Best LONDON MUSEUMS (and what to do after)

In this video, we give you the ultimate guide to our favourite museums in London. What to expect from each, which are especially worth your time, and how to plan your visit in 2023. I also go through suggested eateries and attractions nearby each museum so you can make the most of your time in sightseeing in London.
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00:00 Intro
1:18 Natural History Museum
2:39 London Transport Museum
4:34 Somerset House
6:32 British Museum
8:30 Greenwich Museums
9:21 Cutty Sark
10:12 Royal Observatory
11:26 Tate Modern
12:55 Tate Britain
14:16 National Gallery
14:54 Victoria & Albert Museum
15:35 Science Museum
16:45 Museums after a pandemic
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[@jaklg7905]

The buildings themselves are works of art. I love the architecture of London. Can't wait to go back for an extended visit to enjoy the museums.

[@VenturiLife]

They do have some great architects, and the will to implement their visions. Many countries / cities have forgotten about the importance of inner-city architecture and just build any old rubbish dog-box cookie-cutter buildings sadly.

[@calicat1081]

My Museum Studies degree isnt worth much at the moment but I can say with authority that this is an excellent range of London museums 😄

[@helenbtb]

Woo hoo, love your videos Suitcase Monkey! Thank you for showing off the best museums in London. The V&A is my absolute favourite.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

You’re welcome Helen! Yeah, coming from a performance background, it covers lots of interest themes!

[@liuafred5879]

British Museum is my favorite one👌

[@astrolingus]

Always love your videos, composition, and content!

[@zaidsohail7753]

Absolutely lovely! Please share more of London!

[@ViBrazh]

5:42 this really good joke holds an important message that it's the viewer's engagement that ultimately validates an artwork as "art"

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

GORGEOUS video as always! Was looking forward to seeing this one because we love London’s museums 💖💖

[@toddpalmer9351]

Just returned from our week in London. Agree with everything in this vid. British Museum, Natural History, Tate Modern - awesome and free. Cutty Sark - fee, but well worth it. National Maritime - good and free. Royal Observatory - fee and rather small, but interesting for those science-minded.

[@leanneearle3652]

I'm excited for more London content! I originally found this channel because of your 5 day guide and I was planning a trip to London. Pandemic obviously cancelled that, but I'm still learning and discovering more for when I actually can travel there. I can't wait!

[@chungkaren896]

Very informative & good video ! It's good to watch your video when travel overseas is not possible.

[@amynguyen9360]

thank you for sharing your experience!

[@PathwayChronicles]

Fantastic roundup of the best London museums! Your recommendations are spot-on. Can't wait to explore these cultural gems and follow up with the post-museum adventures. Thanks for the great insights! 🇬🇧

[@malavikabakshirao1043]

This is a lovely, fun filled video. Its great to plan what to do next on our visit to London, which is always good to visit.

[@mandeep3.14]

I’m glad you mentioned that part about the “British” Museum, it’s a great museum and one of my favourites but that aspect of it puts me off of visiting it now.

[@hishammutwali257]

One of the best travel vlog channel, keep posting man.

[@martinridgway7455]

Near Tate Britain: just across the river is the Garden Museum in an old church. On a good day, go up the church tower for a really good view. Also, in the City, the Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheatre.

[@paromita10]

All your London videos are awesome! Beautiful videography and very eye catching visuals! I am binge watching all of them 😊

[@annaspitz6449]

Thank you for the beautiful images related to the museums, it really gives a better on idea of what museum I would want to check the most!

[@cp1236]

I really love your videos and especially your sense of humour. I also live in London and it’s wonderful seeing it from someone else’s eyes. Please keep your much appreciated videos coming.

[@findingthatperfectspot4692]

Somerset House is also home to the Courtauld Gallery, which is great -- lots of Impressionist and Post-Impressions paintings. Very much worth seeking out if you're an art lover.

[@eileenhenkel1053]

Absolutely yes!🙌

[@danielrubenstein7691]

Excellent list. I’d also add the Museum of London, which is a really thorough look at the city’s history.

