Historical / Cultural sites in London

[bryceQ]

I love to visit museums / churches exhibitions particular pre 20th century history. I've got a day in central London next week, any ideas of where I might not have been.

I'll caveat by saying I've visited quite a lot of places!

From memory I've been:
The Temple
Westminster Abbey
St Paul's
Portrait and National Gallery
War rooms
Kensington Palace
Hampton court
Tower of London
Huntarien museum (sp?)
Postal museum
Transport
Charles Dickens
Imperial war museum
British museum

Greenwich is too far for the time I have next week.

Any hidden gems? Don't need to be big ones! Or new exhibitions?

John Soane
The Museum of the Home
Museum of London
Wallace Collection

Oh sorry I've been to those and I used to love museum of London but I believe it's closed the one near St Paul's - I haven't been to docklands - is that one good?

Also missed the Clink off

Denis Severs house

Apsley House and Wellington Arch

Came to say this, it's lovely

Leadenhall market then up to Guildhall Yard art gallery ( Roman ruins on display in the Basement)

Old Operating Theatre
Foundling Museum
Florence Nightingale Museum
Brunel Museum

Have you been to the Mithraeum?

Sir John Soane Museum - it is just wonderful.

No this looks amazing! On my list now

I always worry the foundling will just be too upsetting!

But definitely ones to add to my list

I went to the Foundling Museum yesterday - I recently found out my 5x great grandmother was left there as a baby.

I cried my eyes out, but I wouldn’t have missed it.

Charles Dickens’ House is a short walk from there - that was really excellent. I felt like he’d just walked out of some of the rooms.

Leighton House and Sambourne House

Sir John Soames house
Postman's Park (it's small)
The Huntarian has had a revamp recently

V&A museum?

Another vote for postman’s park
Keats’ House
this website has some good ones:
https://www.thecityofldn.com/attractions-in-city-of-london/

I second this.

Go on one of the Transport Museum’s Hidden London tours.

Charterhouse is well worth a visit - https://thecharterhouse.org/
St Bride's church and All Hallows by the Tower - both in the City of London - have very interesting free museums in their crypts.

I've been to Dennis Severs a few times!

Ah Charterhouse is on my list! Thanks for reminding me

Haven't heard of these! Thank you

The Tate Gallery, Millbank.

Another vote for the Wallace Collection.

Excellent thread, thanks 👍

If you are in central London- nr St Paul’s, there’s a church called St Mary aldermary, watling st. again a wren church, it has a great cafe, and you sit in the church itself. A great chilled space and good coffee etc. It’s stilll a real church, but during the week it is open to the city. I was married here.