United Kingdom
15 Best Museums in United Kingdom
The museums travelers rate highest across United Kingdom, with what makes each worth the trip.
Ranked by traveler review volume across 2040 tracked places in United Kingdom. Updated monthly.
National Gallery
Museum · LondonFree entryLondon's National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square and holds more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-thirteenth century to 1900.
Read our full guide →Science and Industry Museum
Museum · ManchesterFree entryManchester's Science and Industry Museum tells the story of the city that helped birth the Industrial Revolution, and does it on a genuinely historic site: the world's oldest surviving passenger…
Read our full guide →National Portrait Gallery, London
Museum · LondonThe National Portrait Gallery, adjacent to the National Gallery, holds the world's largest collection of portraits of historically important and famous British individuals.
Read our full guide →Fitzwilliam Museum
Museum · CambridgeFree entryThe Fitzwilliam is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge, and one of the finest small museums in Britain, free to enter, in a grand neoclassical building.
Read our full guide →The Courtauld Gallery
Museum · LondonFree entryThe Courtauld Gallery, in the grand Somerset House on the Strand, holds one of Britain's finest small art collections, celebrated above all for its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces.
Read our full guide →The Postal Museum
Museum · LondonThe Postal Museum in Clerkenwell, London, tells the story of the British postal system, from the Penny Black stamp to modern mail.
Read our full guide →Charles Dickens Museum
Museum · LondonThe Charles Dickens Museum is located at 48-49 Doughty Street in Bloomsbury, London, where the famous author lived from 1837 to 1839.
Read our full guide →Manx Museum
Museum · DouglasFree entryThe Manx Museum, located in the heart of Douglas, serves as the primary cultural institution for the Isle of Man.
Read our full guide →Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
Museum · LondonTucked away in the attic of a former church in Southwark, the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of medicine and surgery.
Read our full guide →National Army Museum
Museum · LondonFree entryThe National Army Museum in Chelsea, London, offers a comprehensive look at the British Army's role in shaping the nation and the world.
Read our full guide →Golden Hinde
Museum · LondonThe Golden Hinde is a meticulously crafted full-size replica of the galleon in which Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe between 1577 and 1580.
Read our full guide →South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum
Museum · DoncasterThe South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, located on the site of the former RAF Doncaster, offers a comprehensive look at aviation history.
Read our full guide →The Polar Museum, Scott Polar Research Institute
Museum · CambridgeFree entryThe Polar Museum, part of the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, is a captivating destination for anyone intrigued by the history and science of polar regions.
Read our full guide →The Cartoon Museum
Museum · LondonThe Cartoon Museum in London's Fitzrovia district is a vibrant celebration of British cartoon and comic art from the 18th century to the present.
Read our full guide →Whitechapel Gallery
Museum · LondonFree entryWhitechapel Gallery is a renowned contemporary art museum located on Whitechapel High Street in East London.
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