Sight type: Museum
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Natural History Museum (London)
Once part of the British Museum, the NHM now competes with its big brother for the number one spot in the fight for the most popular tourist attraction in London! The museum focuses on the natural world, both living and mineral.
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Jenever Museum
The city of Hasselt is inseparable from its jenever, or Dutch gin. Every year, in October, they celebrate the Jeneverfeesten. The rest of the year, there is this national museum with an operational 19th century distillery!
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Stadsmus (City Museum)
The small Stadsmus city museum tells the history of Hasselt through local artefacts. It has a few interesting subcollections on ceramics and present day arts.
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IWM Churchill War Rooms
The IWM presents a look into the underground offices of the British government during the Second World War and provides a deeper insight into the life of prime minister Winston Churchill.
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Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
The Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery (聖徳記念絵画館) contains eighty large paintings celebrating the life and legacy of the Meiji emperor and era.
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Victoria & Albert Museum
The world’s largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design.
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British Museum
The British Museum is the world’s oldest national public museum. It was established in 1753 to house four founding collections. The museum currently has over sixty galleries with artefacts from all over the world. Chief among them are the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies and the (heavily disputed) Parthenon Marbles.