London Art Tours - for the visitor to London who wishes to view and experience the incomparable art and architecture of the city, its galleries and exhibitions.

MUSEUMS & PERMANENT COLLECTIONS A to F Addington Palace Gravel Hill, Addington Village, Croydon, Surrey CRO 5BB tel: 020-8662 5056 rail: East Croydon available for private hire Africa Centre 38, King Street, London WC2 tel: 020-7836 1793 tube: Covent Garden Mon-Fri 9:30-17:30, Sat 11:00-18:00 Age Reminiscence Centre 11, Blackheath Village, London SE3 9LA tel: 020-818 9105 www.age-exchange.org.uk rail: Blackheath Mon-Sat 10:00-17:00 Albert Memorial Kensington Gardens tel: 020-7495 0916 (guided tours) tube: South Kensington/Gloucester Road Sundays March-December 14:00 & 15:00 admission charged Alexander Fleming Laboratory St. Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY tel: 020-7725 6528 tube: Paddington Mon-Fri 10:00-13:00 admission charged Alexandra Palace Alexandra Palace Way, Wood Green, London N22 7AY www.haringey.gov.uk/leisure/alexandra_palace tube: Wood Green/Finsbury Park Alfred Dunhill Museum 30, Duke Street, London W1 tel: 020-7838 8000 tube: Green Park Mon-Fri 9:30-18:00, Sat 10:00-18:00 All Hallows by the Tower Crypt Museum Byward Street, London EC3R 5BJ tel: 020-7481 2928 www.allhallowsbythetower.org.uk tube: Tower Hill Anna Pavlova Memorial Museum Ivy House, North End Road, London NW11 tube: Golders Green Sat 14:00-18:00 admission free Apothecaries Hall, Worshipful Company of Apothecaries Blackfriars Lane, London EC4V 6EJ tel: 020-7236 1189 tube: Blackfriars admission by appointment courtyard open Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00 Apsley House (Wellington Museum) 149, Piccadilly, London W1J 7NT tel: 020-7499 5676 tube: Hyde Park Corner 1st Apr-31st Oct - Tues-Sun 10:00-16.30 1st Nov-31st Mar - Tues-Sun 10:00-15:30 admission charged Archive & Museum of Black Heritage 378, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London SW9 8LF tel: 020-7326 4154 www.aambh.org.uk tube: Brixton Mon-Sat 10:30-18:00 Arsenal Football Club Museum Avenell Road, Highbury, London N5 1BU tel: 020-7704 4000 tube: Arsenal admission fee match days and Fridays Ashburnham House Westminster School, Little Dean's Yard, London SW1P 3PF tel: 020-7963 1000 www.westminster.org.uk tube: Westminster by arrangement only Association of Anaesthetists 21, Portland Place, London W1B 1PY tel: 020-76318806 www.medicalmuseums.org tube: Oxford Circus/Regent's Park Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00 admission free Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women AJEX House, East Bank, Stamford Hill, London N16 5R tel: 020-8802 7601 www.ajex.org.uk tube: Seven Sisters Sun-Thus 11:00-16:00 Baden-Powell House 65-67, Queen's Gate, London SW7 5JS tel: 020-75847031 www.scoutbase.org.uk tube: South Kensington by arrangement Bank of England Museum Bartholomew Lane, London EC2R 8AH tel: 020-7601 5545 www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum tube: Bank Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00 admission: free Bankside Gallery Royal Watercolour Society & Royal Society of Painter Printmakers 48, Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH tel: 020-7927521 www.banksidegallery.com tube: Southwark/Blackfriars Tues-Fri 10:00-17:00, Sat & Sun 11:00-17:00 admission free Banqueting House Whitehall, London SW1A 1ER tel: 020-7839 3787 www.hrp.org.uk tube: Charing Cross/Westminster/Embankment Mon-Sat 10:00-16:30 admission charged Barbican Art Gallery Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS tel: 020-0845 121 6828 www.barbican.org.uk/gallery tube: Barbican/Moorgate/St. Paul's daily 11:00-20:00 (Tues & Thurs 11:00-18:00) admission charges vary Barnet Museum 31, Wood Street, Barnet, London N5 4BE tel: 020-8440 8066 Tues-Thurs 