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| 1853 Gallery, Salts Mill, Saltaire, Shipley, West Yorkshire. Houses pictures by
David Hockney. |
| 24 Hour Museum. A gateway to information about UK
museums. Includes an advanced museum locator, up-to-date museum and gallery news, links to educational
resources and a variety of other features. The world's first ever Government-recognised national museum
which only exists in cyberspace. |
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| Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria. Based in a
Georgian villa, with important collections 18th, 19th and 20th century art. The gallery also has an
innovative programme of educational activities, lectures and events. |
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, Scotland. Collections of
fine art, applied art, archaeology, maritime, numismatics, science, industry and technology.
[Responsible for: Aberdeen Art Gallery; Aberdeen Maritime Museum; Provost Skene's House; The Tolbooth ]
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| Allhallows Museum, Honiton, Devon. Local
museum including lace and pottery industry displays housed in the town's oldest building. |
| Althorp House, Northamptonshire. Ancestral home of
the Spencer family, resting place of Princess Diana. |
| American Museum in Britain, Bath, Somerset. Only museum in Europe devoted to American
furniture, decorative arts and quilts. |
| Apsley House, The Wellington Museum, London.
'Number One, London', 19th century home of the 1st Duke of Wellington. [Part of Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)] |
| Armagh Planetarium, Northern
Ireland. |
| Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol. Contemporary
arts. |
| Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, University
of Oxford. See the Cast Gallery and the Griffith Institute for Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern
studies. |
| Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery, Chorley,
Lancashire. Local history museum, housed in a Tudor/Stuart house, with collections of fine art, ceramics
and social history. Also news of the Education Service. |
| Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Bromsgrove,
Worcestershire. Historic buildings covering seven centuries, rescued and rebuilt on an open-air
site |
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| Bass Museum, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. History
of the beer brewing industry - shire horses, web cams, and Shockwave interactive. |
| Bate Collection of Musical Instruments,
University of Oxford. |
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| Bede's World, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear. Anglo-Saxon
and medieval collections from the excavations of St Paul's Monastery. |
| Bedford Museum. Local archaeology, social history,
biology and geology. |
| Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, London. [Part
of Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)] |
Biggar Museum Trust, Moat Park, Biggar,
Lanarkshire, Scotland. See list of museums.
[Includes: Greenholl Covenanters' House, Moat Park Heritage Centre, Gladstone Court Museum, The Albion Archive,
Biggar Gasworks, and Brownsbank Cottage (home of Hugh MacDiarmid)] |
| The Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema
and Popular Culture , University of Exeter, Devon. Displays on the history of cinema and its percursors
- zoetropes, magic lanterns, panoramas and shadow puppets. |
| Birmingham Schools Liaison Department,
West Midlands. A group of teachers who work within museums, teaching schoolchildren during planned
visits |
| Black Country Living Museum, Dudley, West
Midlands. |
| Bletchley Park Trust, near Milton Keynes,
Buckinghamshire. "Britain's Best Kept Secret" where codes were broken during World War II. See also the
Academic Bletchley Park site what you can see and do including the German
Enigma Cipher machine, the Lorenz Cipher machine and the rebuild of Colossus (with
photographs). |
| Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. One
of the world's largest floating collection of traditional canal craft. |
| Böd of Gremista Museum, Lerwick, Shetland.
[Part of Shetland Museum Service] Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. See image catalogue of manuscripts, including a
Java version with scrolling
images, the shopping arcade and the Map Case of on-line historic maps in the
Map Room. |
Bolton Museum, Art Gallery and Aquarium,
Lancashire. Houses collections which cover Egyptian Antiquities, British Art from 18th - 20th Century,
zoology, botany, geology collections and an activity centre for school parties and children, as well as an
aquarium.
[Responsible for: Smithills Hall, and Hall i'th'Wood] |
Bradford Art Galleries and Museums,
West Yorkshire.
[Responsible for: Bolling Hall; Bracken Hall Countryside Centre; Bradford Heritage Recording Unit; Bradford
Industrial Museum and Horse at Work; Cartwright Hall Art Gallery; Cliffe Castle, Keighley; The Manor House Museum
and Art Gallery, Ilkley] Brantwood, Coniston, Cumbria. The home of
the, 19th century, poet, artist and critic - John Ruskin. |
| Bressingham Steam Museum, Diss, Norfolk. Military museum. Preserved narrow-guage railway,
with traction engines, and a Victorian steam roundabout. |
| Bridewell Museum, Norwich.
