London museums

[lenlec]

Taking my 13y old son to London tomorrow for a whirlwind day trip in the capital.

We are gonna do 1 museum firtst thing Tomorrow
Any advice which is best ?
We are stuck between natural history and the science. Will it be rammed ?
Cheers Andy

[Chicken Pox]

Just been to the natural history museum, but the whale exhibition seems to have finished which is a shame as interesting for both adults and kids. The queue was horrendous, but if you buy tickets to an exhibition you can skip the queue as they have a time slot (just show tickets/phone to the lady on the stairs outside and they will let you in)-perhaps the Wildlife Photography if you can get there early or late, venom has lots of slots and is the cheapest one.
Wildlife Photography: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitio...e-year-53.html
Venom: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitio...hibitions.html

Not done the science museum since I was a kid, so no idea.

British Museum is okay if near Euston/ Kings-Cross, just the free bits, exhibitions look a bit dull for kids.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/

BTW if anyone is near Tring the Rothschild Museum hosts the wildlife photography for free later in the year (usually late summer/autumn I think)
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/wildlife-photography.html

[hughtrimble]

Go early. Queues are ridiculously long. They go through quite fast but if it's grim weather it's deeply unpleasant.

[lenlec]

Hate bloody queues. Gonna get there for 9 and see how it is

[Bravo73]

13 yo boy? Science Museum. Hands down.

(And if, for some reason, you don’t like it, just walk around the corner to the NH Museum).

[MADDOG]

Imperial War Museum would be a good shout. Thats if your son is into that kind of thing.

[Mr Curta]

I think that you can sneak into the NHM through the old Geological Museum entrance around the corner and beat the queues.

[lenlec]

Thanks all

[Olly]

Churchill War Rooms.

Really excellent experience. Failing that and depending what he's into either Natural History or Science.

[justin44]

Took my son to the Tate Modern, big mistake. When ever I asked him to tidy his room or clear up the mess he’d just made he smile at me and say “it’s not a mess, it’s modern art” !

[Broussard]

Don't forget that there's the Clockmakers' Museum in the Science Museum now. Well worth a few minutes of your time, as is the Zaha Hadid-designed Winton Mathematics Gallery on the top floor.

[stuie-t]

Transport museum and bond exhibition (if still on) in around Covent Garden


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[lenlec]

Just back from a great day in London. Did the science museum. Got there at 9-30. No queue at all. By 10 when it opened it was massive.
Reccoment the simulator 360 and the tim peak vr thing