HOUSE OF DETENTION

HOUSE OF DETENTION

Clerkenwell Close, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1. Telephone: (0207) 253 9494. Tube: Farringdon. Daily 10.00-18.00.
Prisons on this site date back over 300 years. Thirteen underground cells are now restored and open to view.

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria & Albert Museum is an imposing ten-acre decorative arts museum. Whether you are fascinated by treasures from the Middle Ages or the Renaissance, by things Gothic and Byzantine, or by furniture and ceramics, the V&A will keep you mesmerised. Entrance is free but you'll pass a glass booth where there is a forceful request for a donation
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Tube Station: South Kensington on Circle and District Lines Telephone: 0207 938 8500

Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood

Children will be enchanted by the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood. It is an Aladdin's cave of antique toys dating back to the 18th century. There are dolls, teddies, doll's houses, games, puppets, model railways and children's clothing. Every Saturday, the museum runs free art workshops for children aged 3 and upwards - each week takes a different theme. Closed Fridays

Tube Station: Bethnal Green Telephone: 0208- 980 2415