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Museum of the Home vs Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum and Geffrye Museum are both rated very highly by professional travelers. On balance, Natural History Museum scores marginally higher than Geffrye Museum. Natural History Museum ranks #6 in London with accolades from 13 reviewers like Michelin Guide, Time Out and goop.

Museum of the Home
Museum of the Home
8 / 10
Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA
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Fodor's Fodor's
"In contrast to the West End's grand aristocratic town houses, this charming museum is devoted to the life of the city's middle class over the years." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"A row of 18th-century almshouses in Shoreditch contain this excellent (free) museum of everyday life."
Frommer's Frommer's
"If you'd like an overview of British interiors and lifestyles of the past 4 centuries, head to this museum, housed in a series of restored 18th-century almshouses." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Taking visitors on a journey through time, the Geffrye Museum offers a unique look at English middle-class life from the 1600s to present day." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Housed in a set of 18th-century almshouses, the Geffrye Museum offers a vivid physical history of the English interior." Full review
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Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
9 / 10
Natural History Museum Cromwell Rd London SW7 5BD
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Fodor's Fodor's
"The ornate terracotta facade of this enormous Victorian museum is strewn with relief panels depicting living creatures to the left of the entrance and extinct ones to the right." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"This is just one of the three huge galleries (all free) off Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the V&A."
Time Out Time Out
"Both a research institution and a fabulous museum, the NHM opened in Alfred Waterhouse’s purpose-built Romanesque palazzo on the Cromwell Road in 1881." Full review
Let's Go Let's Go
"Beeline for the back of the museum to see the unrepeatable Cadogan Gallery: a collection of British treasures." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Built by Alfred Waterhouse between 1873 and 1880 to a symmetrical plan, the building is 205m long with two 58m-high central towers above an entrance embellished by arches." Full review
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