[Part of: Norfolk Museums
Service] |
| Bristol Museums
Service. |
| British Golf Museum, St Andrews, Scotland.
Tells the story of British golf chronologically, exploring the events, personalities and equipment used
throughout the ages. |
| British Museum, London. |
| Brixham Heritage Museum, Devon. Local history
museum, with on-line photographs, and information about maritime history and archaeology. |
| Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey. Transport museum. "The Birthplace of British
Motorsport & Aviation" - the first purpose built motor racing circuit in the world. |
| Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth, West Yorkshire. The
home of the early 19th century women novelists |
| Brunel Engine House,
London. Built between 1825 and 1843 by Sir Marc Isambard Brunel as part of the pioneering Thames Tunnel -
the first underwater thoroughfare in the World. |
Building of Bath Museum, Somerset.
Housed in the, 18th century, Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel. Tells the story of the creation of Georgian
Bath.
[Part of: Bath Preservation Trust]
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| Bushey Museum and Art Gallery, Hertfordshire. Local history through collections of
artefacts, documents, maps and works of art. Has a large collection (considered to be of national
significance) of works, artefacts and ephemera relating to Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA and his famous School of
Art. |
| Butser Ancient Farm, near Petersfield, Hampshire. A replica of the sort of farm which would
have existed in the British Iron Age circa 300 BC. Also a large open air laboratory where research into the
Iron Age and Roman periods goes on using the methods and materials which were available at that
time. |
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| Carpenter Gallery oil painting and
watercolours |
| Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, Covent Garden, London. A
museum of automata (mechanical sculpture). |
| Cadbury World, Bournville, Birmingham, West
Midlands. Includes the Cadbury Collection, an exhibition on the history of Cadbury's chocolate and the
village of Bournville. |
| Camborne School of Mines Museum & Art Gallery,
Redruth, Cornwall. |
| Cambridge Museum of Technology. Preserved
Victorian pumping station and working museum on the River Cam. |
| Carpetbagger Aviation
Museum, Harrington, Northamptonshire |
| Castle Museum, Norwich.
Collections of archaeology, natural history, art and social history[Part of: Norfolk Museums Service] Catalyst, Widnes, Cheshire. The only museum in Europe solely devoted to
the chemical industry. |
| Centre for the Study of Cartoons and
Caricature, University of Canterbury, Kent. A research centre and picture library, based upon a unique
archive of over 85,000 pieces of original cartoon artwork supported by a reference library of newspaper
cuttings, books, catalogues, and AV materials. Includes a searchable database and an Andy Capp
Exhibition. |
| Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff. The largest gallery in
Wales showing the very best of new and historical art from Wales and around the world. Also the home of
Fantasmic, one of the UK's only hands-on interactive galleries exploring the fun and fascinating
world of art and seeing. |
| Chertsey Museum, Surrey. Local history
and costume from the Runnymede area. |
| Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St
Giles, Buckinghamshire. Re-erected agricultural and other buildings. |
| Christ Church Picture Gallery,
Oxford. |
| City Art Centre , Edinburgh, Scotland. Scotland's premier
temporary exhibition space, and an ideal home to the city of Edinburgh's fine art
Collection. |
| City of Norwich Aviation
Museum, Norfolk. Military aircraft collection. |
| Claymills Pumping Engines,
Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire. A preserved Victorian pumping station. |
| Cole Museum of Zoology, University of
Reading, Berkshire. |
| Colour Museum, Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Explores the concept of colour, how it is perceived and how it is used. Also looks at the story of dyeing
and textile printing from ancient Egypt to the present day. |
Connections Discovery
Centre, Exeter, Devon. Educational resource centre for schools and groups. Hands-on fun, real objects
can be touch and try on, special displays and interpretive guides.
