The Clink Prison Museum

The Clink Prison Museum is built upon the original site of The Clink Prison, which dating back to 1144 was one of England’s oldest and most notorious prisons.

Spanning for over 600 years, it witnessed a remarkable amount of social and political change in England, and thus housed a multitude of sinners throughout its existence, including debtors, heretics, drunkards, harlots, and later religious adversaries.

Positioned in the heart of modern-day Southwark, the prison was situated in an area that has long been associated with more raucous, vivacious and unruly behaviour; it was the louder, ruder and wickeder neighbour to The City, and a place where Londoners sought entertainment.

Visitors will learn all about this scandalous truth of Old Bankside through a hands-on educational experience, with the opportunity to view archaeological artefacts, handle torture devices, and to view and hear all about the tales of torment and many misfortunes of the inmates of the infamous Clink Prison.

Opening Times - We are open all year around, 7 days a week

( Closed on Christmas Day )

Summer (July – September )10.00 – 19.30

Winter ( October – June )

Monday to Friday 10.00 – 18.00
Weekend10.00 – 19.30

( last admission 30 minutes before closing )

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The Cinema Museum - London

IF YOU LOVE CINEMA…

London’s Cinema Museum is devoted to keeping alive the spirit of cinema from the days before the multiplex. Set in historic surroundings in Kennington, close to the Elephant & Castle, the Cinema Museum houses a unique collection of artefacts, memorabilia and equipment that preserves the history and grandeur of cinema from the 1890s to the present day.

‘The Cinema Museum is culturally very important to the history of movies and gives insight into how things have changed. It was the work house where Charlie Chaplin went as a child. It is a monument of great importance to anyone interested in Cinema.’ – Sylvia Syms

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Peter Pan Late - Florence Nightingale Museum - Thursday 22 September 6.30pm-10.00pm

Join us for an enchanted evening in Neverland. Re-discover the magic of Peter Pan with a special screening of the 2003 film classic. Take the second to the right, and straight on to Take Me To Neverland, an exhibition exploring the truth behind J.M. Barrie’s classic novel. Test your metal with a swashbuckling treasure hunt as your flit, flutter and float through a mini dreamland. Finish with a Tinker Bell inspired cocktails. Dressing-up encouraged, with prizes for the best dressed!

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Thursday 22 September 6.30pm-10.00pm

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Entry to this event is ticketed.
£12 (FREE for members of Florence Nightingale Museum. Ticket includes one cocktail and refreshments)
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Florence Nightingale Museum
2 Lambeth Palace Road
London
SE1 7EW

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The Royal Air Force Museum London offers a fun, enthralling day out for the whole family: and, best of all, admission is free.

Situated on the historic site of Hendon's London Aerodrome in Colindale, our North London Museum, is one of two sites belonging to the U.K's only national museum that tells the story of the Royal Air Force through its people and collections. Our collections in London include some very early aircraft designs through to the latest modern day jets and military aircraft.

With free admission plus free interactive and fun activities, including our 3D Cinema (located in Milestones of Flight) and our emotive and uplifting sound and light show Our Finest Hour (located in our Battle of Britain Hall), our London museum offers an entertaining and educational day out for all the family - just 30 minutes from central London. 

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The Royal Air Force Museum London offers a fun, enthralling day out for the whole family: and, best of all, admission is free.

With over 100 aircraft on site, nowhere else in London enables you to get close to so many historic and groundbreaking aircraft without paying an entrance.

In addition to this the Museum offers a full calendar of free events and exhibitions that not only bring our world beating collection to life but also educate whilst entertaining visitors. We regularly receive comments from our visitors that they are surprised by the breadth of our collection with many stating that they will have to visit us again as they did not have sufficient time to see everything during the course of their trip.

To read some of the comments from our visitors please go to Tripadvisor.

As one of London's premier tourist attractions reaching us is quick and easy. We're just 10 minutes from Junction 4 of the M1, 30 minutes from Central London by Tube, and a 8 minute bus ride from Colindale Underground Station - or if you prefer a brisk 12 minute walk from Colindale Station.

If you are travelling to us from Mill Hill Broadway Station, please take the 303 Bus from Mill Hill Broadway to Colindale. Alternatively the Museum is a 25 minute walk from Mill Hill Broadway Station. 

