Top 10 Free Museums in England

In the UK most national museums charge no admission to their permanent collections; usually only temporary exhibitions are paid. Here are 10 free museums in England worth visiting.

The British Museum, London. One of the world's largest collections of human history: Egyptian mummies, the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures and treasures from Asia and the Americas.
The National Gallery, London. More than 2,300 paintings by European masters from the 13th to the early 20th century, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Turner and Van Gogh.
Natural History Museum, London. Dinosaur skeletons, meteorites, minerals and millions of plant and animal specimens in a building known as the "cathedral of nature".
National Maritime Museum, London. Part of Royal Museums Greenwich: ship models, navigational instruments, maps and the history of the British navy.
Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. A university museum founded in 1814. It holds specimens collected by Charles Darwin on the voyage of the Beagle and a fin whale skeleton above the entrance.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Opened in 1683 around the collection of Elias Ashmole, it is Britain's first public museum. Art and archaeology from ancient Egypt to the present day.
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Opened in 1877, funded by the brewer Andrew Barclay Walker. Part of National Museums Liverpool and known for its Pre-Raphaelite collection.
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. A museum in the Clifton area with collections of geology, natural history, archaeology, ancient Egypt and art.
Portsmouth Museum. The city's largest museum, with an exhibition on Arthur Conan Doyle, who lived and worked as a doctor in Portsmouth, and displays on local history and art.
Manchester Art Gallery. Founded in 1823. Paintings, sculpture, decorative arts and work by contemporary artists.