14:30-16:30 Sat 10:00-12:00, 14:30-16:30 admission free BBC Television Centre Wood Lane, London W12 7RJ tel: 0870 6030304 www.bbc.co.uk/tours tube: White City Mon-Sat pre-booked tours only Belfast see HMS Belfast Benjamin Franklin House 36, Craven Street, London WC2N 5NF tel: 020-7326 4154 www.thersa.org/franklin opening 2005 Ben Uri Gallery (London Museum of Jewish Art) 108a, Boundary Road, St. John's Wood, London NW8 0RH tel: 020-7604 3991 www.benuri.org.uk tube: St. John's Wood Mon-Fri 10:00-17:30 Sun 12:00-16:00 admission charges vary Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives & Museum Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3BX tel: 020-8776 4307 www.medicalmuseums.org/museums/bethlem rail: Eden Park Mon-Fri 9:30-17:00 admission by donation Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PA tel: 020-8983 5200 www.museumofchildhood.org.uk tube: Bethnal Green daily 10:00-17:50 admission: free Bevis Marks Synagogue 4, Heneage Lane, London EC3A 5DQ. tel: 020-7626 1274 tube: Aldgate Mon-Weds & Fri 11:00-13:00, Sun 11:30-12:30, Fri (Apr-Sep) 11:00-13:00 donations suggested Black Heritage see Archive & Museum of Black Heritage Black Museum see Crime Museum Blewcoat School (National Trust Shop) 23, Caxton Street, London SW1 tel: 020-7222 2877 tube: St. James's Park Mon-Fri 10:00-17:30 (Thurs to 19:00) Boston Manor House Boston Manor Road, Brentford, Middlesex tel: 020-8560 5441 www.london-northwest.com/sites/boston manor tube: Boston Manor Apr-Oct Sat, Sun & hols 14:30-17:00 admission free Bramah Tea & Coffee Museum 40, Southwark Street, London, SE1 1UN tel: 020-7403 5650 www.bramahmuseum.co.uk tube: London Bridge/Borough daily 10:00-18:00 admission charged Brass Rubbing Centre St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ tel: 020-7930 9306 Mon-Sat 10:00-18:00, Sun 12:00-18:00 admission charged Britain at War see Churchill's Britain at War British Airways London Eye see London Eye British Dental Association 64, Wimpole Street, London W1G 8YS tel: 020-7563 4545 www.bda.org tube: Oxford Circus reopening November 2004 British Library 96, Euston Road, London NW1 2DB tel: 020-7412 7000 www.bl.uk tube: King's Cross Mon & Weds-Fri 9:30-18:00, Tues 9.30-20:00 Sat 9:30-17:00, Sun & Hols 11:00-17:00 admission free British Museum Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG tel: 020-7323 8299 www.british-museum.ac.uk tube: Holborn, Tottenham Court Road daily 10:00-17:30 (Thurs & Fri 10:00-20:30) Great Court 9:00-18:00 (Thurs & Fri 9:00-23:00) admission free British Museum Newspaper Library Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HE tel: 0870 4441500 www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers British Optical Association 42, Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NG tel: 020-7766 4353 www.college-optometrists.org tube: Charing Cross Mon-Fri 9:30-16:30 by arrangement only British Red Cross Museum: Lifelines 9, Grosvenor Crescent, London SW1X 7EJ tel: 020-7201 5153 www.redcross.org.uk tube: Hyde Park Corner Mon-Fri 10:00-16:00 by appointment only Bromley Museum The Priory, Church Hill, Orpington, Kent tel: 01689 873826 Sun-Fri 13:00-17:00, Sat 10:00-17:00 Brooking Collection of Architecture University of Greenwich, Oakfield Lane, Greenwich www.dartfordarchive.org.uk Bruce Castle Museum Lordship Lane, London N17 8NU tel: 020-8808 8772 www.haringey.gov.uk/leisure/bruce_castle_museum tube: Wood Green Weds-Sun 13:00-17:00 admission free Brunei Gallery SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1 tel: 020-7898 4046 tube: Russell Square Mon-Fri 10:30-17:00 temporary exhibitions only Brunel Engine House Rotherhithe Street, London SE16 tel: 020-7231 3840 www.brunelenginehouse.org.uk tube: Rotherhithe Apr-Oct Sat & Sun 13:00-17:00 Nov-Mar Sun 13:00-17:00 Buckingham Palace