Dennis Severs’ House : The house serves as a time capsule that reflects the lives of Huguenots silk-weavers living in London. The museum plays audio tracks of the family but makes them sound as though they are in the distance, forever out of your reach. You wander round the ten capsule rooms lit by candles engaging in a sense search of the past. 

"Drawing comparisons with the US and major European cities, where it is common to find charges, Hunt questions whether a similar move would hit the UK’s tourism industry. “At New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art there is a $20 entrance fee, so why not a fiver for London’s great galleries? Would it really undermine our cultural competitiveness?"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/mar/06/museum-entry-charge-labour-mp

‘Tucked away down intriguing streets and alleys, off the beaten tourist track you will find some of the city’s best kept secrets. London Shh… formed in 2008 with a view to encourage more people to discover and enjoy these beautiful houses. To step through one of our front doors is to be transported back in time and experience first-hand the places which famous names from Freud to Franklin chose to call home. So come and visit us and get closer to the people whose innovations and actions changed the world we live in. All the houses are independent registered charities and generate their own income through exciting programmes of exhibitions, events and more.’  

The houses include: The Emery Walker House, Freud Museum London, Benjamin Franklin House, William Morris House, Dr Johnson’s House, Handel House Museum and Burgh House Museum.

Sir John Soane’s Museum - hoarders heaven. I also visited Samuel Johnson’s house Museum , it has so much potential but as usual no funding. They should just stick some Blackadder on.x