[@eliannitta]

Amazing!!! Thank you for the video! I´m new in London and this makes my life really easy to visit Museums!!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

The V & A is my favourite, and you did a lovely job capturing it! Yes

[@andresmacgaul9991]

Excellent explanation and wonderful video. Thank you so much!

[@beverlybrooks2736]

These are fantastic videos! Thank you!!!

[@LeeyaAre]

I am heading to London soon and this was honestly the best travel guide video I have seen so far! So beautifully cinematic and informative. I love how you included things to do nearby and gave an aerial view of the neighborhoods. I feel more confident for this trip and feel like I really have a lay of the land

[@btizef2008]

Just arrived in London for a few days and this video is perfect to help me plan some more as I watch this streamed to my hotel TV. Cheers!

[@JD_Anthro]

I am heading to London later this month. This was very helpful. Thank you for making this video!

[@ChrisSmith-ls7mb]

Hello Suitcase Monkey Awesome video will be great for those planning a visit to London. I would add one more museum, the Imperial War Museum to a must see. In the future when they are done their refurbishment the Coultard art gallery at Somerset house. Looking forward to the next one. Take Chris and Sandra if Canada.

[@CultureChap]

Another exceedingly wonderful video! I’ve always skipped the Cutty Sark but I’ll go in now. Your choice of shots and your framing is very well done - thank you.

[@Pablo260492]

I will visit London next year and this video is an important information for me. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@SheilaKarner]

Thank you! Because of this, I’ve added Greenwich to my list for the next trip.

[@Laura-dp7yd]

I'd really like to see that street food markets video!. I've also loved this one, so well edited and full of useful information. Keep the good work going please 👏👏👏 and congrats on the channel! (I've been binge watching most of the videos and now I miss London more than ever lol)

[@travellingwithcrowsfeet]

Thank you for the tips and tricks in this vlog, very useful...we are planning to visit London in 2023 straight from the Australian Outback, so this is a good starting point in our research phase. All the best 👍🏼

[@lindabrown-navilys4844]

I just discovered your channel & I love your content💗. I'm super excited to be traveling next month to the UK and to check out some of those sites you made mentioned in your Vlog. I appreciate the way you present the information and how it is truly from the eyes of a native son🇬🇧. With 💜 from Michigan, 🇺🇸

[@BradyLMarshall]

6:12-6:18 Somerset House was one of the filming locations of the holiday film "Love Actually," set mostly in London. AND it has a skating scene!

[@jagdeepkaul1261]

It's also worth noting that Tate Britain houses the largest collection of paintings by JMW Turner (one of my favourite painters) and I plan on visiting there in 5 weeks time when I'll be in London! I'll also make sure to visit the Battersea Power Station (made famous by Pink Floyd) which is just a short walk away from Tate Britain, so it's perfect really as both buildings are within close proximity to eachother.

[@irishinusa1615]

Excellent as always thank you ❤

[@aliciaa.cortes6058]

Love it! It's really helpful Thank you so much :)

[@arielcapaldi1938]

I love your videos! They let me travel from home (in America) and plan my ultimate vacation! I look forward to seeing your London food market video!

[@vi8585]

Hi, the composition of wide angle shots for the entrance, etc are beautiful & thoughtful! The narration is quite deep, informative, yet easy to catch for intermediate non native speaker of English who wants to know UK & the world & improve the English at the same time. The most important thing in most of your channel, you have quite an awesome English dialect that gives advantage for improving Pronunciation & Listening. Plus, how you tell the stories of places are systematic, easy for my brain to catch & grasp about the places.

[@deborapandolfialves9804]

great suggestions, I am so excited to cover all the museums :D

[@haveaniceday4879]

Thank you for this video! If ever I’m in London again I can narrow down which museums to visit.

[@amypriest7751]

This was a wonderful guide to London's museums. I want to travel to the UK next year and have enjoyed all of the UK travel focused videos.

