Free entry. The museum has superb displays showing aspects of the history of the bank, and of the building, history and printing of banknotes, history and manufacture of coins, gold bars and gold trading, as well as weightier subjects like the economy and inflation. The...More

On a visit with Teens we enjoyed this free museum. As eldest Teen said, there’s not much for free in London. Enjoyed learning about bank notes and holding the gold bar in particular. Also enjoyed cracking the safe! Great way to spend and hour or...More

I achieved one of my life's ambitious by holding a bar of 24 carat gold weighing 28lb (13 kgs) and it was worth £493217 and to think there are another 400000 bars in the vaults. My wife had a go at the keeping inflation to...More

A really interesting museum with a lot of interactive displays. You can try to open a safe and get a prize for it, you can lift a real gold bar (if you can because that sucker is heavy), or try to keep (with a lever!)...More

This is a great little museum packed with very interesting displays. Lots to learn in informative displays and some hands on. This can be a quick visit of 1 hour, or 2 hours if you want to read most of the information displays. Highly recommend...More

Magnificent structure and very large - runs across a massive block near Bank Station. For photos alone it’s worth a look.

This is a lovely museum to visit if you have an interest in money. There are many posters to read describing the history of money and the bank of England but I was particularly drawn to the 400 ounce PAMP Suisse gold bar that you...More