[Part of: Exeter City Museums]
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| Cotswolds Motor
Museum, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire. |
| Cotswold Woollen Weavers, Filkins,
near Lechlade, Gloucestershire. Historic working weaving mill, museum/gallery and shop. |
| Courtauld Institute of Art, Courtauld
Gallery, London. |
| The Cowper and Newton Museum, Olney,
Buckinghamshire. Presents Olney's heritage. |
| Museums and Galleries Commision (MGC), providing
information on the 50 museums in England with Designated collections. Designation celebrates pre-eminent
museum collections outside the National museums. |
| Corporation of London Library and Art Gallery Electronic
(COLLAGE). A computerised information system providing access to some 20,000 images from the combined
collections of the Guildhall Library Print Room and the Guildhall Art Gallery. Reproductions can be
purchased on-line. |
| Crabble Corn Mill, Dover, Kent. A working
water mill, cafe and gallery. |
| Cricklade Museum, Wiltshire. Local history
museum. |
| Cromer Museum. Collections on
local history and landscape. [Part of: Norfolk Museums Service] |
| Croft House Museum, Dunrossness,
Shetland. [Part of Shetland Museum Service]
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| Cumberland Pencil Museum, Keswick, Cumbria. A company
museum featuring the history of pencil making |
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| Dickens House Museum,
London. Includes a virtual
tour. |
| Dover Museum, Kent. Local history
museum. |
| Dulwich Picture Gallery,
London. |
| Dunaskin Open Air Museum, Ayrshire,
Scotland. Large collection of industrial machinery, historic buildings, an ironworker's cottage, and a
simulated coal mine |
| Durham University Oriental
Museum, Durham. Only museum in UK devoted to the art and archaeology of the 'Orient' - the
civilisations of Asia, the Near East, and the Islamic cultures of North Africa. |
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| The Earth Centre, Doncaster, South
Yorkshire. A Millenium Project provide people with the opportunity to understand, explore, identify with
and act on the idea of Sustainable Development. |
| Easdale Island Folk
Museum, Scotland. Local history, especially the slate quarring industry. |
East Lothian Council Museums,
Scotland.
[Responsible for: North Berwick Museum, Dunbar Town House Museum, Prestongrange Museum] |
| Edinburgh University Collection of
Historic Musical Instruments, Faculty of Music. |
| Egypt Centre (formerly the Wellcome Museum of
Antiquities), University of Wales, Swansea. Includes antiquities owned by Sir Henry
Wellcome. |
| Elmbridge Museum, Weybridge,
Surrey. Local history museum. |
| Elgar Birthplace, Lower Broadheath,
Worcestershire. Collections relate to the life and work of the composer Sir Edward Elgar |
| Elgin Museum, Moray. Pictish
stones, local fossils, archaeology, geology, natural history, social history and
ethnography. |
| Elizabethan House
Museum, Great Yarmouth. Late 16th century merchants's house, with period furnishings. [Part of:
Norfolk Museums
Service] |
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| Eturia Industrial Museum,
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. [Part of: Museums of the
Potteries]. |
| Eureka!, Halifax, West Yorkshire. The
Museum for Children. |
Exeter City
Museums, Devon.
[Responsible for: Royal Albert Memorial
Museum, St Nicholas Priory, Underground Passages, Connections Discovery Centre] |
| Exploratory Science Centre,
Bristol. |
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| Fan Museum, Greenwich, London. The only
museum in the world devoted entirely to every aspect of fans and fan making. |
| Faringdon and District
Museum, Oxfordshire. |
| The Fighter Collection, Duxford,
Cambridgeshire. Military aircraft collection. |
| Fire and Police Museum
(Sheffield), South Yorkshire. History of a local fire and police service. |
| Fitzwilliam Museum, University of
Cambridge. Permanent collections include antiquities, applied arts, coins and paintings. See on-line
shop. |
| Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, Somerset. Military museum. One of the world's largest
aviation collections with over 40 historic aircraft on display including Concorde 002 (the British
prototype). |
| Florence Nightingale Museum ,
London. Collections relating to the life and work of this 19th century pioneer of nursing and
healthcare. |
| Ford Green Hall,
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. 17th to 18th centuries farmhouse. [Part of: Museums of the Potteries]. |
| Fox Talbot Museum, Chippenham,
Wiltshire. Commemorates the life and work of William Henry Fox Talbot - known as The Father of Modern
Photography. |
| Freud Museum, London. The home of the
founder of psychoanalysis |
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| Galleries of Justice, Nottingham.
Set in Victorian courthouse, with attached gaol (featuring real warders!), and hands-on
exhibitions. |
| Gallery of Modern Art,
Glasgow. |
| Geffrye Museum, London. English
furniture and decorative arts in a chronological series of period rooms. |
| Gladstone Pottery Museum,
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Working pottery. [Part of: Museums of the Potteries]. |
| Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset.
