Museums in London
Explore 3 creative museums in London, UK. Each page includes a plain-language introduction and the visitor details available to Musée Maison.
Charles Dickens Museum
London, UK
The Charles Dickens Museum at 48 Doughty Street in Bloomsbury is the only surviving London home of the great Victorian novelist, who lived here from 1837 to 1839 — the most intensely productive years of his early career. During his tenancy Dickens completed The Pickwick Papers and wrote Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby; he also suffered the death of his sister-in-law Mary Hogarth, a loss that haunted him for the rest of his life.
Fenton House and Garden
London, UK
Fenton House is a handsome red-brick merchant's house of 1686 that stands near the top of Hampstead's winding lanes, one of the National Trust's most charming London properties. It houses two exceptional collections: an assembly of early keyboard instruments — spinets, virginals, and harpsichords — still used for concerts and recording, and a beautiful array of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century porcelain.
Sambourne House
London, UK
18 Stafford Terrace — known as Sambourne House — is the most complete surviving example of an Aesthetic Movement interior in England. Built in the 1870s and occupied by the Punch cartoonist Linley Sambourne from 1875 until his death in 1910, it remains virtually untouched: walls covered with prints, drawings and photographs jostle with blue-and-white china, overmantel mirrors, and dense arrangements of furniture in a visual abundance that is wholly characteristic of its era.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best house museums in London?
The museums above are Musée Maison’s current curated selection for London. Open each page to compare its subject, collection and visitor information.
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Booking rules vary by museum. Use the official ticket or museum link on each page to confirm before visiting.