London SW1A 1AA tel: 020-7766 7300 www.royal.gov.uk daily (Aug-Sep) 9:30-16:15 admission charged by timed ticket available from ticket office at Canada Gate or from www.the-royal-collection.com/royaltickets (+ booking fee) Burgh House (Hampstead Museum) New End Square, Hampstead, London NW3 1LT tel: 020-7431 0144 www.burghhouse.org.uk tube: Hampstead Weds-Sun 11:00-17:00, hols 14:00-17:00 Cabinet War Rooms Clive Steps, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AQ tel: 020-7930 6961 www.iwm.org.uk tube: Westminster/St. James's Park Apr-Sep daily 9:30-17:15, Oct-Mar 10:00-17:15 admission charged Camden Arts Centre Arkwright Road, London NW3 6DG tel: 020-7435 2643 www.camdenartscentre.org tube: Finchley Road Tues-Sun 10:00-18:00 (Weds 10:00-21:00) admission free Canada House Trafalgar Square, London WC2 tel: 020-7258 6537 tube: Charing Cross Mon-Fri 10:00-18:00 temporary exhibitions only admission free Canal Museum 12-13, New Wharf Road, London N1 9RT tel: 020-7713 0836 www.canalmuseum.org.uk tube: King's Cross Tues-Sun & hols 10:00-15:45 admission charged Carlyle's House 24, Cheyne Row, London SW3 5HL tel: 020-7352 7087 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/places/carlyleshouse tube: Sloane Square Apr-Oct Weds-Fri 14:00-16:30, Sat-Sun & hols 11:00-16:30 admission charged Cartoon Art Trust 7, The Brunswick Centre, Bernard Street, London WC1N 1AF tel: 020-7278 7172 www.cartooncentre.com tube: Russell Square Tues-Sat 10:00-17:00 Central Criminal Court see Old Bailey Charles Dicken's House 48, Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LX tel: 020-7405 2127 www.dickensmusuem.com tube: Russell Square Mon-Sat 10:00-16:30, Sun 11:00-17:00 admission charged Charlton House Charlton Road, London SE7 tel: 020-8856 3951 rail: Charlton by arrangement only admission free Chartered Insurance Institute Museum 20, Aldermanbury, London, EC2V 7HY tel: 020-7417 4417 or 7606 3835??? tube: St. Paul's/Bank Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00 subject to availability admission free Charterhouse Charterhouse Square, London, EC1 tel: 020-7253 9503 tube: Barbican Apr-Jul Weds 14:15 admission charge Chelsea Physic Garden 66, Royal Hospital Garden, London SW3 4HS tel: 020-7352 5646 www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk tube: Sloane Square Apr-Oct Weds 12:00-17:00, Sun 14:00-18:00 (closed hols) admission charged Chelsea Royal Hospital Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4SR tel: 020-7881 5204 www.chelsea-pensioners.org.uk tube: Sloane Square Mon-Sat 10:00-12:00 & 14:00-16:00, Sun 14:00-16:00 (closed winter Sundays) admission free Chiswick House Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London W4 2RP tel: 020-8995 0508 www.english-heritage.org.uk tube: Chiswick Park, rail: Chiswick Apr-Oct Weds-Sun & hols 10:00-17:00 admission charged Church Farm House Greyhound Hill, Hendon, London NW4 4JR tel: 020-8203 0130 tube: Colindale Mon-Thurs 10:00-12:30, 13:30-17:00 Sat 10:00-13:00, 14:00-17:30, Sun 14:00-17:30 admission free Churchill's Britain at War Experience 64-66, Tooley Street, London SE1 tel: 020-7403 5104 www.britainatwar.co.uk tube: London Bridge Oct-Mar daily 10:00-16:30 Apr-Sep 10:00-17:30 admission charged City of London Police Museum tel: 020-7601 2705 by arrangement only Clarence House St. James's Palace, London SW1 tel: 020-7766 7303 www.royal.gov.uk tube: Green Park Aug-Oct 9:30-17:00 subject to availability and must be booked in advance admission charged Clink Prison Museum 1, Clink Street, London SE1 9DG tel: 020-7378 1558 www.clink.co.uk tube: London Bridge daily 10:00-18:00 (10:00-21:00 in summer) admission charged Clock Museum see Guildhall College of Arms Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4BT tel: 020-7248 2762 www.college-of-arms.gov.uk tube: