London Holborn

Holborn’s museums may not be as famous as the Tate or the V&A, but they certainly deserve a visit. The post-Impressionist and modern art collections at the Somerset House museums are top-notch, and the Hunterian Museum offers odd but fascinating medical curiosities that are bound to intrigue even the most skeptical of visitors.

Somerset House

Somerset House was London’s first intentional office block. Originally home to the Royal Academy, the Royal Society, and the Navy Board, the elegant courtyard long induced a shiver of distaste in Londoners ...more

Other Museums In Holborn

SIR JOHN SOANE’S MUSEUM. A somewhat incoherent but interesting maze of endlessly mirrored walls, opulent sky-lighted ceilings, beautiful artworks, and hundreds of marble and plaster fragments. Items ...more

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