London Transport Museum
A museum tracing 200 years of London's public transport, from horse-drawn buses to Tube trains, in a former Victorian flower market building.
- Museum
- Price: ££ · Mid-range
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Did you know
The museum's building was originally the flower market for Covent Garden, built in 1872, and the museum holds an archive of more than 6,000 pieces of Tube map and poster artwork commissioned by London Underground since 1908.
Local tip
Let kids climb aboard the vintage buses and Tube carriages on display, which are open for visitors to sit in, and check for a same-day discount if you book online rather than paying at the door.
Finding it
- Address
- Covent Garden Piazza, St Clement Danes, Covent Garden, City of Westminster, Greater London, England, WC2E 7BB
- Nearest station
- Covent Garden (Tube), 333 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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- Somerset HouseA grand neoclassical building on the Strand with a courtyard and fountain court open to all, plus the Courtauld Gallery, exhibitions and a river terrace.