Museums in England
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Museums in England is a link page for any museum in England.
See: List of museums, Museums in Scotland, Museums in Wales, Museums in Northern Ireland, Museums in the Republic of Ireland, List of British railway museums
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Bedfordshire
Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden
Berkshire
- Reading Museum (Replica of the Bayeux Tapestry)
City of Bristol
Buckinghamshire
- Bletchley Park Museum (Enigma machine), Bletchley
- Blue Max Museum of Film Flying, High Wycombe
- Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury
- Buckinghamshire Railway Museum, Quainton
- Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
- Roald Dahl Museum, Aylesbury
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
- National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth
- Barbara Hepworth Museum, St Ives, Cornwall
- Penlee House, Penzance, Cornwall
- Museum of Submarine Telegraphy, Cornwall
- Tate St Ives
Cumbria
- Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
- Beatrix Potter Gallery, Hawkshead
- Cumberland Pencil Museum, Keswick
- Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness
- Kendal Museum
- Lakeland Motor Museum, Holker Hall, Grange-over-Sands
- Museum of Lakeland Life, Kendal
- Tullie House Museum, Carlisle
- Windermere Steamboat Museum, Windermere
Derbyshire
- Derby Industrial Museum
- Derby Museum and Art Gallery
- National Trust Museum of Childhood
- Working Textile Museum, Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site
Devon
Dorset
County Durham
East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex
Essex
Gloucestershire
Greater London
- This is a partial list. See also: List of London museums.
- British Museum
- Cabinet War Rooms
- Courtauld Gallery
- Cutty Sark
- Design Museum
- Dulwich Picture Gallery
- Greenwich Hospital
- Hampton Court
- HMS Belfast
- Imperial War Museum -- see also Manchester
- London's Transport Museum
- Museum in Docklands
- Museum of Childhood
- Museum of London
- National Army Museum
- National Gallery
- National Maritime Museum
- National Portrait Gallery
- Natural History Museum
- Royal Academy of Arts
- Royal Air Force Museum
- Science Museum
- Sir John Soane's Museum
- Tate Britain
- Tate Modern
- Tower Bridge
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Wallace Collection
Greater Manchester
Bury
Manchester City
- Chetham's School of Music
- Cornerhouse
- Fletcher Moss Art Gallery
- Gallery of Costume
- Greater Manchester Police Museum
- Heaton Hall
- Manchester Art Gallery
- Manchester Jewish Museum
- Manchester Museum
- Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
- The Pankhurst Centre, a memorial to the suffragette movement
- People's History Museum - at the Pumphouse
- Urbis - Museum of Urban Life
- Whitworth Art Gallery
- Wythenshawe Hall
Salford
Tameside
Hampshire
- Army Medical Services Museum, Aldershot
- Curtis Museum
- Jane Austen Museum (http://www.janeaustenmuseum.org.uk/The)
- National Motor Museum,
- Southsea Museum
- Submarine Museum, Gosport
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
- Classical Guitar Museum (http://www.granary-guitars.com)
- De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, also known as Mosquito Aircraft Museum
- St Albans Museum (http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/stalbans_museum.htm), St Albans
- The Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/museum/tring/), Tring
- Verulamium Museum (http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/verulamium_museum.htm), St Albans
- Watford Museum (http://www.watfordmuseum.org.uk/), Watford
Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
- Astley Green Colliery Museum, Tyldesley
- British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland
- The National Football Museum, Preston
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Merseyside
- Customs & Excise National Museum
- Historic Warships, Birkenhead
- Lady Lever Art Gallery
- Liverpool Museum
- Merseyside Maritime Museum
- Museum of Liverpool Life
- Tate Liverpool
- Walker Art Gallery
Norfolk
- Bressingham Steam Museum
- Mucklebrough Collection
- Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum
- Toad Hole Museum, How Hill
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
- Baliffgate Museum, Alnwick
- Grace Darling Museum, Bamburgh
- House of Hardy Museum - fishing tackle - Alnwick
- Northumberland Fusiliers Museum in Alnwick Castle
North Yorkshire
- Bronte Museum, Haworth
- Castle Museum, York
- National Railway Museum, York
- Yorkshire Museum of Farming, York
Oxfordshire
- Ashmolean Museum
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Pitt Rivers Museum
- River and Rowing Museum (http://www.rrm.co.uk/)
Rutland
Shropshire
- RAF Museum Cosford, also known as The Aerospace Museum, Cosford
- Coleham Pumping Station, Shrewsbury
- Ironbridge - This area has many museums relating to the Industrial revolution and Industrial archaeology.
Somerset
- Admiral Blake Museum, Bridgwater
- Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton
- Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford
- King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge
- Somerset Brick and Tile Museum, Bridgwater
- Somerset County Museum, Taunton
- Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury
- Wellington Museum, Wellington
South Yorkshire
- Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Sheffield
- Cannon Hall Museum, Barnsley
- Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham
- Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
- Doncaster Museum, Doncaster
- Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
- Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield
- Magna Centre, Templeborough, Rotherham
- Maurice Dobson Museum and Heritage Centre, Darfield, Barnsley
- Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
- Museum of South Yorkshire Life, Cusworth Hall, Doncaster
- Sheffield Bus Museum, Sheffield
- Sheffield Fire and Police Museum, Sheffield
- Shepherd Wheel, Sheffield
- Weston Park Museum, Sheffield
- Worsborough Mill Museum, Barnsley
Staffordshire
Suffolk
- Amber Museum, Southwold
- Beccles Museum
- Ipswich Museum
- East Anglia Transport Museum
- Sue Ryder Foundation Museum, Cavendish
- William Clowes Printing Museum, Beccles
Surrey
Tyne and Wear
Warwickshire
Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon
West Midlands
- Aston Hall (Birmingham)
- Aston Manor Transport Museum (Birmingham)
- Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Trust (Birmingham)
- Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
- Birmingham Railway Museum
- Bishop Asbury Cottage (Sandwell)
- Black Country Living Museum
- Blakesley Hall (Birmingham)
- Thinktank at Millennium Point (Birmingham)
- Kenilworth Geology Musuem (Birmingham)
- Museum of the Jewellery Quarter (Birmingham)
- a planned Natural History Museum (Birmingham)
- Pen Room (Birmingham)
- Sarehole Mill (Birmingham)
- Soho House (Birmingham)
- Walsall Leather Museum
- Weoley Castle (Birmingham)
- Willenhall Lock Musuem
West Sussex
- Amberley Working Museum, Arundel
- Fishbourne Roman Palace
West Yorkshire
- Heptonstall Museum, Heptonstall
- Museum of Rail Travel, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
- National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford
- Royal Armouries, Leeds
- Thackray Museum, Leeds
- West Yorkshire Folk Museum
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
External links
- A guide to British museums (http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/)
- Visitor figures for Department of Culture, Media and Sport sponsored museums in England (http://www.culture.gov.uk/museums_and_galleries/monthly_museum_visitor_figures/default.htm)