Yes, London has some world-class museums and of course they're fine to visit
but if you're like me you probably are looking for some more perky museums
key places to visit while you're here.
So, I'm going to tell you about some of the best museums to visit in London that you've never heard of
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Hidden away in Lancaster Court just off of Oxford Street is the Handel and Hendrix Museum
and if that seems a little bit random it's actually not.
In the 1700s, the music composer, Handel, lived at 23 Brook Street and Jimi Hendrix in the 60s lived at
25 Brook Street, so to celebrate both of these huge influences on music in the UK
they have combined the two places together to make the Handel and Hendrix Museum.
If you go inside, you'll learn a lot about both musicians as well as get to walk through Handel's
recreation of his house and also get to see a recreation of Hendrix's room when he lived here as well.
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If you're into fashion and design I recommend visiting the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey.
It was founded by the iconic British designer Zandra Rhodes and there are no permanent exhibitions here.
They change them out every few weeks so you can actually come to visit multiple times
and you'll see completely different exhibitions.
They also put on workshops and classes so you should check their website
for your travel dates to see if there's anything that you'd like to attend.
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Friends, Peruvian friends.
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So the exhibition that they have on right now is about how Peru has influenced fashion and textile
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The Museum of Brands and Packaging might sound like it could be a little bit dull, but it's actually super interesting.
So when you come in, you take a walk through their tunnel of time where you learn all about British history
but in a really unique way by seeing the types of design packaging.
You learn about pop culture.
How people dressed during these different eras and it's actually really interesting.
Plus they have an award-winning cafe and garden that you can visit once you're done browsing.
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Every time that there's a big royal event in British history
brands always put out these like special memorabilia pieces of
these like cake tins and different products and things like that
and you can see a bunch of those from the last century in this museum.
For example, this is a bunch of examples of those from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1951
No, 1953, she was coordinated in '53.
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Gardens are a huge point of pride in the UK and have been for centuries
and we are in the Garden Museum here in Lambeth.
This garden museum was actually created in 1977
in an effort to save the church where John Tradescant is buried
and he was Britain's first plant hunter and most famous gardener.
So his tomb is actually still here in the Sackler Garden, which is just behind me.
When we come into the museum and there's tons of history about gardening throughout the centuries.
There's loads to see.
It's also very kid-friendly and when you're done exploring you can go and have something to eat at the garden cafe.
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This is Leighton House Museum in Holland Park
and this is the former home of very famous painter from 1800's named Leighton
and the house itself is absolutely stunning
but inside there is also a very impressive collection of artworks by Leighton
but also by his contemporaries, so it's definitely worth a visit.
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Your ticket price includes a tour of the museum, but you can also have a free walking tour of the neighborhood
where you'll get to see some other famous artists houses as well.
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If you're interested in buildings and architecture, then you should definitely stop in to the NLA.
They do workshops and talks so you can see if there's anything happening that might interest you when you're visiting London
but in the leaves you should come in and see the London model
and it is a small-scale, 3D-printed model of the city of London and it shows you both
buildings that already exist as well as ones that are being completed
or are going to be completed in the future
so you see a very futuristic version of what the London skyline will look like.
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Its awesome interactive digital map that shows you a bunch of different data points about the city of London
including the average housing prices in each borough
the amount of air pollution that's happening
and also where all of the listed buildings are throughout the city.
If you want to find out more things to do in London
that you have never heard of before
because they're a bit more off the beaten path
then click the box that's popping up below me
and watch my playlist of things to do in areas to explore
that you've never heard of before.
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