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When people say nothing in life is free, they are wrong. London has a host of award winning museums and admission is free of charge.

London has enough free museums to keep you busy for months. They range from the huge to the tiny and each is packed with unique character.

London is blessed with many great museums and some of the most popular - including the magnificent British Museum - offer free admission to all visitors.

The Museum of London opened in 1976 and has become one of the world's largest urban history museums with over 2 million artefacts among its collection.

The fascinating Science Museum next to the Natural History Museum in London's trendy South Kensington is a great day out for the whole family and is free to enter.

After the theatre tickets have been bought, meals enjoyed and the hotel bill settled, it's time to sample some of London's Museums and Art Galleries, all for free.

Of the many free museums in London, the best known are the V. & A. and the Natural History Museum, but the Ragged School Museum and the Geffrye Museum are London's gems.

London finally has a fantastic showcase for the movies in The Movieum, a celebration of films through the ages, small screen to big screen, genres to animation.

London's literary trail includes the Sherlock Holmes Museum and the Charles Dickens Museum where visitors will find plenty to stir the imagination.

There are many grand museums with fascinating histories to visit in London and amongst them is the remarkable Somerset House.

Piccadilly's new Academy of Sex at the Trocadero Centre aims to educate the public while they have fun, so says the spokesperson for Amora.

It would cost more than a life's fortune to explore the world, but in London's Natural History Museum visitor's can do it for nothing.

Behind the door of number 221B Baker Street in north London, the Sherlock Holmes Museum recreates the home of Dr Watson, Holmes himself, and landlady Mrs Hudson.

Set in the former St Mary-at-Lambeth parish Church in London, the Garden Museum has a vegetarian café, bookshop, knot-style gardens and exhibitions to charm visitors.

The Churchill Museum in London (in King Charles Street near tBig Ben) vividly portrays the life of the man who was Britain's Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945.

From Posh & Becks in A-list Party, to Barack Obama in World Leaders, England's famous tourist attraction now boasts glamour & history, unlike its grisly beginnings.

A collection of antique Chinese textiles and embroidery can give years of pleasure. Every piece told a story and every piece was handmade with love and care.

The British Museum has some of the world's greatest treasures, from the colossal Elgin Marbles to the delicate Portland Vase. Do it the easy way - see top tip below.

London has been a busy port since Roman times when goods from the Roman Empire were traded along the River. Today Docklands is full of visitors from around the world.

Museum of London exhibition shows the astonishing Roman finds of metal dishes, bowls and vessels from archaeological dig in Drapers Gardens near Bank of England.

Visitors to London needn't worry about the city's high cost. The biggest and best known museums are free and easily accessible on foot or by the Tube.

The Museum of Garden History, St Mary-at-Lambeth Church - London, reopened in November 2008 with a new name, The Garden Museum, and modernized interior exhibit spaces.

The unique vision of William Blake makes him the most extreme example of Romanticism.

The London Wall Walk follows the old line of the Roman wall. There are also many other sites of historical interest along the route for a first time visitor to the city

Decorative arts of the sixteenth and seventeenth century inspired knot gardens. Garden historians can visit Garden Museum's knot-style garden, being restored, in London.

Learn something new from comments made about these two abstract and surrealist artists who created unique landscapes.

Early 20th-century expressionist artist Bratby and mixed-media artist Tàpies added components of writing to their repertoires.

Year-round, picturesque and proud lighthouses draw visitors and guide boats. A tour to honor them is an inexpensive way to enjoy this part of the Connecticut coast.

South East London's Maritime Museum at Greenwich is a World Heritage Site haunted by characters from history. Ghost-hunters will be out in force during Halloween

Between 1577 and 1580, Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the world. See a full scale replica of the Elizabethan Galleon he sailed in.

The bones of 26 skeletons, from Romans and Saxons to medieval and Victorian, reveal the diet, health, diseases and lifestyle of the deceased.

"The art of the poster", tells the story of one hundred years of poster design and shows how London's public transport system has become "London's longest art gallery".

These 'clumsy lizards' disgusted Darwin at first, but they are a good example of an island species adapting to its environment.

Archaeologists are working as fast as they can at the rapidly developing site of the 2012 London Olympics and have unearthed finds dating back to the Iron Age.

The online resources of Kew Gardens, the RHS and the Natural History Museum offer unique examples of botanical art.

London can be an expensive city break, but if you are on a tight budget, there is still plenty to do without costing you a fortune.

The average English man is 5ft 9ins (1.75m) tall and weighs 13.2st (185lbs/83.9kg) while the average woman is 5ft 3½ins (1.62m) tall and weighs 11st (155lbs/70.2kg).

The 2009 Turner Prize shortlist nominees have been named.

Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi commissioned artists to make clay warriors, clay soldiers of a terracotta army. China's terra cotta warriors tour is in the U.S through 2010.

London's Geffrye Museum isn't on most tourist's must-see lists - but it should be. Appealing to adults and children, it explores our changing views of interior design.

This exhibition marks the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth. It explores how events in his life affected the antics of his brain child, master spy James Bond.

Nashville's Parthenon replica, first erected in 1897 for the state's centennial celebration, is one of Tennessee's most-visited sites.

Sir Robert Crawford CBE, Director-General of the Imperial War Museum retires in October 2008. Diane Lees, Director of the Museum of Childhood, will step into his shoes.

Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum in London was recently quoted as saying, "Repatriation is yesterday’s question . . ." The number of high-profile and s

Contemporary art collector Charles Saatchi is set to unveil his new gallery off the King's Road in the heart of London's fashionable Chelsea neighbourhood.

Have you ever been caught short and in need of a loo? Help the British Toilet Association campaign for better toilets across the country.

Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge and only an hour or so from London is the site of mysterious low mounds, , traces of the prestigious 7th c Saxon ship burial of King Raedwald

Toy soldier collecting is a big hobby in Britain these days, but its origins probably come from India.

Many of the most important examples of ancient civilization were taken by archaeologists in the 19th Century to European and US museums despite attempts to return them.

Japan's National Treasures, the Jomon clay figures, or Dogu, were believed to have spiritual and healing powers.