Best Art Museums in Westminster
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National Gallery
Art museum housing a vast collection of European paintings from the 13th to the 19th centuries with free admission and wheelchair accessibility.
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British Museum
National museum housing extensive collections of art and archaeological artifacts spanning over two million years of human history. Features Georgian and Neoclassical architecture and free public access.
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Tate Modern
Modern and contemporary art museum housed in a former power station, featuring works from 1900 onward and renowned for its distinctive modern architecture.
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Victoria and Albert Museum
World's largest museum of applied arts and design, housing over 2.8 million objects spanning 5,000 years. The collection includes comprehensive holdings of ceramics, textiles, and the largest collection of Italian Renaissance sculpture outside of Italy.
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Tate Britain
Major art museum showcasing British art from the 16th century to the present, including works by Turner, Blake, Whistler, and Bacon. Free admission is available.
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Somerset House
The dominant of Strand lends its space to an important cultural centre encompassing almost everything from film screenings to visual art.
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National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous…
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Saatchi Gallery
The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985.
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Serpentine Gallery
The Serpentine Galleries are two contemporary art galleries in Kensington Gardens, Westminster, Greater London.
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Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly in London, England.
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Queen's Gallery
This public art gallery rotates pieces from the Royal Collection showcasing numerous items such as paintings and jewellery.
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The Wallace Collection
The Wallace Collection is a museum in London occupying Hertford House in Manchester Square, the former townhouse of the Seymour family,…
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Apsley House
Apsley House is the London townhouse of the Dukes of Wellington. It stands alone at Hyde Park Corner, on the south-east corner of Hyde Park,…
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Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection is a museum and library based at 183 Euston Road, London, England, displaying a mixture of medical artefacts and…
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Sir John Soane's Museum
Sir John Soane's Museum is a house museum, located next to Lincoln's Inn Fields in Holborn, London, which was formerly the home of neo…
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The Photographers' Gallery
The Photographers' Gallery was founded in London by Sue Davies opening on 14 January 1971, as the first public gallery in the United…
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Foundling Museum
Not many people know about this museum which presents an interesting part of local history - it is devoted to the Foundling Hospital, the…
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The Courtauld Gallery
The Courtauld Gallery is an art museum in Somerset House, on the Strand in central London.
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Royal Hospital Chelsea
A retirement and nursing home for veterans of the British Army run by an independent charity.
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