National Army Museum
If you are interested in militaria or military history, don't miss the National Army Museum in Royal Hospital Road. It covers the history of the British Army from the 15th to the 21st century. Its displays include paintings, equipment and the largest collection of military uniforms in the world.

Quick Facts
Address: Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4HT

Telephone: 020 7730 0717

Tube: Sloane Square

Directions: Come out of the tube station and walk straight ahead to the traffic lights on the corner of Sloane Square and Lower Sloane Street. Turn left into Lower Sloane Street and follow that to the next big junction, then turn right into Royal Hospital Road. The museum is just past the Royal Hospital on the left.

Science Museum
This was another museum that was a special treat to visit when I was a child because there are so many 'hands on' things to do there. You can see all kinds of machines from working steam engines to an Apollo Command Module. The museum's exhibitions cover many different aspects of science from the 18th century to the present day.

Quick Facts
Address: Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DD

Telephone: 0870 870 4771

Tube: South Kensington

Directions: When you come up the steps from South Kensington tube station, turn right coming out on Thurloe Street. Almost opposite, on the other side of the road, you will see Exhibiton Road. Go up there, cross Cromwell Road and you will see the Natural History Museum is immediately to your left and the Science Museum is just behind it, further along Exhibition Road.

Victoria and Albert Museum
The 145 galleries of the Victoria and Albert Museum contain one of the largest and most varied collection of decorative arts in the world. Items in the collection range in date from 3000BC to the present day. Displays cover furniture, pottery and porcelain, textiles, costume, needlework, silver, glass, paintings, prints, photographs and much, much more.

Quick Facts
Address: Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD

Telephone: 020 7942 2000

Tube: South Kensington

Directions: When you come up the steps from South Kensington tube station, turn right coming out on Thurloe Street. Almost opposite, on the other side of the road, you will see Exhibiton Road. Go up there, cross Cromwell Road and the Victoria and Albert Museum is immediately to your right.

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