Museums & Art Galleries in England

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. Once the gatehouse to... 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 years of science and... more

Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria

Abbot Hall Art Gallery is a fine Georgian house containing an outstanding collection of fine art. Works are shown in period settings along with furniture and objets d´art of the period.... 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 experience every day life on an upland... 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 Stonehenge.... 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 Tichborne spoons, 12... more

Amberley, Arundel, West Sussex

Amberley Working Museum is a 36 acre open-air site set in the heart of the South Downs. Dedicated to the industrial heritage of the South-East, exhibits include a narrow-gauge railway... 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 in decorative arts. A series of 18... 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 town house in England. King Charles I... 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 collections of... 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, the stone fort played an... more

Bee Mill, Preston Road, Ribchester, Lancashire

Ascot Studios is one of the leading independent contemporary art galleries in the North West of England. Based at Bee Mill in the historic village of Ribchester, the gallery is over... more

Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Founded in 1683, the Ashmolean is Europe’s oldest public museum and one of Britain’s finest. Following a major £61 million redevelopment, the Ashmolean has just opened the new Rick... 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 the 16th and 17th centuries. The varied... more

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 month a... 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 main exhibit of a refurbished and reinterpreted... 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... 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 from its foundation by Royal Charter in 1694 to its... more

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands

Barber Institute of Fine Arts is one of the finest small art galleries, housing an outstanding permanent collection that includes major paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints by... more

Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London

In the Heart of the City of London, Barbican Art Gallery shows an exciting programme of changing exhibitions of photography, art and design.... 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 school... 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 of England in the... more

Main Street, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria

Beatrix Potter Gallery has the largest collection of Beatrix Potter´s published work, including most of the original watercolour illustrations and manuscripts from the `Peter Rabbit´... more

Station Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex

Beecroft Art Gallery´s fine permenant collection of over 2,000 works includes 17th century paintings by artists such as Molenaer, Ruisdael and Berchem. Also a collection of 19th century... 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 and trades of the... more

East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, Devon

Bicton Park is a magical blend of 18th century tranquillity for all the family. The Countryside Museum houses a large collection of agricultural and horticultural implements, including... 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, Ford Madox Brown and Holman Hunt.... 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. The collection... 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 ended - among the ciphers that were broken... more

Le Mans Crescent, Bolton, Greater Manchester

Bolton Museum and Archive Service: Find out all you want to know about our wonderful town and people. But that's not all; with an array of artefacts from around the world we're sure to... 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 displayed... 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 present day. All of these... more

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 contains the... 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. It is the... 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 extensive... 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 spectacular collections of... 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 collections... 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 and special exhibitions of the... 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 their much loved home and... more

272 Island Row, Limehouse, London

Limehouse Gallery is affiliated with Bronze Age Sculpture Foundry, which has been in operation since 1989 on the Limehouse Basin. Our shared premises and partnership form a unique... more

Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey

Brooklands is unique. The world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit, constructed at Weybridge, Surrey in 1907, was more than a great sporting arena. Brooklands was the birthplace... 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... 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 in time to the golden... 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, who planned to build a free port,... 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 daughter Mary. After major... 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 Jubilee in 1897,... 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... 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 Own). With fine collections of... 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 explorer. Born in 1728 it provides a... 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 range of... more