Are you interested in learning about different cultures and their histories? Here are the ethnology museums to visit in London:
1British Museum
LondonThe British Museum is home to one of the largest collections of works and artefacts coming from all over the world. The museum was opened in 1759 and is dedicated to human history, art, and culture. The museum has ten departments with various collections, including artefacts dedicated to indigenous 2Horniman Museum and Gardens
LondonThe Horniman Museum and Gardens holds a collection of over 350,000 related to anthropology, natural history and musical instruments. The museum is especially known for its large collection of taxidermied animals. It also features an aquarium. 3Jewish Museum London
LondonIn the Jewish Museum London visitors learn about the life of British Jews, their history and their culture. The museum was established in 1932 and it comprises of four permanent galleries and two temporary exhibition spaces. The collection includes Jewish ceremonial art, paintings, drawings, photogr 4Museum Of Croydon
CroydonMuseum Of Croydon is a museum in Croydon. The museum features exhibits related to: social history and decorative and applied art. 5Pollock's Toy Museum
LondonPollock's Toy Museum is the UK's oldest toy museum housing over 7000 toys in 6 magical rooms across two historical buildings in the center of London. Here you will see a huge array of toys form all over the world and from different centuries, including a 4000 year out toy mouse and one of the worlds 6The Twickenham Museum
TwickenhamThe Twickenham Museum is a museum in Twickenham, Middlesex. The museum features exhibits related to: social history. 7Greenwich Heritage Centre
LondonGreenwich Heritage Centre is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to: medicine, weapons and war, fine art, science and technology, coins and medals, costume and textiles, archaeology, archives, world cultures, natural sciences, social history, music, decorative and applied art an 8Hackney Museum
LondonIn the Hackney Museum, visitors learn about the stories of people who have moved to Hackney and made it their home, from Anglo-Saxon settlers to early Victorian villas and recent refugees. Through interviews, objects and images, and listening to personal stories of living, working and moving to Hack 9Museum No.1
RichmondMuseum No.1 is a museum in Richmond. The museum features exhibits related to: world cultures and natural sciences. 10Sikorski Museum
LondonThe Sikorski Museum is a museum that was created by Polish exiles living in London who didn’t want to go back to Poland after World War Two, when it was controlled by the Russians. The museum holds collections of artefacts from the war, all labeled in English as well as Polish. 11Brent Museum and Archives
LondonBrent Museum holds collections of material about the history of Brent with over 10,000 objects. The museum holds items that are thousands of years old but also objects from the people living and working in Brent today, representing all communities in both the past and the present. Oil paintings, toy 12Barnet Local Studies and Archives
LondonBarnet Local Studies and Archives is a museum in London. The museum features exhibits related to Archives and Social History.- 13
Kingston Museum
Kingston upon ThamesKingston Museum is a museum in Kingston upon Thames. The museum features exhibits related to: social history, world cultures, archaeology, decorative and applied art, coins and medals, fine art, weapons and war, costume and textiles, natural sciences, science and technology, archives and land transp - 14
The Museum of Immigration and Diversity
LondonThe Museum of Immigration and Diversity is the first museum of immigration and diversity in Europe. In the museum visitors discover stories of the centuries of newcomers who have shaped Spitalfields, London and Britain. - 15
Merton Heritage & Local Studies Centre
MordenMerton Heritage & Local Studies Centre is a museum in Morden. The museum features exhibits related to Social History and Archives. - 16
Kurdish Museum, Library and Archive
LondonThe first Museum for the Kurdish heritage in the world is one of the main culture resources for the school-age children of Hammersmith and Fulham Borough and to the academics and researchers in the UK. Let’s make Hammersmith and Fulham Borough more colourful and tourist area for all nations and fo