Arts, Crafts & Textiles Museums in the UK
Arts, crafts & textiles museums in the UK, such as Abbey House Museum, are featured underneath. The Arts, crafts & textiles museums have permanent and semi-permanent displays which bring to life the day-to-day lives of our ancestors.
Abbey House Museum
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....
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American Museum in Britain
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...
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Armagh County Museum
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...
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Astley Hall Museum & Art Gallery
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...
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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
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,...
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Borough Museum & Art Gallery
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...
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The Bowes Museum
Barnard Castle, Durham
With its wonderful history and outstanding collections there is always something to inspire at The Bowes Museum. One of the most important museums outside London, it...
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Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
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...
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Buckinghamshire County Museum & The Roald Dahl Children´s Gallery
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...
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Bury Art Gallery & Museum
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...
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Bygones Museum
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,...
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Cheddleton Flint Mill
Leek Road, Cheddleton, Leek, Staffordshire
Beside the Caldon canal. Two water wheels on the River Churnet drive flint-grindingpans in the two mills. Museum collection of machinery used in the preparation of...
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Chelmsford Museum & the Essex Regiment Museum
Oaklands Park, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex
Chelmsford Museum & the Essex Regiment Museum was founded in 1835. This local history Museum features `The Story of Chelmsford´ exhibition. The history of Chelmsford and...
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Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
Clarence Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum houses Cheltenham´s Arts and Crafts Movement collection of furniture, textiles, ceramics, carvings, silver and jewellery, recognised as an outstanding collection of...
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City Art Centre
2 Market Street, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
The City Art Centre is both home to Edinburgh´s outstanding collection of Scottish art and one of the United Kingdom´s premier temporary exhibition spaces. Since it...
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City Museum & Records Office
Museum Road, Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire
City Museum & Records Office is dedicated to local history, `The Story of Portsmouth´ display room settings showing life in Portsmouth from the 17th century to...
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Compton Verney
Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Compton Verney offers a unique Art Gallery experience. Housed in a Grade I listed Robert Adam Mansion set in 120 acres of ´Capability´ Brown landscaped parkland,...
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Cumberland Pencil Museum
Southey Works, Greta Bridge, Keswick, Cumbria
Visit Keswick´s Cumberland Pencil Museum, the home of the first pencil, and the Cumberland Pencil Co, home of pencil perfection since 1832. Walk through a replica...
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D-Day Museum and Overlord Embroidery
Clarence Esplanade, Portsmouth, Hampshire
The D-Day Museum and Overlord Embroidery was opened in 1984 to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings in 1944. It houses the magnificent and...
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Design Museum
28 Shad Thames, London
The Design Museum, opened in 1989 as part of Terence Conran´s `village on Butler´s Wharf´ and is the world´s first museum of industrial design, fashion and...
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The DLI Museum & Durham Art Gallery
Aykley Heads, Durham
The DLI Museum & Durham Art Gallery is home to the treasures of The Durham Light Infantry, County Durham´s own regiment. It charts the history of...
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Durham University Oriental Museum
Elvet Hill, Durham
Durham University Oriental Museum opened in 1960, and is the only museum of its kind in the country devoted solely to Oriental art and archaeology. The...
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Finchcocks Living Museum of Music
Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Kent
Finchcocks is a fine Georgian manor in a beutiful unspoilt setting, noted for its outstanding brickwork. It is now a musical centre and museum of international...
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Fishbourne Roman Palace
Salthill Road, Fishbourne, Chichester, West Sussex
This site of Fishbourne Roman Palace was discovered in 1960 when a water main was being laid. Evidence suggests that it was developed from three phases...
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Flambards Experience-Victorian Village & Gardens
Culdrose Manor, Helston, Cornwall
Flambards Experience-Victorian Village & Gardens, established nearly 30 years ago as the Cornwall Aircraft Park the Flambards Experience is one of the most popular days out...
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Geffrye Museum
136 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, London
Set in former almshouses, the Geffrye Museum presents the changing style of the English Domestic interior through a series of 11 period rooms from 1600 to...
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Gladstone Pottery Museum
Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Gladstone Pottery Museum was originally the Gladstone Works, started in the 1780s. The ovens were last fired in 1960. The Museum was opened in 1974 and...
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Gloucester Folk Museum
99/103 Westgate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Gloucester Folk Museum has three floors of splendid Tudor and Jacobean timber-framed buildings along with new buildings housing the Dairy, Ironmonger´s shop and Wheelwright and Carpenter...
