38. John Wesley's House and The Museum of Methodism38

    John Wesley's House and The Museum of Methodism

     London
    In the John Wesley's House and The Museum of Methodism visitors discover the origins and spread of Methodism through the museum's collection of objects, documents and paintings. Visitors learn how missionaries braved the journey to new countries overseas to spread their beliefs and what awaited them
  39. World Rugby Museum39

    World Rugby Museum

     Twickenham
    World Rugby Museum is a museum in Twickenham, Middlesex. The museum features exhibits related to: sport and social history. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: imporant rugby art works by w.b.wollen. harry langton collection of rugby artefacts. w.w.wakefield collection of artefact
  40. 2 Willow Road40

    2 Willow Road

     London
    2 Willow Road (completed in 1939) houses treasures, furniture and objets d'art of Erno Goldfinger, one of the most influential figures in the British modern movement. Goldfinger lived here with his wife Ursula and their children until he passed away in 1987. Visitors can enjoy the collection of mode
  41. Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge41

    Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge

     London
    Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, archives, archaeology, fine art, natural sciences and social history.
  42. Carlyle's House42

    Carlyle's House

     London
    Carlyle's House is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, social history and literature. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: thomas carlyle.
  43. Rose Theatre43

    Rose Theatre

     London
    Rose Theatre is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to: performing arts, personalities and architecture.
  44. Valence House Museum44

    Valence House Museum

     Dagenham
    Valence House is a Medieval and later timber-framed and partially moated building situated in parkland. Valence House Museum features exhibits related to: personalities, fine art, costume and textiles, archives, decorative and applied art, archaeology, land transport, medicine, weapons and war and s
  45. Orleans House Gallery45

    Orleans House Gallery

     Twickenham
    Orleans House Gallery is a museum in Twickenham, Middlesex. The museum features exhibits related to Fine Art, Personalities, Photography, Costume and Textiles and Archives.
  46. Hogarth's House46

    Hogarth's House

     London
    Hogarth's House is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to: social history, personalities, literature and fine art. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: william hogarth.
  47. Bethlem Museum of the Mind47

    Bethlem Museum of the Mind

     Beckenham
    Bethlem Museum of the Mind is a museum in Beckenham. The museum features exhibits related to: fine art, social history, medicine, archives and personalities. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: caius gabriel cibber's statues of 'raving and melancholy madness' from 17th century bed
  48. Whitehall Historic House48

    Whitehall Historic House

     Sutton
    Whitehall Historic House is a museum in Cheam Village. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, social history, fine art and architecture. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: victorian study bedroom, tudor house building, victorian parlour, nonsuch palace, william g
  49. Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum49

    Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum

     London
    Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to: social history, archives, science and technology and medicine. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: alexander fleming, microbiology, bacteriology, antibiotics and penicillin.
  50. Garden Museum50

    Garden Museum

     London
    The Garden Museum is a small museum that was founded in 1977 next to the church of St. Mary's. Visitors discover the history of gardening through a collection of tools, pictures, and books. The museum also contains the enigmatic tomb of John Tradescant, the first great gardener, and plant-hunter in
  51. Royal Academy of Music Museum51

    Royal Academy of Music Museum

     London
    Royal Academy of Music Museum is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, performing arts, coins and medals, social history, archives, fine art and music. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: designated collection, english music prints, violin, pi
  52. Royal College of Physicians52

    Royal College of Physicians

     London
    Royal College of Physicians is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to: science and technology, personalities, fine art, decorative and applied art, archives, coins and medals, social history and medicine. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: medical instruments
  53. Barnet Museum53

    Barnet Museum

     Barnet
    Barnet Museum is a museum in Barnet. The museum features exhibits related to Coins and Medals, Fine Art, Science and Technology, Personalities, Costume and Textiles, Social History, Archaeology and Archives.
  54. Old Speech Room Gallery54

    Old Speech Room Gallery

     Harrow
    The Old Speech Room was built in 1819-21 as a chamber in which to encourage public speaking. It was converted into a gallery by Alan Irvine in 1976 as a repository for the School's varied and distinguished collection of antiquities and fine art. The Old Speech Room Gallery features exhibits related
  55. Dorich House Museum55

    Dorich House Museum

     London
    Dorich House Museum is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to Personalities, Fine Art, Architecture and Decorative and Applied Art. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include Dora Gordine and Richard Hare.
  56. Little Holland House56