[@geocostanza2819]

I'm going to London and this was really helpful, thanks

[@sirjacoo]

Awesome content 👍 Thank you for sharing 💗

[@devasiachanbenny1741]

Well Explained! Thankyou!!

[@carlhole-maloney3249]

I'm coming to London in may , good video. Thanks

[@elevatedDestiny333]

Thank you for this video! I'm going to London this June (2022) and this is really helping me plan ahead, especially getting to know where everything is at ahead of time. I'm thinking of going to the british museum, natural history museum, natural gallery, and tate modern!

[@laurenl5843]

That was great! Thanks! 👍😊

[@leannewith3]

A great selection of museums. I have been to a few over my several trips to London, with the Natural history museum being my favourite listed. I also love Windsor castle, which although outside London, was an easy train trip/day out. The Military museum was also fantastic, although I mainly went for a paid exhibition on the 1950s.

[@sosokkable]

Thx for sharing the trip🙏🏻

[@nazifsaphar308]

It was so enjoyable 🌱🖤

[@carolinaa.4407]

Eating breakfast and watching your videos is a great combo, well done as always

[@Julia-iv1ro]

I am binging your videos for an upcoming trip in April. Thank you so much for your content. It is better than all the guide books. Love from Michigan.

[@louannejones2304]

I’ve been to London many times and visited most of your recommendations however you gave some good ideas for our next visit this summer. First will be Somerset House which I’ve not seen and a return to my favorite, Victoria and Albert Museum.

[@willemkaret1568]

thank you, it's a nice overview and the combination with cafe tips is great.

[@margaretleith3734]

This video was lovely and informative. Thank you for the recommendation of the painting app!

[@akbaranwar]

What a great video, thank you!

[@jenn_willey]

I love all of your films! FINALLY getting to re-do my cancelled 2020 trip to London, so this helps a lot! thanks!

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thank you!

[@audreymott5879]

Thank you very much for this excellent video.

[@modularmagick7654]

For a smaller, more intimate experience, my favorite is Sir John Soane's Museum, a short walk from the British Museum. The personal collection is fascinating, and the architecture is wonderful.

[@PObermanns]

Love this video. I've only been to London once, but for my next visit I'll use the info given here. Thanks!

[@emmi4052]

Great video structure! I love how you provide background of places and ways of getting around . Very helpful for my 2023 spring visit.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Cheers

[@digitig]

I'd add the Guildhall, an art gallery with the remains of a Roman ampitheatre in the basement, and - a bit out of the way, perhaps - the Horniman museum, a sort of overgrown cabinet of curiosities.

[@lindaparker1823]

Excellent advice!

[@ShortsVlogsOfEntertainmet]

As a Pakistani I must say London is one of my favorites places ❤

[@johnmason7289]

Excellent video!

[@pernillewarren8134]

Super video Thank you

[@aislinnbyrne-rt7pd]

Fantastic roundup

[@pintopsychs2966]

Thank you for this video, it comes in very handy as I'm planning a trip to London with my teenage daughter for Nov 2023. So many great places to see.

[@naturegirl8104]

I always look forward to your videos. And this one is both aesthetically lovely and quite helpful for travelling to London. Please do continue with your plans for future videos. I'm sure I'll appreciate them too.♡

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thanks! I’ve got a few more London ultimate guides in mind. Let me know any topics that may be of interest.

[@WalkingLondon_]

Great video 🎉

[@maureencathers341]

You’re so right about feeling smarter after visiting museums! Can’t wait to make it back to London and hit up some of the places you mentioned.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thanks Maureen! 😀

[@samuelfreitas90]

Amazing video!

[@gregchann9703]

Nice coverage!

[@RalphBellairs]

I haven't visited London for quite a while, but my favourite museum was the National Portrait Gallery.

[@erine.5680]

Your narration is always spot on! Suggesting places nearby the museums was really helpful ,I'm planning to visit London in August 2022 but I'm looking forward to visit England every year so I hope to see more England in general related content in the future.Just subbed X

[@baz1184]

How was your trip?