The Florence Nightingale Museum - A Free Guided Tour

A free guided tour of the collection takes place every Wednesday at 3.30pm, except during school holidays. No need to book. - Just turn up at the venue.

Welcome to the Florence Nightingale Museum

The Florence Nightingale Museum celebrates the life and work of the world’s most famous nurse. Located on the banks of the river Thames opposite the Houses of Parliament, the museum attracts visitors from all over the world who want to learn more about the Lady with the Lamp and her Victorian world. We also examine Florence’s legacy, her influence on nursing today and the continuing relevance of her work. The Florence Nightingale Museum runs a busy learning programme for schools and families activities, as well as a lively events programme with regular afternoon and event talks. Please check our What’s On page for more information.

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

Explore the game's evolution from a garden party pastime to a multimillion dollar professional sport played world-wide: with exciting interactives and films, easy-to-use touch screens, and audio guides in 10 languages, people of all ages can experience the artistry and athleticism that is modern tennis.

Highlights of the Museum include:

• The glittering Championship Trophies.
• A 'ghost' of John McEnroe which appears in the very changing room he once used! Watch as he speaks about the game and his legendary opponents. See a 360° panoramic preview of the McEnroe Exhibit.
• Film and video footage, which take visitors right into the action of some of the most memorable and exciting tournament matches.
• An extensive, unsurpassed collection of tennis memorabilia dating back to 1555.
• Museum Gallery with fascinating displays drawn from our vast collection.
• CentreCourt360 the new viewing experience of Centre Court, located right by the grass, with touch screen interpretation and two fun interactive galleries.
• Take a 360° panoramic preview of the Museum, the Museum Entrance, The Tunnel and the Interactive Consoles.
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Treasures from the first Championship in 1877 to the most recent are on display, including equipment, clothing, and mementos belonging to the greatest players to set foot on Centre Court.

See the generous donations from the great players of today, as well as the outfits of the most successful champions of the Wimbledon Singles tournament, including Pete Sampras and Martina Navratilova. Spot the outfits from Roger Federer and Andy Murray, as well as from the 'Woodies', one of the greatest doubles tennis partnerships of all time.

The British Museum - What's On Half Term

Have you ever wondered how divers see under the sea? How does a statue weighing the same as a killer whale end up in a museum? This May half-term, you and your family can discover the answers to these questions together – and so much more – in the BP exhibitionSunken cities: Egypt’s lost worlds. Look out for the diver symbol in the exhibition to help guide you around.

Come to the Museum this half-term for a week of all things under the sea. Enjoy a range of activities for all the family celebrating the lost cities of Egypt.

Visit the Samsung Digital Discovery Centre for free digital workshops every Saturday and Sunday where you can become a family of digital designers and even animate Celtic patterns to make a stop-motion film.

Finally, don’t forget to try our free activity trails and backpacks, available from the Families Desk in the Great Court.

Family activities Beneath the waves: ancient sunken cities Mon 30 May – Fri 3 Jun, 11.00–16.00 Enjoy a week of family activities exploring the wonders of the ancient cities discovered off the coast of Egypt. Free, just drop in Find out more ›

Under 5s Little feet: underwater world Thu 19 May, 10.30–12.00 Help create an underwater world with seaweed to crawl through, fish to catch and all the colours of the sea to enjoy. Free, just drop in Find out more ›

Digital workshop Fun family photos Sun 29 May, 11.00–16.00 Learn green screen technology skills to create a picture of your family interacting with fascinating Museum objects. Free, just drop in Sponsored by Samsung Find out more ›

THE VIKTOR WYND MUSEUM OF CURIOSITIES

The Last Tuesday Society presents the first all-encompassing museum to open in London since the Horniman in 1901. The Museum will present an incoherent vision of the world displayed through wonder enclosed within a tiny space, no attempt is made at classification and comprehensiveness, instead, the museum focuses on the pre-enlightenment origins of the museum as Wunderkabinett – a mirror to a world so suffused with miracles and beauty that any attempt at categorization is bound to fail. 

