Handel House Museum

The Handel House Museum is a museum dedicated to the life and works of the German-born baroque composer George Frideric Handel, who made his home in London in 1712 and eventually became a British citizen in 1727. Handel was the first occupant of 25 Brook Street, which he rented from 1723 until his death there in 1759. Almost all his works after 1723, amongst them many of his best-known operas, oratorios and ceremonial music, were composed and partially rehearsed in the house, which contained a variety of keyboard instruments, including harpsichords, a clavichord and a small chamber organ.

...And as an added bonus to this museum it also incorporates the upper floors of its neighbour 23 Brook Street, which was the home of rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix in 1968–69. These rooms were used for temporary exhibitions and events, but after fundraising, these and the rest of the rooms from the Hendrix apartment were opened to the public in February 2016 as "Handel and Hendrix in London".

Coordinates: 51°30'47.01"N 0°08'45.60"W

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