London has some of the world's best museums. Here are the ones you shouldn't miss -- and most of them are free:
, this world-renowned collection of art, design and performance is housed in an extraordinarily grand South Kensington building designed as an exhibit in its own right.
The collection can be shocking -- what's left of a car destroyed by a suicide bombing in Iraq -- and is often deeply personal, with many letters written by WW1 soldiers on display. Many objects also express a sense of hope and yearning for peace. Above all, it asks us to think about the human cost of war., the IWM in Westminster, where you can explore the underground bunker Prime Minister Winston Churchill ran government from during WWII.
Don't miss: The new centerpiece of the museum's magnificent entrance hall -- the skeleton of a 25.2-meter blue whale swooping down from the ceiling, mouth agape as if diving to feed on a patch of krill. As part of the $15.5 million revamp, previous museum inhabitant and beloved national treasure Dippy the diplodocus skeleton has been sent out on tour around the UK.
Don't miss: The star of the show is the bloated taxidermy walrus, which has been on display in the museum for over a century.
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