Where contemporary museumology hides 90% of a collection, attempts to educate and explain, to put the world into neat little labeled drawers dictated by an obscurantist elite establishment that has shown itself in error many time over the centuries & is obsessed with a pedantic overspecialization of so-called "knowledge" that means little or nothing to anyone outside it's narrow little field & oft discredited metanarratives this museum will merely display everything that has glittered & caught the eye of it's founder – from rare priceless marvels of the natural and scientific worlds like Dodo Bones or speculum to the intriguing beauty of McDonald's Happy Meal Toys, from old master etchings to prison inmates & mad women's doodles, occultists paintings and pop art prints, the horrors and wonders of nature, two headed kittens and living coral. By placing the rare and the beautiful on the same plane as the commonplace, banal & amusing this museum seeks not to educate but to subvert, to show the world not in a grain of sand, but in a Hackney basement. The Museum has no overreaching aim beyond the theft of it's visitors time and the hope that it will provide amusement by return & hopes to fill the vacuum between what the establishment elite believes is worthy of worship & what exists in the world.

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Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

Highlights

• Located in the grounds of the famous All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
• Shows the history of the game from its medieval origins to the professional sport of the present day
• Championship Trophies
• 200° cinema screen
• 'Walk-through' of the men's dressing room as it was in the 1980s, with John McEnroe.
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Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum 

Fantastic New Cinema

The Cinema features a 200° screen that immerses the viewer into the world ot The Championships by showing a film about the science of tennis.Filming took place during the 2005 Championships on Centre Court of Russia's Maria Sharapova against Spain's Nuria Llagostera Vives. Graham English Productions used a special panoramic rig that used 5 cameras at the same time, the result of which is a film that can be frozen and rotated around the field of action at any time.Using this technique, the film focuses on 20 different aspects of the match and showed viewers how players' bodies and equipment are affected during the course of a professional tennis match.

McEnroe's Ghost Sighted at the New Museum
The museum is able to create an exciting way to view a scene from Wimbledon's past. In a recreation of the 1980s Gentlemen's Dressing Room, a ghost-like image of John McEnroe appears and takes you through a tour of the normally off-limits area.

The Whites of Wimbledon
The fashions of Wimbledon continue to be a point of attention and significance to the story of tennis and the new Museum will house an extensive collection of Wimbledon attire. Everything from outfits worn in the 1880s to Rafeal Nadal's dri-fit 'pirate' trousers are on display.

Extraordinary New Technology
Interactive touch screen consoles are evenly distributed throughout the Museum hallways. These information access points make up a part of the new and exiting technologies within the Museum.

Venue Information:
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club,
Church Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 5AE
Nearest Train Station: Wimbledon
Nearest Underground: Southfields or Tooting Broadway
Bus Routes: 493

The British Postal Museum - Exhibitions and Events

Exhibitions & Events

Events

Find out about upcoming events and outreach, including talks, tours, open days, and family activities.

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Exhibitions

Explore our programme of current and future exhibitions and displays.

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Online Exhibitions

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Exhibitions for Hire

The BPMA has growing number of exhibitions and displays that are available to loan by external venues or organisations.

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London Museums - Bentley Priory and the Battle of Britain

Bentley Priory and the Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain was a decisive battle during World War II, and was fought in the skies above Britain between 10 July and 31 October 1940. Had the Battle been lost, Britain would have almost certainly been invaded by Nazi Germany.

RAF Bentley Priory played a pivotal role during the Battle of Britain as Headquarters Fighter Command.

The Museum explores the important Battle of Britain history of Bentley Priory through the stories of  The One,The Few & The Many.

As Headquarters Fighter Command, Bentley Priory played an incredibly important role in one of the most pivotal moments in modern world history, the Battle of Britain.

Now a Museum, visit Bentley Priory and discover how the Battle of Britain was won.

As part of your visit, explore and experience Bentley Priory’s important Battle of Britain history through an Award Winning  audio visual film, engaging displays of medals, paintings and artefacts and a recreation of its Filter Room, which highlights the impact of radar and the ‘Dowding System’, the world’s first large-scale centralised air defence command and control system.

During your visit, you’ll also learn about Bentley Priory’s wider history, from its origins as a priory, to being the home of the 1st Marquess of Abercorn and the Royal residence of Queen Adelaide. The Museum’s Georgian Ballroom, with a Battle of Britain September sky ceiling illustrates the rich layers of historical narratives to be explored throughout the Museum.

As a spectacularly restored Grade II* listed mansion house, Bentley Priory’s architecture is as inspiring as its history.

We recommend allowing 1.5-2.5 hours for your visit to Bentley Priory Museum.