    Little Holland House

     Carshalton
    Little Holland House is a museum in Carshalton. The museum features exhibits related to Personalities, Social History, Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Architecture and Design. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include Give to Us Each Day our Daily Bread, Arts and Crafts style furni
  57. The British Red Cross Museum57

    The British Red Cross Museum

     London
    The British Red Cross Museum is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to: law and order, social history, land transport, coins and medals, world cultures, archives, personalities, fine art, decorative and applied art, costume and textiles and medicine.
  58. Pitzhanger Manor House and Gallery58

    Pitzhanger Manor House and Gallery

     London
    From 1800 to 1804 Sir John Soane, one of Britain’s most influential architects, designed and built the Pitzhanger Manor House. The Pitzhanger Manor Gallery is a venue for contemporary art exhibits that presents three exhibitions a year of work by artists, designers and architects. Visitors can also
  59. Emery Walker Arts & Crafts house59

    Emery Walker Arts & Crafts house

     London
    No 7 Hammersmith Terrace is a tall terraced house on the River Thames. Its sober Georgian exterior hides a secret – the decoration and furnishings preserved as they were in the lifetime of the printer Emery Walker (1851-1933), a great friend and mentor to William Morris. It is the last authentic Art
  60. Burgh House & Hampstead Museum60

    Burgh House & Hampstead Museum

     London
    Burgh House is a grade I listed house built in 1703/4. The Hampstead Museum is incorporated in the House on the first floor and offers permanent displays on Hampstead history. There is also a programme of changing exhibitions and events. Burgh House & Hampstead Museum features exhibits related to: p
  61. Fitzroy House61

    Fitzroy House

     London
    The Fitzroy House is a four-storey house built in the 18th century as an example of Georgian architecture. The museum is devoted to the writer L. Ron Hubbard. In the Fitzroy House visitors go on a trip down memory lane, with its restored communications office equipment including Adler typewriters, G
  62. Turner's House, Twickenham62

    Turner's House, Twickenham

     Twickenham
    Turner's House, Twickenham is a museum in Twickenham. The museum features exhibits related to: fine art. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: jmw turner.
  63. Kelmscott House63

    Kelmscott House

     London
    Kelmscott House is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles and Personalities.
  64. Madame Tussauds London64

    Madame Tussauds London

     London
    Madame Tussauds London is a wax museum in London, founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. The museum displays the waxworks of famous and historic people and popular film characters.
  65. Stephens House and Gardens65

    Stephens House and Gardens

     London
    Avenue House, the principle building of Stephens House & Gardens, was commandeered as a VAD Hospital during World War One and in 1918 became the Central Hospital of the newly formed Royal Air Force. The Gardens provide a mixed landscape and include an arboretum, a rockery, a bog garden, large park a
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    Kingston Museum

     Kingston upon Thames
    Kingston Museum is a museum in Kingston upon Thames. The museum features exhibits related to: social history, world cultures, archaeology, decorative and applied art, coins and medals, fine art, weapons and war, costume and textiles, natural sciences, science and technology, archives and land transp
  67. 67

    Heath Robinson Museum

     Pinner
    The only museum dedicated to the work of William Heath Robinson,illustrator, artist and cartoonist. Whether for his well known humorous drawings or his illustrations for Kipling, Shakespeare or children’s stories, he is integral to British cultural heritage. His name entered the language as early as
  68. 68

    Redbridge Museum

     Ilford
    Redbridge Museum is a museum in Ilford. The museum features exhibits related to Agriculture, Archives, Social History, Coins and Medals, Archaeology, Costume and Textiles, Fine Art and Industry. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include Ilford Ltd, Sylvia Pankhurst, Winston Churchill, Cl
  69. 69

    Cuming Museum

     London
    Cuming Museum is a museum in London that houses the collection of the Cuming family, an art collection as well as local and social history objects collected since the early 19th century right up to today, reflecting Southwark’s history.
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    Alexander Kerensky Museum

     London
    Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (1881-1970) was the last President of Russia before the Bolshevik coup d’état of October 1917 (often referred as ‘old’ Russia or ‘that’ Russia to distinguish it from Russia of the Soviet and Post-Soviet times). Kerensky governed the State for only 109 days (from July