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Museum Meals – The Geffrye

It's not often that you have to walk past a dozen other people's dining rooms in order to have your own lunch, unless you work in a hotel, but that is how the Geffrye museum is laid out.

Museum Meals – Horniman

One of South London's major cultural hubs is the legacy of the English obsession with a cup of tea although today it is probably more famous for a very badly stuffed walrus.

City of London opens a new Heritage Gallery

Just as London's Guildhall loses one small museum, it gains another small gallery. A heritage gallery that will show off a few key objects from the City of London's archive.

World’s oldest clock museum to move home

The world's oldest clock museum has closed to the public -- because it is about to move home.

Modern shabtis in ancient settings – for one day only

Dotted around a museum filled with ancient Egyptian relics can be found a very modern take on an ancient religious art form. Ancient Egyptian shabtis were figures placed in tombs, to work for the deceased in the afterlife, but the…

Museum Meals – Museum of London

The venue has two cafes, one small tea&cake venue at the end of the main tour around the building, and another slightly grander affair right next to the main entrance.

Museum Meals – London Transport Museum

This museum cafe is probably one of the most instagram'd cafe's in London, for its cappuccino coffees are famous for the tube roundel they use as a stencil for the chocolate dressing.

The mathematical secrets of The Simpsons and Futurama

If you are a Simspons (and/or Futurama) fan, then the Science Museum is laying on an event that may appeal.

Science Museum to Open New Communications Gallery

This October, the Science Museum will launch what it says will be the first permanent gallery in the UK dedicated to the history of information and communication technologies.

This Friday — visit the Clown’s Museum in Dalston

For a good many years, once a month, the clowns come out to play, but not any more. A church they played in has turned into a school, so the clowns are in a side room.

The London 2012 cauldron goes on public display

Since time immemorial, the flame has been a symbol of the Olympic Games. Well, at least since 1936, it has been, when the first Olympic Cauldron was introduced for the German Games of 1936.

Seagulls on the roof of the British Museum

A bizarre sight at the weekend as a load of seagulls seem to have taken a liking to the front part of the British Museum's glass roof.

The fragment of London’s Roman Wall hidden in a car park

Dotted around London can be found various remnants of the original Roman Wall that once encircled it, yet one fragment is rarely seen, despite being in full view of those who know where to find it.

Old and modern photos of London Bridges – blended

The Museum of London Docklands has released some hybrid photographs showing 'then and now' views of London and its most iconic bridges across the ages.

Just two more dates to visit the Kirkaldy Testing Museum

A small rarely opened museum filled with a huge Victorian testing machine has secured a 2 month extension on its lease offering potentially just a few more chances to visit.

The Museum of London opens a House of Muses

If you pay a visit to the Museum of London over the next few weeks, you will see -- for it is impossible to avoid -- a large white "thing" by the front door.

Ride around Colindale in a Tank this weekend

Almost missed this one - but as part of the D-Day events this weekend, there is a chance to ride around Colindale in a tank.

Tickets go on sale for a London Underground Tour

Tickets to ride around the sub-surface lines in the last of the old C-Stock trains are going on sale today.

A chance to sit in the cockpit of a nuclear bomber aircraft

There is a chance to sit in the cockpit of a nuclear bomber next month as part of a new tour option at the RAF Museum in north London.

New art on display inside old museums

Two of the UCL museums in central London have both launched art exhibitions where the art is scattered amongst their more formal exhibits.

Walking through a Tunnel under the Thames — Part 2

A rare confluence of events lead to a remarkable opportunity this weekend as 4,000 people were able to walk through the world's first underwater tunnel.

Rare photograph of London in 1845 gets first ever public display

A new exhibition opens next month at the Museum of London Docklands that offers a chance to see a rare photograph of a long lost bridge over the Thames.

Petrie Museum putting 3D-scans of ancient Egyptian objects online

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, that delightfully dusty museum in Bloomsbury has entered the modern age with a new 3D graphics library.

Dr Who and Thunderbirds are Go at the RAF Museum!

In the ye olde days before computer CGI ruined everything, science fiction was noted for its use of plastic, wood and dubious plotlines.