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Barnet Museum - North London

Celebrating the historic importance of Barnet

Barnet Museum is a free local history Museum in North London run entirely by volunteers for the community

Barnet Museum is a free local history Museum in North London run by volunteers. The Museum’s collection contains hundreds of artefacts reflecting the history of Barnet and those that have lived there, dating from the Bronze Age to the present day. There is also an extensive archive, and we are a centre for local and family history research.

The Museum focuses on Chipping Barnet, East Barnet, New Barnet, Hadley and the surrounding districts.

The Museum opened in March 1938 to house and make available to the public the growing collection of the Barnet Record Society (now Barnet Museum & Local History Society) which had been founded in 1927 to record and preserve Barnet’s history. The Museum building is an attractive early Georgian house in the heart of Chipping Barnet, and is part of Wood Street conservation area. The Museum is a registered charity (no.295950) and accredited Museum. Free Admission Visit Website

London Museums - Banqueting House, Whitehall

The Banqueting House, Whitehall, London, is the grandest and best known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting house, and the only remaining component of thePalace of Whitehall. The building is important in the history of English architecture as the first building to be completed in the neo-classical style which was to transform English architecture.

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Museum of London - What's on in May

New: London Dust This month, we welcome a new free display tot he Museum of London, London Dust, which showcases recent work by artist Rut Blees Luxemburg. This small photography and film exhibition responds to the redevelopment of the City of London and the fallout from the 2008 financial crisis through contrasting an idealised London, with the gritty, unpolished reality.                                     > Find out more

What's new this month

Magical Rivers of London We're exploring the myths and mysteries of The Thames this May bank holiday weekend at the Museum of London Docklands with family events including crafts, storytelling and shows, in partnership with Cityread London.    >  Find out more

Make the most of the sun This month, explore Roman Londinium with a new walk Londinium II: defences to civic centre, celebrate a literary master with Shakespeare's London and join our popular Evolving city, Blitz in the City and Smithfield tours. >  Find out more

Hidden London Ever wanted to know what gets found beneath London's famous landmarks? Explore secret finds in a tour of our Archaeological Archive on 4 & 18 May. >  Book now

Now booking: Expert talk on Christina Broom 25 Jun, 7-8pm    Love photography? Make sure you catch the curator of Soldiers and Suffragettes: The Photography of Christina Broom, Anna Sparham, in conversation with women’s history specialist Di Atkinson and Edwardian postcard expert Guy Atkins. You can also enjoy an exclusive after-hours viewing of the exhibition.           > Book now

Half term at the Museum of London Docklands Join us for a week of craft, drama, storytelling and art workshops all about London's theatrical East End with family events from 23-31 May at the Museum of London Docklands. >  Find out more

Half term at the Museum of London From Tudor theatres to the Olympic Opening Ceremony, we're getting to know the performances of London's past with a week of crafts, storytelling and drama for families of all ages at the Museum of London. >  Find out more

Walk the docks Journey through Canary Wharf and learn how the derelict West India Docks were transformed into a thriving business hub with our walk, Regeneration, on Sun 3 May.    >  Book now

Competition

WIN: a copy of The Infidel Stain by M.J. Carter and a pair of tickets to The Crime Museum Uncovered To mark the launch of The Crime Museum Uncovered, we've teamed up with Penguin Books UK to offer you the chance to win a copy of the enthralling new crime novel from M.J. Carter, The Infidel Stain, and a pair of tickets to our major exhibition opening in October. To enter, follow the link below and enter by 5pm, Sunday 31 May 2015. >  Enter the competition

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A dress for spring Read about the mystery of the 'spring bodice', currently in the museum's newShow Space, where we present some of our more recent arrivals, making connections with what's happening in London right now. >  Read the article

Partner promotions

Christopher Williams the Production Line of Happiness 29 April – 21 June Whitechapel Gallery, Free      Somewhere between a film director, a picture editor and an art historian, American artist Christopher Williams investigates photography as the defining medium of modernism. > Find out more

Changing Britain 1997-2015 Southbank CentreSat 2 May A new political era dawns as the rise of Tony Blair's New Labour ends 18 years of Tory rule. Get 50% off talks, screenings, music, performance and visual arts by quoting BRITAIN when booking. > Find out more

Art15 Olympia in kensignton 21-23 May              150 modern and contemporary galleries from 40 countries will present artists from across the globe. 2 for 1 tickets are available to Museum of London subscribers. Use code 'museumoflondon' to claim this special offer. > Find out more

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