The Wallace Collection
Courtesy of The Wallace Collection
Institute of Contemporary Arts
photo by Abby Cronin
London Transport Museum
(c) TFL
Kenwood House
photo by Abby Cronin
Here you'll find my recommendations of arts venues in London to suit all artistic tastes: from antiquities through to contemporary art and design. There are places to shop and places catering for children – it's all here.

Museums

The British Museum — The National Gallery — Victoria & Albert Museum — V&A Museum of Childhood — Leighton House Museum — Sir John Soane's Museum — Imperial War Museum — Geffrye Museum — Wallace Collection — The Jewish Museum — The Museum of London — London Transport Museum — The Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture — Design Museum — Natural History Museum — Science Museum — Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms

Galleries

Tate Britain — Tate Modern — The Queen's Gallery Buckingham Palace — The Courtauld Gallery — Barbican Art Gallery / The Curve — British Library — Dulwich Picture Gallery — Ben Uri Gallery — Hayward Gallery — Royal Academy of Arts — National Portrait Gallery — Kew Gardens - The Royal Botanic Gardens — The Antique Trader at The Millinery Works — Bank Side Gallery — Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert Gallery — Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art — Will's Art Warehouse — The Fine Art Society — Saatchi Gallery — Wellcome Collection — Serpentine Gallery

Auctions

Bonhams — Christie’s — Bloomsbury Auctions — Sotheby's — Phillips de Pury — Auction Atrium

Fairs

BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair — The Decorative Antiques & Textiles fair — Alexandra Palace Antiques Fair — Affordable Art Fair — Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair — LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair — Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair — Kensington Antiques & Fine Art Fair

Historic Houses

Apsley House — Buckingham Palace — Dr Johnson's House — Kensington Palace — Kenwood House — Eltham Palace

Markets & Antiques

Covent Garden Market — Greenwich Market — Portobello Road Market — Alfies Antique Market — Grays Antiques