Blackfriars/Mansion House Mon-Fri 10:00-16:00 admission free Commonwealth Institute 231, Kensington High Street, London W8 6NQ tel: 020-7603 4535 www.commonwealth.org.uk tube: High Street Kensington admission free Courtauld Institute of Art Somerset House, Strand, London WC2 tel: 020-7848 2526 www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery tube: Temple/Charing Cross daily 10:00-17:15 admission charged Crafts Council Gallery 44a, Pentonville Road, London N1 9BY tel: 020-7278 7700 www.craftscouncil.org,uk tube: Angel Tues-Sat 11:00-17:45, Sun 14:00-17:45 Crime Museum (The Black Museum) New Scotland Yard, London www.met.police.uk/history/crime_museum NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Crofton Roman Villa Crofton Road, Orpington, Kent BR6 8AD tel: 01689 873038 rail: Orpington Crossness Pumping Station Thames Water Crossness Works, Belvedere Road, Abbey Wood, London SE2 tel: 020-8311 3711 www.crossness.org.uk rail: Belvedere Tues & Sun by arrangement only admission charged Croydon Airport Visitor Centre Purley Way, Croydon, Surrey tel: 020-8253 1009 www.croydonairport.co.uk 1st Sun each month 11:00-16:00 admission free Croydon Clocktower (Croydon Museum & Heritage Services) Katherine Street, Croydon CR9 1ET tel: 020-8253 1030 rail: East Croydon Mon-Sat 11:00-17:00, Sun & hols 12:00-17:00 admission free Crystal Palace Museum Anerley Hill, Crystal Palace, London SE19 2BA tel: 020-8676 0700 www.crystalpalacefoundation.org.uk rail: Crystal Palace Sun & bank hols: 11:00-17:00 Cuming Museum 155-157, Walworth Road, London SE17 1RS tel: 020-7525 2163 www.southwark.gov.uk tube: Elephant & Castle Tues-Sat 10:00-17:00 admission free Cutty Sark King William Walk, Greenwich, London SE10 9HT tel: 020-8858 3445 www.cuttysark.org.uk DLR: Cutty Sark daily 10:00-16:30 admission charged Czech Memorial Scrolls Centre Kent House, Rutland Gardens, London SW17 1BX tel: 020-7581 3741 www.czechtorah.org tube: Knightsbridge Tues-Thurs: 10:00-16:00 Dali Universe County Hall, South Bank, London SE1 7PB tel: 020-7620 2720 www.daliuniverse.com tube: Waterloo/Westminster daily 10:00-17:30 admission charged De Morgan Centre 38, West Hill, Wandsworth, London SW18 1RZ tel: 020-8871 1144 www.demorgan.org.uk tube: East Putney Mon-Weds 12:00-18:00, Fri & Sat 10:00-17:00 admission free Dennis Severs House 18, Folgate Street, London E1 6BX tel: 020-7247 4013 www.dennissevershouse.co.uk tube: Liverpool Street by appointment only admission charged Design Museum Butler's Wharf, Shad Thames, London SE1 2YD tel: 0870-8339955 www.designmuseum.org.uk tube: London Bridge/Tower Hill daily 10:00-17:45 (Fri 10:00-21:00) admission charged Dicken's House see Charles Dicken's House Docklands Museum 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, London E14 4AL tel: 020-7001 9800 www.museumindocklands.org.uk tube: Canary Wharf Apr-Sep daily 10:00-18:00 admission charged Dr. Johnson's House 17, Gough Square, London EC4A 3DE tel: 020-7353 3745 tube: Chancery Lane Mon-Sat - May-Sep 11:00-17:30, Oct-Apr 11:00-17:00 admission charged Dorwich House tel: 020-8547 7519 www.kingston.ac.uk/dorich rail: Kingston Down House Luxted Road, Downe, Kent tel: 01689 859119 www.english-heritage.org.uk rail: Orpington Apr-Sep Weds-Sun 10:00-18:00 Oct Weds-Sun 10:00-17:00 Nov-De& Feb-Mar Weds-Sun 10:00-16:00 admission charged Dulwich Picture Gallery Gallery Road, Dulwich, London SE21 tel: 020-8693 5454 www.dulwichpicturegallery.org rail: North Dulwich/West Dulwich Tues-Fri 10:00-17:00, Sat-Sun & Hols 11:00-17:00 admission charged Eltham Palace House & Gardens Court Road, Eltham, London SE9 5QE tel: 020-8294 2548 www.english-heritage.org.visits rail: Eltham Apr-Oct, Feb-Mar Weds-Fri, Sun & hols 10:00-17:00 Nov-Mar Weds-Fri 10:00-16:00 Feb-Mar Weds-Fri & hols 10:00-16:00 admission charged