List of Museums To Visit In England
At see the sights we have compiled a list of the museums of the united kingdom. Museums collect and care for objects of scientific, artistic, or historical importance and make them available for public viewing - Many museums in the UK are free to enter.
West Midlands
The Museum is now closed until Spring 2012 for refurbishment
Abingdon County Hall Museum is located in a Grade 1* listed building in the centre of the town just opposite the Medieval Abbey. This beautiful, perfectly-preserved Restoration building overlooking the Market Place, is considered to be one of the outstanding market buildings in England.
The museums exhibitions include collections from the Iron Age oppidum, Roman town, the finest collection of Anglo-Saxon jewellery ...
West Midlands
Explore the history of the British Army and the towns of Aldershot and Farnborough through gallery displays and hands on activities. The Museum is located between the town of Aldershot and the village of North Camp, on Queens Avenue, Aldershot. The town of Farnborough is also close by.
The museum has a collection of vehicles, displayed either in the Montgomery Gallery, or outside the museum. There is an active programme ...
West Midlands
The Stables Gallery houses one of the most important prehistoric archaeological collections in Britain, including many artefacts from the World Heritage Sites.
One of the most important prehistoric archaeological collections in Britain, housed in the Stables Gallery, and including many artefacts from the World Heritage Site (WHS) monuments. The admission fee includes access to both the Stables and Barn Galleries. The Barn Gallery (belonging to the National Trust) tells the story ...
London
Apsley House
Apsley House, home of the first Duke of Wellington and his descendants, stands right in the heart of London at Hyde Park Corner. For over 200 years, this great metropolitan mansion has been known colloquially as 'Number 1 London', because it was the first house encountered after passing the tollgates at the top of Knightsbridge. Inside Apsley House you will see many aspects of ...
London
Bank of England Museum
The Bank of England Museum tells the story of the Bank of England from its foundation in 1694 to its role today as the United ...
London
The British Museum
Located in the Bloomsbury area of London, the British Museum is the location of a national collection of science and art treasures. It might be called The British Museum, but its exhibits represent the cultural history of much of the world. With artifacts from dozens of ancient and modern countries, exhibits include the Rosetta Stone, Aztec pottery, Phoenician clay masks, Roman coffins and mummy cases, medieval European coins, ...
London
The Clink Prison Museum is built upon the original site of the Clink Prison. The Prison dates back to 1144 making it one of England’s oldest, if not the oldest Prison. Visitors to the prison will experience a hands on educational experience allowing them to handle original artefacts, including torture devices, as well as the opportunity to view and hear the amazing stories of the inmates and the notorious Southbank.
London
The Design Museum is located just by the Thames and and offers a history of the world of design. The Design Museum is the world’s leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to graphics, and architecture to industrial design. It is working to place design at the centre of contemporary culture. The Design Museum’s mission is to celebrate, entertain, and inform.
London
The Fashion and Textile Museum is a cutting edge tourist attraction for contemporary fashion, textiles and jewellery in London. Founded by iconic British designer Zandra Rhodes, the centre showcases a programme of changing exhibitions exploring elements of fashion, textile and jewellery as well as the Academy which runs courses for creative students and businesses, and the fabulous The Café at the Fashion and Textile Museum.
Situated in the heart of fashionable Bermondsey ...
Firepower, the Royal Artillery Museum in Woolwich tells the powerful and dramatic story of artillery, scientific discoveries made through warfare and human stories of courage and endeavour. The original Museum building was burnt out in 1802 and the surviving artefacts housed in the Old Royal Military Academy. The science of artillery and the human endeavours of Gunners make a fascinating story and one that you will follow from catapult to ...
London
Garden Museum The Garden Museum (formerly the Museum of Garden History) aims to become the leading national venue for exhibitions and debate on gardens and garden design. The Garden Museum was founded in 1977 and over the past three decades a unique collection has been assembled through ongoing purchases, donations and bequests. Today the Museum holds over 9000 objects, each one of which in some way represents British gardens and gardening.
England,Southern England
Gilbert Whites House and The Oates Museum
Visit Gilbert Whites House and The Oates Museum and enjoy a special day out at this fascinating and most original museum commemorating important individuals in the exploration of the natural world, set in an historic village in beautiful countryside. With over 20 acres of garden and parkland and a good selection of unusual plants for sale there is always plenty to ...
France,Paris
The Grevin Wax Museum in Paris features over 300 wax figures of the world’s most famous people dramatically posed in amazing scenes.
London
Handel House Museum at 25 Brook Street was home to the great baroque composer George Frideric Handel from 1723 until his death in 1759. The only composer museum in London, this landmark address is where Handel composed some of the greatest music in history, including Messiah, Zadok the Priest and Music for the Royal Fireworks.
London
Unlock the secrets of anatomy an go on a tour of the Hunterian Museum. Possibly Londons oldest museum of anatomy and pathology.
Learn about surgeon John Hunter unique collection is on display.
London
The Jewel Tower dates back over 700 years and is an intriguing visitor attraction in the heart of Westminster and was built in 1365 to house the King’s personal treasures.
London
At the London Canal Museum you can see inside a narrowboat cabin, learn about the history of London's canals, about the cargo that was carried, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and the horses that pulled their boats.
The Canal Museum is the only London museum of inland waterways and is situated at King's Cross, an easy to get to central London location.
London
The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising presents the collection of consumer historian, Robert Opie, who saw the need to record the history of the products around us.
Starting at the age of sixteen with a packet of Munchies, Robert built up the collection that now extends to all aspects of daily life - toys, magazines, technology, travel, souvenirs, fashion and design.
