The Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum may be the most overlooked museum in London, despite its central location. I’ve been twice: once years ago, before the Churchill Museum was added, and then recently. Both parts of the museum are outstanding. The Cabinet War Rooms are left just as they were at the end of WWII, and give a great picture of life in wartime London (well, at least life for those in power and those who worked for them). The Churchill Museum is unbelieveably interesting. Churchill, of course, is a fascinating subject, and this museum does him justice. It is interactive and multi-media, and you won’t be bored for a second. As another reviewer wrote, you can easily lose track of time here! All in all, a fantastic place to visit, and well worth the admission price.

Great place to visit if the weather is bad as its completely underground. Beware though that you can lose complete track of time, become completely engrossed and risk being thrown out at closing time, as we were! Excellent use of original war rooms with correctly dressed mannequins, furniture and sound recordings from the time. A real feel for the lives they lead there during the worst of the war. Museum is everything you ever wanted to know about Winny even including the material of his siren suit!

I think it's prtty hard for someone not to find this sort of thing interesting. Churchill has to be one of the most interesting and intriguing charachters in history, which is why he is so oft quoted, theres so many books about him and why people flock to this place. It covers his whole life, a priveliged but by no means easy life, haunted by what he called the 'dark dog' of his serious depressions, treated as a warmongering pariah in the run up to the war, you don't get an airbrushed view of a glorious leader but a warts and all insight into what made the man tick. The war rooms are incredible, kept precisely as they were from the day they were taken out of usage in 1945, it's a remarkable historical resource. A great experience.

Of all the things to do in London, visiting the Cabinet War Rooms might not come in at the top of your list. However, it makes for a really interesting visit and doesn’t feel as stuffy as a lot of other museums.

The rooms have been preserved exactly as they were in WWII, they were forgotten about for 50 years and then opened to the public fairly recently. I found one of the best things to be the fact that you are given a personal audio guide as you enter, which means you can wander round completely at your own pace, skip anything that doesn’t interest you and here more in depth descriptions of other things that do.

The Churchill Museum is half way through and goes into a lot of detail but is also interesting for those who only want to check out the highlights. I spent a couple of hours here and was really glad I made the effort to do something a bit different. If you’re really interested in the subject though I’m sure you could easily fill a whole morning or afternoon.

Visiting war museums is not my idea of a fun afternoon, but this one is an exception.

Everything is so carefully preserved that it almost feel like people have just left those amazing rooms. This is where the Cabinet was relocated during WWII and the atmosphere is incredibly real.

Well worth a visit even if it is not something you would normally consider. Excellent layout and explanations throughout the museum.

I'm not generally a great fan of war museums (especially if they are jingoistic), and can understand others' reservations, but this place is so unique, and so historic, that makes it worth an exception.

The site - a basement in the heart of Whitehall - was the location chosen to build a secure, bomb-proof headquarters for the British Government between 1939 and 1945. As well as conference rooms, planning rooms and Churchill's own personal suite, there's a museum about Churchill's life.

But what is amazing is that the working rooms were closed down on VJ day in August 1945, and left exactly - and I mean exactly - as they were. Nothing was moved: the furniture, books, papers, pencils, even the drawing pins, were left untouched, until opened in the 1984 as a museum.

The result is an incredible and unique snapshot of a moment in world history.

Churchill's personal suite has recently been restored, as this was less well preserved (he seldom used it, preferring to stay at 10 Downing Street). But the rooms where he made his broadcasts, and the secure telephone room for the connection to the USA are intact.

The museum of Churchill covers his colourful 90-year life, and gives a fascinating insight into this complex but formidable man, and explores his failures as well as his successes - among less well-known items, his life-long battle with the 'dark dog' of depression, and his Nobel Prize for Literature.

Clearly, all this will not be to everyone's taste, but if you like your history to be authentic and atmospheric, it is a unique experience. The website offers an excellent virtual tour of the key elements of the museum. NB - entry is a hefty £11 per adult, and arrive early to avoid queues.