Museums in the UK

Abbey Walk, Abbey Road, Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire  
Explore the enchanting Victorian streets of Abbey House Museum, join in with the activities in the interactive childhood gallery or relax in the Abbot Tea Rooms.... more

Corporation Road, Leicester, Leicestershire  
Abbey Pumping Station is Leicester´s Museum of Science & Technology. Situated adjacent to the National Space Centre, the two attractions tell the story of over 200... more

Shiprow, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire  
The City´s award-winning Maritime Museum brings the history of the North Sea to life. View displays and exciting exhibitions on the offshore oil industry, shipbuilding, fishing... more

Wenlock Lodge, Acton Scott, Church Stretton, Shropshire  
Acton Scott Historic Working Farm Museum is one of the gems of the Shropshire Hills, close to the market town of Church Stretton, where you can... more

High Street, Avebury, Wiltshire  
Alexander Keiller Museum, founded by Alexander Keiller in the 1930s, contains the prehistoric collections from the Avebury complex of monuments, which are of similar age to... more

Church Street, Alton, Hampshire  
The Allen Gallery houses an outstanding collection of ceramics, nearly 1900 items dating from 1250 to the present day. Also on display are the unique Elizabethan... more

Amberley, Arundel, West Sussex  
Amberley Working Museum is a 36 acre open-air site dedicated to preserving the industrial heritage of the south-east. Exhibits include a narrow-gauge railway and vintage bus... more

Claverton Manor, Bath, Bath & Northeast Somerset  
Opened in 1961, the American Museum in Britain was the original idea of Dallas Pratt and John Judkyn who wanted to show the achievements of Americans... more

Greengate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire  
The Ancient High House has been one of the most important buildings in the town for over four hundred years and is the largest timber framed... more

52 Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex  
Anne of Cleves House is a 16th century timber-framed Wealden hall-house that formed part of Anne´s divorce settlement from Henry VIII in 1541. There are wide-ranging... more

Baring Street, South Shields, Tyne & Wear  
Arbeia Roman Fort & Museum - nowhere else on Hadrian´s Wall can the sheer scale of Roman achievements be better understood than here. Built around AD160,... more

The Mall East, Armagh, Co Armagh  
A visit to Armagh County Museum is an ideal way to experience a flavour of the orchard county. Discover a rich and varied legacy revealed in... more

Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire  
Founded in 1683, the Ashmolean is one of the oldest museums in the world - and one of Britain´s finest. It is a treasure house of... more

Astley Park, Chorley, Lancashire  
Astley Hall opened as a museum & Art Gallery in 1924, built by the Charnock family in Elizabethan times, it houses some fine oak furniture from... more

Churchgate, Spalding, Lincolnshire  
Ayscoughfee Hall Museum is a medieval town house on the banks of the River Welland. Built in 1451 by a wool merchant, it is now the... more

Spiceball Park Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire  
Banbury´s stunning new canal-side museum. Exciting modern `hands-on´ displays tell of Banbury´s origins and historic past. The Civil War; the plush manufacturing industry; the Victorian market... more

Bartholomew Lane, London  
The Museum is housed within the Bank of England itself, right at the heart of the City of London. It traces the history of the Bank... more

27 Northgate Street, Bath, Bath & Northeast Somerset  
We cover 4,000 years of communication from clay-mail to e-mail. This time-line also includes exhibitions in the Education Room on the Victorians, an essential ingredient in... more

Beamish, Chester-le-Street, Durham  
Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, Britain´s favourite open-air museum, set in over 300 acres of beautiful countryside, vividly recreates life in the North... more

The Shambles, Load Street, Bewdley, Worcestershire  
Bewdley Museum is housed in a historic and unusual 18th century Butchers Shambles and Brass Foundry. This unique museum provides a fascinating insight into the growth... more

Big Pit, Blaenafon, Pontypool, Torfaen  
The Big Pit: National Coal Museum offers an insight into the life of South Wales miners and their communities and is unique to Wales. The guided... more

Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, West Midlands  
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery was opened in 1885 and is home to one of the world´s largest collections of pre-Raphaelite art, with works by Rossetti,... more

Tipton Road, Dudley, West Midlands  
Black Country Living Museum was established in 1975 to collect, preserve, research and display items relating to the social and industrial history of the Black Country.... more

The Mansion, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire  
Bletchley Park, was home to the famous codebreakers of the Second World War. The full story did not emerge until 30 years after the war had... more

Le Mans Crescent, Bolton, Greater Manchester  
The Bolton Museum, Art Gallery & Aquarium, houses an impressive collection of fine and decorative art dating from the 18th to the 20th century. This includes... more