Southern England
Explore Farnham's colourful history and relax in the beautiful walled garden at the Museum of Farnham. Free entry. Whether you are a teacher, child or local historian, all ages can learn something new from our facinating collections.
England,London
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum). Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport The Natural History Museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items ...
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History houses the University's scientific collections of zoological, entomological and geological specimens. The Museum itself is a Grade 1 listed building, renowned for its spectacular neo-Gothic architecture. Among its most famous features are the Oxfordshire dinosaurs, the dodo, and the swifts in the tower.
The Museum's overall mission is to assemble, preserve, and exhibit the University's natural history collections and to promote research, teaching, and public ...
England,Devon and Cornwall
Porthcurno Telegraph Museum
In 1870, Porthcurno began its life as an important centre of international communications. It was in this year that a chain of telegraph cables linking Britain with India was completed. Porthcurno was chosen as the landing point for the British end of this cable link.
Porthcurno is situated just three miles away from Land's End, the most south-westerly point of Cornwall. The museum is a ...
London
Science Museum
The Science Museum was founded in 1857 with objects shown at the Great Exhibition held in the Crystal Palace. Today the Museum is world renowned for its historic collections, awe-inspiring galleries and inspirational exhibitions. The Science Museum as an institution has been in existence for about a century and a half. It has its origins in the Great Exhibition of 1851, held in Hyde Park in the huge glass ...
England,London
Situated at 13 Lincolns Inn Fields, Holborn - The Soanes Museum is the former residence of Sir John Soane, architect of the Bank of England. Over 20,000 architectural drawings, antiquities and works by Hogarth, Turner, Canaletto and Piranesi. Two sets of paintings by William Hogarth and the Egyptian Sarcophagus of Seti I.
The present Ashmolean was created in 1908 by combining two ancient Oxford institutions: the University Art Collection and the original Ashmolean Museum. The mission of the Ashmolean Museum is to make its collections of art and archaeology available to the widest possible audience, now and in the future, by exhibiting, preserving and interpreting its objects for study, enjoyment and inspiration. The collections of the Department of Antiquities cover almost the ...
Southern England
The De La Warr Pavilion In Bexhill, East Sussex is a Grade One Listed Modernist icon for contemporary arts on the sea-front in Bexhill on sea, just over one and a half hours from London. As well as being one of this country‘s architectural landmarks, it also has an enviable reputation as home to some of the best contemporary art on the international circuit today, exhibited in two beautifully restored galleries.
Artists ...
London
The Award winning Fan Museum in London is the first and only visitor museum in the world devoted in its entirety to all aspects of the ancient art and craft of the fan. The museum in london has been described as "an architectural and artistic gem", and as "an oasis of tranquillity".
The Fan Museum is home to a collection of more than 3,500 predominantly antique fans from around the world dating ...
London
The Guards Museum contains a wealth of information and artefacts relating to the five regiments of Foot Guards namely Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards.
Southern England
The kings royal hussars museum contains a comprehensive collection of uniforms, medals, weapons, paintings, photographs, regimental silver and Guidons trace the history of The King’s Royal Hussars and its predecessor regiments from their foundation in 1715 to the present day. The museum has recently re-opened after extensive refurbishment.
Access to the archives is available by prior appointment.
London
The Musical Museum contains one of the world’s foremost collections of automatic instruments. From the tiny clockwork Musical Box to the self playing ‘Mighty Wurlitzer’, the collection embraces an impressive and comprehensive array of sophisticated reproducing pianos, orchestrions, orchestrelles, residence organs and violin players.
London
The Old Operating Theatre Museum is one of the most unusual museums in London. The Operating Theatre is the oldest in Europe and found in a unique space in the Herb Garret of St Thomas Church, and was part of old St Thomas Hospital.
Southern England
Built for the Prince Regent, later King George IV, in stages between 1787 and 1823, the Royal Pavilion is remarkable for its exotic oriental appearance both inside and out. This magnificent royal pleasure palace was revered by fashionable Regency society and is still a distinctive landmark for vibrant Brighton & Hove today.The Royal Pavilion is home to some of the finest collections and examples of the chinoiserie style in Britain.
North East England
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery is Carlisle's finest visitor attraction, and houses considerable collections of fine and decorative art, human history and natural sciences.
The Tullie House Museum and Gallery boasts a wide range of exhibitions and events, brought together in one impressive museum and art gallery. Being the premier attraction in the North West means that Tullie House is recognised for its first class customer service, and for exciting, varied ...
London
Victoria and Albert Museum
The V & A is one of the greatest museums of art & design. It was founded following the Great Exhibition of 1851 as a learning resource . More than 7 miles of galleries are filled with collections including glass, metalwork, ceramics, photography, sculpture and fashion, charting the history and development of the decorative arts from 3000 BC to the present day. Explore the V&A's programme of ...
East Midlands
The Whipple Museum holds an internationally important collection of scientific instruments and models, dating from the Middle Ages to the present. The Whipple Museum was founded in 1944 when Robert Stewart Whipple presented his collection of scientific instruments to the University of Cambridg
The Whipple Museum's collection includes scientific instruments, apparatus, models, pictures, prints, photographs, books and other material related to the history of science.
The Museums Collection
The museum's holdings are particularly ...
London
Winston Churchill's Britain at War Experience
Winston Churchills Britain at War Experience. Allow a minimum of 90 minutes to explore the historic rooms and museum. The Churchill Museum uses cutting-edge technology and multimedia displays to bring the exciting story of Winston Churchill to life. From Churchill’s childhood to his ‘finest hour’ and later years, visitors not only learn more about his political exploits but also his private life, successes and failures.