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Guildford House Gallery
155 High Street, Guildford, Surrey
Guildford House Gallery, dates back to 1660. This fascinating Grade I listed building opened as an art gallery in 1959, and still retains many of its...
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Gwynedd Museum & Art Gallery
Ffordd Gwynedd, Bangor, Gwynedd
This is Gwynedd´s only general museum which displays and cares for the Bangor University collection and the collections of Gwynedd Council Museum Service. The Museum collections...
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Harris Museum & Art Gallery
Market Square, Preston, Lancashire
The Harris Museum & Art Gallery offers the best of Preston´s heritage in this purpose built beautiful Grade I listed building. Its houses a large collection...
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Hartlepool Art Gallery
Church Square, Hartlepool, Teesside
Hartlepool Art Gallery opened in 1996, is situated in a beautifully restored Victorian church. The programme of exhibitions is changed regularly and features the best of...
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Hat Works - The Museum of Hatting
Wellington Mill, Wellington Road South, Stockport, Greater Manchester
Hat Works - The Museum of Hatting is the UK´s only museum dedicated to the hatting industry and headwear. Guides reveal the art of hat making...
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Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Jordan Well, Coventry, Warwickshire
The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum is undergoing a major redevelopment. When complete in the first half of 2008 it will include major new exhibitions on...
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Hereford Museum & Art Gallery
Broad Street, Hereford, Herefordshire
Hereford Museum & Art Gallery is housed in a Victorian gothic building, the Museum has been exhibiting since 1874 with regularly changing exhibitions. The Museum displays...
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Holburne Museum of Art
Great Pulteney Street, Bath, Bath & Northeast Somerset
Holburne Museum is a beautiful building in its own grounds at the top of the most impressive street in Georgian England. It houses Bath´s most exciting...
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Hove Museum & Art Gallery
19 New Church Road, Hove, East Sussex
Hove Museum & Art Gallery, housed in an impressive Victorian villa, re-opened in 2003 following major re-development works. The new galleries allow visitors to learn more...
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Hull University Art Collection
The University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
This small outstanding University of Hull Art Collection specialises in paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints produced in Britain between 1890 and 1940. Included are works by...
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Hunterian Art Gallery
University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, Glasgow, Glasgow City
The original collection at the Hunterian Art Gallery was gifted by Dr William Hunter and includes outstanding paintings by Rembrandt, Koninck, Chardin and Stubbs. Also unrivalled...
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Inverness Museum & Art Gallery
Castle Wynd, Inverness, Highland
At the newly refurbished Inverness Museum & Art Gallery you can discover Highland heritage in displays, exhibitions and events with an extravaganza of archaeology, art, natural...
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Jewish Museum - Camden Town, The Museum of Jewish Life
Raymond Burton House, 129/131 Albert Street,Camden Town, London
Jewish Museum - Camden Town, The Museum of Jewish Life was founded in 1932, houses the world´s finest collection of Jewish ceremonial art. Awarded designated status...
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Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
Argyle Street, Glasgow, Glasgow City
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum re-opened in July 2006 following a £35 million restoration project. 8,000 objects are on display along with the new hands-on Discovery...
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Kirkcaldy Museum & Art Gallery
War Memorial Gardens, Kirkcaldy, Fife
Kirkcaldy Museum & Art Gallery features a superb collection of 19th and 20th century Scottish paintings including one of the largest collection of works by William...
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Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, Royal Pump Rooms
The Parade, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
This award winning Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, Royal Pump Rooms has a fine art collection, an exhibition on the history of Royal Leamington Spa,...
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Leeds City Art Gallery
The Headrow, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Leeds City Art Gallery is one of the premier venues for visual arts in the north, which opened in 1888, with its nationally designated fine art...
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Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery
St Faiths Street, Maidstone, Kent
At Maidstone and Bentlif Art Gallery you´ll find something for everyone - outstanding collections, special exhibitions, a shop and a café. Housed in a beautiful Elizabethan...
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Millennium Galleries
Arundel Gate, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Millennium Galleries has four different galleries which means there is something to please every visitor. The Metalwork Gallery tells the story of Sheffield´s renown as a...
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Modern Art Oxford
30 Pembroke Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Established in 1965, Modern Art Oxford is one of the UK´s leading public galleries renowned for the quality of its exhibitions, activities and publications. Working with...
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Museum of St Albans
9a Hatfield Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire
The Museum of St Albans tells the story of St Albans from the departure of the Romans to the present day. Find out how the town...
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National Gallery
Trafalgar Square, London
Situated in London´s Trafalgar Square, the National Gallery´s stunning collection of Western European paintings spans the period from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century....
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