China, Porcelain, Glass & Ceramics Museums in the UK
China, porcelain, glass & ceramics museums in the UK, such as Allen Gallery, are featured underneath. Britain's Finest selection of China, porcelain, glass & ceramic museums house collections from around the world. Many of the collections are rare dating back to the 10th century.
Allen Gallery
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...
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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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Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology
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...
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Atkinson Art Gallery
Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside
Atkinson Art Gallery houses permanent collections including 19th and 20th century watercolours and oil paintings with works by LS Lowry, John Piper and Henry Moore. Each...
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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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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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Bristol´s City Museum & Art Gallery
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...
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The Burrell Collection
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...
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The Burton Art Gallery & Museum
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...
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Cannon Hall Museum, Park & Gardens
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...
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Canterbury Royal Museum & Art Gallery with Buffs Regimental Museum
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...
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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 Museum & Art Gallery
Brunswick Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
The City Museum & Art Gallery is a fine Victorian building housing items of national importance since 1860. These include many archaeological finds such as Roman...
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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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Clifton Park Museum
Clifton Lane, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Clifton Park Museum is situated within Clifton House, built in 1783 as the home of Joshua Walker, the founder of Rotherham Ironworks. Inside is Britain´s finest...
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Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Brecon Road, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery was built in 1824, this Georgian castellated mansion was originally home to the Crawshay family and is set in 160...
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Derby Museum & Art Gallery
The Strand, Derby, Derbyshire
The Derby Museum & Art Gallery, opened in 1879, houses the internationally important collection of major paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-97). Also on display...
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Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery
Chequer Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery is a purpose built Museum, opened in 1964 to display various collections of natural history, archaeology, local history and fine and...
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Dorman Museum
Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, Teesside
The Dorman Museum was completely refurbished and expanded to give eight galleries filled with different themes, stories and objects. Explore `Earth in Space´ or take a...
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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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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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Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The Fitzwilliam Museum was founded in 1816 by Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam and is the art museum of the University of Cambridge. One of the oldest...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lady Lever Art Gallery
Port Sunlight Village, Lower Road, Bebington, Merseyside
Lady Lever Art Gallery was founded in 1922 and houses the magnificent personal collection of the first Lord Leverhulme in memory of his wife. The Gallery...
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Laing Art Gallery
New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
The Laing Art Gallery has been attracting visitors for over a hundred years and the permanent collection includes beautiful 18th and 19th century paintings and world-renowned...
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Lancaster City Museum
Market Square, Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster City Museum is situated in the former town hall and spread over two floors with collections illustrating the history and archaeology of Lancaster and North...
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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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Lewes Castle & Barbican House Museum
169 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex
The building of Lewes Castle began soon after the conquest of 1066 and continued for nearly 300 years and is unusual for its two motttes (artificial...
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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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Manchester Art Gallery
Mosley Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Manchester Art Gallery houses the city´s magnificent art collection. An oustanding Pre-Raphaelite collection and Gallery of Craft and Design, hosting a lively programme of exhibitions and...
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Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon
The Square, Barnstaple, Devon
The Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon tells the story of North Devon, the wildlife, history and culture from prehistoric times to the 1930s. In the...
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Museum of East Asian Art
12 Bennett Street, Bath, Isle of Sark
The Museum of East Asian Art is situated in a restored Georgian building. The collection was founded by Brian McElney, a retired solicitor who practised in...
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Museum of Edinburgh
Huntly House, 142 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
The Museum of Edinburgh is home to important collections relating to the story of Edinburgh from pre-historic times to the present day. The Museum´s treasures include...
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Nature in Art
Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Nature in Art is the world´s only museum dedicated to all kinds of art inspired by nature. Displays embrace 2- & 3-D work in all mediums...
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New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
53 New Walk, Leicester, Leicestershire
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery is situated within the historic New Walk area of the city. In 1849, the Literary & Philosophical Society formally presented...
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Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich, Norfolk
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, was built by the Normans as a Royal Palace 900 years ago. Used as a prison from the 14th century,...
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Nottingham Castle
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Situated high above the city, Nottingham Castle is a 17th century Mansion built over 300 years ago, on the site of a medieval castle originally built...
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Old Town Hall Museum
Old Town Hall, High Street, Hastings, East Sussex
The Old Town Hall Museum was built in 1823 and opened as a museum in 1949, with displays on the history of Hastings. The displays cover...
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Paisley Museum & Art Galleries
High Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire
The Paisley Museum & Art Galleries is home to the world´s largest collection of Paisley Shawls, a selection of which are always on display. Museum staff...
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Peter Scott Gallery
Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire
The Peter Scott Gallery presents a varied programme of temporary exhibitions and associated events. The gallery is located on Lancaster University Campus and houses the University´s...
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Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery
Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon
Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery runs an exciting programme of temporary exhibitions, Tuesday Talks, concerts, family workshops and other events alongside its more permanent gallery...
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