Introduction

Going out in London need not be expensive. Visit these venues and activities for free!

Best children's places

• Geffrye Museum
• Horniman Museum
• Museum of Childhood
• National Army Museum
• National Gallery
• Natural History Museum
• Science Museum
• The Museum of Fulham Palace
• Theatre museum
• Visit a nature reserve

Best cultural pursuits

• Auction at Christies
• Auction at Sotheby's
• BBC radio & television audience tickets
• Brixton Market
• Changing of the guard
• Films at the British Museum
• Free Salsa, Bar Salsa on Charing Cross Road on Wednesday evenings from about 7pm
• Recitals in city churches
• Royal Opera House lunchtime recitals
• Swiss Centre glockenspiel clock extravaganza
• Visiting the House of Commons
• Bank of England Museum
• Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
• British Museum
• Crafts Council
• Dana Centre
• Foundation of Chinese Art
• Geffrye Museum
• Grant Museum of Zoology
• Guildhall, The Great Hall
• Hampstead Museum (Burgh House), History of Hampstead
• Hogarth House
• Imperial War Museum
• Kenwood House exhibition
• Museum of Childhood
• Museum of Garden History
• Museum of London
• Museum of London Group
• National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory
• National Portrait Gallery
• Photographers' gallery
• RAF Museum
• Royal Academy of Arts
• Royal Academy of Music, The York Gate Collection
• Royal Hospital at Chelsea
• Royal Institute of British Architects
• Sir John Soane's Museum
• Sir John Soane's Museum
• Somerset House
• Tate Britain
• Tate Modern
• The British Dental Association Museum
• The College Art Collection
• The Cuming Museum
• The Hayward
• The Library and Museum of Freemasonary
• The Livesey Museum for Children
• The National Army Museum
• The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
• The Serpentine Gallery
• The Wapping Project
• The Wellcome Trust
• The William Morris Gallery
• The Womens Library
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• Wallace Collection
• White Cube Hoxton Square
• Whitechapel Art Gallery