Motumotu

Please advise how can we reach National History Museum from Earls Court. Is the off-peak Day Travel Card valid on the train that goes to the Museum. How much is the minimum time one should devote to the Museum.

Cholmondley_Warner

Assuming you mean the NATURAL history museum - ie living things and dinosaurs and the like it's a piece of cake. Get any train from Earls Ct to South Kensington (and yes your travel card is valid - it's in zone one,)then go into the "subway" (which in England means an underground walkway - not the tube trains.) The various museums are all signposted along the subway and you go straight in.

As to how long? It depends on you. A couple of hours would more than cover it for me.

The closest we have to a national history museum would be the British Museum.

texasbookworm

As to how to get from point A to point B in London, I think you'd find it very helpful to spend some time getting familiar with the Transport for London website
tfl.gov.uk
Use it to see how to get where you want including tube station exchanges, times, etc. Plus it will give you bus and other transport info. Plus updates on planned and emergency repairs and closures. If you are going to have access to the internet in London, you really need to know about this site so you can do daily checks of your travel routes if you're using public transport.

I've also found walkit.com to be a fun website for planning possible walking excursions. Time you spend now with the above sites and with good maps will most likely be extremely worthwhile in your planning. Unless you don't like maps or want to just wing it when you arrive.

alanRow

<<< The closest we have to a national history museum would be the British Museum. >>>

Whioch doesn't have that much British history except fro the stuff we nicked form elsewhere.

Cholmondley_Warner

It has some British stuff. Sutton Hoo etc.

But yeah, it's mainly stuff we robbed.

flanneruk

What is the closest thing we have to a National History Museum?

My vote would be the National Portrait Gallery.

Or, if you think what we really do best is words, the galleries at the British Library.

Cholmondley_Warner

Maybe the Museum of London (as most history has at least involved London.)

Motumotu

Ok Friends. It is very near to the Earls Court. Actually I was confused with Natural History Museum at Tring.

willit

Natural History Museum - Darwin and Dinosaurs

Science Museum - Lots of buttons to press - I love this place, but rarely get out of the kids section (I have to borrow my nephews and nieces so I don't get labelled a wrong un)

Victoria and Albert - great for antique furniture and clothing, but the only thing I really like there is Sultan Tipoo's Tiger

British Museum - We came, we saw, we established an empire, we nicked stuff and "What did the Romans ever do for us"
I last about 90 minutes before my brain explodes

Motumotu

Dear Willit, Is the entry to Victoria and Albert will be easily available on the day of the visit and is it free of charge?

willit

Yes and Yes, although sometimes they have additional exhibitions that will have separate admission charges and may require pre booking.

see http://www.vam.ac.uk/

alanRow

<<< but the only thing I really like there is Sultan Tipoo's Tiger >>>

And the cafe at the back.

I like the V&A because you can always find some nook and cranny that you've never seen before. It seems to sprout new rooms when people aren't looking