Embroiderer's Guild Apt 41, Hampton Court Palace, Surrey KT8 9AU tel: 020-8943 1229 www.embroiderersguild.org.uk rail: Hampton Court by appointment only admission free Epping Forest District Museum 39-41, Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 1EL tel: 01997 16882 www.eppingforestdistrictmuseum.co.uk Mon 14:00-17:00, Tues 12:00-17:00, Fri 14:00-17:00, Sat 10:00-17:00 May-Sep Sun 14:00-17:00 admission free Estorick Collection 39a, Canonbury Square, N1 2AN tel: 020-7704 9522 www.estorickcollection.com tube: Highbury & Islington Weds-Sat 11:00-18:00, Sun 12:00-17:00 admission charged Fan Museum 12, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London SE10 8ER tel: 020-8858 7879 www.fan-musuem.org rail: Greenwich Tues-Sat 11:00-17:00 (16:30 in winter), Sun 12:00-17:00 (16:30 in winter) admission charged Faraday Museum (Royal Institution) 21, Albermarle Street, London W1S 4BS tel: 020-7670 2924 www.ri.ac.uk tube: Green Park Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00 admission charged Fashion & Textile Museum 83, Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF tel: 020-7403 0222 www.ftmlondon.org tube: London Bridge Tues-Sat 10:00-16:15, Sun 12:00-16:15 admission charged Fenton House Hampstead Grove, Windmill Hill, London, NW3 6SP tel: 020-7435 3471 www.nationaltrust.org.uk tube: Hampstead March Sat-Sun 14:00-17:00 Apr-Oct Weds-Fri 14:00-17:00 Sat-Sun & hols 11:00-17:00 admission charged Fine Art Society 148, New Bond Street, London W1S 2JT tel: 020-7629 5116 www.faslondon.com tube: Bond Street Mon-Fri 10:00-18:00, Sat 11:00-13:00 temporary exhibitions only admission free Firepower: Royal Artillery Museum Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London SE18 6ST tel: 020-8855 7755 www.firepower.org.uk rail: Woolwich Arsenal Nov-Mar Fri-Sun 11:00-17:00 Apr-Oct Weds-Sun 11:00-17:30 admission charged Flaxman Collection University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT tel: 020-7679 2000 www.art.museum.ucl.ac.uk tube: Euston Square by arrangement Fleming Collection 13, Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DE tel: 020-7409 5733 www.flemingcollection.co.uk tube: Green Park Tues-Sat 10:00-17:30 admission free Florence Nightingale Museum 2, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EW tel: 020-7620 0374 www.florence-nightingale.co.uk tube: Waterloo/Westminster Mon-Fri 10:00-16:00, Sat-Sun & hols 10:00-15:30 admission charged Forty Hall Museum Forty Hill, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 9HA tel: 020-8363 8196 www.enfield.gov.uk rail: Gordon Hill Weds-Sun 11:00-16:00 Foundation for Women's Art 11. Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AN tel: 020-7251 4881 www.fwa-uk.org tube: Farringdon Foundling Museum (Thomas Coram Foundation) 40, Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ tel: 020-7841 3600 www.coram.org.uk tube: Russell Square/King's Cross Tues-Sat 10:00-17:30, Sun 12:00-17:30 admission charged Freemasonry, Library and Museum of (Freemason's Hall) 60, Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ tel: 020-7395 9257 www.freemasonry.london.museum tube; Holborn/Covent Garden Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00 (closed hols) admission by donation Freud Museum 20, Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, London NW3 5SX tel: 020-7435 2002 www.freud.org.uk tube: Finchley Road Weds-Sun 12:00-17:00 admission charged Fulham Palace Bishops Avenue, London SW6 6EA tel: 020-7736 3233 tube: Putney Bridge Mar-Oct Weds-Sun 14:00-17:00 Nov-Feb Thurs-Sun 13:00-16:00 admission free Fuller's Brewery Griffin Brewery, Chiswick Lane South, Chiswick, London W4 2QB tel: 020-8996 2063 www.fullers.co.uk tube: Turnham Green Mon, Weds-Fri 11:00-14:00 by arrangement admission charged see National Maritime Museum, Greenwich