Best LONDON MUSEUMS (and what to do after)

[@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.

[@TheseBloodyStreets]

100% with you! What a fantastic city!

[@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]

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

[@TheseBloodyStreets]

It's one of mine as well!

[@wavetranquility4243]

Thanks!

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

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

[@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👌

[@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!

[@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 😄

[@hishammutwali257]

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

[@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! 🇬🇧

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@astrolingus]

Always love your videos, composition, and content!

[@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.

[@andreharris7211]

Other smaller museums i'd reccommend are sir john soanes museum, the wallave collection(near oxford street for a more bridgerton fix and also has a nice courtyard cafe) and dont miss the national portrait gallery around the corner from the national gallery lots of historical portraits and many fascinating modern ones of famous people and a good shop for buying images of your heroes like writers etc.

[@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.

[@SFbigcelt]

I agree with all your choices, but would add two of my favorites not mentioned, the John Soane Museum, and the Wallace Collection.

[@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.

[@TheFirstone99]

probably best London/UK related vloger

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@Yourhighnessnona]

WOW! I immediately subscribed; what an amazing "show" (it reminds me of a good television show)! The narration is so much fun and the editing is perfect. I loved it.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Welcome! Thank you for joining us! I don’t post that often so I hope you can enjoy my existing content until the next one!

[@Yourhighnessnona]

@@SuitcaseMonkey I am currently binge watching your channel and I’m glad I’m late to the party because there’s a lot to see! ☺️❤️!

[@zaidsohail7753]

Absolutely lovely! Please share more of London!

[@TephaRuiz-mt4vs]

I hope someday travel to London and meet these fantastic places, the history, the art and the science are for my the best spaces of knowlodgind, this video is a good resume about place for meeting ❤

[@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.

[@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)

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

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

[@sauronthegreat5799]

The British and natural history museums are my favorites.

[@StellaDuchessofLondon]

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

[@carolinaa.4407]

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

[@chungkaren896]

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

[@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!

[@bgfd1]

The Museum of London is also a great Museum and often overlooked it seems. Really enjoyed your Video.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Yeah. I wanted to include as I really enjoy but I didn’t have enough footage!

[@Pablo260492]

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

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@JD_Anthro]

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

[@paromita10]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@janehuesman9530]

i am so happy i found your videos!! Though my trip to London has been postponed three times, i have rebooked for fall 2022, and watching any of your videos is delightfully entertaining, but the London videos are my favorites. when my sister announced she is heading there with her husband and son, i insisted she watch all of them!! Thank you so much for the wonderful content and clever narration!

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Hi Jane. Thank you lots for suggesting us to friends, that is what helps us grow! 😀

[@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.

[@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!

[@willemkaret1568]

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

[@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.

[@paulm2467]

It’s fantastic, if a bit nuts, and on a human scale unlike some of the National 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.

[@TheseBloodyStreets]

Excellent Content! I strongly recommend also including the Order of St. John. Very well done!!

[@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 👍🏼

[@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.

[@Bora_deh]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@andresmacgaul9991]

Excellent explanation and wonderful video. Thank you so much!

[@hmoosawi]

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

[@jasonstamp10]

I saw someone else already commented this but I'd also add that Somerset House is home to the Coutauld Gallery which is home to several world famous Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings (including one of only 2 Van Gogh self portraits with a bandaged ear, La Loge by Renoir, one of Cezanne's Card Players paintings, one of Degas ballerina paintings, and Edouard Manet's final major work A Bar at the Folies Bergere) and just in general has a world class collection of art.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thanks for the extra info!

[@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! 😀

[@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, 🇺🇸

[@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!

[@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!!!

[@dodgydaveable]

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

[@yihuixiang]

Your videos are brilliant! Thank you!

[@Nazif_ziaee]

It was so enjoyable 🌱🖤

[@margaretleith3734]

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

[@515gnodgnart]

Heading to London in June this year and so happy I found your channel. I liked the fact that you are recommending places within a narrow area along with suggested food options and nearby things to do… this is an awesome touch and great for first time tourists to visit and make efficient use of limited time. I hope you can one day do a travel video for traveling with kids? Keep up the good job.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thank you. Glad it helps. We don’t want kids so…

[@515gnodgnart]

@@SuitcaseMonkey thought you were going to say…. We don’t want kids…. in London. ..🤪😅🤪😅. Either way if you have friends with kids or some insight that would be super extra helpful to put in the videos.

[@ShortsVlogsOfEntertainmet]

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

[@annaburch3200]

This was great! Helps us narrow down (or confirm) which museums we're going to visit when we visit London. Love your videos!! I was very excited to see a new one after so long. 😊👍

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thank you for your patience!

[@annaburch3200]

@@SuitcaseMonkey good things come to those who wait. 😊

[@thegardengazer]

Excellent video! Good narrative and great places to see and visit. Would you make a video on gardens around London. Thanks.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Yes, it is in the works! (Well, parks are)

[@pandasandmoore]

Arhhhhh Paula, you've done it again but in a more classy and sophisticated way this time. Huge congrats to you and now that us NSW, Australia residence are finally hitting out own version of "Freedom Day" tomorrow, Vincent and I can't wait to visit all of these places mentioned in your video in person. I think my favourite museum looks like the Natural History one, looks interesting and full of surprises. As always, look forward to your next insightful video on London's markets.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Aww that’s great to hear about NSW! 😀

[@elianaecheverrymusic]

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

[@audreymott5879]

Thank you very much for this excellent video.

[@LucyAlexandrasWorld]

For me, as a former Londoner, it’s the planetarium, Imperial War Museum and London Transport Museum which I enjoyed going to many times. The latter two never get boring as the continuously add more and more stuff all the time. The Museum of London is also amazing but it has just sadly closed for a few years.

[@andreharris7211]

One of my favourite cafes is in the basement of the victoria and albert museum (next to the natual history museum) the decor is amazing stained glass and tiles and they sometimes have a pianist.

[@andreharris7211]

The stained glass wondows are by burne jones

[@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 🙏

[@raulsimon2218]

Very good, and thanks for not being chauvinistic. Two of my favorites are both National Galleries: one in London (UK), and one in Washington, DC (USA).

[@geocostanza2819]

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

[@haveaniceday4879]

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

[@RalphBellairs]

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

[@beverlybrooks2736]

These are fantastic videos! Thank you!!!

[@creativereindeer]

Such a good video! Found you from your Canada shtuff but my husband and I are long-term-Laaaandaners, fun learning stuff about our home city and getting freshly inspired. Thanks!! I like the art scanner app, haven’t come across that before but keen to use next time!! Thanks!!

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Glad you found us. 😁

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

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

[@mscott3918]

Don't forget the sensational Wallace Collection in Manchester's Square and the Sir John Soane museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Both more than worth a visit.

[@paulm2467]

It’s just called Manchester Square but those are 2 brilliant options, especially the weirdness of Sir John Soane’s museum.

[@carlhole-maloney3249]

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

[@kobiorama]

Thanks for the video. First time I see an explanation of Somerset house. You are missing one of the great gems of London - The Wallace Collection.

[@lisas5346]

I’ve never been to London, but I’m planning a trip for 2024. After watching this video I’d like to go to the transport museum.

[@amynguyen9360]

thank you for sharing your experience!

[@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 😀

[@businessglobalintelligence4170]

That is a lovely video mate the Science Museum is it just stunning, I hope I will have the chance to visit one time.😀

[@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.

[@aliciaa.cortes6058]

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

[@laurenl5843]

That was great! Thanks! 👍😊

[@PObermanns]

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