London Museums
The British Museum and the Natural History Museum are national treasures, in fact, they are known and respected around the world. But London has a number of excellent museums throughout the city. The Museum of London is a tribute to the city itself. The Science Museum offers interesting and interactive ways to learn about nature and the laws of science.

Many of London's museums focus on famous past residents, like the Dickens House Museum, Faraday's Laboratory, the Benjamin Franklin House, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeology and the Handel House Museum, where the composer lived that last 36 years of his life. The Marx Memorial Library has over 100,000 books, pamphlets and periodicals connected with Marxism and the Labour movement, housed in an 18th century building. The Apsley House was the home of the first Duke of Wellington. Still an official residence of the Duke, the house has a gallery featuring works by Goya, Velazquez and Rubens.

The Cabinet War Rooms, the underground headquarters used by Winston Churchill and the British Government during World War II, have been opened up. Visitors can view a complex of 30 historic rooms protected by a reinforced concrete slab. Other specialty museums include the London Transport Museum, complete with displays of buses, trams, trains, posters and working models; the Museum of Methodism; the Theatre Museum, with information on the history and workings of British Theatre; and the British Red Cross Museum and Archives.

One of the more interesting, smaller museums is the Bank of England Museum, which traces the history of the Bank from its beginning in 1694 to its role today as the nation's central bank. Aside from the currency and gold you would expect to see here, there are some other interesting and insightful exhibits, such as the pikes and muskets used to defend the Bank.