[@sulakshanadasgupta163]

Great video. Even I found the V&A the best of the 3 I visited in London. We visited the National Gallery on a friend's suggestion and we are glad we visited it. Would love it if you can do a video on wandering around seven dials.

[@viktorijageine3027]

Thank you so much, such a great and useful video guide created!! Looking forward to seeing more.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thank you! I've got a UK playlist with loads of other content!

[@RS-ln3ns]

LONDON IS A VERY GREAT PLACE FOR TOURISM.

[@JeevesTCW]

Great to see you both back in action. Haven't watched it all yet but I'll be sure to forward to friends who would love a museum/eats guide.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thank you for sharing 😀

[@hmoosawi]

Great episode, London very well known as home of museums , I like natural history museum it's one of my favourite. Thank you

[@rabrab3]

I had the great pleasure to live in London in the mid 80's during my semester abroad program from Guilford College, Greensboro, NC in the US. It was the best time of my life. We lived in the Hyde Park West Hotel off Nottinghill Gate. I was there for 6 months. My favorite gallery was the Tate. I am eager to return and visit all that I saw with the addition of the Tate Modern. What a wonderland of history, beauty and delight.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Can’t wait to see the markets video! We have been to a couple but I’d love to hear your favourites 👍

[@shannonkocon2414]

Great video, I have a couple of these places on my list for my next visit Tate Britain being one of them, for me this was timely and quite useful. Well done!

[@cpemg]

Bravo. Thank you

[@dodgydaveable]

One that people always forget is the Imperial War museum. One of my personal favourites.

[@merrymermaid]

wow, this video couldn’t have come at a better time! i’m 19 and have been planning my first ever solo trip to london to visit both the V&A and national gallery. i’m a history student and absolutely love museums, and these 2 are just world class. i will have to do a second visit to do the Tate as well! thank you so much for all the info, and the nearby cafes were really helpful too :)

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Hi there! That’s great to hear. Yes, in hindsight I realized I’m quite cafe obsessed. Lol glad you enjoyed!

[@LelaAkaSosoXD]

Thank you for another beautiful video about this amazing city 🙏🏼 My favorite museum is the V&A. Because of Covid i wasn‘t able to visit London for the last 2 years, but watching your videos brings it a little bit closer to me ☺️

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

That’s lovely to hear. V&A seems to be a popular one from the comments I’ve had so far

[@saeedalamoudi8839]

Excellent video, keep going.

[@Aptonica]

Thank you very much for this video and the work you put into it. Its really informative and covers all of those museums that I had vaguely heard about without understanding which ones I wanted to check out. All of those… and much more It’s great to have to post pandemic information as well! I will now go looking for the London markets video, or await it eagerly if it isn’t yet out

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thanks. It’ll be out mid June.

[@garnwalkerstables]

As an American i must say London is one of my favorite cities. I've been to the British museum to see the Egypt exhibition. But I look forward to seeing more. Love your videos ❤❤❤

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thank you 🙏

[@ericmartin3681]

These look all very inspirational

[@TheFirstone99]

probably best London/UK related vloger

[@morganwilliams5241]

john soane museum is an excellent quirky alternative to the mainstream museums

[@budrow80]

Much appreciated by someone who just relocated to London from the US this year - still taking my time exploring the city's offerings. Great insights and can I say your narration is soothing as hell to listen too. Would certainly like to see a London markets video and, of course, any additional London food vids. :)

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Hey thanks. Not sure if you know but I’ve done a bunch of London dining videos already. Check out my London playlist.

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

Your narration of London's best Museums is clear and concise. Every time Harriet and I ( Jim) go to london we take in some Museums. The choices were just right. Love you guys. Like to see you more often. Be Well my friends. Harriet and Jim . Richmond, Va.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Hi there Harriet and Jim! Thank you. Be well too!!!

[@tarafirst1]

I am planning my first solo trip to London , I would love more videos how to plan the trip and what to see first ! And thank u so much