Traditionally the oldest above-ground Christian church in the world, with connections to King Arthur and
the Holy Grail. |
| Godalming Museum,
Surrey. Local history, industry, geology, archeology. |
Gosport Museum,
Hampshire.
[Part of: Hampshire County Council Museums
Service] |
| Green's Mill, Nottingham. 19th
century tower windmill in Sneinton, once owned and operated by George Green (1793-1841), a mathematical
physicist and scientist. |
Guernsey Museums and Galleries.
[Responsible for: St Peter Port - Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery, Castle Cornet; St Peter's - Fort
Grey] |
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| Hackney Museum, London.
Local history museum, with news of its education service, exhibitions, and behind the scenes. (house in
temporary premises, with be moving in September 2000). |
| Haig Colliery Mining Museum,
Whitehaven, Cumbria. A restored deep coal mine, with two huge steam winding engines. |
Hampshire County Council Museums Service. Includes
an on-line catalogue with searching
and browsing facilities, as well as a museums directory.
[Responsible for: Aldershot Military Museum; Allen Gallery, Alton; Andover Museum; Bursledon
Windmill; Curtis Museum, Alton; Eastleigh Museum; Flora Twort Gallery, Petersfield; Gosport Museum; Hampshire Farm Museum; Havant Museum; Museum of the
Iron Age; Red House Museum, Christchurch; Rockbourne Roman Villa, Fordingbridge, St Agatha's Church; St Barbe
Museum, Lymington; Treadgolds of Portsea; Westbury Manor Museum, Fareham; Willis Museum, Basingstoke; Whitchurch
Silk Mill] |
| Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Natural history museum. |
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| Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle. A
varied programme of contemporary and historical art exhibitions, and permanent displays of African
sculpture |
| Hayward Gallery, South Bank, London.
Modern art, special exhibitions. |
Henry Moore Foundation, Perry
Green, Hertfordshire. Aimed at advancing "the education of the public by the promotion of their
appreciation of the fine arts and in particular the works of Henry Moore". Includes exhibitions, research
facilities and guided tours.
[Responsible for: Henry Moore Institute,
Leeds, West Yorkshire] |
Henry Moore
Institute, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Devoted exclusively to sculpture in general, with a programme
comprising Exhibitions, Collections and Research.
[Part of: Henry Moore Foundation, Perry Green,
Hertfordshire] |
Herschel Museum,
Bath, Somerset. The home the 18th century astronomer William Herschell and his sister Caroline. The planet
Uranus was discovered here in 1781.
[Part of: Bath Preservation
Trust] |
| Hill Toy Museum,
Stansted, Essex. The largest privately owned toy museum in Europe, with over 30,000 individual
items. |
Historic Royal Palaces.
[Information on: The Tower of London; Hampton Court Palace; The Banqueting House; Kew Palace; Kensington
Palace] |
| Hitchin Museum, Hertfordshire.
Local industries, domestic life, and historical costume. |
| Holbourne Museum and 20th Century
Crafts Study Centre, Bath, Somerset. Fine art and decorative art collection. |
| The Horniman Museum and Gardens,
Forest Hill, London. |
| Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery,
University of Glasgow. Anatomical and pathological specimens. Art, coins, books, manuscripts and
ethnography. See virtual and guided tours. |
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| Jane Austen's House, Chawton, Hampshire. Where the early 19th century novelist lived and
worked. |
Jersey Heritage Trust, Channel Islands.
Collections relating to local history, archaeology, art, and natural science.
