Off the beaten culture track: three great free museums in London
One of the great things about London is the number of free museums. Who hasn’t gone on holiday anywhere else in the world and had a hissy fit in very loud English over having to pay to enter a museum? The drawback to such a fantastic policy though is that our famous free institutions, like the British Museum, are absolute overrun all year around because so many people have recognised how epic and free they are. However, in flocking to worship the Rosetta stone and the giant diplodocus with selfie sticks, the hordes have overlooked some hidden gems. Like the school disco wallflowers hidden in the shadow of the bright disco lights whose tapping feet betray a desire to dance, these institutions are fun and quirky even if they don’t have quite so flashy an exterior. So if you’re broke, too hungover to deal with tourists and filled with a sense of guilt that you don’t appreciate London’s attractions more, do pay court (but no entrance fee) to these places: Read More