194 Dyke Road, Brighton, East Sussex  
Booth Museum of Natural History has over half a million specimens, natural history literature and data extending back over three centuries, including hundreds of British birds... more

Brampton Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire  
At the Borough Museum & Art Gallery, Newcastle´s long history can be traced through the Roman period, its medieval castle, Royal Charters and industries to the... more

Barnard Castle, Durham  
The first sight of The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle never ceases to amaze. Purpose built in the 19th century by John Bowes and his French... more

Moorside Road, Eccleshill, Bradford, West Yorkshire  
Bradford Industrial Museum, built in 1875 and the original spinning mill, is alive with magnificent machinery which once converted raw wool into the world´s worsted cloth.... more

Killin, Perth & Kinross  
Breadalbane Folklore Centre - a special part of Scotland - and a special place to stop. Where the river splashes over The Falls of Dochart, it... more

Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, East Sussex  
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery is famous for its collection of 20th century furniture, glass, textiles and jewellery, including examples by leading designers. There is an... more

Queens Road, Bristol  
Bristol City is the region´s largest Museum and Art Gallery housing an outstanding and diverse range of objects. There is a choice of galleries full of... more

Bruce Embankment, St Andrews, Fife  
The British Golf Museum opened in 1996, and traces the 500 year history of the game by using diverse displays and exciting interactives. Its unique collection... more

96 Euston Road, London  
On display in The British Library are hundreds of items from the world´s greatest collection of books, manuscripts, music, stamps, sound recordings and maps. The Library´s... more

Great Russell Street, London  
The British Museums initial collection was bequeathed by Sir Hans Sloane in 1753 and is now one of the world´s finest museums. With a permanent display... more

Church Street, Haworth, Keighley, West Yorkshire  
The Bronte Parsonage Museum - Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte were the authors of some of the greatest books in the English language. Haworth Parsonage was... more

Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey  
Brooklands Museum Trust Ltd is the birthplace of British motor sport and aviation, Brooklands was the centre of British motor sport from its first official race... more

Church Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire  
Buckinghamshire County Museum & The Roald Dahl Children´s Gallery, houses displays that cover the diverse natural, social and cultural history of Buckinghamshire. In addition to curriculum... more

Quainton Road Station, Quainton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire  
The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is one of the leading steam museums in the country, housing some 35 steam locomotives both diesel and multiple units. Slip back... more

Maritime Museum, Bucklers Hard, Beaulieu, Hampshire  
Bucklers Hard Village is one of England´s most attractive and unusual villages. It was created in the early 18th century by the 2nd Duke of Montagu,... more

Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, Glasgow City  
The Burrell Collection was gifted to the City of Glasgow in 1944 by Sir William Burrell and is housed in a purpose built gallery within Pollok... more

Kingsley Road, Bideford, Devon  
The Burton Art Gallery & Museum was originally opened by local businessman Thomas Burton and his friend, artist Hubert Coop in 1951, in memory of Burton´s... more

Moss Street, Bury, Greater Manchester  
Bury Art Gallery & Museum opened in 1901 thanks to the generosity of the children of local paper manufacturer Thomas Wrigley. To commemorate Queen Victoria´s Diamond... more

Butlin Farm, Claydon, Banbury, Oxfordshire  
Local Banbury shops, display centre. Victorian kitchen and work shops. Traction engine, steam roller, stationary engines, tractors etc. War and craft memorabilia, typewriters, sewing machines, jars,... more

Callendar Estate, Falkirk  
One of Scotland´s finest country houses, Callender House tells the story of over 600 years of Scottish history and architecture. Costumed staff re-create the daily routines... more

Bark House Lane, Cawthorne, Barnsley, South Yorkshire  
Cannon Hall Museum, first opened as a museum in 1957 and is now home to `Charge´, the Regimental Museum of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary´s... more

18 High Street, Canterbury, Kent  
Canterbury Royal Museum & Art Gallery with Buffs Regimental Museum is in a splendid Victorian building, housing the city´s picture collections with recent acquisisions that include... more

Stewart Park, Marton, Middlesbrough, Teesside  
The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum is set in the scenic grounds of Stewart Park, and traces the life of Captain James Cook, the world´s most famous... more

Newport, Isle of Wight  
Carisbrooke Castle Museum is situated inside the Castle, this independent local history museum exhibits material relating to Carisbrooke Castle and the Isle of Wight. The wide... more

Standish Street, Keswick, Cumbria  
Cars of The Stars Motor Museum opened in 1989. This world famous Museum features vehicles from television and film, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Batmobiles, Herbie,... more