1 British Museum | Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG | London | Like Zone 1 itself \u2014 overwhelming, slightly too busy, secretly brilliant if you know which entrance to use. |
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2 Natural History Museum | Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD | London | The blue whale in Hintze Hall gets me every single time, and I've been more times than I'll admit. |
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3 Science Museum | Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DD | London | Went in for the flight gallery, stayed two hours in the medicine bit. Classic own goal on my schedule. |
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4 Victoria and Albert Museum | Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL | London | Fashion galleries make me want to bin my entire wardrobe and start again on a museum-assistant salary. |
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5 Tate Modern | Bankside, London SE1 9TG | London | Turbine Hall installations are the closest London gets to a proper away-day atmosphere, minus the away end chanting. |
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6 Design Museum | 224-238 Kensington High Street, London W8 6AG | London | Small enough to do on a lunch break, which as a transport nerd I respect as excellent journey planning. |
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7 Sir John Soane's Museum | 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3BP | London | Absolute maze of mirrors and skulls. Book ahead \u2014 turning up on spec here is like turning up at Wembley without a ticket. |
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8 Museum of London Docklands | No 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL | London | The old sailortown recreation is properly atmospheric, and it's a nice excuse to ride the DLR like a rollercoaster. |
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9 Horniman Museum and Gardens | 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ | London | Worth the Overground trek south just for the walrus and the gardens after. Free, too \u2014 basically a bargain day return. |
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10 Churchill War Rooms | Clive Steps, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AQ | London | Claustrophobic in the best way. Handy pre-match wander too, being a stone's throw from Westminster. |
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