Camera Museum, Museum St., London

[KoNickon]

Has anyone been here? camera museum london - Bing

Basically it's a cafe with a camera theme -- cameras on display everywhere, and the sign says they do repairs also (!). I was in London last week, staying a stone's throw away (it's also almost across from the British Museum). I started to go in but saw they wanted a 3 pound donation to enter, so I thought not. (I was a little chagrined to realize that I think I have one of each of the cameras I saw as I went in....)

 

[Coldkennels]

Ironic that all of the photos of the Camera Museum look like they were taken with a digital camera from 2001.

It looks like it's attached to/associated with Aperture UK; their main store sells a bunch of Leica and Leica-adjacent stuff. I wouldn't trust them for repairs again, though. They "serviced" my Leica IIIf some years back and basically just cranked up the shutter tension to power through old grease. It sounded like a gunshot every time the shutter fired after that - and the exposures still weren't correct!

 

[Brooktaw]

I was there a few days ago whilst visiting from Canada. I usually drop in to the cafe, and there's no fee for that. They have some interesting table decorations to play with!

 

[Muggins]

Yes, it's connected to Aperture - run by a bloke named Adrian Tang. There's a tiny shop in the back selling Rolleiflexes - I took my Old Standard to see its children.

Decent tea and cakes, I can't remember if I've tried any of the hot food, but fun ambience.