[Responsible for: The Jersey Museum, Hamptonne Country Life Museum, La Houge Bie, Mont Orgueil Castle, Elizabeth
Castle, The Occupation Tapestry Gallery, The Maritime Museum, and the Jersey Archive] |
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| John Paul Jones Cottage Museum,
Kirkbean, Dumfries and Galloway. |
| Jodrell Bank Science Centre,
Macclesfield, Cheshire. Based at the Lovell Radio Telescope and the Jodrell Bank Observatory, the astronomy research centre of the University of
Manchester. Has exhibition galleries, a 150-seater Planetarium and the extensive grounds and collections of
the Arboretum. |
| Jorvik Viking Centre, York. See
also the World of the
Vikings. |
| Judge's Lodgings (Llety'r
Barnwr), Presteinge, Powys, Wales. Restored historic rooms, local history, and two interactives on
'King Offa' and 'Voices from the Past'. |
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| Lapworth
Museum, University of Birmingham, West Midlands. Geology and
fossils. |
| Leeds
University Gallery, University Library, Leeds, West Yorkshire. |
Leicester City
Museums, Leicestershire. Museums with collections of Egyptology; natural history
(including dinosaurs); fine art; paintings; sculpture; pre-historic, Roman and medieval
artefacts and costume
[Responsible for: New Walk Museum; Jewry Wall Museum; Newarke Houses Museum; The Guildhall;
Abbey Pumping Station; Belgrave Hall and Gardens; Wygston's House; The Great Hall of Leiceter
Castle; The Magazine] |
| Letchworth
Museum, Herfordshire. Natural history, art, archaeology. |
| The Lion Salt
Works, Marston, Northwich, Cheshire. |
| Liverpool
Scottish Museum Trust, Merseyside. Military Museum (no premises at
moment) |
| London Canal
Museum, King's Cross. Transport Museum |
| London Transport Museum,
Covent Garden. |
| London's Cockney Museum. The history of London's Cockneys, Pearly Kings
and Queens, and Eels Pie and Mash. (In process of being set up) |
| Lothbury
Gallery, London. Part of the NatWest Group art collection. |
| Lowewood Museum,
Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. Local history museum. |
| Lyme Regis Philpot
Museum, Dorset. Local history museum, housed in building on the site where Mary
Anning, the early 19th century fossil collector was born. |
| Lynn Museum, King's Lynn.
Collections on local history, natural science, art and industry. [Part of: Norfolk Museums
Service] |
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Macclesfield
Museums and Heritage Centre, Cheshire. Local history, and especially the silk
industry. Other collections include the work of well-known bird artist Charles
Tunnicliffe, Egyptian antiquities, costumes, textiles and a photographic archive.
[Responsible for: Silk Museum, Paradise Mill, West Park Museum, The Heritage Centre
] |
| Madame Tussauds, London.
Waxworks. |
| Manchester City
Art Galleries. Paintings, sculpture, ceramics, silver, glass and furniture,
especially by 19th and 20th century artists, including the
Pre-Raphaelites. |
| The Manchester Museum.
Botany, Mediterranean, ethnology, mammal and Egyptology galleries. |
| Manchester
United Museum and Tour Centre, Greater Manchester. Outlines the history of the
football club from 1878 to the present day |
| Manor House
Museum, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Horology and art collections. |
| Marischal Museum,
University of Aberdeen |
| Maritime Museum for East
Anglia, Great Yarmouth. [Part of: Norfolk Museums
Service] |
| Mary Rose Maritime
Museum, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Only 16th century warship on display in the world,
from the time of King Henry VIII. Includes a museum tour. |
| Midland Air Museum,
Coventry Airport, Warwickshire. |
| Montfitchet
Castle, Stansted, Essex. Recreation of a Norman castle on the original
site. |
Moray Council
Museums Service, Scotland.
[Responsible for: The Anson Gallery, Buckie; Burghead Museum; In Forres - The Falconer
Museum, and Nelson Tower; Tomintoul Museum; Tugnet Ice House, Spey Bay |
| Moyse's
Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Archaeology and local
history. |
| Museum
nan Eilean, Western Isles, Scotland. Local history museums in Stornoway, Isle of
Lewis, and Sgoil Lionacleit, Isle of Benbecula. |
| Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle
upon Tyne. Archaeology in north east England. Includes a Flints and Stones exhibition, with an
interactive hunter gatherer food
quiz and national curriculum
information for teachers. |
| Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology, University of Cambridge. |
| Museum of Costume
and Assembly Rooms, Bath, Somerset |
| Museum of
East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk. |
| Museum of East Asian
Art, Bath, Somerset. |
| Museum of English Rural
Life , Reading, Berkshire. Part of the Rural
History Centre - "A national centre in England for the study of the history of
farming, food and the countryside". On-line catalogue, photograph collection and
archive. |
| Museum of Farnham, Willmer
House, Surrey. Georgian house. |
| Museum of Garden
History, St Mary-at-Lambeth Church, Lambeth Palace, London. |
| Museum of
Installation, London. An artist led organization dedicated to the research,
production and dissemination of installation art. |
| Museum of Modern Art
Oxford. Has established an international reputation for the high quality of its
pioneering exhibition programme, which covers twentieth century painting, sculpture,
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